List of Famous people born in Spain
Rosa Maria Sardà
Rosa María Sardá Támaro was a Spanish actress and comedian. Her career in theater ranks her as one of the leading actresses of the Spanish scene.
Dani Rovira
Daniel Rovira de Rivas, in Andalusia, better known as Dani Rovira, is a Spanish comedian and actor.
Nacho Cano
Ignacio Cano Andrés, better known as Nacho Cano, is a Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer. He and his brother showed an interest in music in their young lives. At 5, he began to play the Spanish guitar and at 12 he started his first band called "Prisma", with Toti Arboles and Eduardo Benavente, both of whom would later make up the core of the sociocultural movement that took place in Spain after Franco's death, known as the "Movida Madrileña". After playing in several different bands in his early teens, Nacho formed Mecano with his brother Jose and his brother's friend Ana Torroja. At 16, Nacho wrote "Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar". Mecano signed their first record deal with CBS, when Nacho was 17 years old. This first album smashed all sales records in Spain, selling 1,000,000 copies in three months.
Victoria de Marichalar y Borbón
Doña Victoria Federica de Todos los Santos de Marichalar y Borbón is the younger child and only daughter of the Spanish Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Don Jaime de Marichalar. She is fifth in the line of succession to the Spanish Throne, after her brother Felipe.
Paz Padilla
María de la Paz Padilla Díaz is a Spanish comedian, actress and presenter.
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish actress, journalist and TV presenter. Her parents, Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo, and her brother, Fernando are also actors.
Pedro Piton
Pedro León Sánchez Gil, known as León, is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Eibar as a right winger.
Antonio Tejero Molina
Antonio Tejero Molina is a Spanish former Lieutenant Colonel of the Guardia Civil, and the most prominent figure in the failed coup d'état against the newly democratic Spanish government on 23 February 1981.
Lady Pamela Hicks
Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks is a British aristocrat and relative of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg, and Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Through her father, Lady Pamela is a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a grandniece of the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna. She served as a bridesmaid and later as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II.
Xavier García Albiol
Xavier García Albiol is a Spanish politician and member of the People's Party. He has been the president of the Badalona branch of his party since 1990, and he was the mayor of Badalona between 2011 and 2015, and again since 12 May 2020.