List of Famous people born in Spain
Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi
Ana Isabel de Palacio y del Valle Lersundi in Madrid, daughter of Luis María de Palacio y de Palacio, 4th Marqués de Matonte, and wife Luisa Mariana del Valle Lersundi y del Valle, was Spain's minister for foreign affairs in the People's Party (PP) government of José María Aznar from July 2002 to March 2004. Before this she was a lawyer in Madrid and then a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2002. In March 2012, she was appointed an elective member of the Spanish Council of State. She currently is the founding partner of Palacio y Asociados, a Madrid-based consulting and law firm, and a senior strategic counsel at Albright Stonebridge Group, a global business strategy firm.
Vitolo
Víctor Machín Pérez, known as Vitolo, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid mainly as a left winger but also as a forward.
Sergio Rodríguez
Sergio Rodríguez Gómez is a Spanish professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.91 m, he plays at the point guard position. Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Chacho", won the EuroLeague title in 2015, and was an All-EuroLeague First Team selection, as well as the EuroLeague MVP the year before.
Florentino Fernández
Florentino José Fernández Román, also known as Flo, is a Spanish actor, comedian, TV host and showman.
Dolores Redondo
Dolores Redondo Meira is a Spanish writer of noir novels, author of the Baztán Trilogy, and winner of the 2016 Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize.
Fernando Simon
Fernando Sanz Durán is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender.
Elena Ochoa
Elena Ochoa, Lady Foster of Thames Bank is a Spanish publisher and art curator, and formerly a professor of psychopathology. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Ivorypress.
José Manuel Pinto
José Manuel Pinto Colorado is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Amaia
Amaia Romero Arbizu, also known as simply Amaia, is a Spanish singer and pianist. She gained national recognition after taking part in series nine of the television talent contest Operación Triunfo, where she'd end up first place. Romero represented Spain alongside fellow competitor Alfred García at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with "Tu Canción".
Rosa Montero
Rosa Montero Gayo is a Spanish journalist and author of contemporary fiction.