List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain
Josep Rull i Andreu
Josep Rull i Andreu is a Spanish politician from Catalonia. He served as the Counselor of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia at the Government of Carles Puigdemont between 2016 and 2017, when Spanish Rajoy's Government ceased the Catalan executive following the Catalan declaration of independence amid the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.
Edgar Badia Guardiola
Édgar Badía Guardiola is a Spanish footballer who plays for Elche CF as a goalkeeper.
Miquel Buch Moya
Miquel Buch i Moya is a Catalan politician, Minister of the Interior of the autonomous community between 2018 and 2020. He was previously mayor of Premià de Mar, a municipality in north-eastern Spain.
Marcel Granollers
Marcel Granollers Pujol is a tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in July 2012, and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers has won four ATP singles titles and 22 doubles titles, including the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals. His brother Gerard is also a tennis player, and they have won five Challenger doubles titles together.
Enric Gallego
Enric Gallego Puigsech is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a striker.
Manu Guix
Manu Guix is a composer, musical director and Spanish performer. He has been linked to Operación Triunfo since its inception in 2001, and has acted as a coach in every edition of the program. His career began in 1987, at the Municipal Conservatory of Music in Barcelona and he also studied at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
Lluís Llach
Lluís Llach i Grande is a Spanish singer-songwriter from Catalonia. He is one of the main representatives of the nova cançó genre and an outspoken advocate of the right to self-determination of Catalonia. His most famous song, "L'Estaca", has become the unofficial anthem of the Catalan independence movement. He was a member of the Catalan Parliament from September 2015 until January 2018.
Joan Capdevila
Joan Capdevila Méndez is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left back.
Carles Mundó i Blanch
Carles Mundó i Blanch is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia who served as the Minister of Justice of Catalonia until the dismissal of the Parliament of Catalonia and of the Catalan Government in 2017 due to its declaration of independence. He was reelected to the Catalan Parliament on December 21, 2017 as a member of the Catalonia Yes party until he resigned.
Albert Serra
Albert Serra is a Spanish independent filmmaker and manager of the production company Andergraun Films, set up by Montse Triola primarily to produce Serra's films. He is best known for his films Story of My Death (2013) and The Death of Louis XIV (2016), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud. Serra has been called "one of the most singular and radical filmmakers working today."