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Medellín (col)

Colombia

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Medellín ranks 262nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cape Town, Cambridge, and Montpellier. Memorable people born in Medellín include Fernando Botero, René Higuita, and Álvaro Uribe. Memorable people who died in Medellín include Pablo Escobar, Griselda Blanco, and Carlos Gardel. Medellín has been the birth place of many soccer players, and singers and the death place of many politicians, and mafiosos. Medellín is located in Colombia.

Medellín, officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín, is the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains, in northwestern South America. The city's population was 2,508,452 at the 2018 census. The metro area of Medellín is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1867 and 2000, Medellín was the birth place of 52 globally memorable people, including Fernando Botero, René Higuita, and Álvaro Uribe. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Medellín including Pablo Escobar, Griselda Blanco, and Carlos Gardel.

People Born in Medellín

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Medellín were soccer players (22), singers (6), cyclists (6), athletes (6), and politicians (4),  while most who died were politicians (3), mafiosos (2), soccer players (2), singers (1), and religious figures (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Medellín, including René Higuita, Andrés Escobar, and David Ospina. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Medellín, including René Higuita, Andrés Escobar, and David Ospina.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 8 globally memorable people born in Medellín since 1700.