List of Famous people born in Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Álvaro Rico
Álvaro Rico Ladera is a Spanish actor. He is best known for playing the character of Polo in the Netflix's original series Elite.
Pedro Piqueras
Pedro María Piqueras Gómez is a Spanish journalist and news anchor, currently is news director of Telecinco.
José Luis Cuerda
José Luis Cuerda Martínez was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, and died on 4 February 2020 at the age of 72 in Madrid from an embolism.
Ernesto Sevilla
Ernesto Sevilla López is a Spanish TV director, actor, comedian, screenwriter and TV presenter.
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells Oliván is a Spanish sociologist especially associated with research on the information society, communication and globalization. In January 2020, he was appointed Minister of Universities in the Sánchez II Government of Spain.
Diego de Almagro
Diego de Almagro, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador known for his exploits in western South America. He participated with Francisco Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of Peru. While subduing the Inca Empire he laid the foundation for Quito and Trujillo as Spanish cities in present-day Ecuador and Peru respectively. From Peru Almagro led the first Spanish military expedition to central Chile. Back in Peru, a longstanding conflict with Pizarro over the control of the former Inca capital of Cuzco erupted into a civil war between the two bands of conquistadores. In the battle of Las Salinas in 1538 Almagro was defeated by the Pizarro brothers and months later he was executed.
Beatriz Montañez
Beatriz Montañez López is a Spanish TV presenter and actress.
Jordi El Niño Polla
Ángel Muñoz García, better known by his stage name Jordi "El Niño Polla", often shortened to Jordi ENP, is a Spanish pornographic actor, producer and YouTuber who rose to prominence after working with the production company Brazzers.
Sandra Sánchez Jaime
Sandra Sánchez Jaime is a Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, she became world champion in the women's individual kata event at the 2018 World Championships in Madrid, Spain. She also won the gold medal in this event at the European Karate Championships in six consecutive competitions. She is also recognised by Guinness World Records for winning the most medals in the Karate1 Premier League; she won 35 consecutive medals between January 2014 and February 2020.
Joaquín Reyes Cano
Joaquín Reyes Cano is a Spanish actor, draftsman and comedian.