List of Famous people born in Basque Autonomous Community, Spain
Ángel Gabilondo
Ángel Gabilondo Pujol is a Spanish university professor.
Iñigo Martínez
Iñigo Martínez Berridi is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team mainly as a central defender.
Almudena Cid
Almudena Cid Tostado is a former Spanish individual rhythmic gymnast who competed on the Spanish national team. She is the only rhythmic gymnast who has competed in four Olympic finals.
Asier Etxeandía
Asier Gómez Etxeandía is a Spanish film actor and singer, whose career includes television, theater and film performances. He is best known for his character as Raúl de la Riva in Velvet and Velvet Collection and Dolor y gloria (2019), for which he was nominated for Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Gaizka Mendieta
Gaizka Mendieta Zabala is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Álex Balboa
Alejandro Balboa Bandeira, known as Álex Balboa, is a Spanish-born Equatoguinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Segunda División RFEF club Deportivo Alavés B and the Equatorial Guinea national team.
Martín Berasategui
Martín Berasategui Olazábal is a Spanish chef expert in Basque cuisine and owner of an eponymous restaurant in Lasarte-Oria (Gipuzkoa), Spain. Since 2001 it has been awarded three Michelin stars. He holds twelve stars in total, more than any other Spanish chef.
Yon González
Yon González Luna is a Spanish actor. He is probably best known for his performance as Iván Noiret León in the Antena 3 series The Boarding School, as well as for his role of Julio Olmedo/Espinosa in the television series Gran Hotel and for that of Francisco Gomez in the Netflix series Cable Girls.
Iñaki Gabilondo
José Ignacio Gabilondo Pujol better known as Iñaki Gabilondo is a Spanish journalist, and TV news anchor.
Txabi Etxebarrieta
Txabi Etxebarrieta, also known as Xabier Etxebarrieta Ortiz, was a Basque nationalist and anti-fascist who was a popular leader of the armed separatist organisation Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA). Despite being a poet and an essayist, he never published his work.