List of Aragonese

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

* Francisco Goya (1746-1828), painter and printmaker
* Antonio Saura (1930-1998), painter
* Carlos Ezquerra (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
* Luis Buñuel (1900-1983), filmmaker
* Carlos Saura (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

* Miguel Fleta (1897-1938), tenor
* Pilar Lorengar (1929-1996), soprano
* José Antonio Labordeta (1935- ), singer-songwriter and political figure
* Enrique Bunbury (1967- ), rock singer-songwriter
* Eva Amaral (1973- ), pop singer-songwriter
* Joan Manuel Serrat (1943- ), singer-songwriter of Aragonese ascendance
* Pau Donés (1966- ), leader of the Latin rock group Jarabe de Palo
* David Civera (1979- ), singer

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 (1952- ), Catalan Politician (Aragonese father)
* Juan Alberto Belloch (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- ), singer-songwriter and representative of the Aragonese party Chunta Aragonesista in the Spanish congress

cientists

* 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
* Miguel Ángel Catalán (1894-1957), spectroscopist

ociologists

* Domingo Tirado Benedí (1898-1971), educator

Athletes

* Víctor Muñoz (1957-), football coach and former player
* Víctor Fernández (1960-), football coach
* Alberto Belsúe (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 (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 (1951- ) controversial radio talk show hosts of Spain


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