41.6500° N, 0.8833° W
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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Zaragoza during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Zaragoza Is Known For
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Football is Zaragoza's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (105).
Zaragoza over-indexes on basket — 3.0× the global rate.
Zaragoza under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.
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.
- Sports
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Science
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1740s Clear ×
Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Río
1742 - 1814
Ramón Bayeu
1746 - 1793
Antonio José Amar y Borbón
1742 - 1818
Manuel Bayeu
1740 - 1809
Josefa Amar y Borbón
1749 - 1833
Martín Zapater
1747 - 1803
Joaquín Traggia
1748 - 1802
José Beratón
1747 - 1796
Josefa Bayeu
1747 - 1812
Domingo Traggia
1744 - 1816
Antonia María de Heredia
1746 - 1808
Antonio de Heredia y Rocamora
1745 - 1761