Barcelona ranks 20th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Buenos Aires, Seoul, and Copenhagen. Memorable people born in Barcelona include Joan Miró, Montserrat Caballé, and Ramón Mercader. Memorable people who died in Barcelona include Antoni Gaudí, Johan Cruyff, and Montserrat Caballé. Barcelona has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Barcelona is located in Spain.
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 40 and 1998, Barcelona was the birth place of 268 globally memorable people, including Joan Miró, Montserrat Caballé, and Ramón Mercader. Additionaly, 131 globally memorable people have passed away in Barcelona including Antoni Gaudí, Johan Cruyff, and Montserrat Caballé.
1893 - 1983
HPI: 77.81
Rank: 1
1933 - 2018
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 2
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 3
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 4
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 5
1901 - 1978
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 6
1778 - 1839
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 7
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 8
1272 - 1337
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 9
1939 - 2022
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 10
1913 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 11
1912 - 1988
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 12
1454 - 1517
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 60
1897 - 1966
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 61
1933 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 64
1872 - 1894
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 65
310 - 390
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 75
1235 - 1310
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 81
40 - 108
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 87
1944 - 2020
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 97
1907 - 1954
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 112
1930 - 2012
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 132
1921 - 1984
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 133
1934 - 2022
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 145
1852 - 1926
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 1
1947 - 2016
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
1933 - 2018
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 3
1239 - 1285
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 4
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 5
1852 - 1909
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 6
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 7
1927 - 2002
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 8
374 - 415
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 9
1380 - 1416
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 10
1942 - 2022
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 11
1267 - 1327
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 12
1005 - 1035
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 54
1928 - 2009
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 70
310 - 390
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 77
1235 - 1310
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 83
1783 - 1854
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 90
1899 - 1988
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 95
1944 - 2020
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 98
1941 - 2005
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 106
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 108
1950 - 2021
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 111
1907 - 1954
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 112
1896 - 1960
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 115
Most individuals born in present day Barcelona were soccer players (64), actors (30), politicians (27), writers (24), and tennis players (15), while most who died were politicians (29), soccer players (24), writers (13), architects (6), and singers (6).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Barcelona, including Gerard Piqué, Antoni Ramallets, and Ferran Olivella. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Barcelona, including Ricardo Zamora, Josep Samitier, and Gerard Piqué.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Barcelona since 1700.