Mollendo
Mollendo ranks 5,629th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rudkøbing, Lagash, and Wolfratshausen. Memorable people born in Mollendo include Abimael Guzmán, Nicolás Fuentes, and Juan Carlos Oblitas. Mollendo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and social activists. Mollendo is located in Peru.
Mollendo is a town on the Pacific Ocean in southern Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region and is the capital of both the Islay Province and the Mollendo District. Mollendo was the main port on the Peruvian southern coast until Matarani was developed around the mid-20th century; the port of Mollendo serves fishermen for the local economy and all the commercial shipping is done through Matarani, 12 km to the north, as the old port is in ruins. From about 1830 to 1880 it was a key port in the guano trade. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1934 and 1951, Mollendo was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Abimael Guzmán, Nicolás Fuentes, and Juan Carlos Oblitas.
People Born in Mollendo
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Abimael Guzmán
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1934 - 2021
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 2
Nicolás Fuentes
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2015
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 1
Juan Carlos Oblitas
SOCCER PLAYER
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Mollendo were soccer players (2), and social activists (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Mollendo, including Nicolás Fuentes, and Juan Carlos Oblitas. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Mollendo, including Nicolás Fuentes, and Juan Carlos Oblitas.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Mollendo since 1700.
