39.5668° N, 2.6497° E

PALMA

Most Famous People Born in Palma, Spain

Notable people
503
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1952
Most distinctive
Swimmer 5.8×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Palma Is Known For

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Football is Palma's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (66).

Palma over-indexes on swimmer5.8× the global rate.

  1. Football66
  2. Politician59
  3. Writer44
  4. Painter25
  5. Actor24
  6. Basket18
  7. Sport15
  8. Swimmer14
  1. Swimmer145.8×
  2. Basket182.8×
  3. Writer442.7×
  4. Diplomat72.4×
  5. Poet112.1×
  6. Architect92.0×
  7. Engineer61.9×
  8. Painter251.9×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 19 of 503 notable people

0044 POET

Bartomeu Rosselló-Pòrcel

1913 - 1938

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0054 HISTORIAN

José Orlandis

1918 - 2010

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0101 POLITICIAN

Aurora Picornell

1912 - 1937

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0141 SINGER

Bonet de San Pedro

1917 - 2002

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0165 ARCHITECT

Gabriel Alomar Esteve

1910 - 1997

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0176 ACTOR

Ana María Noé

1914 - 1970

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0189 WRITER

Gaspar Sabater

1914 - 1987

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0200 ARCHITECT

José Ferragut Pou

1912 - 1968

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0206 DIBUJANTE

Pedro Quetglas Ferrer "Xam"

1915 - 2001

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0213 WRITER

Juan Bonet

1917 - 1991

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0249 SCULPTOR

Remigia Caubet González

1919 - 1997

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0289 PAINTER

Martí Mayol y Moragues

1916 - 1997

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0385 BOTANIST

Antonio Llorens

Born 1912

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0395 POLITICIAN

Félix Pons Marqués

1910 - 1970

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0404 POLITICIAN

Máximo Alomar Josa

1917 - 2008

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0431 ARCHITECT

Emili Bordoy

1918 - 2006

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0463 POLITICIAN

Víctor Alomar

1910 - 1983

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0484 FOOTBALL

Tomeu Salas

1919 - 2013

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0502 JOURNALIST

Francisco Javier Jiménez González

1912 - 1988

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