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OVIEDO

Most Famous People Born in Oviedo, Spain

Notable people
448
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1946
Most distinctive
King 8.5×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Oviedo during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 64 notable births.

What Oviedo Is Known For

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Football is Oviedo's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (78).

Oviedo over-indexes on king — 8.5× the global rate.

Oviedo under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football78
  2. Politician54
  3. Writer45
  4. Journalist20
  5. Painter16
  6. Singer12
  7. Sport12
  8. Actor12
  1. King58.5×
  2. Sculptor124.1×
  3. Writer453.1×
  4. Journalist202.8×
  5. Militar112.0×
  6. Academic81.8×
  7. Sport121.6×
  8. Football781.6×
  1. Actor120.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Oviedo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0003 FOOTBALL

Quini

1949 - 2018

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0040 WRITER

Gregorio Morán

Born 1947

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0056 MATHEMATICIAN

Juan Luis Vázquez Suárez

Born 1946

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0069 POLITICIAN

Antonio Masip Hidalgo

Born 1946

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0074 CINEMA

Carlos Suárez (cinematographer)

1946 - 2019

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0093 ACTOR

Helio Pedregal

Born 1949

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0125 JOURNALIST

Consuelo Álvarez de Toledo

Born 1944

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0132 SCULPTOR

José Luis Fernández (escultor)

Born 1943

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0133 OPERA

Emilio Sagi

Born 1948

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0140 ACADEMIC

María Izquierdo Rojo

Born 1946

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0142 ACTOR

Dorotea Bárcena

1944 - 2016

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0145 WRITER

Juan Cueto

1942 - 2019

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0152 CONSEJER

Manuel Aznar López

Born 1948

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0153 POLITICIAN

Matías Rodríguez Inciarte

Born 1948

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0164 PRESENTER

Ramón Sánchez-Ocaña

Born 1942

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0177 FOOTBALL

Vicente González-Villamil

Born 1947

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0188 PHYSICIAN

Jesús Prieto Valtueña

Born 1944

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0208 SPORT

Luis Balague

Born 1944

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0212 WRITER

Carmen Ruiz-Tilve

Born 1941

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0216 SINGER

Jerónimo Granda

Born 1945

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0229 POLITICIAN

Gabino de Lorenzo

Born 1943

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0237 ACTOR

Mary Paz Pondal

Born 1942

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0251 POLITICIAN

Wenceslao López

Born 1948

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0268 ACADEMIC

Jesús Lobato de Blas

1942 - 2014

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0269 POLITICIAN

Luis Díaz Alperi

Born 1945

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0270 LAWYER

Luis Ignacio Sánchez

1948 - 2010

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0310 FOOTBALL

Julio Luis Alas

Born 1943

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0328 ARTIST

Manuel Adolfo García Fernández

Born 1945

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0332 SCULPTOR

Mauro Álvarez Fernández

Born 1945

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0334 SPORT

Chuso

1949 - 2018

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0344 BUSINESS

Eugenio Prieto Álvarez

Born 1940

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0360 POLITICIAN

Agustín Marina

1943 - 2015

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0366 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Juan Luis Sariego

1949 - 2015

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0369 FOOTBALL

Javier Álvarez Alonso

Born 1949

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0374 JOURNALIST

Luis José Ávila

1945 - 2019

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0379 POLITICIAN

Jorge Fernández Bustillo

Born 1943

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0384 DIPLOMAT

Paulino González Fernández-Corugedo

Born 1945

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0399 FOOTBALL

Miguel Montes Busto

1940 - 2019

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0417 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Lombardía

1941 - 2020

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0420 ESCENÓGRAF

Julio Galán Martín

1946 - 2003

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0428 WRITER

Emilio Rodríguez López

Born 1944

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0443 CHESS

Ángel Fernández Fernández

1942 - 1999

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