List of Famous people born in Castile and León, Spain
Beatrice of Castile, Marchioness of Montferrat
Beatrice of Castile was a daughter of Alfonso X of Castile and his wife Violant of Aragon. She was Marchioness of Montferrat by her marriage and was mother of Irene of Montferrat.
Kiko Argüello
Francisco José Gómez de Argüello y Wirtz is a Spanish artist and, together with Carmen Hernández, co-initiator of the Neocatechumenal Way.
Jesús Posada
Jesús Posada Moreno, is the former President of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales. He has worked as a civil engineer and economist.
Elvira Mínguez
Elvira Mínguez is a Spanish actress. Mínguez has appeared in such films as La cacatúa verde (1990), El carro de heno (1991), The Lucky Star, Tapas (2005) and El desconocido (2015). Her television credits include Abuela de verano, Mar de dudas, Imperium and El tiempo entre costuras.
Ferdinand de la Cerda
Ferdinand de la Cerda was the heir apparent to the Crown of Castile as the eldest son of Alfonso X and Violant of Aragon. His nickname, de la Cerda, means "of the bristle" in Spanish, a reference to being born with a full head of hair.
Infante Henry of Castile
Henry of Castile, called the Senator, was a Castilian infante, the fourth son of Ferdinand III of Castile by his first wife, Beatrice of Swabia.
Santiago Blanco Gil
Santiago Blanco Gil is a former Spanish racing cyclist.
Ferdinand I of Aragon
Ferdinand I named Ferdinand of Antequera and also the Just was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412–1416). He was also regent of Castile (1406–1416).
Eleanor of Alburquerque
Eleanor, 3rd Countess of Alburquerque became Queen consort of Aragon by her marriage to Ferdinand I of Aragon. In Spanish, she is known as Leonor Urraca de Castilla, condesa de Alburquerque.
Eleanor of Aragon
Eleanor of Aragon was queen consort of Portugal as the spouse of Edward I of Portugal and the regent of Portugal as the guardian of her son. She was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Aragon and Eleanor of Alburquerque.