List of Famous people born in Catalonia, Spain

Ricard "Riqui" Puig Martí is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Barcelona as a central midfielder.

Ada Colau Ballano is a Spanish activist and politician who is the current Mayor of Barcelona. On 13 June 2015 she was elected Mayor of Barcelona, the first woman to hold the office, as part of the citizen municipalist platform, Barcelona En Comú. Colau was one of the founding members and spokespeople of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH), which was set up in Barcelona in 2009 in response to the rise in evictions caused by unpaid mortgage loans and the collapse of the Spanish property market in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Marc Clotet Fresquet is a Spanish actor and model. He is best known for acting in El cor de la ciutat and his role on Spanish primetime soap opera Física o Química.

Gerard Moreno Balagueró is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Villarreal and the Spain national team.

Anna Gabriel i Sabaté is a Spanish social pedagogue, law adjunct professor and politician. She was a member of Catalan Parliament between 2015 and 2017, representing the pro-Catalan independence political party, Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP).

Joan Laporta Estruch is a Spanish politician and current president of FC Barcelona.

Silvia Abril Fernández is a Spanish actress and comedian.

Meritxell Batet Lamaña is a Spanish jurist and politician member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, currently serving as President of the Congress of Deputies. Prior to this, she served as Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.

Gemma Cuervo Igartua is a Spanish TV, cinema and theatre actress.

Alicia Esteve Head is a Spanish woman who claimed to be a survivor of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, under the name Tania Head. She joined the World Trade Center Survivors' Network support group, later becoming its president. Her name was regularly mentioned in media reports of the attacks. In 2007, it was revealed Head's story was a hoax; she was not in New York City on September 11, 2001, but in reality was attending classes in her native city, Barcelona.