Seville
Seville ranks 121st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shanghai, Kraków, and Havana. Memorable people born in Seville include Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Bartolomé de las Casas. Memorable people who died in Seville include Amerigo Vespucci, Isidore of Seville, and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Seville has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers. Seville is located in Spain.
Seville is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 400 and 1999, Seville was the birth place of 82 globally memorable people, including Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Bartolomé de las Casas. Additionaly, 42 globally memorable people have passed away in Seville including Amerigo Vespucci, Isidore of Seville, and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
People Born in Seville
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Diego Velázquez
1599 - 1660
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 1
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1617 - 1682
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 2
Bartolomé de las Casas
1484 - 1566
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 3
Henry II of Castile
1334 - 1379
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 4
John, Prince of Asturias
1478 - 1497
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 5
Antonio Machado
1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 6
Felipe González
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 7
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi
650 - 732
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 8
Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain
1729 - 1785
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 9
Reccared I
510 - 601
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 10
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 11
Ferdinand IV of Castile
1285 - 1312
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Seville
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Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
1076 - 1148
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 23
Juan O'Donojú
1762 - 1821
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 31
Soledad Miranda
1943 - 1970
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 41
Carmen Sevilla
1930 - 2023
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 42
Diego Durán
1537 - 1588
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 43
Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville
1823 - 1870
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 44
Nicolás Monardes
1508 - 1588
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 47
José Díaz
1895 - 1942
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 49
Nicholas Wiseman
1802 - 1865
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 51
Juan Santisteban
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 52
Belén Cuesta
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 55
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 56
People Deceased in Seville
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Amerigo Vespucci
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 1
Isidore of Seville
560 - 636
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 2
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1617 - 1682
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 3
Alfonso X of Castile
1221 - 1284
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 4
Ferdinand III of Castile
1199 - 1252
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 5
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
1488 - 1559
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 6
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1926 - 2014
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 7
Ferdinand Columbus
1488 - 1539
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 8
Ernesto Laclau
1935 - 2014
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 9
Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier
1832 - 1897
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 10
Gunderic
379 - 428
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 11
Hermenegild
564 - 585
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 12
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Most individuals born in present day Seville were politicians (19), soccer players (16), writers (12), actors (8), and painters (6), while most who died were politicians (10), writers (5), soccer players (5), explorers (4), and religious figures (3).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Seville, including Juan Santisteban, Antonio Puerta, and Sergio Rico. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Seville, including Henry II of Castile, John, Prince of Asturias, and Felipe González.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 23 globally memorable people born in Seville since 1700.
