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 swimmer — 5.8× 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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0017 ACTOR

Agustí Villaronga

Born 1953

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0069 BASKET

Rafael Rullán

Born 1952

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0077 POLITICIAN

Jaume Matas

Born 1956

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0103 WRITER

José Carlos Llop

Born 1956

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0125 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Salvador Moyà-Solà

Born 1955

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0128 PIANIST

Agustí Fernández

Born 1954

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0139 FOOTBALL

Manuel Díaz Vega

Born 1954

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0147 HISTORIAN

Carles Manera Erbina

Born 1957

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0148 GUITAR

Gabriel Estarellas

Born 1952

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0158 TEACHER

Joan Oliver Araujo

Born 1959

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0159 HISTORIAN

Joan Maria Thomàs

Born 1953

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0164 POLITICIAN

Mateu Isern

Born 1959

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0179 SURGEON

Antonio Lacy

Born 1957

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0186 POET

Àngels Cardona Palmer

Born 1951

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0191 POLITICIAN

Imma Mayol i Beltran

Born 1958

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0209 POLITICIAN

María Consuelo Huertas

Born 1959

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0219 JOURNALIST

Antonio Navalón

Born 1952

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0220 GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Tomás Graves

Born 1953

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0246 TEACHER

Maria Rosa Llabrés Ripoll

Born 1952

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0257 HISTORIAN

Gaspar Valero Martí

Born 1958

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0270 POLITICIAN

Ramón Aguiló

Born 1950

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0280 PHILOLOGIST

Pere J. Quetglas Nicolau

Born 1952

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0287 WRITER

Miquel Mas Ferrà

Born 1950

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0288 LAWYER

Martín Rodríguez Sol

Born 1958

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0290 WRITER

Roberto Mosquera Castell

Born 1958

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0294 POLITICIAN

Eberhard Grosske

Born 1955

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0297 POLITICIAN

Ruth Porta

Born 1957

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0300 DIPLOMAT

Rafael Dezcallar

Born 1955

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0306 MUSEOLOGIST

Jaume Coll Conesa

Born 1958

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0308 FILM

Martín Garrido Ramis

Born 1952

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0328 TELEVISION

Maria Curman

Born 1950

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0336 PUBLICIST

Rafael Vaquer

Born 1957

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0344 SCULPTOR

Ferrán Aguiló

Born 1957

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0361 MINISTR

Carmen Planas Palou

Born 1952

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0383 RABBI

Nissan Ben-Avraham

Born 1957

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0396 POLITICIAN

Rafael Bosch

Born 1959

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0400 BIOLOGIST

Xavier Pastor i Gràcia

Born 1950

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0417 WRITER

Carlos Jover

Born 1959

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0424 WRITER

Jaume Joan Ferrer Sancho

Born 1958

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0429 POLITICIAN

Margarita Quetglas

Born 1958

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0452 POLITICIAN

Jaume Carbonero Malbertí

Born 1951

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0464 FOOTBALL

Paco Machín

Born 1958

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0467 WRITER

Juan Planas

Born 1956

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0468 JOURNALIST

Miguel Frau Rovira

Born 1959

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0486 FOOTBALL

José María Bonet

Born 1957

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