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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Cristina Fallarás
Born 1968
Mariano de Cavia
1855 - 1920
Luis del Val
Born 1944
Alejandra Andreu
Born 1990
Manuel del Arco Álvarez
1909 - 1971
Isidro Corbinos
1894 - 1966
Patricia Almarcegui Elduayen
Born 1969
Alejandro Ávila Bello
Born 1963
Miguel Barroso (periodista)
Born 1955
Carlos Carnicero
Born 1951
Vicente Gállego
1898 - 1979
Miguel Ramos Tornadijo
Born 1958
Ricardo Sepúlveda y Planter
1846 - 1909
Juan Pedro Barcelona
1851 - 1906
Enrique Sepúlveda
1844 - 1903
Chas (humorista)
1909 - 1959
Antonio Aragón
1913 - 2005
Paco Ortiz Remacha
Born 1959
Martín Abizanda y Vallabriga
1915 - 1976
Enrique Giménez Gran
1875 - 1942
Manuel de Miguel
Born 1958