Sparta ranks 151st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Yerevan, New Delhi, and Belfast. Memorable people born in Sparta include Leonidas I, Lycurgus of Sparta, and Chilon of Sparta. Memorable people who died in Sparta include Tyrtaeus, Pausanias, and Pleistarchus. Sparta has been the birth place of many politicians and military personnels and the death place of many politicians and military personnels. Sparta is located in Greece.
Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon, while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in the Eurotas valley of Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 957 BC and 0, Sparta was the birth place of 66 globally memorable people, including Leonidas I, Lycurgus of Sparta, and Chilon of Sparta. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in Sparta including Tyrtaeus, Pausanias, and Pleistarchus.
540 BC - 480 BC
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 1
800 BC - 730 BC
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 2
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 3
444 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 4
506 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 5
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 6
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 7
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 8
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 9
260 BC - 219 BC
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 10
500 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 11
450 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 12
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 53
650 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 63
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 65
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 1
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 2
500 BC - 458 BC
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 3
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 4
300 BC - 192 BC
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 5
265 BC - 241 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 6
490 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 7
250 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 8
500 BC - 408 BC
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 9
712 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 10
430 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 11
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Sparta were politicians (56), military personnels (7), philosophers (1), companions (1), and noblemen (1), while most who died were politicians (13), military personnels (2), writers (1), and musicians (1).
Throughout history politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sparta, including Leonidas I, Lycurgus of Sparta, and Agesilaus II.