List of Famous people born in Spain
Diego Rico
Diego Rico Salguero is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Real Sociedad.
Natalia
Natalia Rodríguez Gallego better known as Natalia is a Spanish singer. She was a contestant on the successful Spanish TV show Operación Triunfo in 2001, where she finished 13th.
Mikel Merino
Mikel Merino Zazón is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Real Sociedad and the Spain national team.
Suso
Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáenz de la Torre, known as Suso [ˈsuso], is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger and occasionally central attacking midfielder for Sevilla, and the Spain national team.
Francisco Paesa
Francisco Paesa is a Spanish former spy and businessman best known for his implication in several corruption scandals and the faking of his own death in the 1990s.
Alejandro Valverde
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team. Valverde's biggest wins have been the Vuelta a España in 2009, Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, Tour of the Basque Country in 2017, Volta a Catalunya in 2009, 2017 and 2018, Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2017, La Flèche Wallonne in 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2008 and 2014, the 2006 and 2008 UCI ProTours, the 2014 and 2015 UCI World Tours, and the road race in the 2018 World Championships.
Anna Gabriel i Sabaté
Anna Gabriel i Sabaté is a Spanish social pedagogue, law adjunct professor and politician. She was a member of Catalan Parliament between 2015 and 2017, representing the pro-Catalan independence political party, Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP).
Joan Laporta
Joan Laporta Estruch is a Spanish politician and current president of FC Barcelona.
Miguel Ríos
Miguel Ríos Campaña is a Spanish singer, composer, actor. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain.
Manuela Carmena
Manuela Carmena Castrillo is a retired Spanish lawyer and judge who served as Mayor of Madrid from June 2015 to June 2019. She was a member of the General Council of the Judiciary.