List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain

Laia Palau Altés is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Spar CityLift Girona. At 286, she is the most capped player in the Spain women's national basketball team. With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist.

José María Padilla Requena was a Spanish disc jockey and producer of ambient music, best known for his work as DJ in the Café del Mar bar on the island of Ibiza.

Pedro Martínez de la Rosa is a Spanish former Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT teams. He made his Formula One debut on 7 March 1999, becoming one of very few drivers to score a point in his first race. He has scored a total of 35 championship points, which includes a podium finish at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Silvia Munt Quevedo, is a Spanish actress and film director. She has won two Goya Award, Best Actress for her role in Alas de mariposa, and Best Short Documentary, Lalia, written and directed by Munt. She has a sister and two brothers.

Queralt Castellet Ibáñez is a Spanish snowboarder. She was silver medalist at the 2015 World Championships.

Rebeca Pous del Toro, known professionally as Rebeca, is a latin pop and eurodance singer, producer, songwriter and actress.

Sergi Arola has earned a reputation as being a culinary trend-setter, fusing Catalonian and Mediterranean cuisines. His teachers include: Ferran Adrià, Juan Mari Arzak, Pierre Gagnaire and Roger Vergé. In 1989 he began work at Barcelona’s L'Aram which led to him discovering his creative culinary side.

Santiago Millán Montes, professionally known as Santi Millán, is a Spanish actor, showman and television presenter.

Félix de Azúa Comella is a Spanish professor of aesthetics and philosophy, poet, novelist, essayist and translator, member of Real Academia Española.

Sandra Sabatés is a Spanish journalist and TV presenter.