List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain

Andrés Velencoso Segura is a Spanish model and actor. He is best known for ad campaigns such as Chanel Allure Homme, Sport fragrance and Louis Vuitton campaign with Jennifer Lopez in 2003.

Enrique "Quique" de Lucas Martínez is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Clara Ponsatí Obiols is a Catalan economist, appointed Councillor of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia by former President Carles Puigdemont on 14 July 2017. Before she was seconded to her post, she was the Head of the School of Economics and Finance at the University of St Andrews. In 2019 extradition warrants were raised to return her from Scotand to Spain where she faced a charge of sedition because of her role in the attempt to make Catalonia independent.

Manuel Cruz Rodríguez is a Spanish philosopher and politician who served as the 60th President of the Senate from May to December 2019. Prior to this, between 2016 and 2019, Cruz served as member of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Barcelona. He is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia.

Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla is a Spanish politician and member of the People's Party, currently and since 18 January 2019 President of the Regional Government of Andalusia as well as President of the PP Andalusian branch. He represented the Cantabria constituency in the Spanish Congress of Deputies from 2000 to 2004 and the Málaga constituency from 2007 to 2011. He has also been a member of the Senate of Spain and Parliament of Andalusia.

Marta Rovira i Vergés is a pro-Catalan independence politician from Catalonia and Spanish lawyer who has fled Spain to avoid being judged by the Spanish Supreme Court and now she lives in Geneva, Switzerland.

Cristina Marcos is a Spanish actress. She has appeared in over 35 films and television shows since 1981. She starred in the 1981 film Maravillas, which was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.

Jordi Cuixart i Navarro is a Spanish businessman and cultural activist from Catalonia. He is the president of Òmnium Cultural, a non-profit cultural organisation founded in 1961 with more than 180,000 members and 40 local branches in Catalonia. As part of his role in the pro-independence demonstrations prior to the Catalan independence referendum of 2017, he has been imprisoned since October 2017 under charge of sedition brought by the Spanish prosecutor's office. In October 2019, after two years of pre-trial detention, Cuixart was sentenced to nine years of prison for sedition. Amnesty International believes his detention and sentence constitutes a disproportionate restriction on his rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and urges Spain to free him. The NGO Front Line Defenders and the Council of Europe consider Jordi Cuixart a human rights defender. He has repeatedly said that “as a political prisoner my priority is not getting out of prison, but the solution of the political situation and struggle for democracy and human rights”.

Alberto Romero Tomás, better known as Berto Romero, is a Spanish comedian.

Marta Xargay Casademont is a Spanish professional basketball player. She played for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, and currently for the Spanish team Uni Girona CB and the Spain women's national basketball team. She has represented national team since EuroBasket Women 2011 competition. She won EuroLeague Women 2010–11 with Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto. She left Spain in 2015, joining both USK Praha of the Czech League in 2015 and the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA on 11 February 2015. In September 2018 she signed for Dynamo Kursk of the Russian Premier League., and in January 2020 she returned to her youth club Uni Girona CB.