List of Famous people born in Asturias, Spain
Sofía Castañón
Sofía Fernández Castañón is a Spanish poet, writer, audiovisual producer, and politician. She has worked in print, television, and radio, and received several poetry prizes. Since January 2016 she has been deputy of Podemos for Asturias in Spain's 11th and 12th Legislatures. She is currently spokesperson for the Equality Commission and a member of the Subcommittee on the State Pact on Gender Violence. On 18 February 2017, she was elected the Podemos Executive's Secretary of Intersectional Feminism and LGBTI. Since February 2017, she has been a member of the Podemos State Council.
Ángeles Caso
Ángeles Caso is a Spanish journalist, translator and writer. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.
Ricardo Rodríguez
Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez, is a Spanish football coach. He is currently the head coach of Japanese J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.
Samuel Sánchez
Samuel "Samu" Sánchez González is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally in the sport between 2000 and 2017 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and BMC Racing Team squads. He was the gold medal winner in the road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the following years Sánchez proved himself in hilly classics and stage races as one of the most important riders in the peloton. He was also known as one of the best descenders in the peloton. He finished in the top 6 of the Tour de France three times and in the top 10 of the Vuelta a España 6 times. Other notable achievements include winning the Vuelta a Burgos in 2010, the 2012 Tour of the Basque Country and five stages of the Vuelta a España.
María Izquierdo Rojo
María Izquierdo Rojo is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She was a member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies in 1977–1979, 1979–1982 and 1986–1989, representing Granada. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004.
Adrián Barbón Rodríguez
Adrián Barbón Rodríguez is a Spanish politician. He is the secretary general of the Asturian Socialist Federation, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the current President of the Principality of Asturias.
Iván García Cortina
Iván García Cortina is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.
Eugenia Rico
Eugenia Rico is a Spanish novelist, poet and journalist.
Manu García
Manuel García Alonso is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sporting Gijón.
Sergio G. Sánchez
Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Sánchez has written and directed his own screenplays for short films such as Temporada baja (2003) and 7337 (2000).