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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Enrique Bunbury
Born 1967
José Antonio Labordeta
1935 - 2010
Pilar Lorengar
1928 - 1996
Eva Amaral
Born 1972
Santiago Auserón
Born 1954
Plácido Domingo Ferrer
1907 - 1987
Marta Almajano
Born 1965
Elena Rivera
Born 1992
Mercedes Serós
1900 - 1970
Sharif Fernández
Born 1980
Lita Claver
Born 1945
Daniel Zueras
Born 1980
Julián Biel
1869 - 1948
Elvira de Amaya
1904 - 1995
José Oto
1906 - 1961
Paquita Escribano
1880 - 1970
Almerinda Soler di Franco
1857 - 1930
Corita Viamonte
Born 1949
María Blasco (cantante)
1888 - 1966
Luis Cámara Ciércoles
1905 - 1987
Juanito Pardo
1884 - 1944
María José Hernández
Born 1966
Royo del Rabal
1844 - 1905
Tuerto de las Tenerías
1847 - 1935
Miguel Asso
1886 - 1936
Eduardo García Bergés
1852 - 1920