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: Painter Clear ×
Francisco Bayeu y Subías
1734 - 1795
Ramón Bayeu
1746 - 1793
Manuel Viola
1916 - 1987
José Luzán
1710 - 1785
Jusepe Martínez
1600 - 1682
Dino Valls
Born 1959
Blasco de Grañén
1400 - 1459
Mariano Barbasán
1864 - 1924
Marcelino de Unceta
1835 - 1905
José Manuel Broto Gimeno
Born 1949
Juan Zariñena
1545 - 1619
Requena Nozal
Born 1947
Jerónimo Cosida
1510 - 1592
Mariano Alonso Pérez
1857 - 1930
Juan Ramírez de Arellano
1730 - 1782
Francisco Aznar
1834 - 1911
Pablo Gonzalvo
1827 - 1896
Bernardino Montañés
1825 - 1893
Enrique Radigales
Born 1970
José Luis González Bernal
1908 - 1939
Joaquín Pallarés
1853 - 1935
Tran
1931 - 2013
María Luisa de la Riva y Callol-Muñoz
1859 - 1926
Julio García Condoy
1889 - 1977
Máximo Juderías Caballero
1867 - 1951
José Beratón
1747 - 1796
Augustin Salinas y Teruel
1861 - 1915
José Orús
1931 - 2014
Vicente Pascual Rodrigo
1955 - 2008
Lina Vila
Born 1970
Jerónimo Secano
1638 - 1710
Francisco Casanova (pintor)
1734 - 1778
Enrique Casanova
1850 - 1913
Narciso Lalana
1780 - 1851
Pablo Pernicharo
Died 1760
Joaquina Zamora Sarrate
1898 - 1999
Pablo Rabiella
Died 1719
Rafael Pertús
1564 - 1648
Fernando San Martín Félez
1930 - 2020
Ramón Romea y Ezquerra
1830 - 1907
Bartolomé Vicente
1632 - 1708
Miguel Ángel Arrudi
Born 1950
José Miguel Palacio
Born 1950
Tomás Mur
Born 1855
Antonio Galcerán
1560 - 1613
Teresa Madasú
1855 - 1917
Eugenio Yanguas Ortiz
Born 1850
Juan Bautista Felices de Cáceres
1601 - 1639
Mariano Tobeñas
1874 - 1952
Pilar Ulzurrun de Asanza y Peralta
1785 - 1824