List of Famous people born in Extremadura, Spain

Rodrigo Sánchez Rodríguez, commonly known as Rodri, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Real Betis. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a left winger.

Óliver Torres Muñoz is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a central midfielder or an attacking midfielder.

Cynthia Lynn Breazeal is a Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is director of the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab, and is associate director of the Media Lab. She also served as associate director of strategic initiatives for The Bridge, part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, and as co-director of the Center for Future Storytelling at the Media Lab. She is best known for her work in robotics, where she is recognized as a pioneer of social robotics and human–robot interaction.

María Eugenia Rodríguez Palop is a Spanish jurist, professor of Philosophy of Law at the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), specializing in human rights.

Antonio Hernández Mancha is a former Spanish politician and president of the People's Alliance political party from 1987 to 1989. He is married and has two children.

Jesús Gil Manzano is a Spanish football referee. He officiates in the Spanish Primera División. He made his La Liga debut on 25 August 2012 in a game between Málaga CF and RCD Mallorca. Gil Manzano also appeared in the 2013–14 Copa del Rey quarterfinals game between Racing de Santander and Real Sociedad, where Racing refused to play after one minute.

Alberto Carlos Oliart Saussol is a Spanish politician and executive.

Alexander 'Álex' Alegría Moreno is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Zaragoza on loan from RCD Mallorca.

Celestino Corbacho Chaves is a Spanish politician, who was Member of Catalan Parliament and Minister of Labour and Immigrations in José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero cabinet between 2008 and 2010.

Rafael Gordillo Vázquez is a Spanish retired footballer. A tremendously attacking left wingback, equally at ease as defender and midfielder and with a good effort rate, he had an unmistakable style of playing with his socks down.