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
- Field: Diplomat Clear ×
Ángel Sanz Briz
1910 - 1980
Juan de Homedes y Coscon
1477 - 1553
Manuel de Roda
1706 - 1782
Juan Verzosa
1523 - 1574
Julio López Oliván
1891 - 1964
Eduardo Viscasillas Blanque
1848 - 1938
Miguel Ángel Navarro Portera
Born 1949
Juan López-Doriga Pérez
Born 1959
Eduardo Foncillas
Born 1937
Pietro Cussida
Died 1622