List of famous Spanish people

Actors

• Antonio Banderas, (born 1960)
• Penelope Cruz
• Angelines Fernández
• Sara Montiel
• Fernando Rey

Architects

• Ricardo Bofill
• Santiago Calatrava
• Ildefons Cerdá
• Antoni Gaudí, (1852-1926)
• Rafael Moneo

Authors

• Mateo Aleman, (1547-c. 1609)
• Jacinto Benavente
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca, playwright and poet
• Miguel Cervantes, (1547-1616), writer of El Quijote, or Don Quixote
• Antonio Gala
• Benito Pérez Galdós
• Federico Garcia Lorca, (1898-1936), Spanish poet
• Luis de Gongora, Spanish poet
• Salvador de Madariaga
• Tirso de Molina, playwright
• Agustín Moreto y Cavana, playwright
• Francisco de Quevedo
• Fernando de Rojas
• Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, playwright
• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, playwright
• Garcilaso de la Vega
• Félix Lope de Vega
• Jose Zorrilla y Moral, poet

Explorers

• Hernan Cortes, (Spanish conqueror)
• Sebastian Elcano, (1476-1526)
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa, (c. 1475-1519), first to sight the Pacific Ocean, founded Darién
• Francisco Pizarro, (1471-1541), conqueror of the Inca Empire

Leaders

• Jose Maria Aznar, prime minister
• El Cid, (c. 1045-1099), Spanish knight and hero
• Buenaventura Durruti, (1896-1936)
• Franco
• Juan Carlos de Borbon, (born 1938)
• El Gran Capitan

Musicians

• Isaac Albeniz, (1860-1909), musician
• Pau Casals, (1876-1973), musician
• Manuel de Falla, (1876-1946), Spanish composer
• Enrique Granados
• Antonio Katrasca
• Joaquin Turina

Singers

• Miguel Bose
• Montserrat Caballé
• José Carreras
• Plácido Domingo
• Enrique Iglesias
• Julio Iglesias
• Julio Jose Iglesias
• Alfredo Kraus
• La Pandilla teen group, all members are from Spain
• Raphael
• Melody Ruiz Gutierrez
• Camilo Sesto

Painters

• Salvador Dali, (1904-1989), visionary artist
• Francisco Goya, (1746-1828), painter
• El Greco
• Joan Miró
• Pablo Picasso, (1881-1973), Spanish painter
• Antoni Tàpies
• Diego Velázquez, (1599-1660), Spanish painter
• Ignacio Zuloaga, (1870-1945), Spanish painter
• Francisco de Zurbaran, (1598-1644), Spanish painter

Philosophers

• Maimónides, (1135-1204), Philosopher
• George Santayana, (1863-1952), US writer
• José Ortega y Gasset

Scientists

• Algafequi, glasses inventor (Cordoba)
• Gregorio Marañón
• Severo Ochoa de Albornoz, (1905-1993)
• Joan Oró
• Isaac Peral
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal, (1852-1934), father of Neuroscience
• Miguel Servet
• Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish inventor

Sports

• Severiano Ballesteros, golfer
• Galo Blanco, tennis player
• Pedro Carrasco, world champion boxer
• Javier Castillejo, world champion boxer
• Juan Carlos Ferrero, tennis player, French Open champion
• Sergio García, golfer
• Pau Gasol, NBA basketball player
• Luis Miguel Gonzalez Lucas, bettern knwon as Luis Miguel Dominguín, bullfighter, father of Miguel Bose
• Miguel Induráin, Tour de France champion cyclist
• Carlos Moyá, tennis player
• José Maria Olazábal, golfer
• Raúl, footballer
• Carlos Sainz, rally driver
• Aranxta Sánchez-Vicario, tennis player, French Open champion
• Cristina Sánchez, bullfighter
• Javier Sanchez, tennis player, brother of Aranxta

Others

• Pedro Almodóvar, movie director
• Alejandro Amenábar, movie director
• Chabeli Iglesias, reporter, daughter of Julio Iglesias
• Diego Salcedo, priest, first Spaniard killed by Puerto Rican Tainos
• Juan Sanchez Vidal, renowned collector

See also: List of people by nationality, List of Catalans, list of Spanish language poets, List of Spanish monarchs

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