List of Famous people born in Spain
Irene Montalà
Irene Montalà is a Spanish actress born in the district of Nou Barris of Barcelona. She is the daughter of Mercè Montalà. She studied interpretation with Txiki Berrando and Manuel Lillo. She has also studied dancing and singing. Her mother tongues are Spanish and Catalan, although she has also studied English and French. She started as an actress in series Poblenou (TV3). In 2001, she starred in the film Fausto 5.0. In 2002, she participated in the series ''Por Palabras'' like Barbara which in the end it wasn't finished. In 2004 she appeared in an episodic way in the series Cuéntame como pasó, where she played the role of Mila. Three years later she returned to television in the series Telecinco Cientific RIS, which wasn't renewed because of the public indexes. In 2008, she played Monica in Herederos, on La 1, a successful series on the public channel, in which she starred alongside well-known actors like:: Concha Velasco or Carme Elías. These are only a few of the series in which she has participated. The list also includes: Mirall trencat, where she played the role of Sofia, the daughter of the protagonist and Mar de Fons, where she played the role of Judit, the "evil" of the series among others.
Cristina Sánchez
Cristina Sánchez de Pablos is a Spanish bullfighter who gained prominence during the 1990s for being one of the first female bullfighters. She is the first woman to complete her alternativa in Europe.
Ana Oramas
Ana María Oramas González-Moro is a Spanish politician affiliated to Canarian Coalition. She is member of the Congress of Deputies for Santa Cruz de Tenerife since 2007 and spokesperson for Canarian Coalition in the Mixed Group. She was also Mayor of San Cristóbal de La Laguna from 1999 to 2008.
Asier Illarramendi
Asier Illarramendi "Illarra" Andonegi is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains Real Sociedad as a defensive midfielder.
Sonia Ferrer
Sonia Ferrer González is an actress, model and television presenter on Spanish television.
Magdalena Valerio Cordero
Magdalena Valerio Cordero, is a Spanish legal expert and politician, of the PSOE, that has spent most of her political career in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. She was Minister of Labour, Migrations and Social Security of the Government of Spain between 2018 and 2020, when she was succeeded by Yolanda Díaz and José Luis Escrivá.
Jordi Turull i Negre
Jordi Turull i Negre is a Spanish politician associated with Together for Catalonia. Since March 2018 he has been in pre-trial custody by order of the Supreme Court of Spain and accused of sedition and rebellion. On July 10, 2018 a Supreme Court judge suspended him as a deputy in the Catalan parliament.
Ignacio González González
Jaime Ignacio González González is a Spanish politician and member of the Partido Popular. González served as the President of the Community of Madrid, one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain, from 26 September 2012 to June 2015.
Raúl Entrerríos
Raúl Entrerríos Rodríguez is a Spanish handball player for FC Barcelona and the Spain national team.
Miguel Ángel Lotina
Miguel Ángel Lotina Oruechebarría is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and is the current manager of Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse.