• Antonio Banderas, (born 1960)

Architects

• Antoni Gaudí, (1852-1926), architect

Authors

• Mateo Aleman, (1547-c. 1609)
• Miguel Cervantes, (1547-1616), : El Quijote, or Don Quixote
• Federico Garcia Lorca, (1898-1936), Spanish poet
• Luis de Gongora[?], Spanish poet
• Benito Perez Galdos[?]
• Francisco de Quevedo[?]
• Fernando de Rojas[?]
• Garcilaso de la Vega[?]
• Lope de Vega[?]

Explorers

• Christopher Columbus, (1451-1506), discovered America
• Hernan Cortes, (Spanish conqueror)
• Sebastian Elcano, (1476-1526)
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa, (c. 1475-1519), (- Spanish, first to sight the Pacific Ocean, founded Darién, oldest surviving Europea
• Francisco Pizarro, (1471-1541), conqueror of the Inca Empire

Leaders

• El Cid, (c. 1045-1099), Spanish knight and hero
• Buenaventura Durruti, (1896-1936)
• Franco
• Juan Carlos de Borbon, (born 1938)

Musicians

• Isaac Albeniz, (1860-1909), musician
• Pau Casals, (1876-1973), musician
• Manuel de Falla[?], (1876-1946), Spanish composer
• Enric Granados[?]
• Joaquin Turina[?]

Painters

• Salvador Dali, (1904-1989), visionary artist
• Francisco Goya, (1746-1828), painter

• Pablo Picasso, (1881-1973), Spanish painter
• Diego Velázquez, (1599-1660), Spanish painter
• Ignacio Zuloaga, (1870-1945), Spanish painter
• Francisco de Zurbaran, (1598-1644), Spanish painter

Philosophers

• Maimónides, (1135-1204), Philosopher
• George Santayana, (1863-1952), US writer
• José Ortega y Gasset[?]

Scientists

• Severo Ochoa de Albornoz, (1905-1993)
• Isaac Peral[?]
• Miguel Servet[?]
• Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish inventor

Others

See also: List of people by nationality, List of Catalans, list of Spanish language poets