List of Famous people born in Community of Valencia, Spain
Kim López González
Kim López González is a Spanish para-track and field athlete who competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the T12/F12 shot put. He won a gold medal in the shot put with a personal best distance of 16.44 metres. He won a gold medal in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the F12 shot put establishing a new World record.
Vicente Parras Campello
Vicente Parras Campello is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the manager of CD Alcoyano.
Pilar Prades
Pilar Prades Expósito or Santamaría was a Spanish maid, sentenced to death for murder through arsenic poisoning. She was the last woman executed in Spain.
Juli
Julián Cerdá Vicente, known as Juli, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for CD Alcoyano.
Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca is a Spanish social scientist based at the Charles III University of Madrid. He has been the Director of the Instituto Carlos III-Juan March since its creation in 2013 from CEACS.
Jorge Martínez
Jorge Martínez Salvadores, nicknamed "Aspar", is one of the most successful motorcycle racers in Grand Prix motorcycle racing history with 22 Grand Prix victories to his name in the 80 cc class and a further 15 wins in the 125 cc class.
David Timor
David Timor Copoví is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Getafe CF.
María Pina
María Pina Tolosa, born in Valencia, on 8 August 1987, is a Spanish women's basketball 1.87 m small forward, who currently plays at Valencia Basket.
Roberto Merhi
Roberto Merhi Muntan is a Spanish racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racing, and won the Formula 3 Euro Series championship, while driving for Prema Powerteam. In 2018, he drove for MP Motorsport and Campos Vexatec Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
Manuel Vicent
Manuel Vicent is a Spanish writer. He was born in La Vilavella, Castellón and studied philosophy and law at the University of Valencia. A prolific author, he has written more than 40 books. He has won several literary prizes, including the Premio Nadal and the Premio Alfaguara, which he won twice.