List of Famous people born in Galicia, Spain

Eduardo Martínez Fajardo was a Spanish film actor born in Meis (Pontevedra), Spain. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002.

Borja Fernández Fernández is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Andrés Suárez is a Spanish singer-songwriter.

Arsenio Iglesias Pardo is a Spanish former football forward and manager.

Manuel Fernández Fernández, known as Pahiño, was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

Manel Loureiro is a Spanish author.

Óscar Pereiro Sío is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. Pereiro was declared the winner of the 2006 Tour de France, after the original winner Floyd Landis was disqualified for failing a doping test after his stage 17 victory. Pereiro is a former member of Porta da Ravessa, Phonak Hearing Systems, Caisse d'Epargne, and the Astana–Premier Tech cycling team (2010). After retiring from cycling in 2010, Pereiro joined his local part-time football club Coruxo FC of the Segunda División B.

Santos Juliá Díaz was a Spanish historian and sociologist.

Luis Ángel César Sampedro, known as Luis César, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current manager.

Alfonso VII, called the Emperor, became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso, born Alfonso Raimúndez, first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside his mother Urraca, once she vested him with the direct rule of Toledo in 1116. Alfonso later held another investiture in 1135 in a grand ceremony reasserting his claims to the imperial title. He was the son of Urraca of León and Raymond of Burgundy, the first of the House of Ivrea to rule in the Iberian peninsula.