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 1840s Clear ×
Eusebio Blasco
1844 - 1903
Ricardo Magdalena
1849 - 1910
Julián Romea Parra
1848 - 1903
Eduardo Viscasillas Blanque
1848 - 1938
Francisco Commelerán y Gómez
1848 - 1919
Ricardo Sepúlveda y Planter
1846 - 1909
Constantino Gil y Luengo
1844 - 1914
Arturo Zancada y Conchillos
1847 - 1912
Enrique Sepúlveda
1844 - 1903
Calixto Navarro
1847 - 1900
Royo del Rabal
1844 - 1905
Tuerto de las Tenerías
1847 - 1935