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SEVILLA

Most Famous People Born in Sevilla, Spain

Notable people
1,395
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1928
Most distinctive
Matador 166.5×

Flamenco and the bullring, at concentrations unmatched anywhere in the dataset. Seville's two most distinctive professions are matador and torero at more than 140 times the global rate, joined by dancers, explorers, poets, sculptors, and painters — the statistical shadow of Velázquez, Murillo, Machado, and a bullfighting tradition that runs from Joselito and Belmonte through Curro Romero to the present. The Casa de Contratación sent Columbus and Magellan down the Guadalquivir, and the 16th- and 17th-century bench is one of the heaviest in Spain.

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What Sevilla Is Known For

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Football is Sevilla's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (162).

Sevilla over-indexes on matador 166.5× the global rate.

Sevilla under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football 162 1.1×
  2. Painter 114 3.1×
  3. Politician 106 0.6×
  4. Writer 100 2.2×
  5. Actor 72 1.0×
  6. Poet 56 3.9×
  7. Singer 45 1.6×
  8. Matador 30 166.5×
  1. Matador 30 166.5×
  2. Torero 16 142.1×
  3. Dancer 18 12.1×
  4. Explorer 17 7.9×
  5. Poet 56 3.9×
  6. Sculptor 30 3.3×
  7. Painter 114 3.1×
  8. Writer 100 2.2×
  1. Politician 106 0.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Sevilla's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0065 ORGANIST

Francisco Correa de Arauxo

1584 - 1654

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0085 POET

Juan de Jáuregui

1583 - 1641

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0165 POET

Francisco de Rioja

1583 - 1659

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0227 NOBLE

Fernando Afán de Ribera, duke of Alcalá de los Gazules

1583 - 1637

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0256 PAINTER

Juan del Castillo

1584 - 1640

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0292 PLAYWRIGHT

Diego Jiménez de Enciso

1585 - 1634

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0304 POET

Luis Belmonte Bermúdez

1587 - 1650

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0583 ARCHITECT

Pedro Sánchez Falconete

1586 - 1666

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0950 OFFICER

Diego de Cárdenas (gobernador de Yucatán)

Born 1581

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1006 MILITAR

Fernando Canales de la Cerda

1582 - 1638

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1166 MISIONER

Pedro de Zúñiga y Velasco

1580 - 1622

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1226 PRELATE

Luis Camargo Pacheco

1582 - 1665

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1255 SCULPTOR

Gaspar de la Cueva

1587 - 1640

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1349 POLITICIAN

Alonso del Castillo y Guzmán

1580 - 1630

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