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 1920s Clear ×
Pilar Lorengar
1928 - 1996
Fernando Lázaro Carreter
1923 - 2004
José María Forqué
1923 - 1995
José Luis Borau
1929 - 2012
Miguel Labordeta
1921 - 1969
Carmen de Lirio
1923 - 2014
Antonio Ubieto Arteta
1923 - 1990
Faustino Menéndez Pidal de Navascués
1924 - 2019
Francisco de Asís Sancho Rebullida
1921 - 1995
Antonio Valero Vicente
1925 - 2001
Enrique Jarnes
1925 - 2002
Mayrata O'Wisiedo
1929 - 1998
Constantino Láscaris Comneno Micolaw
1923 - 1979
Joaquín Bosque Maurel
1924 - 2015
Rafael Usón Lacal
1926 - 2016
Pedro Recuenco
1927 - 2006
Luis García-Abrines Calvo
1923 - 2016
José Luis Lacruz Berdejo
1921 - 1989
José María Sánchez-Ventura Pascual
1922 - 2017
Rosa María Aranda
1920 - 2005
Alfredo Muiños
1924 - 2009
Víctor Fairén Guillén
1921 - 2013
Manuel Cano García
1926 - 1994
Julio Bernad
1928 - 2014
Luis Sáinz de Medrano
1928 - 2012
Emilio Larrodera López
1921 - 1987
Pilar Andrés de Pablo
1921 - 2006
Cristóbal Guitart
1925 - 2015
Tomás Pelayo
1928 - 2007
Ricardo Malumbres Logroño
1926 - 2019
Araceli Herrero
Born 1925
José Romero Aguirre
1922 - 1979