List of Aragonese

This is a list of famous Aragonese people. It includes people from the medieval Kingdom of Aragon or from contemporary Aragon, one of the Autonomous Communities of Spain and people born elsewhere with significant Aragonese ancestry.

Artists

Goya, self-portrait

• Francisco Goya (1746–1828), painter and printmaker
• Antonio Saura (1930–1998), painter
• Carlos Ezquerra (born 1947), comic artist and creator of Judge Dredd

Filmmakers

• Segundo de Chomón (1871–1929), one of the first directors and SFX experts in film history
• Florián Rey (1894–1962), filmmaker
• Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), filmmaker
• Carlos Saura (born 1932), filmmaker

Kings

• Alfonso the Battler (1073/4-1134), king of Aragon and Navarre
• James I of Aragon (1208–1276), king of Aragon, he expanded the Crown of Aragon into Valencia, Languedoc and the Balearic Islands.
• Peter III the Great (1239–1285), king of Aragon, conquered Sicily and Malta
• Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516), king of Aragon, married Isabella of Castile and conquered the Kingdom of Navarre

Musicians

Michael Servetus

• Miguel Fleta (1897–1938), tenor
• Pilar Lorengar (1929–1996), soprano
• José Antonio Labordeta (1935-2010), singer-songwriter and political figure
• Enrique Bunbury (born 1967), rock singer-songwriter
• Eva Amaral (born 1973), pop singer-songwriter
• Joan Manuel Serrat (born 1943), singer-songwriter of Aragonese ascendance
• David Civera (born 1979), singer
• Santiago Auserón (born 1954) ex-singer of Radio Futura, one of the most popular pop bands in Spain during the 1980s and early 1990s

Politicians

• Joaquin Costa (1846–1911), politician and thinker of the Generation of '98
• Francisco Ascaso (1901–1936), anarcho-syndicalist
• Joaquín Maurín (1896–1973), communist revolutionary
• Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (born 1952), politician (Aragonese father)
• Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (born 1952), politician
• Juan Alberto Belloch (born 1950), Spanish interior minister and mayor of Zaragoza
• Antonio Perez (1539–1611), secretary of king Philip II of Spain
• Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of Aranda (1718–1798), Spanish statesman and diplomat with Kings Charles III and Charles IV
• Gaspar Torrente (1888–1970), founder of the Aragonese political movement for regional autonomy
• José Antonio Labordeta (1935–2010), singer-songwriter and representative of the Aragonese party Chunta Aragonesista in the Spanish congress

Scientists

• Michael Servetus (1511–1553), physician, theologist and humanist
• Martín Sessé y Lacasta (1751–1808), botanist
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), histologist and physician, Nobel laureate
• Fidel Pagés (1886-1923), surgeon, discoverer of epidural anesthesia
• Miguel A. Catalán (1894–1957), spectroscopist

Sociologists

• Domingo Tirado Benedí (1898–1971), educator

Athletes

• Víctor Muñoz (born 1957), football coach and former player
• Víctor Fernández (born 1960), football coach
• Alberto Belsúe (born 1968), football player

Writers

• Ramón José Sender (1901–1982)
• Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658), writer and thinker with a deep impact on Schopenhauer
• Jesús Moncada (1941–2005), Aragonese writer in Catalan language
• Miguel Labordeta (1921–1969), Aragonese poet
• Javier Sierra (born 1971), Aragonese bestseller writer and researcher

Business people

• José Lacasa Piens founder of Chocolates Lacasa
• Manuel Pizarro president of Endesa, the largest electric utility company in Spain

Other notables

• Federico Jiménez Losantos (born 1951) controversial radio talk show hosts of Spain