Paco de Lucía

Francisco Sánchez Gómez, known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists to branch into classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe de Lucía as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to de Lucía as "one of history's greatest guitarists".

21 December 1947

Born on the same birth day (21 December): Anders Sandøe Ørsted • Betty Wright • Carl Wilson • Dave Laut • Edward Schreyer • Heinrich Böll • Jackie Hendriks • John Bradstreet • Konstantin Rokossovsky • Luigi d'Este • Luke Brooks • Michelle Hurd • Paul Winchell • Steve Furniss • Tamara Bykova • William Ruto

Born in the same month (December 1947): Aurelio Rodríguez • Ben Cross • Bill Rodgers (runner) • Bruce Golding • Carlton Fisk • Dilip Doshi • Dilma Rousseff • Don Touhig • James Kahn • Jeff Lynne • Lawrence Cannon • Leonhard Lapin • Ted Danson • Trevor Żahra