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CARACAS

Most Famous People Born in Caracas, Venezuela

Notable people

1,646

Peak decade

1970s

Median birth year

1966

Most distinctive

Model 21.9×

A city whose distinctive professions, improbably, are models and beauty queens at twenty times the global rate — the statistical shadow of a Venezuelan pageant industry that has produced more Miss Universe winners than any other country. The 19th-century bench is built around Simón Bolívar, Francisco de Miranda, and Andrés Bello, the three men who wrote most of Spanish-American independence; the modern half is telenovela actors, baseball players, and a growing diaspora.