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SANTANDER

Most Famous People Born in Santander, Spain

Notable people
444
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1947
Most distinctive
Handball 6.5×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Santander Is Known For

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Football is Santander's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (85).

Santander over-indexes on handball — 6.5× the global rate.

  1. Football85
  2. Politician56
  3. Writer26
  4. Actor25
  5. Painter23
  6. Journalist23
  7. Sport20
  8. Lawyer11
  1. Handball96.5×
  2. Journalist233.3×
  3. Sport202.7×
  4. Architect82.0×
  5. Painter232.0×
  6. Writer261.8×
  7. Football851.8×
  8. Business71.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0035 ACTOR

Matilde Camus

1919 - 2012

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0042 ACTOR

Luis Peña

1918 - 1977

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0085 ACTOR

Emilio Tuero

1912 - 1971

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0097 ARCHITECT

Francisco de Asís Cabrero

1912 - 2005

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0120 FOOTBALL

Germán Gómez

1914 - 2004

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0135 ARISTOCRAT

Francisco de Borbón y Borbón

1912 - 1995

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0193 WRITER

Eduardo Obregón

1919 - 2006

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0195 WRITER

Manuel Pombo Angulo

1914 - 1995

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0210 PAINTER

Antonio Quirós

1912 - 1984

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0216 FOOTBALL

Alfonso Aparicio

1919 - 1999

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0229 POLITICIAN

Pedro Escalante

1913 - 1970

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0241 SCULPTOR

Francisco González Gómez

1918 - 1990

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0242 MUSIC

Nicolas Alfonso

1913 - 2001

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0289 RELIGIOSO

Augusto Andrés

1910 - 1934

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0298 POLITICIAN

Francisco Labadie Otermin

1917 - 2001

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0319 FOOTBALL

Yayo Sanz

Born 1914

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0336 POLITICIAN

José Manuel Pardo de Santayana

1913 - 1997

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0340 POLITICIAN

Faustino García-Moncó Fernández

1916 - 1996

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0342 FOOTBALL

Manín

1915 - 1987

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0352 FOOTBALL

Fabri Salcedo

1914 - 1985

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0357 ARCHITECT

María Cristina Gonzalo Pintor

1913 - 2005

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0360 MILITAR

José Bourgón López-Dóriga

1917 - 1985

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0401 POLITICIAN

Leandro Valle González-Torre

1918 - 2014

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0416 POLITICIAN

Ángel Garvín

1918 - 1942

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0424 FOOTBALL

José Luis Diestro

1919 - 1997

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