List of Famous people born in Galicia, Spain

Rubén Iván Martínez Andrade, known simply as Rubén, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a goalkeeper.

Diego Gelmírez or Xelmírez was the second bishop and first archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, modern Spain. He is a prominent figure in the history of Galicia and an important historiographer of the Iberia of his day. Diego involved himself in many quarrels, ecclesiastical and secular, which were recounted in the Historia Compostelana, which covered his episcopacy from 1100 to 1139 and serves as a sort of gesta of the bishop's life.

Luisa Fernandez is a Spanish-born, Germany based pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her hit single, "Lay Love on You" from 1978.

José Souto was a French professional football player and manager.

Luis Pío Moa Rodríguez better known as simply Pío Moa, is a Spanish writer and journalist. He has authored historical essays about the origins of the Spanish Civil War, the Second Republic in Spain, Francoism and the various political movements of that era.

Casto Secundino María Méndez Núñez was a Spanish naval officer born in Vigo, Galicia. In 1866 during the Chincha Islands War between Spain, Peru and Chile, he was general commander of the Spanish fleet in the Pacific. As such, he bombarded and destroyed the port of Valparaiso, and fought the Battle of Callao Méndez Núñez was the first man to circumnavigate the world on an ironclad warship: "Enloricata navis quae primo terram circuivit".

Francisco Costas Verde, better known as Paco Costas, was a Spanish journalist. He specialized in automotive topics.

Vanja Milinković-Savić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Torino.

Manuel Jove Capellán was a Spanish billionaire, and the founder of property development company Fadesa.

Adolfo Domínguez Fernández is a Spanish fashion designer. In 2014, he won the National Designer Prize. Dominguez studied Philosophy and Arts, specialising in Art at Santiago University.