Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo ranks 636th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Plymouth, Volgograd, and Gwangju. 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, Ray Liotta, and Alonso de Ojeda. Santo Domingo has been the birth place of many baseball players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and actors. 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
People
Between 1813 and 1996, Santo Domingo was the birth place of 22 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, Ray Liotta, and Alonso de Ojeda.
People Born in Santo Domingo
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Oscar de la Renta
FASHION DESIGNER
1932 - 2014
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 1
Juan Pablo Duarte
POLITICIAN
1813 - 1876
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 2
Leonel Fernández
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 3
Juan Luis Guerra
MUSICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 4
Luis Abinader
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 5
Michel Camilo
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 6
Albert Pujols
BASEBALL PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 7
Manny Ramirez
BASEBALL PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 8
Dania Ramirez
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 9
David Ortiz
BASEBALL PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.23
Rank: 10
Mary Joe Fernández
TENNIS PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 11
Junot Díaz
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Santo Domingo
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Rafael Trujillo
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 1
Ray Liotta
ACTOR
1954 - 2022
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 2
Alonso de Ojeda
EXPLORER
1466 - 1515
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 3
Joaquín Balaguer
POLITICIAN
1906 - 2002
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 4
Juan Bosch
POLITICIAN
1909 - 2001
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 5
Pedro Santana
POLITICIAN
1801 - 1864
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 6
Salvador Jorge Blanco
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2010
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 7
Antonio Guzmán Fernández
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1982
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 8
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Santo Domingo were baseball players (5), actors (4), politicians (3), musicians (2), and soccer players (2), while most who died were politicians (6), actors (1), and explorers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, baseball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Santo Domingo, including Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, and David Ortiz. Whereas, throughout history, baseball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Santo Domingo, including Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez, and David Ortiz.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Santo Domingo since 1700.
