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.

Contents

• Artists
• Filmmakers
• Kings
• Musicians
• Politicians and political activists
• Scientists
• Sociologists
• Athletes
• Writers
• Other notables

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