List of Famous people born in León, Spain

Alfonso of León, Lord of Molina was an infante (prince) of León and Castile, the son of King Alfonso IX of León and his second wife Queen Berengaria of Castile. He was the brother of King Ferdinand III of Castile and León, and father of Queen Maria of Molina, wife of King Sancho IV. He became Lord of Molina and Mesa after his first marriage to Mafalda González de Lara, the heiress of those lands.

José Antonio Alonso Suárez was a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician, cabinet minister and judge. He was born in León.

Urraca of Zamora was a Leónese infanta, one of the five children of Ferdinand I the Great, who received the city of Zamora as her inheritance and exercised palatine authority in it. Her story was romanticized in the cantar de gesta called the Cantar de Mio Cid, and Robert Southey's Chronicle of the Cid.

Carmen Fraga Estévez is a Spanish politician of the People's Party, who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 until 2014. She is a member of the Bureau of the European People's Party.

César Rodríguez Álvarez, sometimes known as just César, was a Spanish football forward and manager.

José Buenaventura Durruti Dumange was a Spanish insurrectionary, anarcho-syndicalist militant involved with the CNT, FAI and other anarchist organisations during the period leading up to and including the Spanish Civil War. Durruti played an influential role during the Spanish Revolution and is remembered as a hero in the anarchist movement.

Urraca called the Reckless, was Queen of León, Castile, and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the imperial title as suo jure Empress of All Spain and Empress of All Galicia.