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Buenos Aires ranks 17th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Madrid, Philadelphia, and Stockholm. The most famous people from Buenos Aires are Pope Francis, Jorge Luis Borges, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. The most famous people who died in Buenos Aires are Juan Manuel Fangio, Astor Piazzolla, and László Bíró. Buenos Aires has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Buenos Aires is located in Argentina.

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area has a population of 16.7 million, making it the twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2005, Buenos Aires was the birth place of 437 globally memorable people, including Pope Francis, Jorge Luis Borges, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. Additionaly, 224 globally memorable people have passed away in Buenos Aires including Juan Manuel Fangio, Astor Piazzolla, and László Bíró.

People Born in Buenos Aires

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Buenos Aires were soccer players (150), actors (50), politicians (45), athletes (44), and writers (24),  while most who died were soccer players (66), politicians (51), writers (18), racing drivers (14), and actors (12).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Buenos Aires, including Alfredo Di Stéfano, Javier Zanetti, and Carlos Bilardo. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Buenos Aires, including Alfredo Di Stéfano, Helenio Herrera, and Guillermo Stábile.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Buenos Aires since 1700.