Cultural Production in
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Spain
Spain ranks 8th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Japan, Italy, and Russia. Memorable people born in present day Spain include Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes. Memorable people who died in Spain include Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste. Spain has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. The top cities in Spain by number of biographies are Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, and Pamplona.
People
Between 300 BC and 2012, present day Spain was the birth place of 3,965 globally memorable people, including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Miguel de Cervantes. Additionaly, 1,338 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Spain including Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, and Santiago Bernabéu Yeste.
People Born in Present Day Spain
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Pablo Picasso
PAINTER
1881 - 1973
HPI: 91.68
Rank: 1
Salvador Dalí
PAINTER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 89.93
Rank: 2
Miguel de Cervantes
WRITER
1547 - 1616
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 3
Francisco Goya
PAINTER
1746 - 1828
HPI: 87.42
Rank: 4
Diego Velázquez
PAINTER
1599 - 1660
HPI: 86.97
Rank: 5
Antoni Gaudí
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1926
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 6
Seneca the Younger
PHILOSOPHER
4 BC - 65
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 7
Averroes
PHILOSOPHER
1126 - 1198
HPI: 86.05
Rank: 8
Trajan
POLITICIAN
53 - 117
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 9
Francisco Franco
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1975
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 10
Hernán Cortés
EXPLORER
1485 - 1547
HPI: 85.59
Rank: 11
Pope Alexander VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1431 - 1503
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Spain
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Margarita Salas
BIOLOGIST
1938 - 2019
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1,021
Karla Sofía Gascón
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1,075
Ángel Fernández Artime
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 1,142
Rodrigo Paz
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 1,183
Nino Bravo
SINGER
1944 - 1973
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,424
Eleuterio Sánchez
WRITER
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,455
El Cordobés
BULLFIGHTER
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,463
Loles León
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 1,673
Salvador Illa
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 1,714
Fernando Aramburu
WRITER
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 1,722
Guillermo Fernández Vara
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2025
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,786
José Cobo Cano
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 1,802
People Deceased in Present Day Spain
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PAINTER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 89.93
Rank: 1
Joan Miró
PAINTER
1893 - 1983
HPI: 82.90
Rank: 2
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
SOCCER PLAYER
1895 - 1978
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 3
Baudouin of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1930 - 1993
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 4
Elisabeth of Valois
COMPANION
1545 - 1568
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 5
Wendell Meredith Stanley
CHEMIST
1904 - 1971
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 6
Roderic
POLITICIAN
688 - 711
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 7
Francisco Tárrega
COMPOSER
1852 - 1909
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 8
Luis Aragonés
COACH
1938 - 2014
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 9
Silvana Mangano
ACTOR
1930 - 1989
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 10
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain
COMPANION
1584 - 1611
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 11
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
BIOLOGIST
1852 - 1934
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Spain
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Carlos Garaikoetxea
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2026
HPI: NaN
Rank: 296
Margarita Salas
BIOLOGIST
1938 - 2019
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 895
Nino Bravo
SINGER
1944 - 1973
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 1,094
Guillermo Fernández Vara
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2025
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,249
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo
NOBLEMAN
1962 - 2015
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 1,257
Joan Margarit
ARCHITECT
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 1,268
Eduard Punset
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2019
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,271
Javier Lambán
POLITICIAN
1957 - 2025
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,287
Fernando Sánchez Dragó
WRITER
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 1,293
Ouka Leele
PHOTOGRAPHER
1957 - 2022
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 1,300
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
ATHLETE
1967 - 2025
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 1,307
Miguel Ángel Blanco
POLITICIAN
1968 - 1997
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 1,315
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Spainwere soccer players (1330), politicians (529), athletes (279), actors (248), and writers (237), while most who died were politicians (394), writers (170), soccer players (167), religious figures (59), and actors (56).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Spain, including Luis Suárez, Luis Enrique, and Francisco Gento. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Spain, including Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Luis Suárez, and Luis Enrique.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Spain since 1700.
