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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0002 ACTOR

Rossy de Palma

Born 1964

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0019 CLUB

DJ Sammy

Born 1969

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0024 SCREENWRITER

Daniel Monzón

Born 1968

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0035 WRITER

Maria de la Pau Janer

Born 1966

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0078 FOOTBALL

Gabriel Vidal

Born 1969

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0089 POLITICIAN

Aina Calvo

Born 1969

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0092 ARTIST

Bartolomé Seguí

Born 1962

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0111 FOOTBALL

Marcos Martín de la Fuente

Born 1968

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0122 AUTHOR

Miguel Ángel Velasco

1963 - 2010

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0124 PLAYER

Alberto Tous

Born 1962

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0127 OLYMPIC

Jordi Calafat

Born 1968

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0149 WRITER

Luis Magrinyà

Born 1960

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0154 POLITICIAN

Teresa Palmer Tous

Born 1969

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0183 SWIMMER

Rafael Escalas

Born 1961

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0185 PLONGEUR

Pedro Carbonell

Born 1969

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0201 WRITER

Alfons Martí Bauçà

Born 1968

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0208 WRITER

Enrique Juncosa

Born 1961

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0211 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Barceló

Born 1967

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0221 ACTOR

Jaime Pujol

Born 1961

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0224 FILM

Guillermo Fernández Groizard

Born 1960

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0225 WRITER

Margalida Pons Jaume

Born 1966

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0240 JOURNALIST

Emili Manzano

Born 1964

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0301 SINGER

Riki López

Born 1968

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0305 POLITICIAN

Margalida Duran Cladera

Born 1967

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0317 POLITICIAN

Miquel Àngel Llauger

Born 1963

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0324 POLITICIAN

Isabel Borrego

Born 1968

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0326 ARTIST

Gabi Beltrán

Born 1966

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0327 ACTOR

Carlo Schmidt

Born 1966

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0335 SCULPTOR

Bernardí Roig

Born 1965

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0338 SKIPPER

Javier Sansó

Born 1969

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0339 ACTOR

Juan Ángel

Born 1960

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0351 FOOTBALL

José Ramón Bermell

Born 1962

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0356 POLITICIAN

Catalina Cirer

Born 1963

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0358 POLITICIAN

Carlos Delgado Truyols

Born 1965

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0369 ECONOMIST

José Ignacio Aguiló

Born 1962

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0378 SWIMMER

Rosa Costa

Born 1964

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0381 SWIMMER

Antonia Real

Born 1963

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0393 JOURNALIST

Josep Maria Sarriegui

1961 - 2011

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0394 PLAYER

Antoni Bibiloni Palmer (Bibi)

Born 1962

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0426 SWIMMER

Juan Enrique Escalas

Born 1964

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0469 FOOTBALL

Jacinto Villalvilla

Born 1963

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0470 SPORT

Miguel Ángel Pou

Born 1961

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0477 JOURNALIST

Tomeu Maura

Born 1964

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0481 FOOTBALL

Xavi Sastre

Born 1961

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0488 BASKET

Guillermo Coll

Born 1969

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0495 BASKET

Manuel Piña (baloncestista)

Born 1965

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