Famous People from Spain

• Almodóvar, Pedro (Calzada de Calatrava)

  The director of 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'

• Banderas, Antonio (Malaga)

  The handsome Spanish leading man of Pain and Glory and Spy Kids

• Buñuel, Luis (Calanda)

  The Spanish surrealist who directed 'The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'

• Catherine of Aragon (Alcala de Henares)

  First wife of Henry VIII

• Cervantes, Miguel de (Alcala de Henares)

  Author of Don Quixote

• Cortes, Hernan (Medellin)

  The Spaniard who took Mexico from the Aztecs

• Cruz, Penelope (Madrid)

  Sultry Spanish Oscar-winner for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

• Dali, Salvador (Figueres)

  The surrealist artist with the curly mustache

• De Soto, Hernando (Jerez de los Caballeros)

  Spanish conquistador who explored North America, 1539-42

• Felipe VI (Madrid)

  The king of Spain, 2014-present

• Goya (Fuendetodos) (Zaragoza)

  Spanish painter of Maya Nude

• Lorca, Federico Garcia (Fuente Vaqueros)

  Spanish dramatist/poet who wrote Poet in New York

• Maimonides, Moses (Cordoba)

  Medieval Jewish philosopher who wrote "Guide of the Perplexed"

• Martel, Yann (Salamanca)

  The author of Life of Pi

• Nadal, Rafael (Manacor)

  The Mallorcan tennis star who has won the French Open 13 times

• Picasso, Pablo (Malaga)

  The 20th century's most famous artist

• Pizarro, Francisco (Trujillo)

  The Spaniard who conquered the Incas

• Ponce de León, Juan (Santervas de Campos)

  The guy who claimed Florida for Spain in 1513

• Queen Isabella of Castille (Madrigal de las Altas Torras)

  The queen who sponsored Christopher Columbus

• Sanchez Vicario, Arantxa (Barcelona)

  1995 ranked no. 1 in women's tennis by the WTA

• Seneca (Cordoba)

  Stoic philospher and playwright of the first century

• Servetus, Michael

  The 16th century heretic who also explained pulmonary circulation

• Teresa of Avila (Avila)

  Reforming nun and Patroness of Spain

See: Index by Birthplace