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)Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954)Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681), playwright and poetCamilo José Cela (1916-2002), novelistMiguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), writer of El Quijote , or Don Quixote Antonio Gala Benito Pérez Galdós Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), poet and playwrightLuis de Góngora , poet and priestJon Juaristi Salvador de Madariaga Joanot Martorell Tirso de Molina (1571-1648), playwrightAgustín Moreto y Cavana , playwrightGaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811), statesman and authorLeandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramatist and neoclassical poetJosé Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), authorFrancisco de Quevedo (1580-1645)Fernando de Rojas Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla , playwrightJuan Ruiz de Alarcón , playwrightMiguel Unamuno (1864-1931), existentialist authorGarcilaso de la Vega (1501-1586), poetFélix Lope de Vega (1562-1635), poet and playwrightJosé Zorrilla y Moral , poet and playwright
Explorers
Film directors
Leaders José María Aznar (born 1953), former prime ministerJosé Antonio Cánovas del Castillo prime minister and historianRuy Díaz de Vivar, El Cid (c. 1045-1099), Spanish knight and hero Buenaventura Durruti (1896-1936)Francisco Franco (1892-1975)Juan Carlos de Borbón (born 1938)Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , El Gran Capitán , (1453-1515)Felipe González (born 1942), former prime ministerJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 1960), prime ministerTrajan (53-117), Roman Emperor , 98-117Queen Isabella I , Queen of Spain (1451-1504)
Musicians
Singers
Painters
Philosophers
Scientists
Sports Fernando Alonso (born 1981), Formula One driverSeveriano Ballesteros , golferGalo Blanco , tennis playerFermin Cacho Ruiz , athlete , Olympic 1,500 Gold MedalistPedro Carrasco , world champion boxerJavier Castillejo, world champion boxer Juan Carlos Ferrero , tennis player, French Open championSergio García , golferPau Gasol , NBA basketball playerMiguel Induráin , Tour de France champion cyclistCarlos Moya , tennis playerJosé Maria Olazábal, golfer Manuel Orantes (born 1949), champion tennis playerRaúl , football playerCarlos Sainz , rally driverArantxa Sanchez Vicario , tennis player, French Open championJavier Sanchez , tennis player, brother of ArantxaManuel Santana (born 1938), champion tennis player
Others Ferrán Adriá, cook Karlos Arguiñano, cook and entertainer Carlos D. Cidon , chefJoaquin Cortes , dancerLuis Miguel González Lucas , better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín , bullfighter, father of Miguel BoséChabeli Iglesias , reporter, daughter of Julio IglesiasFederica Montseny , anarchist , politician, writerSean Piniero, drug dealer Diego Salcedo , priest, first Spaniard killed by Puerto Rican Taínos Juan Sánchez Vidal , renowned collectorPedro Subijana, cook Cristina Sánchez , bullfighterAguas Santas Ocana Navarro , first lady of Honduras Torquemada , inquisitor See also: List of people by nationality , List of Catalans , list of Spanish language poets , List of Spanish monarchs
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