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List Of SpaniardsThis is a list of Spaniards that are famous or notable. (In alphabetical order within categories.) b>Reino de Espaa (Spanish)
| | style=background:#efefef; align=center colspan=2 | {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 | | align=center width=140px | | align=center width=140px | | | align=center width=140px valign="center" | (In Detail) | align=center width=140px | Coat of Arms | } | Actors Architects Authors - Mateo Alemn (1547-c. 1609)
- Vicente Aleixandre (1888-1984), poet, Nobel prize 1977
- Gustavo Adolfo Bcquer (1836-1870), poet
- Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954), dramatist, Nobel prize 1922
- Pedro Caldern de la Barca (1600-1681), playwright and poet
- Rosala de Castro (1837-1885), poet
- Camilo Jos 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
- Jos Echegaray (1832-1916), dramatist, Nobel prize 1904
- Leandro Fernndez de Moratn (1760-1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet
- Antonio Gala
- Benito Prez Galds
- Federico Garca Lorca (1898-1936), poet and playwright
- Luis de Gngora, poet and priest
- Juan Ramn Jimnez (1881-1958), poet, Nobel prize 1956
- Jon Juaristi
- Mariano Jos de Larra (1809-1837), journalist
- Salvador de Madariaga
- Juan Mars (born 1933), novelist
- Joanot Martorell
- Tirso de Molina (1571-1648), playwright
- Agustn Moreto y Cavana, playwright
- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811), statesman and author
- Jos Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), author
- Emilia Pardo Bazn (1851-1921), author
- Arturo Prez-Reverte (born 1951), novelist and war reporter
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645)
- Fernando de Rojas
- Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, playwright
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcn, playwright
- Ramn J. Sender (1901-1982), novelist, journalist and anarchist
- Torcuato Luca de Tena (1923-1999), novelist, journalist and lawyer
- Miguel Unamuno (1864-1931), existentialist author
- Ramn Mara del Valle-Incln (1866-1936), author
- Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1586), poet
- Flix Lope de Vega (1562-1635), poet and playwright
- Cristbal Zaragoza (1923-1999), novelist and philosopher
- Mara de Zayas y Sotomayor
- Jos Zorrilla y Moral, poet and playwright
Explorers - Cosme Damin Churruca (1761-1805), explorer, astronomer and naval officer, mapped the Straight of Magallanes (1788-1789)
- Hernn Corts (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 vila, Pedrarias Dvila (1440-1531), conquistador, founder of Panama and governor of Nicaragua
- Fray Toms de Berlanga (1487-1551), bishop of Panama, discovered the Galpagos 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 Sebastin Elcano (1476-1526), explorer and sailor, first man circumnavigating the World
- Vasco Nez de Balboa (1475-1519), first to sight the Pacific Ocean, founding Darin
- lvar Nez 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 Rodrguez Cabrillo (1499-1543), explorer, founded the city of San Diego, California
Film directors Leaders - Jos Mara Aznar (born 1953), former prime minister
- Juan Carlos de Borbn (born 1938)
- Jos Antonio Cnovas del Castillo prime minister and historian
- Rodrigo 'Ruy' Daz de Vivar, El Cid (c. 1045-1099), Spanish knight and hero
- Gonzalo Fernndez de Crdoba, El Gran Capitn, (1453-1515)
- Fernando lvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, Duke of Alba (1507-1582)
- Buenaventura Durruti (1896-1936)
- Francisco Franco (1892-1975)
- Felipe Gonzlez (born 1942), former prime minister
- Queen Isabella I, Queen of Spain (1451-1504)
- Casto Mndez Nez (1830-1880), naval officer
- Jos Luis Rodrguez Zapatero (born 1960), prime minister
- Trajan (53-117), Roman Emperor, 98-117
Musicians Singers Painters Philosophers Scientists - Algafequi, glasses inventor (Cordoba)
- Jos Mara Algu (1856-1930), Meteorologist, inventor of the barocyclometer, the nephoscope, and the microseismograph
- Martn de Azpilicueta (1492-1586), economist, theologist and philosopher
- ngel Cabrera (1879-1960), naturalist, investigated the South-American fauna
- Jos 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 Jos Buenaventura Orfila (1787-1853), doctor and chemist, father of modern toxicology, leading figure in forensic toxicology.
- Juan de la Cierva y Codornu (1895-1936), aeronautical engineer pioneer of rotary flight inventor of the autogyro
- Jaime Ferrn (1852-1929), doctor and researcher, discovered several vaccines
- Francisco Hernndez (1517-1587), botanicist, carried out important research about the Mexican flora
- Manuel Jaln Corominas (born 1925), aeronautical engineer, inventor, and officer of the Spanish Air Force
- Carlos Jimnez Daz (1898-1967), doctor and researcher, leading figure in pathology
- Gregorio Maran (1887-1960), doctor and researcher, leading figure in endocrinology
- Narcs 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 Or (born 1923), biochemist, carried out important research about the origin of life
- Julio Palacios Martnez (1891-1970), physicist and mathematician
- Isaac Peral y Caballero (1851-1895), engineer and sailor, designer of the first operative submarine
- Santiago Ramn y Cajal (1852-1934), father of Neuroscience, Nobel prize in 1906
- Julio Rey Pastor (1888-1962), mathematician, leading figure in geometry
- Flix Rodrguez 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 Garca, golfer
- Pau Gasol, NBA basketball player
- Miguel Indurin, Tour de France champion cyclist
- Carlos Moy, tennis player
- ngel Nieto, motorbikes pilot, 12+1 times champion of the world
- Jos Mara Olazbal, golfer
- Manuel Orantes (born 1949), champion tennis player
- Ral, football player
- Carlos Sainz, rally driver
- Arantxa Snchez Vicario, tennis player, French Open champion
- Javier Snchez, tennis player, brother of Arantxa
- Manuel Santana (born 1938), champion tennis player
Others - Ferrn Adri, cook
- Karlos Arguiano, cook and entertainer
- Carlos D. Cidon, chef
- Joaqun Corts, dancer
- Luis Miguel Gonzlez Lucas, better known as Luis Miguel Domingun, bullfighter, father of Miguel Bos
- 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 Tanos
- Juan Snchez Vidal, renowned collector
- Pedro Subijana, cook
- Cristina Snchez, bullfighter
- Aguas Santas Ocaa 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 Spain *
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