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GRANADA

Most Famous People Born in Granada, Spain

Notable people
521
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1936
Most distinctive
Émir 1629.2×
Through the Centuries

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.

  1. Writer49
  2. Politician43
  3. Painter37
  4. Football35
  5. Poet20
  6. Sport19
  7. Singer14
  8. Lawyer14
  1. Émir101629.2×
  2. Prelate89.0×
  3. Pianist64.3×
  4. Poet203.7×
  5. Writer492.9×
  6. Painter372.7×
  7. Sculptor82.4×
  8. Sport192.2×
  1. Actor120.4×
  2. Football350.6×
  3. Politician430.7×

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.

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0010 COMPOSER

Enrique Morente

1942 - 2010

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0018 PLAYER

Manuel Orantes

Born 1949

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0028 SINGER

Carlos Cano

1946 - 2000

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0046 MUSIC

Pepe Habichuela

Born 1944

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0061 COMPOSER

Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez

Born 1949

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0078 ACADEMIC

Frederico Corriente

1940 - 2020

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0082 FILM

Miguel Hermoso

Born 1942

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0086 POET

José Ortega Torres

Born 1943

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0109 LAWYER

Elisa Pérez Vera

Born 1940

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0117 HISTORIAN

José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec

Born 1948

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0118 POLITICIAN

Felipe Alcaraz

Born 1943

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0121 COMPOSER

José García Román

Born 1945

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0165 FOOTBALL

Fernando Barrachina

1947 - 2016

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0170 CHOREOGRAPHER

Manolete (Tänzer)

Born 1945

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0172 HISTORIAN

Consuelo Varela Bueno

Born 1945

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0177 WRITER

Manuel Talens

1948 - 2015

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0187 BIOCHEMIST

Natalia López-Moratalla

Born 1946

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0193 SINGER

Gelu

Born 1945

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0216 GEOLOGIST

Juan Antonio Vera Torres

Born 1941

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0223 PSYCHIATRIST

Enrique Rojas

Born 1947

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0255 PROSECUTOR

Luis Navajas

Born 1948

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0260 FILM

Juan José Porto

Born 1945

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0265 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Díaz Berbel

1940 - 2011

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0316 WRITER

Juan Jesús León

1946 - 2008

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0325 PAINTER

José Ortuño

1943 - 1999

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0331 LAWYER

Alicemarie Huber Stotler

1942 - 2014

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0353 BASKET

Ramón Guardiola

Born 1944

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0354 POLITICIAN

José Dionisio Marenco Gutiérrez

Born 1946

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0359 DIPLOMAT

Francisco Fernández Fábregas

Born 1944

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0368 DIPLOMAT

Fernando Almansa

Born 1948

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0400 POLITICIAN

Hermann Oehling

1940 - 1997

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0405 PAINTER

Fernando González García

1944 - 2017

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0417 POLITICIAN

José Enrique Moratalla

Born 1949

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0443 ACTOR

Patricia Loran

Born 1946

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0448 FOOTBALL

Manuel González (footballer, born 1943)

Born 1943

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0454 BUSINESS

Ángeles de la Plata Martín

Born 1948

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0455 FOOTBALL

José Manuel González López (futbolista nacido e

Born 1943

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0470 SPORT

Eduardo Castellanos

1948 - 1984

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0487 FOOTBALL

Rafael Almagro

Born 1945

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0497 FOOTBALL

Fernando Aguilera Carvajal

Born 1948

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0518 JOURNALIST

Melchor Saiz-Pardo

1942 - 2019

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