Ramón Sampedro

Ramón Sampedro

Spanish euthanesia activist
more_vert
pencil

Ramón Sampedro Cameán (5 January 1943 – 12 January 1998) was a Spanish seaman and writer. Sampedro became a quadriplegic at the age of 25 (on 23 August 1968), following a diving accident, and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the following 29 years.

View details Hide details
expand_more
Ramón Sampedro was born on Tuesday, 5 January 1943 in Porto do Son, Galicia, Spain. He was best known as an activist. Sampedro's country of citizenship (nationality) was Spanish. He died on Monday, 12 January 1998 in Boiro, Galicia, Spain at the age of 55. His zodiac star sign was Capricorn.

You can find people similar to Ramón Sampedro by visiting our lists 1998 suicides and Spanish male writers who committed suicide.

Full name at birth add_black full name at birth
Claim to fame add_black claim to fame
Date of birth
5 January 1943
edit
Place of birth
Porto do Son, Galicia, Spain
edit
Date of death
12 January 1998
edit
Age
55 (age at death)
Place of death
Boiro, Galicia, Spain
edit
Occupation
Fisherman
edit
Occupation category
edit
Nationality
edit

PERSONAL DETAILS

Height add_black height
Build add_black build
Hair color add_black hair color
Eye color add_black eye color
Gender
edit
Ethnicity add_black ethnicity
Religion add_black religion
Zodiac sign
Distinctive feature add_black distinctive feature
Pets add_black pets

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

High school add_black high school
University add_black university
Talent agency add_black talent agency
Political affiliation add_black political affiliation
Political party add_black political party

This page is the FamousFix profile for Ramón Sampedro. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.

On the Ramón Sampedro page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics.

Terms of Use · Copyright · Privacy
Copyright 2006-2025, FamousFix · 0.19s