List of Aragonese
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Kingdom of Aragon
The Kingdom of Aragon was a medieval and early modern kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain...
or from contemporary Aragon
Aragon
Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
, one of the Autonomous Communities of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and people born elsewhere with significant Aragonese ancestry.
Artists
- Francisco GoyaFrancisco GoyaFrancisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era...
(1746-1828), painter and printmaker - Antonio SauraAntonio SauraAntonio Saura was a Spanish artist and writer, one of the major post-war painters to emerge in Spain in the fifties whose work has marked several generations of artists and whose critical voice is often remembered.-Biography:He began painting and writing in 1947 in Madrid while suffering from...
(1930-1998), painter - Carlos EzquerraCarlos EzquerraCarlos Sanchez Ezquerra , who has also worked under the alias L. John Silver, is a Spanish comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra...
(1947-), comic artist and creator of Judge Dredd
Filmmakers
- Segundo de ChomónSegundo de ChomónSegundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz was a pioneering Spanish film director. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frères and has been compared to Georges Méliès, due to his frequent camera tricks and optical illusions.-Selected filmography:*1902: Choque de trenes,...
(1871-1929), one of the first directors and SFX experts in film history - Florián ReyFlorián ReyFlorián Rey , born at La Almunia de Doña Godina, , 25 January 1894 - death at Benidorm , 11 April 1962 was the most successful Spanish film director in the 20's and 30's....
(1894-1962), filmmaker - Luis BuñuelLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
(1900-1983), filmmaker - Carlos SauraCarlos SauraCarlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
(1932-), filmmaker
Kings
- Alfonso the BattlerAlfonso the BattlerAlfonso I , called the Battler or the Warrior , was the king of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Peter I...
(1073/4-1134), king of Aragon and Navarre - James I of AragonJames I of AragonJames I the Conqueror was the King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276...
(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 AragonFerdinand II of AragonFerdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...
(1452–1516), king of Aragon, married Isabella of Castile and conquered the Kingdom of NavarreKingdom of NavarreThe Kingdom of Navarre , originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean....
Musicians
- Miguel FletaMiguel FletaMiguel Burró Fleta was a Spanish operatic tenor....
(1897-1938), tenor - Pilar LorengarPilar LorengarLorenza Pilar García Seta was a Spanish soprano who used the professional name Pilar Lorengar. She was best known for her interpretations of opera and the Spanish genre Zarzuela, and as a soprano she was known for her full register, a youthful timbre as well as a distinctive vibrato.Pilar was...
(1929-1996), soprano - José Antonio LabordetaJosé Antonio LabordetaJosé Antonio Labordeta Subías , described by The Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa 2000 as “The most important Aragonese singer-songwriter”, began singing in an attempt to give more relevance to his poetry. His songs are anthems, not only in Aragón, but all around Spain...
(1935- ), singer-songwriter and political figure - Enrique BunburyEnrique BunburyEnrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izardui , born August 11, 1967 is a Spanish rock singer-songwriter.Bunbury was born in Zaragoza, Spain. He got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico...
(1967- ), rock singer-songwriter - Eva AmaralEva AmaralEva María Amaral Lallana is a Spanish singer-songwriter, and member of the group Amaral with Juan Aguirre.She studied sculpture studies at the Art School of Zaragoza. During this time, she was a member of the band Bandera Blanca, where she was the drummer. In 1993, she met the guitarist Juan...
(1973- ), pop singer-songwriter - Joan Manuel SerratJoan Manuel SerratJoan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages...
(1943- ), singer-songwriter of Aragonese ascendance - David CiveraDavid CiveraDavid Civera is a popular Spanish singer.-Biography:David Civera was born in Teruel, in 1979. His parents are José and Pilar and he has two sisters, Sonia is older than David, and Andrea is the younger. David studied Computer Studies and communications but he liked music better and wanted to sing...
(1979- ), singer - Santiago Auserón (1954- ) ex-singer of Radio FuturaRadio FuturaRadio Futura was a Spanish pop rock group. They rose to become one of the most popular bands in Spain during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1989 they were voted the best Spanish act of the 80s.-The beginnings:...
, one of the most popular pop bands in Spain during the 1980s and early 1990s
Politicians
- Joaquin CostaJoaquin CostaJoaquin Costa was a Spanish politician, lawyer, economist and historian....
(1846-1911), politician and thinker of the Generation of '98Generation of '98The Generation of '98 was a group of novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers active in Spain at the time of the Spanish-American War .... - Francisco AscasoFrancisco AscasoFrancisco Ascaso Abadía was a prominent Anarcho-syndicalist figure in Spain.A baker and waiter, Ascaso joined the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo and one of its armed groups, Los Justicieros...
(1901-1936), anarcho-syndicalist - Joaquín MaurínJoaquín MaurínJoaquín Maurín Juliá was a Spanish Communist politician and revolutionary, leader of the Workers and Peasants Bloc and of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification...
(1896-1973), communist revolutionary - Josep-Lluís Carod-RoviraJosep-Lluís Carod-RoviraJosep-Lluís Carod-Rovira was the Vice-president of the Catalan Government from 2006 to 2010. From 1996 to 2008 he was the leader of ERC Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya ....
(1952- ), politician (Aragonese father) - Josep Antoni Duran i LleidaJosep Antoni Duran i LleidaJosep Antoni Duran i Lleida is a Spanish politician. A qualified lawyer, Duran began his political career when he was elected MP in the General Elections of Spain in 1979, representing Lleida becoming tinent d'alcalde in the municipality of Lleida.Currently Duran is an MP for Barcelona district,...
(1952- ), politician - Juan Alberto Belloch (1950- ), Spanish interior minister and mayor of ZaragozaZaragozaZaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
- Antonio PerezAntonio Pérez]Antonio Pérez was a Spanish statesman, secretary of king Philip II of Spain.- Early years :Antonio Perez was born in Madrid in 1540. In 1542 he was legalized as son of Gonzalo Pérez, Secretary of the Council of State of king Charles I of Spain . Most probably Antonio was indeed the son of...
(1539-1611), secretary of king Philip II of Spain - Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of ArandaPedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Count of ArandaDon Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea y Jiménez de Urrea, 10th Count of Aranda , was a Spanish statesman and diplomat.-Early life:...
(1718-1798), Spanish statesman and diplomat with Kings Charles III and Charles IV - Gaspar TorrenteGaspar TorrenteGaspar Torrente, , was one of the early 20th Century leaders and a founding father of the Aragonese nationalism....
(1888-1970), founder of the Aragonese political movement for regional autonomy - José Antonio LabordetaJosé Antonio LabordetaJosé Antonio Labordeta Subías , described by The Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa 2000 as “The most important Aragonese singer-songwriter”, began singing in an attempt to give more relevance to his poetry. His songs are anthems, not only in Aragón, but all around Spain...
(1935-2010), singer-songwriter and representative of the Aragonese party Chunta Aragonesista in the Spanish congress
Scientists
- Michael ServetusMichael ServetusMichael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation...
(1511-1553), physician, theologist and humanist - Martín Sessé y LacastaMartín Sessé y LacastaMartín Sessé y Lacasta was a Spanish botanist, who relocated to New Spain during the 18th century to study and classify the flora of the territory.-Background:...
(1751-1808), botanist - Santiago Ramón y CajalSantiago Ramón y CajalSantiago Ramón y Cajal ForMemRS was a Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate. His pioneering investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain were original: he is considered by many to be the father of modern neuroscience...
(1852-1934), histologist and physician, Nobel laureate - Miguel Ángel CatalánMiguel Ángel CatalánMiguel Antonio Catalán Sañudo was a Spanish spectroscopist. Born in Zaragoza, he obtained his degree in chemistry from the University of Zaragoza and received in doctorate in Madrid in 1917. In 1920, he began work as a researcher at Imperial College London...
(1894-1957), spectroscopist
Athletes
- Víctor Muñoz (1957-), football coach and former player
- Víctor Fernández (1960-), football coach
- Alberto BelsúeAlberto BelsúeAlberto Belsué Arias is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a right defender.-Club career:After beginning with lowly Endesa de Andorra, Belsué joined La Liga side Real Zaragoza, where he would amass over 300 overall appearances, starting in the Aragonese side's two major conquests in the...
(1968-), football player
Writers
- Ramón José SenderRamón José Sender GarcésRamón José Sender Garcés was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist.-Life:Ramón J. Sender was born in Chalamera, Huesca Province in the autonomous region of Aragon in Spain. In 1923 he was obliged to serve in the Spanish military and take part in the Spain Morocco Rif War, which lasted from...
(1901-1982) - Baltasar GraciánBaltasar GraciánBaltasar Gracián y Morales, SJ was a Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer. He was born in Belmonte, near Calatayud .-Biography:...
(1601-1658), writer and thinker with a deep impact on SchopenhauerArthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher known for his pessimism and philosophical clarity. At age 25, he published his doctoral dissertation, On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, which examined the four separate manifestations of reason in the phenomenal... - Jesús MoncadaJesús MoncadaJesús Moncada i Estruga , 1941 - Barcelona , June 13, 2005) was an Aragonese writer in Catalan....
(1941-2005), Aragonese writer in Catalan language - Miguel LabordetaMiguel LabordetaMiguel Labordeta Subías, Aragonese poet. Born and died in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain . Doctor on History, he was elder brother of the singer, writer and politician José Antonio Labordeta.- Poetry :*: Sumido 25...
(1921-1969), Aragonese poet - Javier SierraJavier SierraJavier Sierra Albert is a journalist, writer and researcher who studied journalism at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is editor consultant of the monthly magazine Más Allá de la Ciencia distributed in Spain and Latin America and he participates in several radio and television programs...
(1971- ), Aragonese bestseller writer and researcher
Business people
- José Lacasa Piens founder of Chocolates LacasaLacasaLacasa S.A. is a Spanish confectionery company, headquartered in Zaragoza. The group includes Chocolates Lacasa, Comercial Chocolates Lacasa, Bombonera Vallisoletana, Productos Mauri, Chocolates Del Norte, lacasavital, and has marketing offices or factories in places such as Argentina, Belgium,...
- Manuel Pizarro president of EndesaEndesa (Spain)Endesa, S.A. is the largest electric utility company in Spain. The firm, a majority-owned subsidiary of the Italian utility company Enel, has 10 million customers in Spain, with domestic annual generation of over 97,600 GWh from nuclear, fossil-fueled, hydroelectric, and renewable resource power...
, the largest electric utility company in Spain
Other notables
- Federico Jiménez LosantosFederico Jiménez LosantosFederico Jiménez Losantos is a popular and controversial Spanish pundit, being most known for his radio talk show, but also a TV host and literary author.He was born in Orihuela del Tremedal, Teruel, on September 15, 1951.-Education:...
(1951- ) controversial radio talk show hosts of Spain