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 1850s Clear ×
Mariano de Cavia
1855 - 1920
Mariano Alonso Pérez
1857 - 1930
Emilio Bonelli
1854 - 1926
Joaquín Pallarés
1853 - 1935
Tomás Castellano y Villarroya
1850 - 1906
Antonio Hernández Fajarnés
1851 - 1909
María Luisa de la Riva y Callol-Muñoz
1859 - 1926
Juan Jordán de Urríes
1851 - 1908
Enrique Casanova
1850 - 1913
Juan Pedro Barcelona
1851 - 1906
Almerinda Soler di Franco
1857 - 1930
Luis Aladrén Mendivil
1852 - 1902
José Úbeda Correal
1857 - 1918
Carlos Palao
1857 - 1934
Tomás Mur
Born 1855
Teresa Madasú
1855 - 1917
Eugenio Yanguas Ortiz
Born 1850
Eduardo García Bergés
1852 - 1920