List of Famous people born in Galicia, Spain
Paula Vázquez Picallo
Paula Vázquez Picallo is a Spanish television presenter, also known for her modelling career in the fashion industry as well as her acting.
Emilia Pardo Bazán
Emilia Pardo Bazán y de la Rúa-Figueroa, countess of Pardo Bazán, was a Spanish novelist, journalist, literary critic, poet, playwright, translator, editor and professor. She is known for introducing naturalism into Spanish literature, for her detailed descriptions of reality, and for her ground-breaking introduction of feminist ideas into the literature of her era. Her ideas about women's rights for education also made her a prominent feminist figure.
María Patiño
María Patiño Castro is a Spanish journalist, pundit, and television presenter known for social features and celebrity gossip.
Chelo García-Cortés
María Consolación García-Cortés Cadavid, better known as Chelo García-Cortés, is a Spanish journalist who has spent most of her professional career in the field of celebrity gossip.
Xela Arias
Xela Arias Castaño was a Galician poet and translator.
Ignacio Echeverría
Ignacio Echeverría Miralles de Imperial was a Spanish lawyer and banker. He fought off one of the terrorists in the 2017 London Bridge attack, before being killed by other terrorists.
Elena Ochoa
Elena Ochoa, Lady Foster of Thames Bank is a Spanish publisher and art curator, and formerly a professor of psychopathology. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Ivorypress.
María Casares
María Casares was a Spanish-French actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage and cinema. She was credited in France as Maria Casarès.
Emiliano Aguirre
Emiliano Aguirre Enríquez was a Spanish paleontologist, known for his works at archaeological site of Atapuerca, whose excavations he directed from 1978 until his retirement in 1990. He received the Prince of Asturias Award in 1997.
Luz Casal
María Luz Casal Paz is a Spanish pop singer. She grew up in neighbouring Boimorto, took singing, piano and ballet classes, and moved to Madrid to pursue a career as a musician.