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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
  • Art & Design
  • Science
  • Music
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Showing 7 of 857 notable people

0069 PAINTER

Jusepe Martínez

1600 - 1682

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0085 WRITER

Ana Francisca Abarca de Bolea

1602 - 1685

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0171 WRITER

José Pellicer de Ossau y Tovar

1602 - 1679

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0225 ORGANIST

José Ximénez

1600 - 1672

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0379 WRITER

Juan Francisco Andrés de Uztarroz

1606 - 1653

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0492 WRITER

Gaspar Sala y Berart

1605 - 1670

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0800 PAINTER

Juan Bautista Felices de Cáceres

1601 - 1639

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