List of Famous people born in Avilés, Spain

Fernando Morán López was a Spanish diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1985 in the first government of Felipe González. After completing his studies in Madrid, Paris and London, Morán pursued a career as a diplomat. A member of the Group of Salamanca around Enrique Tierno Galván, in 1967 he was a co-founder of the Socialist Party of the Interior, that would become the People's Socialist Party in 1974.

Sergio Álvarez Moya is a Spanish equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.

Julián Orbón de Soto was a Cuban composer who lived and composed in Spain, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States of America. Aaron Copland referred to Orbón as "Cuba's most gifted composer of the new generation."

Alonso José Puerta Gutiérrez is a Spanish politician.

Antonio Ramón María Trevín Lombán is a Spanish politician and academic. Trevín, a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), served as the President of the Principality of Asturias from 18 June 1993 to 11 July 1995.

Beatriz Rico is a Spanish actress.

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was a Spanish admiral and explorer from Avilés, in Asturias, Spain. He is notable for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys, which became known as the Spanish treasure fleet, and for founding St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565. This was the first successful Spanish settlement in La Florida and the most significant city in the region for nearly three centuries. St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited, European-established settlement in the continental United States. Menéndez de Avilés was also the first governor of Florida (1565–74).

Jorge Guerricaechevarría, also known as Guerrica, is a Spanish screenwriter.