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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 6 of 857 notable people

0176 POLITICIAN

José de la Gándara y Navarro

1820 - 1885

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0282 ACTOR

Teodora Lamadrid

1820 - 1896

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0334 PAINTER

Pablo Gonzalvo

1827 - 1896

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0350 PAINTER

Bernardino Montañés

1825 - 1893

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0446 POLITICIAN

Jerónimo Borao y Clemente

1821 - 1878

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0505 MATHEMATICIAN

Antonio Torner Carbó

1825 - 1883

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