Buenos Aires ranks 16th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint Petersburg, Budapest, and Philadelphia. 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, Juan Manuel Fangio, and Astor Piazzolla. Buenos Aires has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. Buenos Aires is located in Argentina.
Buenos Aires, officially Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest 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" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1757 and 1997, Buenos Aires was the birth place of 263 globally memorable people, including Pope Francis, Jorge Luis Borges, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. Additionaly, 171 globally memorable people have passed away in Buenos Aires including Eva Perón, Juan Manuel Fangio, and Astor Piazzolla.
1936 - Present
HPI: 91.89
Rank: 1
1899 - 1986
HPI: 83.68
Rank: 2
1926 - 2014
HPI: 81.99
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 5
1905 - 1966
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 6
1910 - 1997
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 7
1770 - 1820
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 8
1895 - 1953
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 10
1901 - 1983
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 28
1778 - 1811
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 84
1931 - 2004
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 90
1976 - Present
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 99
1903 - 1991
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 122
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 124
1777 - 1850
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 127
1859 - 1934
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 128
1912 - 1982
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 129
1927 - 2020
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 130
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 132
1891 - 1967
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 142
1919 - 1952
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 1
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 2
1921 - 1992
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 3
1899 - 1985
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 4
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 5
1884 - 1949
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 6
1926 - 2003
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 7
1905 - 1966
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 8
1900 - 1948
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 9
1924 - 1989
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 10
1901 - 1983
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 11
1928 - 2018
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 12
1894 - 1939
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 22
1893 - 1965
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 24
1929 - 2002
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 78
1938 - 2012
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 84
1931 - 2004
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 85
1913 - 1984
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 93
1905 - 1981
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 95
1921 - 2000
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 96
1934 - 1982
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 100
1927 - 1977
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 104
1915 - 1988
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 115
1903 - 1991
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 120
Most individuals born in present day Buenos Aires were soccer players (101), actors (33), politicians (32), writers (17), and racing drivers (11), while most who died were politicians (47), soccer players (46), racing drivers (13), writers (13), and actors (9).
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, 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.