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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.
Standouts
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.
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- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Manuel Sanchis i Guarner
1911 - 1981
Vicente Escrivá
1913 - 1999
Rafael Calvo Serer
1916 - 1988
Luis Lucia
1914 - 1984
Alejandra Soler
1913 - 2017
Ismael Merlo
1918 - 1984
Emilio Attard Alonso
1915 - 1997
Ricardo Muñoz Suay
1917 - 1997
Vicente Gaos
1919 - 1980
Francisco Llácer Pla
1918 - 2002
José Pellicer Gandía
1912 - 1942
Emilio Benavent Escuín
1914 - 2008
Pedro Checa
1910 - 1942
Jorge Sepúlveda
1917 - 1983
José Manuel Casas Torres
1916 - 2010
Adolfo Rincón de Arellano Garcia
1910 - 2006
Diego Cháfer
1913 - 2007
Baltasar Sangchili
1911 - 1992
Domingo Fletcher
1912 - 1995
Miguel Ramón Izquierdo
1919 - 2007
José Esteve Edo
1917 - 2015
Enrique Belenguer Estela
1913 - 1993
Federico Suárez Verdeguer
1917 - 2005
Julio Cola Alberich
1918 - 1992
Vicente Soto
1919 - 2011
Josep Giner
1912 - 1996
Basilio Nieto
1916 - 2007
Rafael Raga
1910 - 1985
José Valero
1917 - 2004
Antonio Ballester
1910 - 2001
Vicente Badía Marín
1919 - 1995
Enrique Marco Nadal
1914 - 1994
Vicente Coello
1915 - 2006
Trini de Figueroa
1918 - 1972
Ricardo Bastid Peris
1919 - 1966
Octavio Vicent
1913 - 1999
Lorenzo Teves
1918 - 2001
Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez
1913 - 1991
Emilio Lamo de Espinosa y Enríquez de Navarra
1914 - 1985
Rafael González Moralejo
1918 - 2004
Manuel Penella de Silva
1910 - 1969
José Ombuena
1915 - 1992
Federico Amorós
1914 - 1991
Carmen Tronchoni Soria
1915 - 1938
Teresita Silva
1911 - 1960
Carmen Gimeno Presencia
1912 - 1935
Manuel Asensi Martin
1918 - 1997
Purificación Pérez Benavent
1919 - 1995
José María Corbín Ferrer
1914 - 1936
José Barberá Armelles
1915 - 1993
Vicente Puchol Montis
1915 - 1967
Amadeo Ibáñez
1916 - 1979
José María Portugués Hernando
1918 - 2008
José Vilanova
1910 - 1989
Rafael Ferrando Sales
1919 - 2011
José Antonio Noguera Roig
1918 - 2003
Vicente Marco
1916 - 2008
José María Beltrán Pérez
1917 - 1986
José Arnau Serrano
1917 - 1992
Pascual Botella
1916 - 1983
Rafael Ferreres
1914 - 1981
Andrés Aviñó Soler
1914 - 2006
Vicente Pizá
1916 - 2003