List of Famous people named Luis
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer, often referred to as El Sol de México, which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". He is widely regarded as the most successful artist in Latin American history, having successfully performed in a wide range of musical styles, including pop, ballads, boleros, tangos, jazz, big band and mariachi. Luis Miguel is also recognized as the only Latin singer of his generation to not crossover to the Anglo market during the "Latin Explosion" in the 1990s.
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Atlético Madrid and the Uruguay national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Suárez has won 19 trophies in his career, which include six league titles and a UEFA Champions League title at club level, and a Copa América with Uruguay. A prolific goalscorer, Suárez has won two European Golden Shoes, an Eredivisie Golden Boot, a Premier League Golden Boot, and the Pichichi Trophy. He has scored 500 career goals for club and country.
Luis Enrique
Luis Enrique Martínez García, known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of the Spain national team.
Luis García Montero
Luis García Montero is a Spanish poet and literary critic, as well as a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Granada.
Luis Fonsi
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, songwriter and actor. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee.
Luis Ortiz
Luis Ortiz is a Cuban professional boxer. He held the WBA interim heavyweight title from 2015 to 2016, and has challenged twice for the WBC heavyweight title in 2018 and 2019. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2005 Boxing World Cup. Nicknamed "King Kong", Ortiz is known for his formidable punching power and counterpunching skills. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and tenth by BoxRec. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's top 10 heavyweight from 2014 to 2018.
Luis García
Luis Heibardo García is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). García signed with the Astros as an international free agent in 2017. He made his MLB debut in 2020.
Luis Garavito
Luis Alfredo Garavito Cubillos, also known as La Bestia or Tribilín is a Colombian rapist and serial killer. In 1999, he admitted to the rape, torture and murder of 138 boys and teenagers. His victims, based on the locations of skeletons listed on maps that Garavito drew in prison, could exceed 300; Garavito continues to confess to more murders. He has been described by local media as "the world's worst serial killer." The Guinness Book of World Records lists another Colombian, Pedro Alonso López, known in Colombia as ''the Monster of the Andes,'' as the largest-scale serial killer of modern times; however, in terms of the number of murder convictions, Harold Shipman tops the list followed by Garavito, with López third. The judicial body ruled that all Garavito's sentences total 1,853 years and nine days in jail.
Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine professional basketball player who plays for Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). A three-time All-EuroLeague selection with Tau Ceramica, he signed with the Houston Rockets in 2007, and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Later on, he played for the Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets.
Luis Peña
Luis Antonio Peña is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2014, Peña competed on The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated season 27.
Luis Advíncula
Luis Jan Piers Advíncula Castrillón is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano and the Peru national team as a right-back.
Luis Suárez
Luis Suárez Miramontes is a Spanish former footballer and manager. He played as a midfielder for Deportivo de La Coruña, España Industrial, FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sampdoria and the Spain national team. Suárez is regarded as one of Spain's greatest players. He is also regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. He was noted for his elegant, fluid, graceful style of play. Nicknamed El Arquitecto - The Architect - he was noted for his perceptive passing and explosive shot, and in 1960, he became the only Spanish-born player to win the Ballon d'Or. In 1964 he helped Spain win the European Championship. Suárez originally achieved prominence as a creative inside forward, or attacking midfielder in modern terms, for the great Barcelona team of the 1950s before he joined Inter Milan where he reached his prime as deep-lying playmaker for the legendary Grande Inter team of the 1960s. He played a pivotal role in the success of Herrera's Inter Milan side, and was one of the primary creative forces in the squad, due to his skill on the ball, vision, and passing range. He retired as a player in 1973, after three seasons at Sampdoria.
Luis Landriscina
Luigi Landriscina, better known for his stage name Luis Landriscina is an Argentine humorist and actor.
Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo OIH is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a record at the time but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Luis Carlos Sarmiento
Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo is a Colombian billionaire and the wealthiest man in Colombia, with a net worth of $12.2 billion, as of 2020, that derives from the banking conglomerate Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, SA, of which he is the majority shareholder and chairman.
Luis Díaz
Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Portuguese club Porto and the Colombia national team. He began his career with Atlético Junior, making 108 appearances and scoring 21 goals. In 2019, he signed for Porto for €7 million.
Luis Miguel Rodríguez
Luis Miguel Rodríguez,, nicknamed Pulga (flea) and Captain Fugazza, is an Argentine football Forward currently playing for Colón of the Primera Division in Argentina.
Luis Vázquez
Luis Vázquez is an Argentine footballer currently playing as a striker for Boca Juniors.
Luis Echeverría
Luis Echeverría Álvarez GCB is a Mexican lawyer, academic and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the 57th President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, he was Secretary of the Interior (1963–1969). At 99, he is the oldest living former Mexican president.
Luis Arce
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, also known as Lucho Arce, is a Bolivian politician who has served as the 67th President of Bolivia since 2020. He served as Minister of Economy and Public Finance from 2006 to 2017 and in 2019 during the administration of Evo Morales. He is a member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP) political party.