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The People within this list are usually native to the country however sometimes we may have included those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavours.
Famous Spanish People are in the following Categories
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| Actors | |
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| Victoria Abril | Javier Bardem |
| Elena Anaya | Pilar Bardem |
| Antonio Banderas | Ana Belén |
| Claudia Bassols | Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey |
| Juan Diego Botto | Diego Gilberte |
| Mario Casas | Mark Consuelos |
| Penélope Cruz | Sancho Gracia |
| Gabino Diego | Alfredo Landa |
| Angelines Fernández | Sergi López |
| Fernando Fernán Gómez | Jordi Mollà |
| Juan Luis Galiardo | Sara Montiel |
| Paul Naschy | Javier Rios |
| Fernando Rey | Paz Vega |
| Fernando Sancho | María Valverde |
| Maribel Verdú | |
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| Film directors | |
|---|---|
| Pedro Almodóvar | Jaume Balagueró |
| Alejandro Amenábar | José Luis Borau |
| Montxo Armendáriz | Mario Camus |
| Carlos Atanes | Segundo de Chomón |
| Juanma Bajo Ulloa | Isabel Coixet |
| Juan Antonio Bayona | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| Icíar Bollaín | Víctor Erice |
| Luis Buñuel | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
| Jesús Franco | José Luis Garci |
| Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Bigas Luna |
| Álex de la Iglesia | Julio Médem |
| Fernando León de Aranoa | Pilar Miró |
| Paul Naschy | Luis García Berlanga |
| Iván Zulueta | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón |
| Benito Zambrano | Lydia Zimmermann |
| Agustí Villaronga | Fernando Trueba |
| David Trueba | Santiago Segura |
| Amando de Ossorio | José Luis Sáenz de Heredia |
| Carlos Saura | Ventura Pons |
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| Models | |
|---|---|
| Marina Pérez | Inés Sastre |
| Jon Kortajarena | Sheila Marquez |
| Esther Cañadas | Judit Mascó |
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| Explorers and conquistadores | |
|---|---|
| Lope de Aguirre | Diego de Almagro |
| Luis de Moscoso Alvarado | Juan Bautista de Anza |
| Sebastián de Belalcázar | Fray Tomás de Berlanga |
| Juan Bermúdez | Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca |
| Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo | Andrés Dorantes de Carranza |
| Gabriel de Castilla | Cosme Damián Churruca |
| Francisco Vásquez de Coronado | Hernán Cortés |
| Juan Sebastián Elcano | Gaspar de Espinosa |
| Diego Duque de Estrada | Miguel López de Legazpi |
| Salvador Fidalgo | Vasco Núñez de Balboa |
| Francisco de Orellana | Francisco Pizarro |
| Pedrarias Dávila | Juan Ponce de León |
| Gaspar de Portolà | Alonso del Castillo Maldonado |
| Amaro Rodríguez Felipe | Gaspar de Portolà |
| Bartolomé Ruiz | Hernando de Soto |
| Pedro de Valdivia | Vicente Yáñez Pinzón |
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| Philosophers and humanists | |
|---|---|
| Alfonso X of Castile | Baltasar Gracián |
| Francisco de Enzinas | Francisco Giner de los Ríos |
| Bartolomé de Las Casas | Salvador de Madariaga |
| Gregorio Marañón | Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo |
| Julián Marías | Ramón Menéndez Pidal |
| Antonio de Nebrija | José Ortega y Gasset |
| Fernando Savater | Bernardino de Sahagún |
| Francisco Suárez | George Santayana |
| Miguel de Unamuno | Juan Luis Vives |
| Xavier Zubiri | |
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| Tennis Players | |
|---|---|
| Galo Blanco | Fernando Verdasco Carmona |
| Fernando Verdasco Carmona | Javier Sánchez Vicario |
| Sergi Bruguera | Albert Costa |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero | Andrés Gimeno |
| Conchita Martínez | Àlex Corretja |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | Carlos Moyá |
| Rafael Nadal | Manuel Orantes |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Virginia Ruano Pascual |
| Emilio Sánchez Vicario | |
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| Basketball | |
|---|---|
| Antonio Díaz-Miguel | Marc Gasol |
| Pau Gasol | Fernando Martín |
| Juan Carlos Navarro | |
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| Artists | |
|---|---|
| David Aja | Pablo Picasso |
| Juan Caro de Tavira | Carlos Pacheco |
| Chumy Chúmez | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
| Salvador Dalí | Joaquín Sorolla |
| Óscar Domínguez | Joan Miró |
| Pasqual Ferry | Juan Gris |
| Francisco de Goya | El Greco |
| Antoni Tàpies | Luis de la Cruz y Ríos |
| Francisco de Zurbarán | Diego Velázquez |
| Ignacio Zuloaga | |
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| Artists | |
|---|---|
| Luis de Moscoso Alvarado | Fray Tomás de Berlanga |
| Juan Bautista de Anza | Juan Bermúdez |
| Lope de Aguirre | Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo |
| Diego de Almagro | Andrés Dorantes de Carranza |
| Sebastián de Belalcázar | Gabriel de Castilla |
| Cosme Damián Churruca | Francisco Vásquez de Coronado |
| Hernán Cortés | Juan Sebastián Elcano |
| Gaspar de Espinosa | Diego Duque de Estrada |
| Salvador Fidalgo | Vasco Núñez de Balboa |
| Miguel López de Legazpi | Francisco de Orellana |
| Pedrarias Dávila | Francisco Pizarro |
| Juan Ponce de León | Alonso del Castillo Maldonado |
| Bartolomé Ruiz | Gaspar de Portolà |
| Hernando de Soto | Pedro de Valdivia |
| Vicente Yáñez Pinzón | Amaro Rodríguez Felipe |
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| Spanish Monarchs | |
|---|---|
| Ferdinand V | Ferdinand II |
| Isabella I | Joanna the mad |
| Charles I the Emperor | Philip I the Handsome |
| Philip III the Pious | Philip II the Prudent |
| Philip IV the Great | Charles II the Bewitched |
| Philip V the Spirited | Louis I the Beloved and the Liberal |
| Philip V the Spirited | Ferdinand VI the Learned |
| Charles III the Enlightened and the King-Mayor | Charles IV the Hunter |
| Ferdinand VII the Desired and the Felon King | Joseph I the Intruder and Bottle Joe |
| Ferdinand VII the Desired and the Felon King | Isabella II the One with the Sad Destinies |
| Amadeo I | Alfonso XII the Peacemaker |
| Alfonso XIII the African | Juan Carlos I |
| Felipe VI | General Francisco Franco |
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| Social scientists | |
|---|---|
| Martín de Azpilicueta | Manuel Castells |
| Manuel Fernández López | Juan José Linz |
| Salvador Giner | Johan Skytte Prize |
| Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz | Joseph de la Vega |
| Francisco de Vitoria | |
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| Military | |
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| 3rd Duke of Alba | Don Juan de Austria |
| Diego de los Ríos | Blas de Lezo |
| Fernando Villaamil | Álvaro de Bazán |
| Francisco Javier Castaños | Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases |
| Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma | Álvaro de Navia Osorio y Vigil, Marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado |
| Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto | Casto Méndez Núñez |
| Juan Martín Díez | Bernardo de Gálvez |
| Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo | Francisco Franco |
| Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba | El Cid |
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| Religion | |
|---|---|
| José de Anchieta | Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur |
| St Francis Xavier | St Vincent Martyr |
| St Joaquina Vedruna | Tomás de Torquemada |
| St Teresa of Avila | Vicente Enrique y Tarancón |
| Saints Nunilo and Alodia | Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros |
| St Isidore of Seville | St Dominic of Guzmán |
| St John of Avila | St Ignatius of Loyola |
| St John of the Cross | |
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| Rugby union | |
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| Oriol Ripol | Cédric Garcia |
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| Golf Players | |
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| Seve Ballesteros | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| Sergio García | José María Olazábal |
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| Football Players | |
|---|---|
| Raúl González | Xavi Hernández |
| Andrés Iniesta | Fernando Torres |
| Iker Casillas | Francisco Gento |
| David Villa | Andoni Zubizarreta |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | |
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| Others | |
|---|---|
| María Josefa Cerrato Rodríguez | José Andrés |
| Ferran Adrià | Joaquín Cortés |
| Juan March Ordinas | Federica Montseny |
| Amancio Ortega Gaona | Juan Pujol |
| Diego Salcedo | Tamara Rojo |
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