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ZARAGOZA

Most Famous People Born in Zaragoza, Spain

Notable people
857
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1941
Most distinctive
Basket 3.0×

Aragonese crossroads energy: the Writer and Painter benches carry the long shadow of Goya (trained under Bayeu, whose family the city still claims), and the Architect cluster belongs to the Mudéjar tradition that gave Zaragoza its UNESCO brickwork. The Basket line is the CAI/Casademont dynasty, genuinely the city's second religion after the Pilar.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Zaragoza during each.

What Zaragoza Is Known For

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Football is Zaragoza's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (105).

Zaragoza over-indexes on basket3.0× the global rate.

Zaragoza under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football105
  2. Politician66
  3. Writer65
  4. Painter50
  5. Actor38
  6. Basket32
  7. Singer26
  8. Journalist21
  1. Basket323.0×
  2. Architect182.4×
  3. Writer652.3×
  4. Painter502.2×
  5. Physician122.0×
  6. Diplomat102.0×
  7. Academic161.8×
  8. Militar171.6×
  1. Politician660.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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  • Politics & Law
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  • Science
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0035 COMPOSER

Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia

1561 - 1627

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0109 MAGISTRATO

Juan de Lanuza y Urrea

1564 - 1591

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0110 COMPOSER

Pedro Ruimonte

1565 - 1627

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0189 FRIAR

Diego Aduarte

1566 - 1637

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0311 CLERIC

Martín Carrillo

1561 - 1630

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0668 PAINTER

Rafael Pertús

1564 - 1648

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0739 PAINTER

Antonio Galcerán

1560 - 1613

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