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Granada (esp)

Spain

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Granada ranks 415th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Valladolid, Szczecin, and Kumamoto. Memorable people born in Granada include Eugénie de Montijo, Francisco Suárez, and Leo Africanus. Memorable people who died in Granada include Yusuf III of Granada, Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, and Peter Martyr d'Anghiera. Granada has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Granada is located in Spain.

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Darro, the Genil, the Monachil and the Beiro. Ascribed to the Vega de Granada comarca, the city sits at an average elevation of 738 m (2,421 ft) above sea level, yet is only one hour by car from the Mediterranean coast, the Costa Tropical. Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1998, Granada was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Eugénie de Montijo, Francisco Suárez, and Leo Africanus. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Granada including Yusuf III of Granada, Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, and Peter Martyr d'Anghiera.

People Born in Granada

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Granada were writers (8), politicians (7), singers (3), athletes (3), and soccer players (3),  while most who died were politicians (6), writers (3), religious figures (2), architects (2), and historians (1).

Over the past 100 years, singers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Granada, including Miguel Ríos, Enrique Morente, and Estrella Morente. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Granada, including Leo Africanus, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, and Abu Hamid al-Gharnati.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Granada since 1700.