List of Spaniards

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This list, in alphabetical order within categories, of notable hispanic people of Spanish heritage and descent born and raised in Spain, or of direct Spanish descent.

Note: The same person may appear under several headings.

Reino de España (Spanish)
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Actors

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Fernando Rey
 
Francisco Rabal
 
Sara Montiel
 
Antonio Banderas
 
Penélope Cruz
 
Javier Bardem

Artists

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El Greco
 
Diego Velázquez
 
Francisco de Zurbarán
 
Francisco Goya
 
Antoni Gaudí
 
Pablo Picasso
 
Salvador Dalí
 
Joan Miró

Explorers and conquerors

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Hernán Cortés
 
Francisco Pizarro
 
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Film directors

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Luis Buñuel
 
Carlos Saura
 
Pedro Almodóvar
 
Luis García Berlanga
 
Victor Erice

Leaders and politicians

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Medieval ancestors

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Pelagius of Asturias

Modern

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Isabella I of Castile
 
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
 
Philip II of Spain

Contemporary

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Francisco Franco

Literature

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Miguel de Cervantes
 
Francisco de Quevedo
 
Félix Lope de Vega
 
Benito Pérez Galdós
 
Federico García Lorca

Military

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El Cid
 
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
 
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Models

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Jon Kortajarena

Musicians

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Classical

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Isaac Albéniz
 
Pablo Casals

Opera singers

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Plácido Domingo
 
Montserrat Caballé

Singers

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Julio Iglesias
 
Enrique Iglesias

Philosophers and humanists

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Alfonso X of Castile
 
Ramon Llull
 
Bartolomé de Las Casas
 
José Ortega y Gasset

Religion

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Isidore of Seville
 
St Ignatius of Loyola

Science and technology

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Michael Servetus
 
Antonio de Ulloa
 
Narcís Monturiol
 
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
 
Leonardo Torres Quevedo
 
Juan de la Cierva
 
Severo Ochoa
 
Margarita Salas


Social scientists

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Francisco de Vitoria

Sports

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Athletics

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Basketball

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Pau Gasol

Boxing

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Cycling

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Carlos Sastre

Football (soccer)

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Torres celebrating victory with Spain at Euro 2008

Golf

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Motor sports

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Fernando Alonso

Rugby union

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Tennis

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Rafael Nadal

Others

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Ferran Adrià
 
Federica Montseny

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aróstegui Sáenz de Olamendi, Manuel - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus (in Basque). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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