San Pedro Sula ranks 2,348th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pontus (region), Mantes-la-Jolie, and Dundalk. 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 and Porfirio Armando Betancourt. San Pedro Sula has been the birth place of many soccer players and actors and the death place of many politicians and soccer players. 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
Between 1967 and 1996, San Pedro Sula was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including David Suazo, Carlos Mencia, and Carlo Costly. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in San Pedro Sula including Juan Alberto Melgar Castro and Porfirio Armando Betancourt.
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 1
1967 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 2
1982 - Present
HPI: 31.99
Rank: 3
1996 - Present
HPI: 29.67
Rank: 4
1993 - Present
HPI: 26.24
Rank: 5
1989 - Present
HPI: 23.00
Rank: 6
1930 - 1987
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 1
1957 - 2021
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 2
1930 - 1987
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 1
1957 - 2021
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 2
Most individuals born in present day San Pedro Sula were soccer players (5) and actors (1), while most who died were politicians (1) and soccer players (1).