List of Famous people named Luis

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 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 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 is a Spanish poet and literary critic, as well as a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Granada.

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 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 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 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 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 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.