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San Sebastián (esp)

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San Sebastián ranks 271st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Augsburg, Magdeburg, and West Berlin. Memorable people born in San Sebastián include Eduardo Chillida, Pío Baroja, and Catalina de Erauso. Memorable people who died in San Sebastián include Eduardo Chillida, Mikel Laboa, and Enrique Fernández Arbós. San Sebastián has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many soccer players, and sculptors. San Sebastián is located in Spain.

San Sebastián, officially known by the bilingual name Donostia / San Sebastián, is a city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. It lies on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, 20 km from the France–Spain border. The capital city of the province of Gipuzkoa, the municipality's population is 188,102 as of 2021, with its metropolitan area reaching 436,500 in 2010. Locals call themselves donostiarra (singular), both in Spanish and Basque. It is also a part of Basque Eurocity Bayonne-San Sebastián. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, San Sebastián was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Eduardo Chillida, Pío Baroja, and Catalina de Erauso. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in San Sebastián including Eduardo Chillida, Mikel Laboa, and Enrique Fernández Arbós.

People Born in San Sebastián

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People Deceased in San Sebastián

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day San Sebastián were soccer players (24), writers (4), politicians (4), athletes (3), and cyclists (2),  while most who died were soccer players (7), sculptors (2), singers (1), musicians (1), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in San Sebastián, including Mikel Arteta, Luis Arconada, and Javier Urruticoechea. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day San Sebastián, including Mikel Arteta, Luis Arconada, and Ignacio Eizaguirre.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in San Sebastián since 1700.