List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain
Marc López
Marc López Tarrés is a professional male tennis player from Spain, who started playing tennis at the age of 8 years old and became professional in 1999. The right-handed player's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 106 and world No. 3 in doubles.
AuronPlay
Raúl Álvarez Genes, better known by his online alias AuronPlay, is a Spanish YouTuber and Twitch streamer. His vlogs often provide satirical commentary on current affairs or on other internet videos.
Josep Baselga
Josep Baselga i Torres, known in Spanish as José Baselga was a Spanish medical oncologist and researcher focused on the development of novel molecular targeted agents, with a special emphasis in breast cancer. Baselga served as Physician-in-Chief at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center until his resignation in September 2018. On January 7, 2019, AstraZeneca announced that they had hired him as head of research and development in oncology, where he worked until his death.
David Meca
David Meca Medina is a long distance swimmer from Spain, who has swum from mainland Spain to Ibiza among his exploits. He won gold at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal for the men's open water 25 km.
Óscar García Junyent
Óscar García Junyent, known simply as Óscar as a player, is a Spanish former professional footballer, currently the manager of French club Stade de Reims.
David Guapo
David Callejón, known artistically as David Guapo, is a Spanish comedian and singer.
Francisco Boix
Francesc Boix Campo was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War and photographer who was imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp. At the Nuremberg and Dachau trials he presented photographs that played a role in the conviction of Nazi war criminals.
Miguel Poveda
Miguel Ángel Poveda León is a Spanish flamenco singer known by his stage name "Miguel Poveda". His father is from Lorca in Murcia and his mother from Puertollano. Poveda is a flamenco singer and interpreter of other genres. He has collaborated with artists from various disciplines who were previously unknown to flamenco audiences. In 2003, he moved to Seville. He often collaborates with Spanish flamenco guitarist Juan Gómez "Chicuelo", with whom he has toured extensively in Europe, Japan and the US.
Ernest Maragall i Mira
Ernest Maragall i Mira is a Spanish economist, politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia and former Minister of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia. He was previously Minister of Education, a member of the European Parliament and a member of Barcelona City Council (BCC).
Dani Mateo
Daniel Mateo Patau is a Spanish comedian, actor and radio and tv host famous for his work in the program Sé lo que hicisteis... in La Sexta channel.