37.1781° N, 3.6005° W
GRANADA
Most Famous People Born in Granada, Spain
- Notable people
- 521
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1936
- Most distinctive
- Émir 1629.2×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Granada during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Granada Is Known For
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Writer is Granada's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (49).
Granada over-indexes on émir — 1629.2× the global rate.
Granada under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Granada's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Music
- Science
- Other
Eugénie de Montijo
1826 - 1920
Francisco Suárez
1548 - 1617
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
1509 - 1579
Leo Africanus
1487 - 1554
Francisco Ayala (novelist)
1906 - 2009
Alonzo Cano
1601 - 1667
Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo
1787 - 1862
Muhammad XII of Granada
1459 - 1532
Ángel Ganivet
1865 - 1898
Enrique Morente
1942 - 2010
Mariano Fortuny (designer)
1871 - 1949
Antonio de Mendoza
1494 - 1552
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz
1526 - 1588
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (poet and diplomat)
1503 - 1575
Estrella Morente
Born 1980
Luis Ricardo Falero
1851 - 1896
Rosa López
Born 1981
Manuel Orantes
Born 1949
Luis de Narváez
1500 - 1555
Moses ibn Ezra
1060 - 1138
Pedro de Mena
1628 - 1688
Louis of Granada
1504 - 1588
Mariana de Pineda Muñoz
1804 - 1831
Luis García Montero
Born 1958
Blanca Li
Born 1964
Luis Rosales
1910 - 1992
Álex Gálvez
Born 1989
Carlos Cano
1946 - 2000
Sergio Escudero (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez
1870 - 1970
Al-Shatibi
Died 1388
Emilio Herrera Linares
1879 - 1967
Juanjo Guarnido
Born 1967
Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
1120 - 1190
Elisa Montés
Born 1934
Pablo Heras-Casado
Born 1977
José Guerrero (artist)
1914 - 1991
Julián Cuesta
Born 1991
Lucas Alcaraz
Born 1966
Pablo Aguilar (basketball)
Born 1989
Manuel Jiménez de Parga
1929 - 2014
Antonio Carmona
Born 1965
Chus Gutiérrez
Born 1962
Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada
1318 - 1354
José Higueras
Born 1953
Pepe Habichuela
Born 1944
Mariano Álvarez de Castro
1749 - 1810
Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada
Died 1485
Eugenio Martín
Born 1925
Miguel Gallardo (singer)
1950 - 2005
Muhammed IX, Sultan of Granada
1396 - 1453
Francisco Alonso
1887 - 1948
Juan Habichuela
1933 - 2016
Abu Hamid al-Gharnati
1080 - 1170
Antonio Ruiz-Pipó
1934 - 1997
Rafael Guillén
Born 1933
María José Rienda
Born 1975
Luis del Mármol Carvajal
1520 - 1600
María Pacheco
1496 - 1531
Alfredo Alvar
Born 1960
Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
Born 1949
Yusuf III of Granada
1376 - 1417
Melchor Fernández Almagro
1893 - 1966
Muhammad XIII, Sultan of Granada
Died 1494
Pedro Bohórquez
1602 - 1667
Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra
1638 - 1688
Manuel Rivera (Künstler)
1927 - 1995
Manuel Gómez-Moreno González
1834 - 1918
José Tamayo
1920 - 2003
José Coronel Urtecho
1906 - 1994
José Bullejos
1899 - 1974
Pedro Bermúdez
1558 - 1605
Julio Casares
1877 - 1964
Francisco Varela (footballer)
Born 1994
Aureliano Fernández-Guerra
1816 - 1894
Mariano Bertuchi
1884 - 1955
Manuel Pavía y Lacy
1814 - 1896
Frederico Corriente
1940 - 2020
Justo Navarro
Born 1953
Edward Ferrero
1831 - 1899
Gregorio Morales
1952 - 2015
Miguel Hermoso
Born 1942
Ibn Juzayy
1321 - 1357
José Martín Recuerda
1926 - 2007
José María López Mezquita
1883 - 1954
José Ortega Torres
Born 1943
Antonio Velázquez
Born 1981
El Fandi
Born 1981
Francisco de Mendoza
1547 - 1623
Muhammad VII of Granada
1370 - 1408
Ibn al-Yayyab
1274 - 1349
Cristina Peña
Born 1976
Victoria Padial
Born 1988
Antonio Lafuente
Born 1953
José Torrubia
1698 - 1761
Ángel Barrios
1882 - 1964
Hafsa Bint al-Hajj al-Rukuniyya
1135 - 1191
Jesús Neira Rodríguez
1953 - 2015
Manuel Lucena
Born 1982
Marina Heredia
Born 1980
Muhammed V of Granada
1338 - 1391
Óscar Cano
Born 1972
Yusuf IV, Sultan of Granada
Died 1432
Cristino Martos y Balbí
1830 - 1893
Juan Torres López
Born 1954
José Manuel Fajardo
Born 1957
Eugenio Sellés
1842 - 1926
Ramón Ortega y Frías
1825 - 1883
Elisa Pérez Vera
Born 1940
Muhammad III, Sultan of Granada
1257 - 1314
Luis Sánchez Agesta
1914 - 1997
Muhammed IV, Sultan of Granada
1315 - 1333
Nekane Sweet
Born 1991
Nasr, Sultan of Granada
1287 - 1322
Elpidio José Silva
Born 1959
Ismail I, Sultan of Granada
1279 - 1325
José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec
Born 1948
Felipe Alcaraz
Born 1943
Ismail II, Sultan of Granada
1338 - 1360
María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, 12th Duchess of Peñaranda
1825 - 1860
José García Román
Born 1945
Cesar Benito
Born 1950
Jaime Alvar Ezquerra
Born 1955
Julio Aróstegui
1939 - 2013
Ibn Zamrak
1333 - 1393
Antonina Rodrigo
Born 1935
Luis Muñoz (poet)
Born 1966
José María Rico
1934 - 2019
José Manuel Ruiz Reyes
Born 1978
Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
1828 - 1890
José Val del Omar
1904 - 1982
Francisco Maroto
1906 - 1940
Carlos Alvar
Born 1951
Adolfo García Quesada
Born 1979
José Luis Serrano Moreno
1960 - 2016
Cristina García Morales
Born 1985
Rafael Garzón
1863 - 1923
Javi Cantero
Born 1988
José Fernández Montesinos
1897 - 1972
Pedro de Moya
1610 - 1660
Ramón Ortega Quero
Born 1988
José Ignacio Lapido
Born 1962
Francisco de Paula Mellado
1810 - 1876
Javier Valenzuela
Born 1954
Fernando Valverde
Born 1980
Manuel Tovar
1875 - 1935
Óscar García Guerrero
Born 1988
Federico Olóriz Aguilera
1855 - 1912
Paquito Ortiz
Born 1969
José Rico Pavés
Born 1966
Ricardo del Arco y Garay
1888 - 1955
Francisco José Lara
Born 1977
Paco Esteban
Born 1981
Melchor Almagro
1882 - 1947
Antonio Jiménez Blanco
1924 - 2014
Muhammed VI, Sultan of Granada
1332 - 1362
Andrés María de Guzmán
1752 - 1794
José Luis Gómez Hurtado
Born 1990
Valentín Parera
1895 - 1986
Muhammed XI, Sultan of Granada
Died 1454
Muhammed VIII, Sultan of Granada
1409 - 1431
Alfonso Falero
Born 1959
Manuel Cobo del Rosal
1934 - 2017
José de Castro y Orozco
1808 - 1869
Fernando Barrachina
1947 - 2016
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno
1831 - 1905
Ana Torres-Álvarez
Born 1976
Sa'ad, Sultan of Granada
Died 1465
Álvaro Cuadros
Born 1995
Manolete (Tänzer)
Born 1945
Yusuf II, Sultan of Granada
Died 1392
Consuelo Varela Bueno
Born 1945
Fernando Garrido Falla
1921 - 2003
José Castro y Serrano
1829 - 1896
Antonio Jiménez Quiles
Born 1934
Manuel Paso
1864 - 1901
Manuel Talens
1948 - 2015
Ana Orantes
1937 - 1997
Antonio Gallego Burín
1895 - 1961
Juan Facundo Riaño
1829 - 1901
Isabel García Lorca
1909 - 2002
José Cuenca Jiménez
Born 1987
Antonio García Reinoso
1623 - 1677
Elena Martín Vivaldi
1907 - 1998
Ana Casas Broda
Born 1965
Jaime Peñafiel
Born 1932
Natalia López-Moratalla
Born 1946
José Antonio de Yturriaga Barberán
Born 1936
Eric Jiménez
Born 1967
Mariola Cantarero
Born 1978
Ildefonso Díez de Rivera, Count of Almodóvar
1777 - 1846
Alfonso Ceron
Born 1535
Gelu
Born 1945
Publius Cornelius Anullinus
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Ángel Ocaña
Born 1960
Fernando de Páramo
Born 1987
Jose Julio Cabanillas Serrano
Born 1958
José Carrillo Mancilla
Born 1993
José de Cieza
1656 - 1692
Gonzalo de Salazar
1492 - 1564
José Antonio Sánchez de Luna
Born 1984
Jaime Ballesteros
1932 - 2015
Basilio Ponce de León
1570 - 1629
Jim Daly (evangelist)
Born 1961
Patricia Fernández
Born 1978
Homero Serís
1879 - 1969
Ambrosio de Benavides
1718 - 1787
Matilde Cantos
1898 - 1987
Javier Egea
1952 - 1999
Ambrosio Martínez Bustos
1614 - 1672
Francisca Pleguezuelos
Born 1950
Luis Fernández-Guerra y Orbe
1818 - 1890
Mariano Pina Domínguez
1840 - 1895
Enrique Rodríguez Guerrero
Born 1983
José Luis Leal
Born 1936
Juan Antonio Vera Torres
Born 1941
Rafael Rodríguez Méndez
1845 - 1919
Daniel Domínguez
Born 1985
Fernando Sainz de Bujanda
1915 - 1999
Antonio Amaya
1923 - 2012
Jota (Los Planetas)
Born 1969
José Antonio Castillo
Born 1970
Enrique Rojas
Born 1947
David Serrano
Born 1968
Mary Carmen Ramírez
Born 1932
Amparo Vila
Born 1951
Francisco Espinosa
Born 1962
José María Rodríguez-Acosta
1878 - 1941
Francisco Acuyo
Born 1960
Fernando Díaz de la Guardia
Born 1972
Pablo Almazán
Born 1989
Emilia Serrano de Wilson
1843 - 1922
Alejandro Pedregosa
Born 1974
Purificación Fenoll
Born 1935
Teresa Titos Garzón
1852 - 1915
Rafael Entrena Cuesta
Born 1932
Sergio Valdeolmillos
Born 1967
Antonio Paso y Cano
1870 - 1958
Álvaro Salvador Jofre
Born 1950
Antoine Martinez (football)
Born 1959
Alberto López Jiménez
Born 1995
Miguel Ángel Peña
Born 1970
Emilio Orozco
1909 - 1987
Enriqueta Lozano
1829 - 1895
María Díaz Cortés
1892 - 2009
Reynaldo Fernández Manzano
Born 1959
José Carlos Rosales
Born 1952
Juan de Sevilla Romero
1643 - 1695
Gabriel Morcillo
1887 - 1973
Joaquín García Labella
1905 - 1936
Saadia Ibn Danan
Died 1493
Miguel Fernández Martín
Born 1950
Francisco Serrano Frías
1695 - 1748
Fernando García Sánchez
Born 1953
Luis Navajas
Born 1948
Carmen Castillo García
Born 1932
Francisco José Segovia Ramos
Born 1962
Antonio Joaquín Afán de Ribera
1834 - 1906
Sergio de la Puente
Born 1975
Juan José Porto
Born 1945
José Vida Soria
1937 - 2019
Rafael Rodrigo Montero
Born 1953
Nicolás María López Calera
1938 - 2012
Francisco Álvarez de Nóvoa
1873 - 1936
Gabriel Díaz Berbel
1940 - 2011
Francisco Cuenca
Born 1969
Israel Jerez Martínez
Born 1986
Florent Muñoz
Born 1968
Manuel Calzada Pérez
Born 1972
Sergio Pamies
Born 1983
Eduardo Molina Fajardo
1914 - 1979
Enrique Briones
Born 1962
Hernán Pérez de Quesada
1500 - 1544
Ana Terrón
Born 1983
Tomas Piñas
Born 1987
José María Granada
1893 - 1960
Miguel Ángel Pérez Tello
Born 1957
María Elena Gómez Moreno
1907 - 1998
Isaac López Pérez
Born 1978
Enrique Rodríguez Galindo
Born 1939
Cristina Alarcón
Born 1987
Blanca García-Valdecasas
Born 1936
Abu Es Haq es Saheli
1290 - 1346
Manuel Cano Tamayo
1925 - 1990
Laura de los Ríos Giner
1913 - 1981
Manolo Ruiz-Pipo
1929 - 1998
Rosa María Capel Martínez
Born 1950
Juan Carlos Molina Merlos
Born 1974
Carlos Molina del Pozo
Born 1951
Luis Seco de Lucena Paredes
1901 - 1974
Joseph ibn Nagrela
1035 - 1066
Juan Andrés García Román
Born 1979
Paco Pomet
Born 1970
Manuel Peinado
Born 1953
Eduardo Carretero
1920 - 2011
Pablo Santos (tennis)
Born 1984
Nuria Rico Castro
Born 1977
Eugenio Gómez Mir
1877 - 1938
Juan Vida
Born 1955
Mariano Baena del Alcázar
Born 1937