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: Militar Clear ×
Antonio José Amar y Borbón
1742 - 1818
Sebastián Pozas Perea
1876 - 1946
Rafael de Valenzuela y Urzaiz
1881 - 1923
Ambrosio de Funes Villalpando
1720 - 1782
Celedonio Dómeco de Jarauta
1814 - 1848
Mariano Goybet
1861 - 1943
Antonio Sagardía Ramos
1880 - 1962
Amado Balmes
1877 - 1936
Vicente San Bruno
Died 1817
Alberto Asarta
Born 1951
Miguel Salamero Buesa
1760 - 1840
Pablo Sidar Escobar
1897 - 1930
Bernardo Álvarez del Manzano
1945 - 2008
Faustino Ansay
1765 - 1840
Pilar Mañas Brugat
Born 1975
Bruno Ibáñez
1886 - 1947
Antonio Bastos Ansart
1892 - 1937