43.4664° N, 3.7998° W

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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0026 POET

Alfonso Vallejo

Born 1943

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0031 FOOTBALL

Vicente Miera

Born 1940

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0043 LAWYER

Isabel Tocino

Born 1949

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0051 POLITICIAN

François Asensi

Born 1945

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0062 WRITER

Germán Gullón

Born 1945

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0076 FOOTBALL

Francisco Javier Aguilar García

1949 - 2020

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0089 FOOTBALL

Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1945)

1945 - 2012

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0090 FOOTBALL

Ramón Cabrero

1947 - 2017

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0115 FILM

Jesús Garay (director)

Born 1949

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0118 ACTOR

Mercedes Alonso

Born 1940

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0141 POLITICIAN

Jaime Blanco García

1944 - 2020

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0149 SOCIOLOGIST

José Félix Tezanos

Born 1946

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0160 ARCHAEOLOGIST

José Alfonso Moure Romanillo

Born 1949

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0168 ACTOR

Chema Muñoz

Born 1949

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0170 POLITICIAN

Teófila Martínez

Born 1948

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0174 FOOTBALL

José Pacheco Gómez

Born 1947

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0187 FILM

Paulino Viota

Born 1948

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0192 FILM

José Sámano

1943 - 2019

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0199 HISTORIAN

José Ramón Saiz Viadero

Born 1941

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0204 MATHEMATICIAN

Francisco Javier Girón González-Torre

Born 1945

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0208 HISTORIAN

José Luis Casado Soto

1945 - 2014

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0209 TRADE UNION

Cristina Piris López-Doriga

1949 - 2003

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0220 FOOTBALL

Victoriano Sánchez Arminio

Born 1942

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0227 WRITER

Arturo del Villar Santamaría

Born 1943

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0258 FILM

Enrique González Macho

Born 1947

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0264 ARTIST

Domingo Sarrey

Born 1948

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0265 PAINTER

Joaquín Capa

Born 1941

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0267 LAWYER

Eduardo Fungairiño

1946 - 2019

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0282 ECONOMIST

Gonzalo Gil García

Born 1944

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0284 POLITICIAN

Arturo van den Eynde

1945 - 2003

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0288 PAINTER

Ricardo Saro

Born 1947

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0294 CARDIOLOGIST

Jesús Gutiérrez Morlote

Born 1949

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0296 JOURNALIST

Malén Aznárez

1943 - 2017

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0314 LAWYER

Santiago Pérez Obregón

1941 - 2018

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0315 WRITER

Rosa Pereda

Born 1949

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0374 LAWYER

Fernando Pombo García

1943 - 2011

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0384 POLITICIAN

Manuel Huerta

Born 1947

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0385 FOOTBALL

Pedro Corral

Born 1948

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0410 POLITICIAN

Manuel Garrido Martínez

Born 1943

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0415 COLUMNISTA

Jesús Antonio San Martín

Born 1945

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0417 SPORT

José Francisco García de Soto

Born 1947

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0419 POLITICIAN

Miguel Ángel Castanedo

1948 - 2010

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0435 POLITICIAN

Elena María Moreno González

Born 1941

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