Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo ranks 536th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kingston upon Hull, Gijón, and Donetsk. Memorable people born in Santo Domingo include Oscar de la Renta, Juan Pablo Duarte, and Leonel Fernández. Memorable people who died in Santo Domingo include Rafael Trujillo, Alonso de Ojeda, and Ray Liotta. Santo Domingo has been the birth place of many baseball players and actors and the death place of many politicians and explorers. Santo Domingo is located in Dominican Republic.
Santo Domingo, once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area had a population of 1,029,110 while the total population is 3,798,699 when including Greater Santo Domingo. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional, itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1813 and 1996, Santo Domingo was the birth place of 23 globally memorable people, including Oscar de la Renta, Juan Pablo Duarte, and Leonel Fernández. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Santo Domingo including Rafael Trujillo, Alonso de Ojeda, and Ray Liotta.
People Born in Santo Domingo
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Oscar de la Renta
1932 - 2014
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1
Juan Pablo Duarte
1813 - 1876
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 2
Leonel Fernández
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 3
Luis Abinader
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 4
Juan Luis Guerra
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 5
Michel Camilo
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6
Manny Ramirez
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 7
Dania Ramirez
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 8
Mary Joe Fernández
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 9
Albert Pujols
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 10
David Ortiz
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 11
Amelia Vega
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.83
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Santo Domingo
Go to all RankingsLuis Abinader
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 4
Melky Cabrera
1984 - Present
HPI: 30.51
Rank: 17
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
1996 - Present
HPI: 22.30
Rank: 23
People Deceased in Santo Domingo
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Rafael Trujillo
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1
Alonso de Ojeda
1466 - 1515
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 2
Ray Liotta
1954 - 2022
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 3
Joaquín Balaguer
1906 - 2002
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 4
Juan Bosch
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 5
Pedro Santana
1801 - 1864
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 6
Salvador Jorge Blanco
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 7
Antonio Guzmán Fernández
1911 - 1982
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 8
Most individuals born in present day Santo Domingo were baseball players (5), actors (5), politicians (3), musicians (2), and soccer players (2), while most who died were politicians (6), explorers (1), and actors (1).
Over the past 100 years, baseball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Santo Domingo, including Manny Ramirez, Albert Pujols, and David Ortiz. Whereas, throughout history, baseball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Santo Domingo, including Manny Ramirez, Albert Pujols, and David Ortiz.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Santo Domingo since 1700.
