List of Famous people born in Aragon, Spain
Conchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción "Conchita" Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player. She was the first Spanish player to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, where she beat Martina Navratilova in the 1994 final. Martínez also was the singles runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. She reached a highest world ranking of No. 2 in October 1995 and finished the season in the Top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career, as well as three Olympic medals.
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II was King of Aragon from 1479 to his death, and by his marriage King of Castile from 1474 to 1504 as Ferdinand V. He reigned over a dynastically unified Spain jointly with his wife Isabella I of Castile; together they are known as the Catholic Monarchs. Ferdinand is considered de facto the first king of Spain, being described as such during his own lifetime, although Castile and Aragon remained de jure two different kingdoms until the Nueva Planta decrees of 1707 to 1716.
Ramón Acín
Ramón Acín Aquilué was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist, teacher, painter, sculptor, writer and avant-garde artist who was murdered by fascists in the first year of the Spanish Civil War.
Enrique Bunbury
Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, best known as Enrique Bunbury, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He has been described as "by far the most international star of Spanish rock." He was propelled to fame as lead singer of Héroes del Silencio. After the band disbanded in 1996, Bunbury gradually developed a solo career. His vocal style is noted by the use of falsetto.
Luis Roldán
Luis Roldán Ibáñez is a former Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician known for being the director general of the Civil Guard when a big scandal of corruption arose in 1993. This case, along with the GAL case, greatly contributed to the defeat of the PSOE in the 1996 general election. Upon initiation of prosecution for his criminal activities, Luis Roldán escaped from Spain in 1994. He surrendered in 1995 at the airport in Bangkok. Between 1996 and 1998 he was tried in a court of Madrid. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison for embezzlement, bribery, tax evasion and fraud, which the Supreme Court increased to 31 years. He was from February 1995 in the female prison of Brieva (Ávila) In 2005 he was allowed out of prison to work in an intermediate regime between the second and third degree.
Jose de la Madre de Dios
Joseph Calasanz, , also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Iosephus a Mater Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, providing free education to the sons of the poor, and the Religious Order that ran them, commonly known as the Piarists. He was a close friend of the renowned astronomer Galileo Galilei. He is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Pilar Alegría Continente
María del Pilar Alegría Continente is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who has been minister of Education and Vocational Training since 12 July 2021.
Jesús Vallejo
Jesús Vallejo Lázaro is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Granada CF on loan from Real Madrid.
Megan Montaner
Megan Gracia Montaner is a Spanish actress and former model. She is known for her roles in television shows The Secret of Puente Viejo, Grand Hotel and No Identity, all broadcast on Antena 3. Most recently she played Elena Martín in 30 Coins.
Federico Jiménez Losantos
Federico Jorge Jiménez Losantos, also known by his initials FJL, is a Spanish radio presenter and right wing pundit, being most known for his successful radio talk show Es la mañana de Federico. He is also a TV host and literary and non-fiction author. A member of extreme left organizations and participant in the Barcelona's counter-cultural scene in the 1970s, he experienced a radical rightward drift, eventually becoming a journalistic guru for a far right audience.