Guanajuato (city)
Guanajuato (city) ranks 3,592nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hamilton, Ohio, Évora, and Paju. Memorable people born in Guanajuato (city) include Diego Rivera, Jorge Negrete, and Jorge Ibargüengoitia. Guanajuato (city) has been the birth place of many painters, and singers. Guanajuato (city) is located in Mexico.
Guanajuato is a municipality in central Mexico and the capital of the State of Guanajuato. It is part of the macroregion of the Bajío. It is located in a narrow valley, which makes its streets narrow and winding. Most are alleys that cars cannot pass through, and some are long sets of stairs up the mountainsides. Many of the city's thoroughfares are partially or fully underground. The historic center has numerous small plazas and colonial-era mansions, churches, and civil constructions built using pink or green sandstone. The city historic center and the adjacent mines were proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1792 and 1928, Guanajuato (city) was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Diego Rivera, Jorge Negrete, and Jorge Ibargüengoitia.
People Born in Guanajuato (city)
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Diego Rivera
PAINTER
1886 - 1957
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 1
Jorge Negrete
SINGER
1910 - 1953
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 2
Jorge Ibargüengoitia
WRITER
1928 - 1983
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 3
Lucas Alamán
BIOLOGIST
1792 - 1853
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 4
Manuel Robles Pezuela
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1862
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Guanajuato (city) were painters (1), singers (1), writers (1), biologists (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, writers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Guanajuato (city), including Jorge Ibargüengoitia. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Guanajuato (city), including Diego Rivera.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Guanajuato (city) since 1700.
