List of Famous people born in Galicia, Spain

Rodrigo de Quiroga López de Ulloa was a Spanish conquistador of Galician origin. He was twice the Royal Governor of Chile.

Jesús Vázquez Martínez is a Spanish television presenter. In 2008 he became the first Spaniard to be selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency.

Alfonso VI, nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was king of León (1065–1072) and of Galicia (1071–1109), and then king of the reunited Castile and León (1072–1109).

Francisco Javier González Pérez, known as Fran, is a Spanish retired professional footballer.

Luis López Tosar is a Spanish actor and musician. He is one of the most recognizable and versatile actors in Spain, best known for the movies Cell 211, Take My Eyes, Sleep Tight, Even the Rain and Mondays in the Sun. He has a music group called "Di Elas".

Inês de Castro was a Galician noblewoman best known as lover and posthumously-recognized wife of King Peter I of Portugal. The dramatic circumstances of her relationship with Peter, which was forbidden by his father King Afonso IV, her murder at the orders of Afonso, Peter's bloody revenge on her killers, and the legend of the coronation of her exhumed corpse by Peter, have made Inês de Castro a frequent subject of art, music, and drama through the ages.

Brais Méndez Portela is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RC Celta de Vigo as an attacking midfielder.

Martiño Rivas López, also known as Martín Rivas, is a Spanish actor. He is best known for his performance as Marcos Novoa Pazos in the Antena 3 series The Boarding School and for his role in The Blind Sunflowers, which earned him a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Actor. Currently, he stars in the Netflix original series Las Chicas del Cable as Carlos Cifuentes; its first season premiered in April 2017.

Mario Antonio Conde Conde is a Spanish businessman, former banker, state lawyer and politician. He served as chairman of Banesto from November 1987 to December 1993, when he was dismissed and the firm intervened by the Bank of Spain, in what would become the first major interference of a government in a financial institution. At the peak of his career in 1987, a 38-year-old Conde controlled over 1% of Spain's GDP.

José Juan Figueiras García, known as José Juan, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Athletic Club Torrellano.