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BURGOS
Most Famous People Born in Burgos, Spain
- Notable people
- 335
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1912
- Most distinctive
- Religious 16.5×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Burgos during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Burgos Is Known For
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Politician is Burgos's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (44).
Burgos over-indexes on religious — 16.5× the global rate.
Burgos under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Burgos's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Sports
- Religion
- Art & Design
- Science
- Other
Peter of Castile
1334 - 1369
Francisco de Vitoria
1483 - 1546
Henry III of Castile
1379 - 1406
Fernán González of Castile
910 - 970
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
1933 - 2014
Paul B. Preciado
Born 1970
Rafael Arnáiz Barón
1911 - 1938
Diego Siloe
1495 - 1563
García Fernández of Castile
938 - 995
Paul of Burgos
1350 - 1435
Regino Sainz de la Maza
1896 - 1981
Manuel Alonso Martínez
1827 - 1891
Mateo Cerezo
1637 - 1666
Diego Luis de San Vitores
1627 - 1672
Ricardo Velázquez Bosco
1843 - 1923
Diego Rico
Born 1993
Alfonso de Cartagena
1381 - 1456
Francisco de Enzinas
1518 - 1552
Ignacio Escolar
Born 1975
Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña
1597 - 1670
Francisco de Salinas
1513 - 1590
Bartolomé Ordóñez
1480 - 1520
Henry of Castile the Senator
1230 - 1303
Juan Alfonso de Polanco
1517 - 1576
Antonio José
1902 - 1936
Pablo Infante
Born 1980
Abner of Burgos
1270 - 1347
Alonso de Salazar Frías
1564 - 1636
Luis Alberto Hernando
Born 1977
Tonino Carotone
Born 1970
Óscar Esquivias
Born 1972
Simón de Colonia
1450 - 1511
Pablo Íñiguez
Born 1994
Victoriano Crémer
1906 - 2009
Meir Abulafia
1165 - 1244
Yolanda Barcina
Born 1960
Julian of Cuenca
1128 - 1208
Mariano Martínez (cyclist)
Born 1948
Ramón Salas Larrazábal
1916 - 1993
Rafael Calleja Gómez
1870 - 1938
Luis Díez-Picazo
1931 - 2015
Carlos Barbero
Born 1991
Álvar Fáñez
1047 - 1115
Wilebaldo Solano
1916 - 2010
Benito Manuel Agüero
1626 - 1670
Diego de Roxas
1500 - 1544
Amaya Arzuaga
Born 1970
Pero Garcia Burgalês
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Paloma Navares
Born 1947
Juan Vicente Herrera
Born 1956
Gonzalo (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro
1425 - 1492
Antonio Giménez-Rico
Born 1938
Julio Martínez Santa-Olalla
1905 - 1972
Carlos Contreras Elvira
Born 1980
Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán
1744 - 1816
Alfonso de la Torre
1410 - 1461
Álex Grijelmo
Born 1956
Diego Polo the Younger
1619 - 1655
Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg
1489 - 1539
Olga Gil Medrano
Born 1956
Eduardo Sainz de la Maza
1903 - 1982
Pedro Fernández de Villegas
1453 - 1536
Mariano Rubio
1931 - 1999
Álvaro, Count of Urgell
1239 - 1267
Cristóbal de Torres
1573 - 1654
Claudio de Arciniega
1527 - 1593
José Merino del Río
1949 - 2012
Ángel Manrique
1577 - 1649
Jerónimo Fernández
Died 1545
Marceliano Santa María
1866 - 1952
Adrián González (cyclist)
Born 1992
Diego de Enzinas
1520 - 1547
Álvar García de Santa María
1370 - 1460
Francisco Javier Conde
1908 - 1974
Pablo Llarena
Born 1963
Nieves López Martínez
1949 - 2010
Manuel de Lope
Born 1949
Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva
1510 - 1564
Esther San Miguel
Born 1975
José María Alfaro
1906 - 1994
Martin Martinez
1946 - 2012
José María López de Letona
1922 - 2018
Míchel Zabaco
Born 1989
Víctor Pablo Pérez
Born 1954
Rosa María Mateo
Born 1942
Juan Castañeda
Born 1980
Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza
1525 - 1595
Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel
1917 - 1976
María Salas Larrazábal
1922 - 2008
Diego de Sagredo
1490 - 1528
Begoña Abad
Born 1952
Concepción Dancausa
Born 1952
José María González-Sinde
1941 - 1992
Francisco de Burgos Mantilla
1612 - 1672
Félix Martialay
1925 - 2009
Diego Rodríguez (Son of El Cid)
1070 - 1097
Francisco de Cologne
1470 - 1542
Odorico Leovigildo Saiz Pérez
1912 - 2012
Alonso de Burgos
1415 - 1499
Loreto Mauleón
Born 1988
Verónika Moral
Born 1978
Saturnino Calleja
1853 - 1915
Enrique Mata
Born 1985
Ángel González García
1948 - 2014
Manuel de Salamanca Negrete
1831 - 1890
José Antonio Portero Molina
Born 1947
Diego Gallego
Born 1982
Louis Lurine
1810 - 1860
Charles Enrique Dent
1911 - 1976
José Luis Talamillo
1933 - 1965
Fernando Alonso Alonso
Born 1941
Luis Palacios Bañuelos
Born 1944
Pedro de Lerma
1461 - 1541
Ismael Crespo
Born 1964
Tino Barriuso
1948 - 2017
Emilio Barrera
1869 - 1943
Javier Cabanas
Born 1960
Hernán Ruiz le Vieux
Died 1547
Ricardo Blanco Asenjo
1847 - 1897
Ramón de Bonifaz
Born 1192
Benito Sagredo
Born 1976
Adolfo García-Sastre
Born 1964
Luis Sáez
1925 - 2010
Rafael González Martínez
1910 - 1995
Primitivo González del Alba
1849 - 1913
Diego Galaz
Born 1976
Tomás Ramón Fernández
Born 1941
Hernán Ruiz de Villegas
1510 - 1572
Pedro Angulo
1500 - 1561
Eduardo Battaner
Born 1945
Gonzalo Anaya
1914 - 2008
Luis Pancorbo
Born 1946
Gonzalo Giribet
Born 1970
Jesús María Salas Larrazábal
1925 - 2016
Fructuoso "Fortu" Sánchez
Born 1954
Gregorio Rojo
1920 - 2006
Fernando Rayón
Born 1959
Ignacio Gárate Martínez
Born 1953
Isidro Juárez
Born 1956
Valentín Palencia
1871 - 1937
Pedro Fernandez de Frias
Died 1420
Benito Gutiérrez Fernández
1826 - 1885
Jorge Villalmanzo
1960 - 2012
Vicente Botín
-
Nicolás Rey y Redondo
1834 - 1917
Ignacio de Urbina
1632 - 1702
Luis Tudanca
Born 1978
Isaac Costero
1903 - 1979
Heraclio Fournier González
1849 - 1916
Pedro de Castro y Quiñones
1534 - 1623
Jesús Carazo
Born 1944
Francisco Aparicio y Ruiz
1852 - 1936
Andrés González Cardero
Born 1988
Francisco Javier Abad
Born 1981
Justo del Río
1894 - 1985
Ignacio del Río
1936 - 2015
Gregorio Antonio Gallo de Andrade
1512 - 1579
Fernando de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real
Died 1445
José de la Revilla
1796 - 1859
Octavio Granado
Born 1959
Purificacion Santamarta
Born 1962
José Luis Fernández Manzanedo
Born 1956
Leonardo Romero Tobar
Born 1941
Ángel Rupérez
Born 1953
Ismael García Rámila
1889 - 1979
Anselmo Salvá Pérez
1849 - 1922
Morenito de Aranda
Born 1985
Ángel Juan Quesada
1909 - 1988
Diego de Salamanca
1519 - 1588
Javier Álvarez de los Mozos
Born 1976
Javier Quiñones
Born 1954
María Dolores Dancausa
Born 1959
Eduardo de Ontañón
1904 - 1949
Elena Gallego Andrada
Born 1967
Ángel Olivares
Born 1955
Cristina Gutiérrez
Born 1991
Pablo del Barco Alonso
Born 1943
Pedro Ruiz de Villegas II
1304 - 1355
Tina Barriuso
Born 1946
José Antonio Abella
Born 1956
José María Plaza (periodista)
Born 1964
Manuel Díez Sanjurjo
1870 - 1941
Fernando de la Fuente de la Fuente
1943 - 1996
María Jesús Jabato
Born 1959
Javier Lacalle
Born 1969
Luis Ángel de la Viuda
Born 1932
Julio Albi de la Cuesta
Born 1948
Diego Epifanio
Born 1978
Gema Espinosa
-
Carlos González Rothwos
Born 1865
Antonio de la Cuesta y Sáinz
1864 - 1924
Francisco San Román
1510 - 1542
Luisa de Padilla y Manrique
1590 - 1646
Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo
Died 1633
Eustaquio Pellicer
1859 - 1937
César Molinero
1930 - 2014
Eusebio Martínez de Velasco
1836 - 1893
Mariano Pedrero
1865 - 1927
Gonzalo de Santa María
1379 - 1448
Alejandro Ramírez Blanco
1777 - 1821
Ramiro González Vicente
Born 1962
Manuel de Oraá
1822 - 1889
Celso Lucio
1865 - 1915
Juan de Hoyos
1506 - 1561
José Ontañón Arias
1846 - 1930
Celia de Luengo
-
José de Laserna
1855 - 1927
Silvino Martínez
1898 - 1961
Emilio Calleja Isasi
1830 - 1906
Maese Calvo
1895 - 1972
Félix Pérez y Pérez
1924 - 2017
Tadeo Ortega
1749 - 1823
Pedro de la Vega
Died 1541
Gorka Alegre
Born 1980
Ramón Marcos
Born 1969
Julián Valle
Born 1963
Diego Quemada-Díez
Born 1969
Luis Gallardo Pérez
1870 - 1937
Ramón Sáez-Royuela
1932 - 2011
Juan Ignacio Tena Ybarra
1924 - 1995
José Arija
Died 1920
Diego de Sarmiento
Died 1547
Manuel Lamela
Born 1962
Fernando Dancausa
1921 - 1992
Gregorio González Arranz
1788 - 1868
Antolín Palomino
1909 - 1995
Julián Oñate y Juárez
1840 - 1899
Saturio González Salas
1875 - 1958
Federico Vélez González
1905 - 1979
Juan Vitores de Velasco
1641 - 1713
Fernando Montero Espinosa
Died 1648
David Lorenzo Magariño
1982 - 2007
Pedro Fernández Temiño
1532 - 1590
Juan Pérez de Espinosa
1558 - 1622
Fernando Ruiz de Villegas
1500 - 1536
Máximo Arnáiz
Born 1907
Victorino Pereda Ortega
1912 - 1945
Enrique de Orozco
Born 1844
Fray Andrés Castro
Died 1577
Antonio de la Cruz (bishop)
1480 - 1550
Joaquín de Soria
1748 - 1814
Javier Ibeas
Born 1960
Vanesa Sáez
Born 1977
Belén Landáburu
Born 1934
Domingo de Oña
1560 - 1626
Íñigo de Brizuela y Arteaga
1556 - 1629
García de Lerma
Died 1532
Simón de Camargo
1415 - 1477
José María Muñoz Melgosa
1897 - 1935
Juan Antonio Diaz de Salcedo
Died 1603
Simón Calvo
1898 - 1967
Fernando Fernández de Velasco
1835 - 1912
José María Casanova
Born 1956
Carlos María Rodríguez de Valcárcel
1914 - 1961
Fernando Zaparaín
Born 1964
Lope de Salazar y Salinas
1393 - 1463
Daniel Arce (athlete)
Born 1992
Fran Torres
Born 1969
Miguel Ángel Uzquiza González
Born 1951
Andrés Crespo
Born 1968
Marciano Villanueva Salas
1927 - 2013
José María González Pérez
Born 1942
José Rocamora
1874 - 1936
José Muñoz Ávila
1923 - 2011
José Gutiérrez Román
Born 1977
Luis Escribano Reinosa
Born 1947
José María Arribas
Born 1956
Iván Sarnago
Born 1975
José Manzanedo
Born 1956
Luis Miguel Calvo
Born 1967
Francisco Estévanez Rodríguez
1880 - 1953
Victorino Garrido
1779 - 1864
María Villén
1871 - 1961
Antonio García y Fernández
1834 - 1890
Luis Labín Besuita
1875 - 1948
Modesto Piñeiro Ceballos
1925 - 2006
Alfonso de Bolaños
Died 1478
Guillermo Vallejo
Born 1995
Ruy Pérez II de Villegas
1350 - 1420
Patricia Fernández
Born 1980
Alonso de Velasco y Salinas
Died 1620
Eduardo Arasti
Born 1959
Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca
Died 1605
Segundo Arce Ibáñez
1926 - 2000
José Manuel Coego
Born 1978
Matías Arranz
1914 - 2008
Santos M. Ruesga
Born 1953
Domingo Amoreti Ruiz
1895 - 1949
Julián Íñiguez de la Torre
1906 - 1982
Diego de Gayangos
1460 - 1522
Álvaro Ibáñez Bringas
Born 1995
Martín Tárrega
1908 - 1986
Salvador Aparicio
Born 1949
Elisa Sanz
Born 1971
Juan Carlos Rad Moradillo
Born 1962
Lope de Fitero
Died 1245
Esteban Granado
1924 - 2005
Alfonso Juez
Born 1953
Bernardo del Campo
Died 1800