List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain
Lluís Homar
Lluís Homar i Toboso is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona. He is best known for his roles in Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education (2004) and Broken Embraces (2009), in Emilio Aragón's Paper Birds (2010), and for his portrayal of the robot Max in Kike Maíllo's film Eva (2011).
Pepa Fernández Vallés
María José Fernández Vallés, better known as Pepa Fernández, is a Spanish journalist. She is the director and presenter of the Radio Nacional de España (RNE) program No es un día cualquiera.
Fran Mérida
Francisco Mérida Pérez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for RCD Espanyol.
Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Federico Mayor Zaragoza is a Spanish scientist, scholar, politician, diplomat, and poet. He served as director-general of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999. He is currently the chairman of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace and member of the Honorary Board of the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World as well as the honorary chairman of the Académie de la Paix.
Enric Saborit
Enric Saborit Teixidor is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. as a left back.
Carmen Rigalt
Carmen Rigalt Tarragó is a Spanish journalist and novelist.
Mariano Barroso
Mariano Barroso is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 19 films since 1982. His 1996 film Éxtasis was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
Marina Gatell
Marina Gatell Poch is a Spanish actress.
Raúl Tamudo
Raúl Tamudo Montero is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
Narcís Serra
Narcís Serra i Serra is a Spanish economist and politician, serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 1991 to 1995. Born in Barcelona in 1943, he was one of the leading figures of Catalan socialism during the Spanish transition to democracy, and he was one of the founders of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, the Catalan branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).