List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain
Sergio Gómez Martín
Sergio Gómez Martín is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian club Anderlecht.
Marta Torné
Marta Torné Gracia is a Spanish actress and presenter.
Marc Crosas
Marc Crosas Luque is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Crosas is also a football analyst for Univision Deportes. He holds a Mexican citizenship.
Laia Costa
Laia Costa Bertrán is a Spanish actress who has worked in Spain, Russia, Germany, Argentina, Italy, United Kingdom and the United States.
Antonio Baños Boncompain
Antonio Baños Boncompain is a Spanish Catalan musician, journalist and writer. In the Catalan parliamentary election of 2015 he led Popular Unity Candidacy - Constituent Call, a pro-independence left-wing electoral list until he resigned in 2016.
Loquillor
José María Sanz Beltrán, Loquillo or Loco is a Spanish rock singer. He was born in Barcelona. Beginning in the 1980s, he performed as Teddy Loquillo, and then with the groups Loquillo y los Intocables, and later Loquillo y Los Trogloditas. He started out as a rockabilly artist, and then became more famous mixing pop, punk and rock. He played as a solo act as well as performing with the Trogloditas, but they broke up in 2008. Nowadays, he's a widely recognised solo artist in Spain. He also writes blogs on elmundo.es.
Mònica Bernabé Fernández
Mònica Bernabé Fernández is a Spanish journalist known for her work as a correspondent in Afghanistan, where she lived for nearly eight years.
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish novelist.
Manolo García
Manuel García García-Pérez (*Poblenou, Barcelona, is a Spanish singer and painter. His first LPs were recorded with the rock bands Los Rápidos, Los Burros and El Último de la Fila. His singing style is a mixture of pop rock, flamenco and Arabic music. Today, García continues to have a successful solo career. Manolo became famous as the frontman of the Rock group "El Último de La Fila", during the eighties and nineties. His fanbase extends not only to Spain but to most of Latin America and Spanish speakers in the USA. Manolo is an example of an integral artist in Spain and Spanish speaking America.
Álvaro Vázquez
Álvaro Vázquez García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for CE Sabadell FC on loan from Sporting de Gijón.