Fascinating famous spanish people!

Perhaps it is the passionate temperament of the people which leads them to be slightly more inclined towards song, dance, romance, acting etc.

They seem to be able to touch people´s souls and instinctively understand deep feelings.

Anyway, below you will find a list of well-known Spaniards - both past and present - placed in alphabetical order.

At the end of the page, you will also find links to pages which go into deeper detail about some of these characters.

For the list below, I have kept solely to native Spaniards (El Greco, for example, is not mentioned as he originated from Greece) - past and present - and placed in alphabetical order.

famous spanish people - actors

Antonio Banderas (born 1960)
Penélope Cruz (born 1974)
Sara Montiel

architects

Ricardo Bofill
Santiago Calatrava
Ildefons Cerdà (1815-1876)
Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926)

authors

Mateo Aleman (1547-c1609)
Jacinto Benavente
Pedro Calderón de la Barca - playwright and poet
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) - author of El Quijote
Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) - Spanish poet
Salvador de Madariaga
Tirso de Molina - playwright
Agustín Moreto y Cavana - playwright
Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla - playwright
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón - playwright
Garcilaso de Vega
Félix Lope de Vega
José Zorrilla y Moral - poet

directors (Movie)

Luis Buñuel
Pedro Almodóvar
Alejandro Amenábar

explorers

Hernán Cortés - Spanish conquistador
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c1475-1519) - first to sight the Pacific
Francisco Pizarro (1471-1541) - conqueror of Inca Empire

leaders

El Cid (c1045-1099) - Spanish knight and hero
Buenaventura Durruti (1896-1936)
Francisco Franco (1892-1975)

musicians

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Pau Casals (1876-1973)
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Enrique Granados
Joaquín Turina

painters

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
Joan Miró
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1945)
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1644)

philosophers

Maimónides (1135-1204)
George Santayana (1863-1952)
José Ortega y Gasset

scientists

Algafequi - glasses inventor
Gregorio Maranón
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993)
Joan Oró
Isaac Peral
Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) - father of Neuroscience
Miguel Servet
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo - Spanish inventor

famous spanish people - singers

Miguel Bosé
Montserrat Caballé
José Carreras
Plácido Domingo
Enrique Iglesias
Julio Iglesias
Alfredo Kraus
La Pandilla
Raphael
Melody Ruiz Gutiérrez
Alejandro Sanz
Camilo Sesto
Camarón de la Isla

sports

Severiano Ballesteros - golfer
Galo Blanco - tennis player
Fermin Cacho Ruiz - athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist
Pedro Carrasco - world champion boxer
Javier Castillejo - world champion boxer
Juan Carlos Ferrero - tennis player
Sergio Garcia - golfer
Pau Gasol - NA basketball player
Luis Miguel González Lucas - bullfighter (father of Miguel Bosé)
Miguel Induráin - cyclist
Carlos Moya - tennis player
José Maria Olazábal - golfer
Raúl - football player
Carlos Sainz - rally driver
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario - tennis player
Cristina Sanchez - bullfighter
Javier Sanchez - tennis player, brother of Arantxa

I am sure I have missed several of your favorite famous spanish people so, let me know if there is anybody I should add!

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