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Pontevedra (esp)

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Pontevedra ranks 2,047th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bruneck, Most (city), and Rosenheim. Memorable people born in Pontevedra include Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Luis Otero, and Ramón Encinas. Pontevedra has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers. Pontevedra is located in Spain.

Pontevedra is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the Comarca and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is also the capital of its own municipality which is often considered an extension of the actual city. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1532 and 1999, Pontevedra was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Luis Otero, and Ramón Encinas.

People Born in Pontevedra

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Pontevedra were soccer players (3), writers (2), coaches (1), politicians (1), and tennis players (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pontevedra, including José Ufarte, and Diego Castro. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pontevedra, including Luis Otero, José Ufarte, and Diego Castro.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Pontevedra since 1700.