List of Galician people


List of Galician people


This is a list of famous Galician people.


Arts

  • Delmi Álvarez, photographer
  • Maruja Mallo (1902–1995), painter
  • Mariano Grueiro (born 1975), activist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, artist
  • Francisco Calvelo (born 1982), filmmaker
  • Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza (1875–1960), painter
  • Gregorio Fernández (1576–1636), Baroque sculptor
  • Victor Moscoso (born 1936), Spanish-American artist
  • Luís Seoane (1910–1979), lithographer and artist
  • Isaac Díaz Pardo (1920–2012), artist and businessman

Actors

  • María Casares (1922–1996)
  • José Garcia (actor) (born 1966)
  • Nancho Novo (born 1958)
  • La Belle Otero (1868–1965), dancer, actress, and courtesan
  • Fernando Rey (1917–1994)
  • Martin Sheen a.k.a. Ramon Estevez (born 1940) (part Irish, part Galician)
  • Charlie Sheen a.k.a. Carlos Estevez (born 1965) (father part Galician)
  • Emilio Estevez (born 1962) (father part Galician)
  • Luis Tosar (born 1971)
  • Jesús Vázquez (born 1965)
  • Paula Vázquez (born 1974)
  • Pedro Alonso (born 1971)
  • Dafne Keen (born 2005) (mother Galician)

Musicians

  • Bernal de Bonaval (13th century), troubadour
  • Avelino Cachafeiro (1899–1972), bagpiper
  • Luz Casal (born 1958), singer
  • Manu Chao (born 1961) (father from Vilalba), singer
  • Martín Codax (fl. 13th and 14th centuries), medieval composer and performer
  • Iván Ferreiro (born 1970), singer
  • Fuxan Os Ventos, folk music group
  • Jerry Garcia (1942–1995) (part Galician, part Irish and Swedish), founding member of American rock group The Grateful Dead
  • Isabel Granada (born 1976) (mother from Ferrol), singer
  • Enrique Iglesias (born 1975) (grandfather from Ourense), singer
  • Julio Iglesias (born 1943) (father from Ourense), singer
  • Carlos Leal (born 1969), Swiss rapper and actor born to Galician immigrants
  • Xoel López, singer
  • Anxo Lorenzo (born 1974), bagpiper
  • Luar na Lubre, Celtic music group
  • Mendinho (fl. 13th century), medieval troubadour
  • Milladoiro, Celtic music group
  • Carlos Núñez (born 1971), musician and bagpiper
  • Natalia Oreiro (born 1977), singer
  • Cristina Pato (born 1970), bagpiper
  • Manuel Ramil (born 1978), power metal keyboardist
  • Rosalía (born 1992), (father part Galician), singer
  • Paulina Rubio (born 1971) (father from A Coruña), singer
  • Marta Sánchez (born 1966) (both parents from A Coruña), singer
  • Susana Seivane (born 1976), bagpiper
  • C. Tangana (born 1990), (father from Vigo), rapper
  • Siniestro Total, punk rock group
  • Los Suaves, hard rock band
  • Octavio Vázquez (born 1972), composer

Writers

  • Marilar Aleixandre (born 1947)
  • Concepción Arenal (1820–1893), writer and feminist
  • Xela Arias (1962–2003)
  • Eduardo Blanco Amor (1897–1979), writer and journalist
  • Carmen Blanco (born 1954)
  • Xurxo Borrazás (born 1963)
  • Castelao (1886–1950), writer, politician, and painter
  • Ricardo Carvalho Calero (1910–1990)
  • Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), poet
  • Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), writer
  • Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), writer, Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Diego Antonio Cernadas de Castro(1702-1777), writer and priest
  • Ramón Chao (1935–2018)
  • Álvaro Cunqueiro (1911–1981), writer and journalist
  • Manuel Curros Enríquez (1851–1908), writer
  • María Magdalena Domínguez (1922-2021), poet
  • Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676–1764)
  • Wenceslao Fernández Flórez (1885–1964)
  • Agustín Fernández Mallo (born 1967)
  • Celso Emilio Ferreiro (1912–1979)
  • Xesús Ferro Ruibal (born 1944)
  • Ricardo Flores Peres (1903–2002)
  • Suso de Toro (born 1956), writer
  • Béa González, (born 1962), writer
  • Beremundo González Rodríguez (1909–1986)
  • Juana Teresa Juega López (1885-1979), poet
  • Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978), diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist
  • Luis Mariñas (1947–2010), journalist
  • María Mariño (1907–1967)
  • Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (born 1938), writer, proposed for the Nobel Prize
  • José María Merino (born 1941)
  • Manuel Murguía (1833–1923)
  • Xosé Neira Vilas (1928–2015)
  • Olga Novo (born 1975)
  • Albino Núñez Domínguez (1901–1974)
  • Pilar Pallarés (born 1957), poet
  • Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921), writer and feminist
  • Chus Pato (born 1955)
  • Otero Pedrayo (1888–1976)
  • Ánxeles Penas (born 1943), poet
  • Eduardo Pondal (1835–1917)
  • José María Posada (1817–1886)
  • Luz Pozo Garza (1922-2020), poet
  • Ignacio Ramonet (born 1943)
  • Jacinto Rey (born 1972)
  • Ofelia Rey Castelao (born 1956)
  • Vicente Risco (1884–1963), writer and politician
  • Manuel Rivas (born 1957), writer
  • Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara (1390–1450)
  • Claudio Rodriguez Fer (born 1956)
  • Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961), writer, translator, professor
  • Luís Seoane (1910–1979)
  • Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), writer
  • Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), writer
  • Lorenzo Varela (1917–1978)
  • Martin Veiga (born 1970)
  • Benito Vicetto Pérez (1824–1878)
  • Darío Villanueva (born 1950), literary theorist and critic, director of the Real Academia Española
  • Miguel Ángel Villar Pinto (born 1977)
  • Antón Vilar Ponte (1881–1936)

Business

  • Carmela Arias y Díaz de Rábago (1920–2009), first woman president of a bank in Spain
  • Adolfo Dominguez
  • Rosalia Mera, co-founder of the Inditex Group
  • Amancio Ortega founder of global fashion manufacturing and retail chain Inditex
  • Antonio M. Pérez (born 1947), Spanish-American businessman

Exploration

  • Pedro Madruga, real name Pedro Alvarez de Sotomayor, alias Cristóbal Colon (Christopher Columbus) (fl. 1434–1506), navigator and explorer
  • Juan de Betanzos, historical source on the Incan civilization
  • João da Nova (1460-1509) navigator and explorer
  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa, (1475–1519) (Galician noble from Balboa), explorer and conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean
  • Luís Vaz de Torres (1565–1607), navigator and explorer, first European who saw Australia
  • Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542–1595), navigator and explorer, discoverer of Marquesas Islands and Salomon Islands
  • Isabel Barreto (1567–1612), navigator and explorer, first female Admiral in history
  • Rodrigo de Quiroga, conquistador, Royal Governor of Chile
  • Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, explorer and historian
  • Benito de Soto (1805-1830), pirate

Military

  • Ángel Castro y Argiz (1875–1956), father of Fidel and Raúl Castro
  • Juan de Lángara (1736–1806), naval officer and Minister of Marine
  • Pedro Mariño de Lobera (1528–1594), soldier and chronicler of the Arauco War
  • Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), admiral
  • Patricio Montojo, naval commander at the Battle of Manila Bay
  • Alonso Pita da Veiga (fl. 1513–1529), military officer
  • Maria Pita, soldier

Nobility

  • Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105–1157), King of Galicia, León, and Castile
  • Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284), King of Galicia and Castile
  • Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar (1567–1626), Spanish ambassador to England
  • Fernán Pérez de Andrade (fl. 1356–1397), Galician knight
  • Fernando de Andrade de las Mariñas (1477–1540), First Count of Andrade and Second of Vilalba, Lord of Pontedeume and Ferrol
  • Fernando Pérez de Traba (1090–1155), count of the Crown of León
  • Fernando Ruiz de Castro (fl. 1354–1377), nobleman of the House of Castro
  • Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal (1548–1601), nobleman, Viceroy of Naples
  • Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey (1560–1606), nobleman, Viceroy of New Spain
  • Inês de Castro (1325–1355), noblewoman, consort of King Peter I of Portugal
  • Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga (fl. 1628–1637), Viceroy of Naples
  • Menendo González (fl. 997–1008), Duke of Galicia and Count of Portugal
  • Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade (1560–1622), nobleman, Viceroy of Naples
  • Sueiro Gomes de Soutomaior (1417–1490), aristocrat in the kingdom of Galicia
  • Vímara Peres (820–873), first ruler of the County of Portugal

Politics

Santiago Iglesias labor leader & organizer in Cuba & Puerto Rico born in A Coruña. First Spaniard elected in 1932 & 1936 to the U. S. Congress as Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico

  • Nadia Calviño
  • Fidel Castro (both parents from Galicia) former president of Cuba
  • Raúl Castro (both parents from Galicia) former president of Cuba, incumbent first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
  • Pablo Iglesias founder of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1879 and the Spanish General Workers' Union (UGT) in 1888
  • Tabaré Vázquez (of Galician ancestry) president of Uruguay
  • Francisco Franco was the leader and later formal head of state of Spain from October 1936, and of all of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975
  • Manuel Fraga Iribarne was President of the Xunta of Galicia from 1990 to 2005 and founder of the People's Alliance (Spain) (Alianza Popular - AP), later refounded as the People's Party (Spain) (Partido Popular - PP).
  • Anxo Quintana politician, former leader of the Galician Nationalist Block (Bloque Nacionalista Galego), the main Galician Nationalist party
  • Adolfo Suárez González (his father was from La Coruña) Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after the end of Francoist Spain
  • Xosé Manuel Beiras politician, economist, writer and intellectual
  • Benigno Álvares Leader and founder of Galician Communist Party
  • Alexandre Bóveda
  • Yolanda Díaz
  • Elena Espinosa Minister of the Environment and currently represents Ourense in the Spanish Congress
  • Amada Garcia Communist activist
  • Francisco Caamaño Domínguez (born 1963)
  • Rosario Hernández Diéguez, newspaper hawker and trade unionist affiliated with UGT and PSOE
  • José Patiño (1666–1736) secretary of state
  • Ricardo Mella writer, intellectual and libertarian activist
  • Alberto Núñez Feijóo
  • Emilio Pérez Touriño politician and economist
  • Mariano Rajoy was leader of the conservative People's Party (PP) and prime minister of Spain until a vote of no confidence ousted his government
  • Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao writer, politician and one of the main symbols of Galician nationalism
  • Elena Salgado former Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance in Spain
  • Juan Niño de Tabora former governor of the Philippines.
  • Ramón Franco pioneer of aviation, a political figure and brother of later caudillo Francisco Franco
  • Juan Camilo Mouriño, politician
  • Enrique Líster Forján, a communist politician and military, serving as a general in the armies of the Spanish Republic, the Soviet Red Army and the Yugoslav People's Army
  • José Calvo Sotelo (1893–1936) leader of the opposition, his assassination by Socialists agents marked the outbreak of the Spanish civil war
  • Eugenio Montero Ríos (1832–1914) prime minister of Spain (19th century)
  • José Canalejas (1854- 1912) prime minister of Spain (20th century)
  • Manuel Portela Valladares (1868–1952) prime minister of Spain (20th century)
  • Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856–1921) prime minister of Spain (20th century, 3 times)
  • Santiago Casares Quiroga Prime Minister of Spain when Spanish civil war broke out

Religion

  • Alonso III Fonseca (1475–1534), Catholic archbishop and politician
  • Antonio María Rouco Varela (born 1936), Catholic prelate
  • Benito Jerónimo Feijoo e Montenegro, neoclassical monk and scholar
  • Diego Gelmírez (1069–1149), Catholic archbishop
  • Hydatius (400–469), Catholic bishop
  • Marina of Aguas Santas (119–139), Portuguese Catholic saint
  • Pope Damasus I (305–384)
  • Rudesind (907–977), Catholic bishop and abbot
  • Senorina (fl. 982), Catholic abbess
  • Theodemar of Iria (fl. 818–847), Catholic bishop

Sportspeople

  • David Cal (born 1982), flatwater canoer
  • Támara Echegoyen (born 1984), sailor
  • Beatriz Gómez Cortés (born 1994), Olympic swimmer
  • Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (born 1983), triathlete
  • Juan López Mella (1965–1995), motorcycle racer
  • Ana Peleteiro (born 1995), triple jumper, 2020 Olympic bronze medallist
  • Carlos Pérez (born 1979), flatwater canoer
  • Iván Raña (born 1979), triathlete
  • Fran Vázquez (born 1983), basketball player

Cycling

  • Gustavo César (born 1980)
  • David García Dapena (born 1977)
  • Vicente López Carril (born 1942)
  • Ezequiel Mosquera (born 1975)
  • Óscar Pereiro (born 1977), winner of the 2006 Tour de France
  • Álvaro Pino (born 1956)
  • Gonzalo Rabuñal (born 1984)
  • Delio Rodríguez (1916–1994), winner of the 1945 Vuelta a España
  • Emilio Rodríguez (1923–1984), winner of the 1950 Vuelta a España

Football

  • Amancio Amaro (born 1939), former Spanish international, 1964 European Championship winner
  • Iago Aspas (born 1987), Spanish international
  • Verónica Boquete (born 1987), Spanish women's international
  • Paco Buyo (born 1958), former Spanish international
  • Ricardo Cabanas (born 1979), former Swiss international
  • Fran (born 1969), former Spanish international
  • Jorge Otero (born 1969), former Spanish international
  • Joselu (born 1990), Spanish international
  • Pahiño (born 1923), former Spanish international
  • Míchel Salgado (born 1975), former Spanish international
  • Luis Suárez (born 1935), former Spanish international, 1964 European Championship winner, Ballon d'Or winner
  • Lucas Vázquez (born 1991), Spanish international

Others

  • Ana Romero Masiá Galician historian
  • Benito de Soto (1805–1830), pirate
  • Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968), philologist and historian
  • Antonio Palacios (1872–1945), architect
  • Domingo de Andrade (1639–1712), Baroque architect
  • Simón Rodríguez (1769–1854), philosopher and educator

References


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