List of Famous people born in Galicia, Spain
Susana Rodríguez Gacio
Susana Rodríguez Gacio is a Spanish doctor, paratriathlete and sprinter. She is a four-time world champion in paratriathlon and a Paralympic gold medalist in paratriathlon.
David García Dapena
David García Dapena is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer.
Marcos-Antonio Serrano
Marcos-Antonio Serrano Rodríguez is a professional cyclist from Galicia, Spain. Turning professional in 1993, he joined the Kelme team and then in 1999 the lottery-sponsored Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE). He remained part of the same team when in 2004 sponsorship and name passed to Liberty Seguros-Würth and in 2006, as the Astana-Würth Team.
Carolina Iglesias
Carolina Iglesias, also known as Percebes y Grelos, is a Spanish comedian, screenwriter, and YouTuber. In 2021, she was recognized with the Marcela and Elisa Award for her work in favor of LGTBI+, rights, being the youngest person to receive this award.
Gérard Encausse
Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse, whose esoteric pseudonyms were Papus and Tau Vincent, was a Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order.
Tereixa Constenla Fontenla
Ezequiel Mosquera
Ezequiel Mosquera Míguez is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He has finished in the top 5 of the Vuelta a España in all appearances, and finished second in 2010, after putting in a strong time trial and winning the penultimate stage to Bola del Mundo. After testing positive for hydroxyethyl starch in the race, he was suspended by the UCI and his results from the 2010 Vuelta were annulled.
Antonio María Rouco Varela
Antonio María Rouco Varela is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of its conservative wing. He served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1994 to 2014. He was made a cardinal in 1998. Cardinal Rouco Varela was president of the Episcopal Conference of Spain from 1999 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2014.
David Ortiz
Andrés García de Quiñones
Andrés García de Quiñones (1709–1784) was a Spanish architect of the Baroque period, active in Salamanca.