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Famous Natives
People listed are either native to Spain, or of Spanish descent (born elsewhere) that have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their personal endeavors
Jose de Acosta anthropologist
Algafequi ophthalmologist
Diego de Almagro conquistador
Pedro Almodovar film director
Fernando Alonso automobile racer
Victoria de los Angeles soprano
Juan Bautista de Anza explorer
Arzachel mathematician, astronomer
Seve Ballesteros golfer
Antonio Banderas actor
Teresa Berganza mezzo-soprano
Fray Tomas de Berlanga explorer
Ricardo Bofill architect
Miguel Bose pop singer
Montserrat Caballé opera singer
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca explorer
Angel Cabrera naturalist
Nicolas Cabrera physicist
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo explorer
Juan Carlos I king since 1975
Rosalia de Castro poet
Jose Carreras opera singer
Camilo Jose Cela writer
Miguel de Cervantes novelist, poet, playwright
Ildefons Cerda architect
Charles V emperor, king
Juan de la Cierva aeronautical engineer
Cosme Damian Churruca explorer
Cristobal Colon (Christopher Colombus) explorer
Josep Comas i Sola astronomer
El Cordobés matador
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explorer
Hernan Cortes conquistador, explorer
Penelope Cruz actress
Xavier Cugat bandleader
Salvador Dali surrealist, artist
Placido Domingo opera singer
Luis Miguel Dominguin bullfighter
Juan Sebastian Elcano explorer
Francisco de Enzinas humanist, translator
Gaspar de Espinosa explorer
Manuel de Falla composer
Jaime Ferran doctor, researcher
Sergio Garcia golfer
Antoni Gaudi architect
Felipe González politician, prime minister
Francisco de Goya painter, engraver
El Greco painter, sculptor
Yehuda Halevi philosopher
Juan de Herrera architect
Francisco Hernandez botanist
Vicente Blasco Ibanez novelist
Alberto Iglesias composer
Enrique Inglesias pop singer
Julio Inglesias pop singer
Manuel Jalon Corominas inventor
Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas army general, viceroy new spain
Miguel Ángel Jiménez golfer
Enrique Jorda conductor, music director
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi explorer, conquistador
Ramon Llull philosopher
Ignatius of Loyola theologian
Torcuato Luca de Tena novelist
Fray Luis de Leon poet
Paco de Lucia guitarist
Salvador de Madariaga humanist
Maimonides philosopher
Gregorio Maranon humanist, medical scientist
Julian Marias philosopher
Joanot Martorell author
Joan Miro painter, sculptor
Rafael Nadal tennis player
Vasco Nunez de Balboa explorer
Jose Maria Olazabal golfer
Jose Ortega y Gasset philosopher
Pablo Picasso artist
Francisco Pizarro conquistador
Juan Ponce de Leon explorer
Juan Ramon Jimenez poet
Arturo Perez Reverte novelist
Gaspar de Portola explorer
Fernando de Quevedo novelist
Rodrigo Rato politician
Fernando de Rojas novelist
Santiago Ramón y Cajal histologist, physician, nobel laureate "founder modern neuroscience"
Carlos Ruiz Zafón novelist
Gaspar Sanz composer
Andrés Segovia classical guitarist
Alfredo Di Stefano footballer
Francisco Suarez philosopher
Jordi Savall film music composer
Javier Solana secretary general nato
Hernando de Soto explorer, conquistador
Francisco Tarrega composer, classical guitarist
Teresa of Ávila mystic, author, reformer
Miguel de Unamuno author
Pedro de Valdivia conquistador
Lope de Vega dramatist, playwright
Diego Velazquez painter
Antonio Buero Vallejo playwright
Paz Vega actor
Tomas Luis de Victoria composer
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero prime minister
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