List of Famous people born in Basque Autonomous Community, Spain

Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Iturriaga is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played shooting guard and small forward and appeared in a total of 90 games with the Spain national basketball team, winning a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Javier Clemente Lázaro is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of the Basque Country national team.

Álex Cruz de Llano is a Spanish businessman, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of British Airways.

Pablo Laso Biurrún is a Spanish professional basketball head coach of the Real Madrid basketball team, and a former professional player.

Aitor Esteban Bravo is a Spanish jurist and politician who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies since 2004. The ideology of Esteban is Basque nationalism. He is a member of the Basque Nationalist Party and serves as the party's Spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies since 2012.

Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist.

Asier Villalibre Molina is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a striker.

Juan Mari Arzak Arratibel is a Spanish chef, the owner and chef for Arzak restaurant. He is considered to be one of the great masters of New Basque cuisine. He describes his cooking as "signature cuisine, Basque cuisine that's evolutionary, investigatory, and avant-garde."

Julen Kerman Madariaga Agirre is a Basque politician and lawyer who co-founded the Basque armed separatist group ETA in 1959.

La Bien Querida is the stage name Ana Fernández-Villaverde used to develop her musical career. A painter by trade, she decided to initiate in 2007 her trajectory into the music world, motivated by the frontman of Los Planetas.