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.

Artists

 * Francisco Goya (1746–1828), painter and printmaker
 * Antonio Saura (1930–1998), painter
 * Carlos Ezquerra (1947–2018), 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 (1932–2023), filmmaker

Kings
Most notable kings of Aragon, not necessarily born there.
 * 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

 * 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
 * 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 and Political Activists

 * Joaquin Costa (1846–1911), politician and thinker of the Generation of '98
 * Francisco Ascaso (1901–1936), anarcho-syndicalist
 * Joaquín Ascaso Budría (1906–1977), President of the Regional Defence Council of Aragon
 * Joaquín Maurín (1896–1973), communist revolutionary
 * Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (born 1952), Catalan politician born in Aragón
 * 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

Other notables

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