Pereira, Colombia
Pereira, Colombia ranks 2,501st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Bedford, Massachusetts, Southport, Queensland, and Massachusetts. Memorable people born in Pereira, Colombia include César Gaviria, Santiago Giraldo, and Catalina Castaño. Pereira, Colombia has been the birth place of many tennis players, and soccer players. Pereira, Colombia is located in Colombia.
Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It is located in the foothills of the Andes in a coffee-producing area of Colombia officially known as the "Coffee Axis". Pereira, alongside the rest of the Coffee Axis, form part of UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia". It is the most populated city in the Coffee Axis. Pereira is also part of the Central West Metropolitan Area, which has 735.769 residents and is composed of Pereira and the neighboring cities of Dosquebradas and La Virginia. It is considered the most important city in the "Coffee Axis" from a geopolitical and economic standpoint. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1947 and 1999, Pereira, Colombia was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including César Gaviria, Santiago Giraldo, and Catalina Castaño.
People Born in Pereira, Colombia
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César Gaviria
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 6
Santiago Giraldo
TENNIS PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 2
Catalina Castaño
TENNIS PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 4
José Izquierdo
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 7
Cucho Hernández
SOCCER PLAYER
1999 - Present
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 5
Sandra Arenas
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.99
Rank: 3
Sofía Gómez
ATHLETE
1992 - Present
HPI: 27.08
Rank: 1
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Pereira, Colombia were tennis players (2), soccer players (2), athletes (2), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, tennis players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Pereira, Colombia, including Santiago Giraldo, and Catalina Castaño. Whereas, throughout history, tennis players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Pereira, Colombia, including Santiago Giraldo, and Catalina Castaño.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Pereira, Colombia since 1700.
