37.3833° N, 5.9834° W
SEVILLA
Most Famous People Born in Sevilla, Spain
- Notable people
- 1,395
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1928
- Most distinctive
- Matador 166.5×
Flamenco and the bullring, at concentrations unmatched anywhere in the dataset. Seville's two most distinctive professions are matador and torero at more than 140 times the global rate, joined by dancers, explorers, poets, sculptors, and painters — the statistical shadow of Velázquez, Murillo, Machado, and a bullfighting tradition that runs from Joselito and Belmonte through Curro Romero to the present. The Casa de Contratación sent Columbus and Magellan down the Guadalquivir, and the 16th- and 17th-century bench is one of the heaviest in Spain.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Sevilla Is Known For
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Football is Sevilla's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (162).
Sevilla over-indexes on matador — 166.5× the global rate.
Sevilla under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Sevilla's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1950s Clear ×
Isabel Pantoja
Born 1956
María Jiménez
Born 1950
Raimundo Amador Fernández
Born 1959
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot
Born 1952
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda
Born 1950
Mila Ximénez
Born 1952
Javier Arenas (politician)
Born 1957
José Antonio Pérez Tapias
Born 1955
Peter Spuhler
Born 1959
Alberto Morillas
Born 1950
Manuela Carrasco
Born 1958
Carmen Ordóñez
1955 - 2004
Francisco Garrido Peña
Born 1958
Carmina Barrios
Born 1953
Rosario Valpuesta
1953 - 2013
Francisco Pérez Gandul
Born 1956
Abelardo Linares
Born 1952
Steve Gustafson
Born 1957
María Sanz
Born 1956
José Enrique Díaz
Born 1953
Adolfo Fernández
Born 1958
Juan Fernández (attore)
Born 1957
Eliacer Cansino
Born 1954
José María O'Kean
Born 1957
Manuel Silva Suárez
Born 1951
Esther Morales-Cañadas
Born 1951
José Domínguez Abascal
Born 1953
Fernando García Calderón
Born 1959
Pablo Blanco
Born 1951
Jorge Márquez
Born 1958
José María del Nido
Born 1957
Edith Checa
1957 - 2017
Antonio Caballos Rufino
Born 1955
Manili
Born 1952
Juana la del Revuelo
1952 - 2016
Juan Manuel Miñarro López
Born 1954
César Cadaval
Born 1954
Ramón Reig García
Born 1954
Víctor Jiménez Guerrero
Born 1957
Carmelo Guillén Acosta
Born 1955
Juan Luis Ramos Martín
Born 1956
Juan Lamillar
Born 1957
Alfonso Pleguezuelo
Born 1954
José Calvo González
1956 - 2020
Juan Manuel García-Ruiz
Born 1953
José Bautista (pintor)
Born 1955
Luis Cobo
Born 1951
Julio Gea-Banacloche
Born 1957
Julio E. Pastor Díaz
Born 1954
José Núñez Castain
Born 1950
José Ángel Moreno
Born 1953
Aurora Vargas
Born 1956
Carlos José Romero Mensaque
Born 1957
Antonio García Martínez (cyclist)
Born 1956
José Acevedo (escritor)
1955 - 1991
Juan José Espinosa Vargas
Born 1956
Felipe García-Martín
Born 1954
María Isabel Loring
1950 - 2006
Carlos Figueroa Lorente
Born 1956
Francisco Sanjosé
Born 1952
Javier Aroca
Born 1954
Milagros Mengíbar
Born 1952
María Jesús Aramburu del Río
Born 1951
Guillermo Gutiérrez Crespo
Born 1950
Juan Antonio Barragán
Born 1951
Adolfo Luis González Rodríguez
Born 1951
Luis Astolfi
Born 1959
Esperanza Oña
Born 1957
Felipe Benjumea Llorente
Born 1957
José Ramón Nimo
Born 1959
Enrique Viguera Rubio
Born 1953
Javier Buendía
Born 1951
Rocío Martín
Born 1953
Luis Valdenebro
Born 1951
José Luis Ruiz
Born 1952
Diego Quintero Bueno
Born 1959
Antonio Gómez Díaz
Born 1951
José Caballos Mojeda
Born 1953
Rafael Herrera Gil
Born 1952
Juan Carlos Raffo Camarillo
Born 1954