Patras ranks 844th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fort Wayne, Indiana, Ipswich, and Leeuwarden. Memorable people born in Patras include Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Saturnin, and Dimitrios Gounaris. Memorable people who died in Patras include Andrew the Apostle. Patras has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many religious figures. Patras is located in Greece.
Patras is Greece's third-largest city and the regional capital of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, 215 km (134 mi) west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 300 and 1989, Patras was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Saturnin, and Dimitrios Gounaris. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Patras including Andrew the Apostle.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 1
300 - 300
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 2
1867 - 1922
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 3
1859 - 1943
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 4
860 - 935
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 5
1856 - 1927
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 6
1876 - 1966
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 7
1902 - 1986
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 8
1876 - 2000
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 9
1866 - 1918
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 10
1875 - 1938
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 11
1873 - 1955
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Patras were politicians (7), writers (2), soccer players (2), religious figures (1), and philosophers (1), while most who died were religious figures (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Patras, including Kostas Katsouranis and Andreas Samaris. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Patras, including Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Dimitrios Gounaris, and Stylianos Gonatas.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Patras since 1700.