List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain
Assumpta Serna
María Asunción Rodés Serna, better known as Assumpta Serna, is a Spanish actress and author. Born in Barcelona, Serna has performed in 20 countries in six languages and is the recipient of more than 20 international awards.
Sergio González Soriano
Sergio González Soriano, known simply as Sergio, is a Spanish football manager and former player. He is the manager of Real Valladolid and the Catalonia national team.
Àngels Chacón i Feixas
Maria Àngels Chacón i Feixas is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Catalan government.
Jaume Collet-Serra
Jaume Collet-Serra is a Spanish-American film director and producer. He is known for directing the horror remake House of Wax (2005), Disney soccer movie Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), the psychological horror Orphan (2009), the Liam Neeson action-thrillers Unknown (2011), Non-Stop (2014), Run All Night (2015) and The Commuter (2018), and the survival thriller The Shallows (2016).
Anna Simon
Anna Simón Marí is a Spanish TV host. She has a degree in journalism.
Anna Tarrés i Campà
Anna Tarrés Campà is a synchronized swimming coach and former national synchronized swimmer from Spain. She competed in the women's duet at the 1984 Summer Olympics. After retiring from competition Tarrés began coaching at her swimming club, CN Kallipolis, in 1987, where she coached Gemma Mengual to international success. In 1997 she was appointed as head coach of the Spanish national synchronised swimming team: during her time in charge the team enjoyed great success, taking four Olympic medals, 26 World Championship medals, and 25 European Championship medals, however in September 2012 the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation informed her that her contract would not be extended beyond the end of the year. Shortly afterwards 15 former members of the team issued a public letter criticising Tarrés for using authoritarian and demeaning behaviour in her role as head coach, although Mengual and national team captain Andrea Fuentes both spoke in Tarrés' defence, and Fuentes subsequently announced her retirement from elite competition in January 2013 due to demotivation as a result of the conflict between Tarrés and the federation. After leaving the Spanish national team Tarrés was appointed as one of the coaches of the Ukrainian national team in 2015.
Julieta Serrano
Julieta Serrano Romero is a Spanish theatre and cinema actress. Her prolific career began in the 1960s, and she has worked with directors Pedro Almodóvar and Ventura Pons.
Jorge Llopart
Jorge "Jordi" Llopart Ribas was a Spanish race walker.
Marc Gené
Marc Gené i Guerrero is a Spanish professional racing driver. He is best known as a tester for Williams and Ferrari in Formula One, Minardi Formula One driver and factory driver for Peugeot's Le Mans team, with which he won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. His brother Jordi is also a racing driver, competing in the WTCC for SEAT.
Pedro Ruiz
Pedro Ruiz is a Spanish radio presenter, actor, screenwriter and comedian.