San Marino

San Marino

San Marino ranks 208th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jersey, Micronesia, and Kosovo. Memorable people born in present day San Marino include Valeria Ciavatta, Stefano Palmieri, and Marino Riccardi. Memorable people who died in San Marino include Saint Marinus, Fausta Morganti, and Gianfranco Terenzi. San Marino has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two microstates within Italy, the other being Vatican City. San Marino is the fifth-smallest country in the world, with a land area of just over 61 km2 and a population of 34,042 as of 2025. Its capital, the City of San Marino, sits atop Monte Titano, while its largest settlement is Dogana, in the municipality of Serravalle. Read more on Wikipedia