List of Famous people born in Galicia, Spain

Saint Mariña of Aguas Santas is a virgin martyr associated with the town of Aguas Santas, in the province of Ourense. The story of her life as it has been preserved is a mixture of fact and fiction. She is venerated as one of nine sisters, including Quiteria and Liberata.

María Pujalte Vidal is a Spanish actress.

Rodrigo Corrales Rodal is a Spanish handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the Spanish national handball team.

Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, commonly known as Castelao, was a Spanish politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism, promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement Xeración Nós. He was also one of the founders and president of the Galicianist Party.

Iván Ferreiro Rodríguez is a Spanish singer-songwriter born in Nigrán, Galicia. He was the voice, leader and composer of the popular pop-rock band Los Piratas.

Luis Piedrahita Cuesta is a Spanish stand-up comedian, magician, script writer, broadcaster and author. He is known as "El Rey de las Cosas Pequeñas", due to his monologues in which he critiques the lack of regard of everyday things such as toilet lids, carnivorous plants, etc.

José Couso Permuy was a Spanish cameraman who was one of the April 8, 2003 journalist deaths by U.S. fire after a U.S. tank fired at the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq during the 2003 Iraq invasion.

Miryam Gallego is a Spanish actress. She played the iconic villainous role of the Marchioness of Santillana in the television series Águila Roja, which earned her public recognition.

Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón, was the Attorney General of Spain (2004–2011). He has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Spain since 1995. Since March 2017 he is Magistrate of the Constitutional Court.

Venancio Manuel Jesús Novo Cid-Fuentes, known as Nancho Novo is a Spanish actor. He studied medicine at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, but stopped halfway to move to Madrid, where he studied acting at the Real Escuela de Arte Dramático y Danza. He also is a singer, songwriter and guitar player in the rock band Los castigados sin postre.