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
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Alfonso Lacadena
1964 - 2018
Alberto Blecua
1941 - 2020
Antonio de Gregorio Rocasolano
1873 - 1941
Domingo Ynduráin Muñoz
1943 - 2003
José Casanova
Born 1951
José María Ordovás
Born 1956
Félix Ynduráin Muñoz
Born 1946
Antonio Alvar Ezquerra
Born 1954
José María Martínez de Pisón Cavero
Born 1959
Pedro Burillo López
Born 1945
Domingo Traggia
1744 - 1816
José María de Ureña Francés
Born 1950
Pilar Aranda Ramírez
Born 1958
Paco Sancho
1954 - 2015
Francisco Pina Polo
Born 1959
Paulino Savirón Caravantes
1865 - 1947