# 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