39.4699° N, 0.3763° W

VALENCIA

Most Famous People Born in Valencia, Spain

Notable people
1,500
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1935
Most distinctive
Professor 4.1×

A Mediterranean port whose bench reaches back through the Kingdom of Valencia to the Taifa of Balansiya. Valencia's distinctive professions are professors, philosophers, sculptors, and architects alongside a heavy column of painters — Sorolla most famous among them — and the early tail runs through Ibn Jubayr and the Arab-Andalusi poets of the 12th century. The House of Aragon provided four medieval kings born in or around the city, and Blasco Ibáñez's realist novels still define the modern literary shelf.

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Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0392 PAINTER

Juan Conchillos Falco

1641 - 1711

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0980 PAINTER

Senén Vila

1640 - 1707

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1133 PAINTER

José Caudí

1640 - 1696

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