List of Famous people born in Spain
Rafael de Medina, 20th Duke of Feria
Rafael de Medina y Abascal, 20th Duke of Feria, GE is the son of the late 19th Duke of Feria and the Spanish top-model Nati Abascal. He belongs to one of the most important families of Spain, the House of Medinaceli, being a grandson of Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, and is a descendant of King Ferdinand I of Aragon.
Gonzalo Ramos
Gonzalo Ramos is a Spanish actor. He is known for playing lead roles in series Física o Química and Amar en Tiempos Revueltos. Internationally, he has appeared in productions such as the feature film There Be Dragons, the BBC The Interceptor, and the series Titanic: Blood and Steel.
Bernardo Ruiz
Bernardo Ruiz Navarrete is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the overall and climbers competition at the 1948 Vuelta a España. He went on to become the first Spaniard to take two wins in a single edition of the Tour de France in 1951, the first to finish on the overall podium at the Tour the following year, and the first to win a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 1955. Alasdair Fotheringham has described him as "an accidental pioneer for post-Civil War Spanish professional cycling", through his international success at a time when Spain was experiencing economic hardship during the early years of the Franco era, paving the way for countrymen such as Federico Bahamontes.
Luis Herrero
Luis Francisco Herrero-Tejedor Algar was a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the People's Party, part of the European People's Party and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.
Paco Sedano
Francisco Sedano Antolín, commonly known as Paco Sedano, is a Spanish retired futsal player who last played for Barcelona as a Goalkeeper.
Marta Ferrusola Lladós
Claudia Vega
Jorge Franco
Jorge Franco Alviz, known as Burgui, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés as a left winger.
José de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez
José de Figueroa y Alonso-Martínez was a Spanish equestrian who was part of the silver-medal winning Spanish men's polo team in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the Rif War soon after his Olympic appearance. He was the son of Álvaro de Figueroa, who was Prime Minister of Spain.
Manuel Altolaguirre
Manuel Altolaguirre was a Spanish poet, an editor, publisher, and printer of poetry, and a member of the Generation of '27.