List of Galician people Arts
Delmi Álvarez , photographerMaruja Mallo (1902–1995), painterMariano Grueiro (born 1975), activist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, artistFrancisco Calvelo (born 1982), filmmakerFernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza (1875–1960), painterGregorio Fernández (1576–1636), Baroque sculptorVictor Moscoso (born 1936), Spanish-American artistLuís Seoane (1910–1979), lithographer and artistIsaac Díaz Pardo (1920–2012), artist and businessmanMusicians
Carlos Núñez Susana Seivane Bernal de Bonaval (13th century), troubadour Avelino Cachafeiro (1899–1972), bagpiperLuz Casal (born 1958), singerManu Chao (born 1961) (father from Vilalba), singerMartín Codax (fl. 13th and 14th centuries), medieval composer and performerIván Ferreiro (born 1970), singerFuxan Os Ventos , folk music groupJerry Garcia (1942–1995) (part Galician, part Irish and Swedish), founding member of American rock group The Grateful DeadIsabel Granada (born 1976) (mother from Ferrol), singerEnrique Iglesias (born 1975) (grandfather from Ourense ), singerJulio Iglesias (born 1943) (father from Ourense), singerCarlos Leal (born 1969), Swiss rapper and actor born to Galician immigrantsXoel López , singerAnxo Lorenzo (born 1974), bagpiperLuar na Lubre , Celtic music groupMendinho (fl. 13th century), medieval troubadourMilladoiro , Celtic music groupCarlos Núñez (born 1971), musician and bagpiperNatalia Oreiro (born 1977), singerCristina Pato (born 1970), bagpiperManuel Ramil (born 1978), power metal keyboardistRosalía (born 1992), (father part Galician), singerPaulina Rubio (born 1971) (father from A Coruña ), singerMarta Sánchez (born 1966) (both parents from A Coruña), singerSusana Seivane (born 1976), bagpiperC. Tangana (born 1990), (father from Vigo ), rapperSiniestro Total , punk rock groupLos Suaves , hard rock bandOctavio Vázquez (born 1972), composerOscar Rilo (born 1981), heavy metal singerWriters
Rosalía de Castro Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín Marilar Aleixandre (born 1947)Concepción Arenal (1820–1893), writer and feministXela Arias (1962–2003)Eduardo Blanco Amor (1897–1979), writer and journalistCarmen Blanco (born 1954)Xurxo Borrazás (born 1963)Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (born 1962), linguistRicardo Carvalho Calero (1910–1990)Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), poetCastelao (1886–1950), writer, politician, and painterRosalía de Castro (1837–1885), writerCamilo José Cela (1916–2002), writer, Nobel Prize in LiteratureRamón Chao (1935–2018)Álvaro Cunqueiro (1911–1981), writer and journalistManuel Curros Enríquez (1851–1908), writerMaría Magdalena Domínguez (1922-2021), poetEstíbaliz Espinosa Río (born 1974), science poet and singerBenito 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), writerBéa González , (born 1962), writerBeremundo González Rodríguez (1909–1986)Juana Teresa Juega López (1885-1979), poetMaría López Sández (born 1973), philologist and essayistSalvador de Madariaga (1886–1978), diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifistLuis Mariñas (1947–2010), journalistMaría Mariño (1907–1967)Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (born 1938), writer, proposed for the Nobel PrizeJosé 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), poetEmilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921), writer and feministChus Pato (born 1955)Otero Pedrayo (1888–1976)Emma Pedreira (born 1978), writerÁnxeles Penas (born 1943), poetEduardo Pondal (1835–1917)José María Posada (1817–1886)Luz Pozo Garza (1922-2020), poetIgnacio Ramonet (born 1943)Ismael Ramos (born 1994), writerJacinto Rey (born 1972)Ofelia Rey Castelao (born 1956)Vicente Risco (1884–1963), writer and politicianManuel Rivas (born 1957), writerJuan Rodríguez de la Cámara (1390–1450)Claudio Rodriguez Fer (born 1956)Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961), writer, translator, professorLuís Seoane (1910–1979)Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), writerRamón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), writerLorenzo Varela (1917–1978)Eva Veiga (born 1961), poet and journalistMartin 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)Luísa Villalta (1957-2004), writerBusiness
José María Castellano Ríos (born 1947) is the former CEO and Deputy Chairman of the Inditex Group, which includes brand stores such as Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Bershka.
Carmela Arias y Díaz de Rábago (1920–2009), first woman president of a bank in SpainAdolfo Dominguez Rosalia Mera , co-founder of the Inditex GroupAmancio Ortega founder of global fashion manufacturing and retail chain InditexAntonio M. Pérez (born 1947), Spanish-American businessmanExploration
Pedro Madruga (fl. 1434–1506), navigator and explorerJuan de Betanzos , historical source on the Incan civilizationJoão da Nova (1460-1509) navigator and explorerVasco Núñez de Balboa , (1475–1519) (Galician noble from Balboa), explorer and conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific OceanLuís Vaz de Torres (1565–1607), navigator and explorer, first European who saw AustraliaÁlvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542–1595), navigator and explorer, discoverer of Marquesas Islands and Salomon IslandsIsabel Barreto (1567–1612), navigator and explorer, first female Admiral in historyRodrigo de Quiroga , conquistador, Royal Governor of ChilePedro Sarmiento de Gamboa , explorer and historianBenito de Soto (1805-1830), pirateNobility
Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos (1767-1851) Prince of Spain, 1st Duke of Alcudia, 1st Duke of Sueca, 1st Secretary of State, 1st Baron of Mascalbo.
Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105–1157), King of Galicia, León, and CastileAlfonso X of Castile (1221–1284), King of Galicia and CastileDiego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar (1567–1626), Spanish ambassador to EnglandFernán Pérez de Andrade (fl. 1356–1397), Galician knightFernando de Andrade de las Mariñas (1477–1540), First Count of Andrade and Second of Vilalba, Lord of Pontedeume and FerrolFernando Pérez de Traba (1090–1155), count of the Crown of LeónFernando Ruiz de Castro (fl. 1354–1377), nobleman of the House of CastroFernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal (1548–1601), nobleman, Viceroy of NaplesGaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey (1560–1606), nobleman, Viceroy of New SpainInês de Castro (1325–1355), noblewoman, consort of King Peter I of PortugalManuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga (fl. 1628–1637), Viceroy of NaplesMenendo González (fl. 997–1008), Duke of Galicia and Count of PortugalPedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade (1560–1622), nobleman, Viceroy of NaplesSueiro Gomes de Soutomaior (1417–1490), aristocrat in the kingdom of GaliciaVímara Peres (820–873), first ruler of the County of PortugalPolitics
Manuel Fraga Francisco Franco Mariano Rajoy Eugenio Montero Ríos 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 RicoNadia 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 1888Tabaré Vázquez (of Galician ancestry), president of Uruguay Francisco Franco , leader and later formal head of state of Spain from October 1936, and of all of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975Manuel Fraga Iribarne , 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 partyAdolfo 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 intellectualBenigno 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 CongressAmada Garcia , Communist activistFrancisco Caamaño Domínguez (born 1963)Rosario Hernández Diéguez , newspaper hawker and trade unionist affiliated with UGT and PSOEJosé Patiño (1666–1736), secretary of stateRicardo Mella , writer, intellectual and libertarian activistAlberto Núñez Feijóo Emilio Pérez Touriño , politician and economistMariano Rajoy , leader of the conservative People's Party (PP) and prime minister of Spain until a vote of no confidence ousted his governmentAlfonso 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 SpainJuan 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 , politicianManolo Sánchez personal valet to the 37th president of the United States Richard Nixon .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 ArmyJosé Calvo Sotelo (1893–1936), leader of the opposition, his assassination by Socialists agents marked the outbreak of the Spanish civil warEugenio 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 outSportspeople
Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro (born 2002), tennis playerDavid Cal (born 1982), flatwater canoerTámara Echegoyen (born 1984), sailorBeatriz Gómez Cortés (born 1994), Olympic swimmerFrancisco Javier Gómez Noya (born 1983), triathleteJuan López Mella (1965–1995), motorcycle racerAna Peleteiro (born 1995), triple jumper, 2020 Olympic bronze medallistCarlos Pérez (born 1979), flatwater canoerIván Raña (born 1979), triathleteFran Vázquez (born 1983), basketball player
Luis Suárez Miramontes Amancio Amaro (born 1939), former Spanish international, 1964 European Championship winnerIago Aspas (born 1987), Spanish internationalVerónica Boquete (born 1987), Spanish women's internationalPaco Buyo (born 1958), former Spanish internationalRicardo Cabanas (born 1979), former Swiss internationalFran (born 1969), former Spanish internationalJorge Otero (born 1969), former Spanish internationalJoselu (born 1990), Spanish internationalPahiño (born 1923), former Spanish internationalMíchel Salgado (born 1975), former Spanish internationalLuis Suárez (born 1935), former Spanish international, 1964 European Championship winner, Ballon d'Or winnerLucas Vázquez (born 1991), Spanish international 
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