Buenos Aires ranks 17th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Madrid, Philadelphia, and Stockholm. Memorable people born in Buenos Aires include Pope Francis, Jorge Luis Borges, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. Memorable people who died in Buenos Aires include Eva Perón, Astor Piazzolla, and Juan Manuel Fangio. 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 primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos aires" is Spanish for "fair winds" or "good airs". Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1757 and 1998, Buenos Aires was the birth place of 303 globally memorable people, including Pope Francis, Jorge Luis Borges, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. Additionaly, 201 globally memorable people have passed away in Buenos Aires including Eva Perón, Astor Piazzolla, and Juan Manuel Fangio.
1936 - Present
HPI: 89.75
Rank: 1
1899 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 2
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 5
1905 - 1966
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 6
1910 - 1997
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 8
1895 - 1953
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 10
1887 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 11
1901 - 1983
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 60
1916 - 1989
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 95
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 97
1929 - 1998
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 131
1773 - 1844
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 142
1817 - 1871
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 144
1910 - 2000
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 148
1900 - 1976
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 150
1931 - 2020
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 153
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 157
1942 - 2020
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 163
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 177
1919 - 1952
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 1
1921 - 1992
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 3
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 4
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 5
1935 - 2009
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 6
1930 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 7
1926 - 2003
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 8
1900 - 1948
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 9
1905 - 1966
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 10
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 11
1877 - 1949
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 12
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 44
1904 - 1999
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 88
1916 - 1989
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 94
1906 - 1969
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 97
1939 - 2020
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 98
1911 - 1987
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 125
1922 - 2003
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 128
1759 - 1829
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 132
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 134
1908 - 1949
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 137
1929 - 1998
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 139
1899 - 2002
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 147
Most individuals born in present day Buenos Aires were soccer players (111), actors (40), politicians (38), writers (19), and racing drivers (11), while most who died were soccer players (58), politicians (51), writers (15), racing drivers (14), and actors (11).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Buenos Aires, including Alfredo Di Stéfano, Carlos Bilardo, and Javier Zanetti. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Buenos Aires, including Alfredo Di Stéfano, Guillermo Stábile, and Helenio Herrera.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Buenos Aires since 1700.