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), radio talk show host