List of Famous people born in Basque Autonomous Community, Spain
Iker Camaño
Iker Camaño Ortuzar is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental Bora–Hansgrohe. He was part of Endura Racing from 2010 to 2012. Camaño turned professional in 2002 with Phonak and moved to Euskaltel–Euskadi in 2004, but did not record any professional victories until 2011. Camaño followed Basque star Iban Mayo from Euskaltel to Saunier Duval, who subsequently became Fuji-Servetto.
Roberto Laiseka
Roberto Laiseka Jaio is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He retired in 2006, after 13 seasons as a professional with the Euskaltel–Euskadi team, after he could not recover from a knee injury suffered in the 2006 Giro d'Italia.
José Vicente García
José Vicente García Acosta is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He rode his entire career for the team currently known as the Movistar Team. In his career, he won a stage of the Tour de France, two stages in the Vuelta a España and the Grand Prix Eddy Merckx with Abraham Olano. He completed the Vuelta 14 times.
Lander Aperribai
Lander Aperribai Aranda is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally in 2007 and 2008 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi team.
Iván Velasco
Iván Velasco Murillo is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2014 for the Orbea, Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.
Aimar Bretos
Joseba Albizu
Joseba Albizu Lizaso is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2006 for the Mercatone Uno–Scanavino and Euskaltel–Euskadi teams. Albizu won the Giro del Friuli in 2003.
Javier Gurruchaga
Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice Aras is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his two feature fiction films, The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and El Sur (1983).
Iban Mayoz
Iban Mayoz Echeverría is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, currently not under contract to any team. He began his career at Relax in 2004 before moving to ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2006, and then to Karpin-Galicia in 2008.