List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain
Oscar Tusquets Blanca
Oscar Tusquets Blanca, is a Spanish architect.
José Pesarrodona
José Pesarrodona Altimi is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer who raced during the 1970s. Pesarrodona won the 1976 Vuelta a España ahead of Luis Ocaña and Jose Nazabal of Spain. Two years later at the 1978 Vuelta a España, he finished second to Bernard Hinault of France.
Lluís Pasqual
Francesc Xavier Ciuraneta i Aymí
Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta-Aymí was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.
Josep Cuní i Llaudet
Elisabet Casanovas
Mireia Montávez
Ronald Koeman Jr.
Ronald Koeman Jr. is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for TOP Oss as a goalkeeper.
Joan Clos i Matheu
Joan Clos i Matheu, GCIH is a Spanish politician who was mayor of Barcelona, Spain from September 1997 to September 2006. He took over from Pasqual Maragall in 1997. In 1999 he was elected to a four-year term, and was then re-elected in the municipal elections of 25 May 2003. In September 2006, he left Barcelona Town Hall, after nine years of office, as he was appointed Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. After a stint as the Spanish Ambassador in Turkey and Azerbaijan, in 2010 he was appointed as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, (UN-HABITAT), and Under Secretary General of the United Nations. Joan Clos is also president of the Spanish Chapter of The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI).
Santiago Fisas
Santiago Fisas Ayxelà is a Spanish politician of the People's Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019.