List of Famous people born in Spain
Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville
Francisco de Paula Enrique de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville, Grandee of Spain, is the current Duke of Seville and a distant relative of the Spanish royal family. He is a businessman and has been involved in banking, real estate and other commercial activities.
Antonio de la Torre
Antonio de la Torre Martín is a Spanish actor. Since having his film debut as an actor in The Worst Years of Our Lives (1994), he has developed a long career in cinema.
Shaila Dúrcal
Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras, better known as Shaila Dúrcal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Her parents are singers Rocío Dúrcal and Antonio Morales ("Junior").
Diana Morant
Diana Morant Ripoll is a Spanish politician, mayor of Gandia (Valencia) from 13 June 2015. She has been General Secretary of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country since 2014. She was also a deputy in the Corts Valencianes, the regional assembly of Valencia, from July 2015 to May 2017. She started her political career in the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) on June 11, 2011.
Susana Díaz
Susana Díaz Pacheco is a Spanish politician from Andalusia and a leading figure in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) as a leader of the Andalusian PSOE-A.
Ivana Baquero
Ivana Baquero Macías is a Spanish actress. At the age of 13, she was chosen by director Guillermo del Toro to star as Ofelia in Pan's Labyrinth, for which she won critical acclaim and the Goya Award for Best New Actress. In 2015, she was cast as Eretria in the television series The Shannara Chronicles.
Bárbara Lennie
Bárbara Lennie Holguín is a Spanish actress. Her credits include Magical Girl, Obaba and El Niño and the television series Isabel and El incidente.
Fernán Mirás
Fernán Gonzalo Mirás is an Argentine film and television actor and film director. He is sometimes credited as Fernando Mirás.
Jesús Vallejo
Jesús Vallejo Lázaro is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Granada CF on loan from Real Madrid.
Dani Pedrosa
Daniel Pedrosa Ramal is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from competition at the end of the 2018 season. He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He was a 125 cc world champion in 2003, and is the youngest world champion in 250 cc Grands Prix in the 2004 season. In 2019, the former Curva Dry Sac, a corner at the Jerez racetrack in Spain was renamed Pedrosa Corner after him.