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×
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.
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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Seve Ballesteros
1957 - 2011
Andrés Caicedo
1951 - 1977
Quique Setién
Born 1958
Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1959)
Born 1959
Juan Uslé
Born 1954
Alejandro Gándara
Born 1957
Alejandro Abascal
Born 1952
Fernando Jáuregui
Born 1950
Cecilio Lastra
Born 1951
José Antonio Rodríguez Vega
1957 - 2002
Antonio Gorostegui
Born 1954
José Luis Moreno-Ruiz
Born 1953
Jesús López-Medel
Born 1959
Pedro Camus
Born 1955
Juan Pellón
Born 1955
Gerardo Bolado
Born 1956
Francisco Javier Ceballos Sierra
Born 1954
Miguel Gutiérrez Adúriz
Born 1950
Raúl Gómez Samperio
Born 1956
Julio Gómez (boxer)
Born 1959
Eduardo Peralta Labrador
Born 1957
Gema Soldevilla
Born 1950
Francisco de Miguel Álvarez
Born 1958
Gonzalo Piñeiro
1954 - 1991
Villita
Born 1956
Miguel Ángel Serna
Born 1953
Pedro Alba
Born 1955
Pablo Zaldívar Miquelarena
Born 1951
Eduardo van den Eynde
1959 - 2020
Francisco Javier Hergueta Garnica
Born 1958