San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula ranks 2,263rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ghana, Peckham, and Shimla. Memorable people born in San Pedro Sula include David Suazo, Carlos Mencia, and Carlo Costly. Memorable people who died in San Pedro Sula include Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Porfirio Armando Betancourt, and Francisco Javier Toledo. San Pedro Sula has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. San Pedro Sula is located in Honduras.
San Pedro Sula is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701,200 in the central urban area and a population of 1,445,598 in its metropolitan area in 2023, it is the nation's primary industrial center and second largest city after the capital Tegucigalpa, and the largest city in Central America that is not a capital city. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1967 and 1996, San Pedro Sula was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including David Suazo, Carlos Mencia, and Carlo Costly. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in San Pedro Sula including Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Porfirio Armando Betancourt, and Francisco Javier Toledo.
People Born in San Pedro Sula
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David Suazo
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 1
Carlos Mencia
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 35.75
Rank: 2
Carlo Costly
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 34.77
Rank: 3
Alberth Elis
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 29.05
Rank: 4
Mario Martínez
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 28.89
Rank: 5
Luis López Fernández
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 28.29
Rank: 6
Kevin Álvarez
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 21.98
Rank: 7
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Juan Alberto Melgar Castro
POLITICIAN
1930 - 1987
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 1
Porfirio Armando Betancourt
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - 2021
HPI: 38.59
Rank: 2
Francisco Javier Toledo
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - 2006
HPI: 35.97
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Deceased in San Pedro Sula
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Most individuals born in present day San Pedro Sula were soccer players (6), and actors (1), while most who died were soccer players (2), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in San Pedro Sula, including David Suazo, Carlo Costly, and Alberth Elis. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day San Pedro Sula, including David Suazo, Carlo Costly, and Alberth Elis.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in San Pedro Sula since 1700.
