Vélez-Málaga
Vélez-Málaga ranks 3,488th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind St. Cloud, Minnesota, Trowbridge, and Murska Sobota. The most famous people from Vélez-Málaga are Fernando Hierro, María Zambrano, and Amparo Muñoz. Vélez-Málaga has been the birth place of many soccer players, and philosophers. Vélez-Málaga is located in Spain.
Vélez-Málaga, locally known as Vélez, is a municipality, the capital of the Axarquía comarca in the province of Málaga, in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. Vélez-Málaga is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Costa del Sol-Axarquía. The municipality forms part of the Costa del Sol region. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1904 and 1982, Vélez-Málaga was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Fernando Hierro, María Zambrano, and Amparo Muñoz.
People Born in Vélez-Málaga
Go to all RankingsFernando Hierro
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1
María Zambrano
PHILOSOPHER
1904 - 1991
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 2
Amparo Muñoz
CELEBRITY
1954 - 2011
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 3
Esteban Vigo
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 4
Javi Guerra
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Vélez-Málaga were soccer players (3), philosophers (1), and celebrities (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Vélez-Málaga, including Fernando Hierro, Esteban Vigo, and Javi Guerra. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Vélez-Málaga, including Fernando Hierro, Esteban Vigo, and Javi Guerra.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Vélez-Málaga since 1700.





