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Bilbao ranks 255th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fukuoka, Denmark, and Gdańsk. Memorable people born in Bilbao include Miguel de Unamuno, Lope de Aguirre, and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi. Memorable people who died in Bilbao include Telmo Zarra, Johan August Arfwedson, and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi. Bilbao has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many soccer players, and chemists. Bilbao is located in Spain.

Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. With a population of 347,342 as of 2024, it is the 11th-largest city in Spain, and the largest in northern Spain. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabitants, making it the most populous metropolitan area in northern Spain. The comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Greater Basque region. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1468 and 2000, Bilbao was the birth place of 51 globally memorable people, including Miguel de Unamuno, Lope de Aguirre, and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Bilbao including Telmo Zarra, Johan August Arfwedson, and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi.

People Born in Bilbao

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Occupations

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bilbao, including Julio Salinas, Gaizka Mendieta, and Iñaki Sáez. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bilbao, including Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, and Julio Salinas.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Bilbao since 1700.