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 1880s Clear ×
José Castán Tobeñas
1889 - 1969
Jesús Comín Sagüés
1889 - 1939
Rafael de Valenzuela y Urzaiz
1881 - 1923
Manuel Bastos Ansart
1887 - 1973
José García Mercadal
1883 - 1975
Antonio Sagardía Ramos
1880 - 1962
Luis Bermejo Vida
1880 - 1941
Luis Urbano Lanaspa
1882 - 1936
Julio García Condoy
1889 - 1977
Miquel Abós Serena
1889 - 1940
Francisco Calés Pina
1886 - 1957
Francisco Albiñana
1887 - 1936
Miguel Allué Salvador
1885 - 1962
Victoria Argota
Born 1884
Paquita Escribano
1880 - 1970
Félix Burriel
1888 - 1976
María Blasco (cantante)
1888 - 1966
Eugenio Lascorz
1886 - 1962
Juanito Pardo
1884 - 1944
Antero Noailles Pérez
1884 - 1972
Julia Peguero Sanz
1880 - 1978
Antonio Mompeón
1881 - 1940
Luis de Llanzá y de Bobadilla
1884 - 1971
Emilia Iglesias
1885 - 1968
Bruno Ibáñez
1886 - 1947
Luis Orensanz Moliné
Born 1881
Miguel Asso
1886 - 1936
Eduardo Cativiela Pérez
1888 - 1974
Angel Fuertes Boira
1889 - 1938