List of Famous people born in Aragon, Spain
Avempace
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja, best known by his Latinised name Avempace, was an Arab Andalusian polymath, whose writings include works regarding astronomy, physics, and music, as well as philosophy, medicine, botany, and poetry.
Ramiro Sánchez, Lord of Monzón
Ramiro Sánchez of Monzón (1070–1129/1130) was a noble kinsman of the kings of Navarre. In 1104 he was tenente of Urroz, of Monzón between 1104 and 1116, probably of Tudela in 1117 and from 1122 to 1129 in Erro.
Chesús Bernal Bernal
Chesús Gregorio Bernal Bernal was a Spanish academic and politician. He was a professor at the University of Zaragoza, specialising in Romance languages. In 1986, he co-founded the Chunta Aragonesista (CHA), and served in the Cortes of Aragon from 1995 to 2011.
Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
Ignacio Martínez de Pisón is a Spanish writer. He is the author of more than a dozen books, among which the most notable are:
- El día de mañana,
- La buena reputación
Joanna of Aragon, Countess of Foix
Joanna of Aragon was the only surviving child of John I of Aragon and his first wife Martha of Armagnac. She was a member of the House of Aragon and was Countess of Foix by her marriage to Matthew of Foix.
Joaquín Ascaso Budria
Joaquín Ascaso Budria was an anarcho-syndicalist and President of the Regional Defence Council of Aragon between 1936 and 1937.
Diego Poyet
Diego Poyet González is a retired professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. His father is former Uruguay international footballer Gus Poyet.
Pilar Bayona Sarriá
Pastor de Andorra
Francisco Ascaso
Francisco Ascaso Abadía was the cousin of Joaquín Ascaso, the President of the Regional Defence Council of Aragon, a carpenter and a prominent Anarcho-syndicalist figure in Spain.