List of Famous people born in Community of Valencia, Spain
Juan Bernat
Juan Bernat Velasco is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Spain national team, mainly as a left-back but also as a left winger.
Miguel Hernández
Miguel Hernández Gilabert was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was self-taught in what refers to literature, and struggled against an unfavourable environment to build up his intellectual education, such as a father who physically abused him for spending time with books instead of working, and who took him out of school as soon as he finished his primary education. At school, he became a friend of Ramón Sijé, a well-educated boy who lent and recommended books to Hernández, and whose death would inspire his most famous poem, Elegy.
David Ferrer
David Ferrer Ern is a retired Spanish professional tennis player. A three-time Davis Cup champion with Spain, Ferrer has won tournaments at all levels except at a Grand Slam, and currently has the seventh highest career prize money earnings of all time among male tennis players. Ferrer also holds the distinction of winning the most matches on the ATP tour without having won a Grand Slam tournament, passing Brian Gottfried who held this record for 32 years.
Roberto Soldado
Roberto Soldado Rillo is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Granada CF as a striker.
Toni Cantó
Antonio Cantó García del Moral, known as Toni Cantó is a Spanish actor, Citizens party politician and former UPyD politician, who represented Valencia Province in the Congress of Deputies from 2011 to April 2015 and again from December 2015 until 2019.
Juanfran Torres
Juan Francisco Torres Belén, known as Juanfran, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Brazilian club São Paulo FC.
Jeanne Mas
Jeanne Mas is a French pop singer and actress.
Pablo Fornals
Pablo Fornals Malla is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Premier League club West Ham United mainly as an attacking midfielder.
Carmen Alcayde
Carmen Alcayde Ballesteros is a Spanish TV presenter and actress.
Pedro Cavadas
Pedro Carlos Cavadas Rodríguez is a Spanish surgeon known for directing world-pioneering interventions.