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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Fernando García Mercadal
1896 - 1985
Ricardo Magdalena
1849 - 1910
Regino Borobio
1895 - 1976
Beatriz Ramo
Born 1979
Matías Laviña Blasco
1796 - 1868
Francisco Albiñana
1887 - 1936
Agustín Sanz
1724 - 1801
Pascual Bravo Sanfeliú
1893 - 1984
Felipe Sánchez
Died 1712
José Borobio Ojeda
1895 - 1984
José de Yarza Echenique
1876 - 1920
Luis Aladrén Mendivil
1852 - 1902
José Yarza García
1907 - 1995
Julio Bravo
1862 - 1920
José Yarza y Lafuente
1750 - 1833
Julio Descartín
1941 - 2010
Julián Yarza
1718 - 1772
José Romero Aguirre
1922 - 1979