List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain

Jordi Xammar Hernández is a Spanish sailor. Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez won the bronze medal in the men's 470 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Previously, Xammar and Joan Herp placed 12th in the men's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Carles Campuzano i Canadès is a Catalan politician and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Parliament of Catalonia.

Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish female water polo goalkeeper. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, winning the silver medal. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is 5 ft 7 inches tall.

Josefina Castellví Piulachs is a Spanish oceanographer, biologist and writer. Castellvi Peak on Hurd Peninsula, on Livingston Island in Antarctica is named in her honour. In 1984 she was the first Spaniard to participate in an international expedition to Antarctica. She received her bachelor's degree in 1957 and a PhD in biological sciences at the University of Barcelona in 1969. In 1960 she started working for the Institute of Marine Sciences. In addition, she conducted research at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and was a delegate in Catalonia for two years (1984-1986).

Manuel "Sete" Gibernau Bultó is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His racing career spans three different eras of motorcycle racing, beginning with the two-stroke-dominated period prior to the 2002 season, and the four-stroke MotoGP era. He returned to racing in 2019 to compete in the electric-powered MotoE World Cup. Gibernau was one of the top riders in Grand Prix racing at the beginning of the MotoGP era.

Xavier Vendrell i Segura, is a Catalan entrepreneur. He presides over the Colombo-Catalan Chamber of Commerce and he is the chief executive officer of two entrepreneur groups Barcelona Export Group and Biomek Group. Social demograt politician, after more than twenty years dedicated to politics on the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya party, nowadays he is focused on the entrepreneur world and he does not hold any political responsibility.

Manuel "Manolo" Márquez Roca is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Indian Super League club Hyderabad.

Pere Gratacós Boix is a Spanish retired football central defender and coach.

Manel Estiarte Duocastella is a Spanish former water polo player born in Manresa, a municipality in Barcelona, Spain. He is currently a member of Pep Guardiola's technical staff at Manchester City FC. He is usually considered as one of the two greatest water poloists of all time.

Cristina Lara Pérez is a Spanish sprinter. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 European U23 Championships.