List of Famous people born in Galicia, Spain

Yoel Rodríguez Oterino, known simply as Yoel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a goalkeeper.

Santiago Casares y Quiroga was Prime Minister of Spain from 13 May to 19 July 1936.

Alejandro "Álex" Bergantiños García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña as a defensive midfielder.

María Josefa Wonenburger Planells was a Galician mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. She was the first Spaniard to obtain a Fulbright scholarship for doctoral studies in mathematics.

Wilson Alfredo Jones Rodríguez was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Iván Raña Fuentes is a Spanish triathlete and the winner of three medals in the World Triathlon Championships between the years of 2002-2004. He also has won three medals at the European League Triathlon as well, between the years of 2001-2003.

José Blanco López, also known as Pepe Blanco, is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the deputy general of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and was the Minister of Public Works and Transport from 2009 to 2011. He began his political career in 1986 when he was elected to the Spanish Senate. In 1996 he was elected to the Spanish Congress as a deputy for Lugo Province and was re-elected in 2000, 2004 and 2008. He is a trustee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.

Xosé Manuel Hixinio Beiras Torrado is a Galician politician, economist, writer and intellectual. He is professor of Structural Economy at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is a former memberq of the National Council of the Galician Nationalist Bloc, he is currently the leader of Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood, an independentist political party. He formerly had representation in the Galician parliament.

Emilio Pérez Touriño is a Spanish politician and economist. He is the former secretary general of the Socialists' Party of Galicia and, from August 2005 to March 2009, former president of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain). Namely, he was president of the executive branch, the Xunta de Galicia. His political views are social democratic and Galicianist.

José Luis Fidalgo Veloso was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.