List of Famous people born in Andalusia, Spain
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja is a noted feral child. He was sold to a hermitic goatherder at seven and after the goatherder's death, he lived alone with the wolves in the Sierra Morena. At 19, he was returned to civilization, but had difficulty adjusting. Gabriel Janer Manila went on to write a PhD thesis about his case, which was titled He jugado con lobos.
Jesús Navas
Jesús Navas González is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a right back for Sevilla and the Spain national team.
Tamara
Tamara Macarena Valcárcel Serrano is a singer from Seville, Spain. She is the granddaughter of singer Rafael Farina.
María León
María León Barrios is a Spanish actress from Seville, Andalusia. She is best known for her performances as Leti in SMS and Carmen in Allí abajo.
Antonio Carmona Amaya
Antonio Carmona Amaya is a Spanish gypsy singer of flamenco. He also has French nationality. from the early 1980s, he was a member of the Spanish flamenco-fusion group Ketama. that he joined after main vocalist Ray Heredia left. The band also included José Soto also known as "Sorderita". Ketama in its latest set-up included Antonio Carmona as main vocalist along with his brother, Juan José Carmona Amaya known as "El Camborio", and his cousin, José Miguel Carmona Niño known as "Josemi".
Manolo Sanlúcar
Manolo Sanlúcar is a flamenco composer and guitarist born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) in 1943. He is considered one of the most important Spanish composers of present times, and together with Paco de Lucía, Tomatito, and Vicente Amigo, one of the main figures in the evolution of the flamenco guitar in recent years.
Lola Índigo
Miriam Doblas Muñoz, also known as her stage name Lola Índigo, is a Spanish singer and dancer from Granada. The singer first gained national recognition in 2017, when she placed as sixteenth in series nine of the Spanish reality television talent competition Operación Triunfo. She was one of first participants to be eliminated from the talent show. After exiting the show, the singer signed with Universal Music and released her debut single "Ya No Quiero Ná" which turned into a smash-hit in her country, peaking at number three on the PROMUSICAE musical chart and selling more than a hundred thousand copies. It was certified as three times platinum. Her short but intense musical career has earned her multiple awards such as an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Spanish Act in 2019.
Felipe González
Felipe González Márquez is a Spanish lawyer, professor, and politician, who was the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997, and the 3rd Prime Minister of Spain since the restoration of democracy, from 1982 to 1996. He remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of Spain to be freely elected.
Joaquín Sabina
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina, known artistically simply as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet from the Andalusia region of southern Spain. He is widely considered as the greatest and finest spanish-speaking songwriter. His songs usually treat about love, heartbreaks and society with a large usage of literary figures similarly to the baroque-literature style.
Alberto Moreno
Alberto Moreno Pérez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Villarreal CF. He has appeared for the Spain national team.