List of Famous people born in Spain
Pilar Llop
María Pilar Llop Cuenca is a Spanish judge and politician who currently serves as President of the Senate of Spain. She is Spanish Senate designated by the Assembly of Madrid, an assembly of which she has been part since June 2019. Previously, she was member of the Assembly of Madrid from 2015 to 2018 and Government Delegate for Gender Violence of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2019.
Antoni Bou
Antoni Bou i Mena is a Spanish professional motorcycle trials rider. He has been the sole outdoor and indoor FIM Trial World Championship champion from 2007 to 2021. With these 30 world titles, he is the most successful rider in history, surpassing Dougie Lampkin and Jordi Tarrés who is third with 7 outdoor titles. At the age of 20 years and 5 months, Bou was the second youngest rider ever to win the World Indoor Title, and the youngest to do it on a 4-stroke motorbike.
Edurne Pasaban
Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar is a Basque Spanish mountaineer. On May 17, 2010, she became the 21st person and the first woman to climb all of the fourteen eight-thousander peaks in the World. Her first 8,000 peak had been achieved 9 years earlier, on May 23, 2001, when she climbed to the summit of Mount Everest.
Laura Borràs i Castanyer
Laura Borràs i Castanyer is a Spanish philologist, academic and politician. She has been President of the Parliament of Catalonia since March 2021.
José Callejón
José María Callejón Bueno is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina as a forward or winger.
Víctor Palmero
Víctor Manuel Palmero Guerol is a Spanish actor.
Miren Ibarguren
Miren Ibarguren Agudo is a Spanish actress.
Emilio Butragueño
Emilio Butragueño Santos is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
Eduardo Casanova
Eduardo Casanova is a Spanish actor and director, popularly known in Spain for his role as Fidel in the sitcom Aída (2005–2014).
Jordi Sánchez Zaragoza
Jordi Sánchez Zaragoza is a Catalan actor and screenwriter, mostly known for his role as Antonio Recio in La que se avecina and Josep Lopes in Plats bruts. He got a Certificate of Advanced Study on nursing at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.