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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Valencia during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Valencia Is Known For
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Politician is Valencia's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (161).
Valencia over-indexes on professor — 4.1× the global rate.
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.
- Art & Design
- Sports
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1650s Clear ×
Antonio Margil
1657 - 1726
Tomás Vicente Tosca
1651 - 1723
José Ortí y Moles
1650 - 1728
Baltasar Íñigo
1656 - 1746
José Agramunt
1657 - 1732