List of Famous people born in Extremadura, Spain

Javier "Javi" Galán Gil is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Huesca. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a left winger.

David Generelo Miranda is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a manager.

Luis Landero is a Spanish writer. He was born in Alburquerque, Badajoz and made his literary debut through the 1989 novel Juegos de la edad tardía. Subsequent novels include Caballeros de fortuna (1994), El mágico aprendiz (1998), El guitarrista (2002), Hoy, Júpiter (2007), Retrato de un hombre inmaduro (2010), Absolución, El balcón en invierno (2014) and La vida negociable (2017). He has been translated into several European languages.

Miriam Casillas García is a Spanish triathlete. She competed in the women's event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2021, she competed in the women's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She also competed in the mixed relay event.

Pablo Guerrero is a Spanish singer-songwriter, lyricist, and poet from the province of Extremadura who has lived in Madrid since the late 1960s. He uses a sober and poetic style in the texts of his songs. Musically, he uses traditional harmonies and melodies from his homeland, seasoned with flamenco as well as the sounds of American folk, rock, and jazz. In the mid-1980s he introduced African rhythms and rhythms from other cultures, including avant-garde styles such as minimalism, ambient, electronic, and random music. He is a singer with a long and renowned artistic career. Although he is better known as a singer-songwriter, as a poet he has been publishing continuously since 1988.

Jorge Franco Alviz, known as Burgui, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés as a left winger.