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.
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- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Science
- Music
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- Filtered to 1930s Clear ×
José Antonio Labordeta
1935 - 2010
Alfonso Carlos Comín
1933 - 1980
Mariano Artigas
1938 - 2006
Carlos Lapetra
1938 - 1995
José Manuel Blecua Perdices
Born 1939
Jesús Díez del Corral
1933 - 2010
Leopoldo Abadía
Born 1933
Carlos Ballesteros
1935 - 2011
Tomás Hernández
1930 - 1982
Juan Ramón Lacadena
Born 1934
Amadeo Martínez Inglés
Born 1936
Alfonso Martínez (basketball)
1937 - 2011
Emilio Gastón
1935 - 2018
José Luis García Traid
1936 - 1990
Francisco J. Uriz
Born 1932
Ana María Navales
1939 - 2009
José Luis Martínez (basket-ball)
1935 - 2017
Lorenzo Alocén
Born 1937
José Luis Pellicena
1933 - 2018
Alberto Rabadá
1933 - 1963
Juan Antonio Fernández Abajo
1938 - 2008
Javier Sanjuán
Born 1939
Alfredo Castellón
1930 - 2017
Rafael Conte
1935 - 2009
Tran
1931 - 2013
Pilar Citoler
Born 1937
Pilar Salarrullana
1937 - 2009
Antonio Artero
1936 - 2004
Rosa Fontana
Born 1938
José Orús
1931 - 2014
José Antonio Duce
Born 1933
Félix Pastor Ridruejo
1931 - 2010
Juan Antonio Quintana
Born 1939
Carlos Sanjuán
Born 1938
Adolfo Aragüés
1933 - 2010
Fermín Murillo
1934 - 2003
Ángel López Martinez
Born 1936
José Lorente Sanz
1938 - 2001
Fernando San Martín Félez
1930 - 2020
Ángel Duerto Oteo
1932 - 2013
Rafael Lozano Martínez
1938 - 2010
Miguel María Astraín Bada
Born 1934
Adolfo Bueno Perales
Born 1933
Eduardo Foncillas
Born 1937
Jesús Domingo
Born 1930
Carmelo Tartón
1930 - 2011
Santiago Mostajo
Born 1935
José Luis López-Zubero
Born 1931