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LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA

Most Famous People Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Notable people
450
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1967
Most distinctive
Swimmer 8.3×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 93 notable births.

What Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Is Known For

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Football is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's biggest profession — 33% of all notables (147).

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria over-indexes on swimmer — 8.3× the global rate.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football147
  2. Politician34
  3. Writer21
  4. Basket20
  5. Actor19
  6. Swimmer18
  7. Sport18
  8. Poet10
  1. Swimmer188.3×
  2. Handball64.3×
  3. Basket203.5×
  4. Football1473.0×
  5. Sport182.4×
  6. Poet102.1×
  7. Artist81.7×
  1. Politician340.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0065 WRITER

Justo Jorge Padrón

Born 1943

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0076 SCIENTIST

María Vallet-Regí

Born 1946

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0083 MUSIC

Teddy Bautista

Born 1943

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0085 WRITER

Juan Jesús Armas Marcelo

Born 1946

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0106 ACTOR

Carlos Piñar

Born 1945

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0110 SCULPTOR

Juan Bordes

Born 1948

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0115 FOOTBALL

Germán Dévora

Born 1943

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0145 ARTIST

Concha Jerez

Born 1941

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0148 PHOTOGRAPHER

Miguel Rio Branco

Born 1946

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0169 POLITICIAN

José Miguel Bravo de Laguna

Born 1944

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0185 MUSIC

Lothar Siemens

1941 - 2017

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0228 WRITER

Víctor Ramírez

Born 1944

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0239 POLITICIAN

Carmelo Suárez

Born 1949

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0243 SWIMMER

Arturo Lang-Lenton

Born 1949

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0246 ACTOR

Ulrike Behrmann von Zerboni

Born 1940

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0250 ECONOMIST

Óscar Bergasa

Born 1941

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0259 COMPOSER

Sindo Saavedra

1949 - 2005

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0265 POET

José Luis Pernas

Born 1943

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0269 COMEDIAN

Manolo Vieira

Born 1949

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0284 SWIMMER

Rita Pulido

Born 1945

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0296 FOOTBALL

José Manuel León

1944 - 2020

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0297 ACTOR

Luis Suárez (actor)

1940 - 1992

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0314 SWIMMER

Julio Cabrera (swimmer)

Born 1942

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0355 SWIMMER

Jesús Cabrera

Born 1945

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0360 PRESENTER

Armando Marcos Placeres

Born 1947

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0361 ACTIVISTA

Tomás Falcón Reyes

Born 1940

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0366 FOOTBALL

Álvaro Antonio Pérez Domínguez

Born 1949

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0376 COACH

Pacuco Rosales

Born 1949

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0379 FOOTBALL

Federico Páez Martín

Born 1948

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0394 SWIMMER

Nazario Padrón

Born 1945

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0396 SWIMMER

José Cossio

Born 1942

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0401 SWIMMER

Heriberto de la Fe

Born 1941

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0403 WRITER

Jorge Rodríguez Padrón

Born 1943

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0405 JOURNALIST

Andrés Luis Cañadas Machado

Born 1941

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0406 FOOTBALL

Noly

Born 1949

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0415 FOOTBALL

Niz (futbolista)

Born 1945

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0421 SPORT

Alberto Molina

Born 1943

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0427 FOOTBALL

Guillermo Hernández Robaina

Born 1945

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0441 FOOTBALL

Óscar Ramírez Hernández (futbolista español) -

Born 1944

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