List of Spaniards
This is a list of Spaniards that are famous or notable.
(In alphabetical order within categories.)
Actors
Architects
Authors
- Mateo Alemán (1547-c. 1609)
- Vicente Aleixandre (1888-1984), poet, Nobel prize 1977
- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870), poet
- Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954), dramatist, Nobel prize 1922
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681), playwright and poet
- Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885), poet
- Camilo José Cela (1916-2002), novelist, Nobel prize 1989
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), author and soldier, writer of El Quijote, or Don Quixote
- Miguel Delibes (born 1920), novelist
- José Echegaray (1832-1916), dramatist, Nobel prize 1904
- Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet
- Antonio Gala
- Benito Pérez Galdós
- Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), poet and playwright
- Luis de Góngora, poet and priest
- Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958), poet, Nobel prize 1956
- Jon Juaristi
- Mariano José de Larra (1809-1837), journalist
- Salvador de Madariaga
- Juan Marsé (born 1933), novelist
- Joanot Martorell
- Tirso de Molina (1571-1648), playwright
- Agustín Moreto y Cavana, playwright
- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811), statesman and author
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), author
- Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921), author
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951), novelist and war reporter
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645)
- Fernando de Rojas
- Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, playwright
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, playwright
- Ramón J. Sender (1901-1982), novelist, journalist and anarchist
- Torcuato Luca de Tena (1923-1999), novelist, journalist and lawyer
- Miguel Unamuno (1864-1931), existentialist author
- Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866-1936), author
- Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1586), poet
- Félix Lope de Vega (1562-1635), poet and playwright
- Cristóbal Zaragoza (1923-1999), novelist and philosopher
- María de Zayas y Sotomayor
- José Zorrilla y Moral, poet and playwright
Explorers
- Cosme Damián Churruca (1761-1805), explorer, astronomer and naval officer, mapped the Straight of Magallanes (1788-1789)
- Hernán Cortés (1485-1547), conquistador of old Mexico
- Lope de Aguirre (1511-1561), soldier, adventurer, killer and traitor, explored the Amazonas looking for El Dorado
- Diego de Almagro (1475-1538), explorer and conquistador, first European arriving Chile
- Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-1788), soldier and explorer, founded San Francisco, California
- Pedro Arias de Ávila, Pedrarias Dávila (1440-1531), conquistador, founder of Panama and governor of Nicaragua
- Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487-1551), bishop of Panama, discovered the Galápagos Islands
- Gaspar de Espinosa (1467/77?-1537), soldier and explorer, first European reaching the coast of Nicaragua, co-founder of Panama City
- Hernando de Soto (1500-1542), explorer and conquistador, first European exploring Florida and the plains of eastern North America, discovered the Mississippi river and the Ohio river
- Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476-1526), explorer and sailor, first man circumnavigating the World
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519), first to sight the Pacific Ocean, founding Darién
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca first European exploring southwestern United States, 1527-1536, also explored South America, 1540-1542
- Francisco de Orellana, first European exploring the Amazonas river.
- Francisco Pizarro (1471-1541), conqueror of the Inca Empire in Peru
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499-1543), explorer, founded the city of San Diego, California
Film directors
- Pedro Almodóvar (born 1949)
- Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972)
- Montxo Armendáriz
- Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- Iciar Bollaín
- José Luis Borau
- Luis Buñuel (1900-1983)
- Mario Camus
- Isabel Coixet
- Fernando León de Aranoa (born 1968)
- Alex de la Iglesia
- Agustín Díaz Yanes
- Víctor Erice
- Fernando Fernán Gómez
- Marco Ferreri
- José Luis Garci (born 1944)
- Luis García Berlanga
- Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
- Bigas Luna (born 1946)
- Julio Medem (born 1958)
- Fernando Méndez Leite
- Pilar Miró
- José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
- Carlos Saura (born 1932)
- Santiago Segura
- David Trueba
- Fernando Trueba
- Your Mom
- Benito Zambrano
- Iván Zulueta (born 1943)
Leaders
- José María Aznar (born 1953), former prime minister
- Juan Carlos de Borbón (born 1938)
- José Antonio Cánovas del Castillo prime minister and historian
- Rodrigo 'Ruy' Díaz de Vivar, El Cid (c. 1045-1099), Spanish knight and hero
- Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, El Gran Capitán, (1453-1515)
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, Duke of Alba (1507-1582)
- Buenaventura Durruti (1896-1936)
- Francisco Franco (1892-1975)
- Felipe González (born 1942), former prime minister
- Queen Isabella I, Queen of Spain (1451-1504)
- Casto Méndez Núñez (1830-1880), naval officer
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 1960), prime minister
- Trajan (53-117), Roman Emperor, 98-117
Musicians
Singers
Painters
Philosophers
Scientists
- Algafequi , glasses inventor (Cordoba)
- José María Algué (1856-1930), Meteorologist, inventor of the barocyclometer , the nephoscope, and the microseismograph
- Martín de Azpilicueta (1492-1586), economist, theologist and philosopher
- Ángel Cabrera (1879-1960), naturalist, investigated the South-American fauna
- José Celestino Bruno Mutis (1732-1808), botanicist, doctor, philosopher and mathematician, carried out relevant research about the American flora, founded one of the first astronomic observatories in America (1762)
- Mateo José Buenaventura Orfila (1787-1853), doctor and chemist, father of modern toxicology, leading figure in forensic toxicology.
- Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu (1895-1936), aeronautical engineer pioneer of rotary flight inventor of the autogyro
- Jaime Ferrán (1852-1929), doctor and researcher, discovered several vaccines
- Francisco Hernández (1517-1587), botanicist, carried out important research about the Mexican flora
- Manuel Jalón Corominas (born 1925), aeronautical engineer, inventor, and officer of the Spanish Air Force
- Carlos Jiménez Díaz (1898-1967), doctor and researcher, leading figure in pathology
- Gregorio Marañón (1887-1960), doctor and researcher, leading figure in endocrinology
- Narcís Monturiol (1818-1885), physicist and inventor, pioneer of underwater navigation
- Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), doctor and biochemist, achieved the synthesis of ribonucleic acid (RNA), Nobel prize in 1959
- Joan Oró (born 1923), biochemist, carried out important research about the origin of life
- Julio Palacios Martínez (1891-1970), physicist and mathematician
- Isaac Peral y Caballero (1851-1895), engineer and sailor, designer of the first operative submarine
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), father of Neuroscience, Nobel prize in 1906
- Julio Rey Pastor (1888-1962), mathematician, leading figure in geometry
- Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (1928-1980), naturalist, leading figure in ornithology, ethology, ecology and science divulgation
- Miguel Servet (1511-1553), scientist, surgeon, geographer, linguist, helenist, humanist, and philosopher
- Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852-1936), engineer and mathematician, pioneer of automatic calculation machines, inventor of the automatic chess, pioneer of remote control, designer of the funicular over the Niagara Falls
- Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795), scientist, soldier and author
Sports
- Fernando Alonso (born 1981), Formula One driver
- Severiano Ballesteros, golfer
- Galo Blanco, tennis player
- Fermin Cacho Ruiz, athlete, Olympic 1,500 Gold Medalist
- 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
- Miguel Induráin, Tour de France champion cyclist
- Carlos Moyà, tennis player
- Ángel Nieto , motorbikes pilot, 12+1 times champion of the world
- José María Olazábal, golfer
- Manuel Orantes (born 1949), champion tennis player
- Raúl, football player
- Carlos Sainz, rally driver
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, tennis player, French Open champion
- Javier Sánchez, tennis player, brother of Arantxa
- Manuel Santana (born 1938), champion tennis player
Others
- Ferrán Adriá , cook
- Karlos Arguiñano , cook and entertainer
- Carlos D. Cidon, chef
- Joaquín Cortés, dancer
- Luis Miguel González Lucas, better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín, bullfighter, father of Miguel Bosé
- Chabeli Iglesias, reporter, daughter of Julio Iglesias
- Federica Montseny, anarchist, politician, writer
- Sean Piniero , drug dealer
- Diego Salcedo, priest, first Spaniard killed by Puerto Rican Taínos
- Juan Sánchez Vidal, renowned collector
- Pedro Subijana , cook
- Cristina Sánchez, bullfighter
- Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro, first lady of Honduras
- Torquemada, inquisitor
- Joan March Ordinas , political and businesmen.
See also: List of people by nationality, List of Catalans, list of Spanish language poets, List of Spanish monarchs
Last updated: 10-11-2005 17:32:02
Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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