List of people from Catalonia
This is a list of notable people from Catalonia.
Artists
- Ferrer Bassa, Catalan Gothic master and miniaturist
- Arnau Bassa, altarpiece master and son of the previous
- Jacint Rigau i Ros, portrait artist
- Josep Tapiró i Baró, watercolour painter and fundamental member of Orientalism
- Marià Fortuny i Marsal, painter
- Josep Masriera, painter, goldsmith, and businessman
- Étienne Terrus, painter considered one of the precursors of fauvisme
- Eliseu Meifrèn, impressionist painter
- Aristide Maillol, sculptor and painter
- Santiago Rusiñol, painter, poet and playwright
- Ramon Casas i Carbó, artist and painter
- Ramon Pichot, painter
- Joaquin Mir Trinxet, painter
- Josefa Texidor i Torres, painter
- Juli González i Pellicer, sculptor and painter
- Josep Clarà, sculptor
- Pau Gargallo i Catalán, sculptor and painter
- Adelaida Ferré Gomis, lace-maker, folklorist, and teacher
- Joan Miró, surrealist artist
- Lola Anglada, illustrator and writer
- Charlie Rivel, clown
- Àngel Planells, surrealist painter
- Salvador Dalí, surrealist artist
- Marti Montserrat Guillemat, musician
- Ceferí Olivé i Cabré, painter
- Remedios Varo, surrealist painter
- Angeles Santos Torroella, surrealist painter
- Antoni Clavé, painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer
- Joan-Josep Tharrats, abstract artist and member of Dau al Set
- Joan Brossa, poet, playwright, graphic designer and visual artist
- Joan Colom, photographer
- Manuel Carnicer i Fajó, hyperrealist colour pencil artist
- Albert Ràfols-Casamada, artist
- Antoni Tàpies, surrealist painter and member of Dau al Set
- Xavier Valls, painter
- Modest Cuixart, painter and member of Dau al Set
- Marcel Martí, sculptor
- Joan Ponç, painter and member of Dau al Set
- Josep Guinovart, abstract expressionist painter
- Josep Maria Subirachs, sculptor and painter
- Josep Ponsatí, sculptor
- Jordi Bonet, painter, ceramist, muralist and sculptor
- Antoni Pitxot, surrealist painter
- Silvia Torras, informalist painter
- Xavier Miserachs, photographer
- Vicenç Caraltó, painter, draftsman and engraver
- Fina Rifà, illustrator
- Isabel Steva i Hernández, "Colita", photographer
- Josep Royo, contemporary artist
- Glòria Muñoz, painter
- Anna Manel·la, sculptor
- Jaume Plensa, sculptor
- Pep Duran, contemporary artist
- Enric Bug, comic book artist and industrial designer
- Carlos Grangel, character designer
- Neil Harbisson, artist, founder of the Cyborg Foundation
- Moon Ribas, choreographer, dancer, cyborg activist, founder of the Cyborg Foundation
- Laura Vila Kremer, performance artist and intersex rights activist
Architects and Urban Planners
- Ildefons Cerdà i Sunyer, urban planner who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample
- Lluís Domènech i Montaner, modernist architect and politician, designed the Palau de la Música Catalana
- Antoni Gaudí, modernist architect, designed the Catholic church of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona
- Josep Puig i Cadafalch, architect, designed the urban gothic palace Casa Amatller
- Cebrià de Montoliu i de Togores, town planner, architect, and social reformer
- Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert, architect and designer; worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works
- Isidre Puig i Boada, architect
- Carles Buïgas i Sans, architect, engineer, inventor and author; designed the Magic Fountain in Montjuïc, Barcelona
- Josep Lluís Sert i López, architect, co-founder of the GATCPAC group, professor at Harvard
- Josep Antoni Coderch, architect recognized as one of the most important post-World War II European architects
- Antoni Bonet i Castellana, architect and urban planner
- Alfons Milà i Sagnier, architect
- Frederic de Correa i Ruiz, architect
- Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, architect and urban planner
- Lluís Nadal i Oller, architect
- Josep Emili Donato i Folch, architect
- Lluís Cantallops Valeri, architect
- Joan Margarit, architect
- Ricardo Bofill i Leví, architect
- Carme Pigem Barceló, architect and member of the Pritzker Prize-winning architectural firm RCR Arquitectes
- Xavier Vilalta, architect
Businesspeople
- Facundo Bacardí, founder of Bacardi rum
- Joseph Oller, founder of Moulin Rouge cabaret
- Andrés Brugal Montaner, founder of Brugal & Co. rum
- Enric Bernat, founder of Chupa Chups candy
- Eusebi Güell, industrial entrepreneur and patronage
- John Casablancas, founder of Elite Model Management
Cinema and Theater
- Fructuós Gelabert, inventor, screenwriter, film director
- Asunción Balaguer, actress
- Rosa Maria Sardà, actress and comedian
- Albert Boadella, playwright, director, actor, political activist, and founder of Els Joglars
- Ventura Pons, film director
- Bigas Luna, award-winning filmmaker
- Vicky Peña, actress
- Assumpta Serna, actress
- Francesc Orella, actor
- Emma Vilarasau, actress
- Isabel Coixet, film director
- Eduard Fernandez, actor
- Jordi Sánchez, actor, comedian, well-known thanks to his leading roles in the popular sitcoms, Plats Bruts and La que se Avecina
- Sergi López, actor, César's best actor winner in 2000
- Andreu Buenafuente, comedian, television host and founder of the television production company, El Terrat
- Lydia Zimmermann, filmmaker
- Jaume Balagueró, film director behind REC zombie horror films
- Jordi Mollà, actor, appeared in the Hollywood blockbusters Colombiana and Riddick
- Ariadna Gil, actress
- Joel Joan, actor, comedian, lead actor in the popular sitcom, Plats Bruts, filmmaker, founder of the television production company Kràmpack and former president of the Academy of Catalan Cinema
- Silvia Abril, actress, comedian and television host
- David Selvas, actor
- Laia Costa, actress
- Laia Marull, actress
- Jaume Collet-Serra, filmmaker known for directing the horror remake House of Wax, The Shallows and the memorable action-thrillers Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night and The Commuter
- Ingrid Rubio, actress
- Daniel Brühl, actor, born in Barcelona and raised in Germany
- Claudia Bassols, actress
- Leticia Dolera, actress
- Quim Gutiérrez, actor
- Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, actress, appeared in the Hollywood blockbusters Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
- Carlos Cuevas, actor
- David Solans, actor
Economists
- Andreu Mas-Colell, economist
- Xavier Sala i Martin, economist
- Pol Antràs, economist
- Jordi Galí, economist
Writers and poets
- Ramon Llull, philosopher, theologist, mystic, missionary, narrator, poet, logician and professor
- Ramon Muntaner, soldier and writer of the 14th century
- Joanot Martorell, knight and writer of the 15th century
- Jaime Balmes, priest, philosopher and political writer
- Àngel Guimerà,, writer
- Jacint Verdaguer, poet
- Narcís Oller, writer
- Joan Maragall, writer and poet
- Josep Carner, poet
- Gaziel, journalist, writer and publisher
- Carles Riba, poet
- Josep Vicenç Foix, poet, essayist and writer
- Josep Pla, writer
- Joan Oliver i Sallarès, pseudonym Pere Quart, poet, playwright, translator, narrator, and journalist
- Mercè Rodoreda, writer, known for novel The Time of the Doves
- Miquel Martí i Pol, writer and poet
- Pere Calders, writer
- Josep Ferrater i Mora, philosopher, essayist and writer
- Joan Sales, writer, poet, translator and editor
- Salvador Espriu, writer and poet
- Joan Vinyoli, poet
- Manuel de Pedrolo, writer
- Montserrat Abelló i Soler, poet and translator
- Joan Brossa, poet, playwright, plastic artist and graphic designer
- Gabriel Ferrater, poet, translator and scholar of linguistics
- Maria Àngels Anglada, poet and novelist
- Quima Jaume i Carbo, poet
- Olga Xirinacs Díaz, writer and pianist
- Lluís Solà i Sala, poet, playwright and translator
- Montserrat Roig, writer, journalist, feminist
- Quim Monzó, writer
- Maria Mercè Marçal, poet, writer and translator
- Sergi Pàmies, writer, translator, journalist
- Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, journalist, screenwriter and writer
- Anna Dodas i Noguer, poet
- Màrius Serra, writer, journalist, translator
- Albert Sánchez Piñol, writer, novelist and author of the international best-seller Victus: Barcelona 1714
- Carla Herrero, writer, blogger
Military
- Abu-l-Hasan Ali ibn Ruburtayr, Muslim Catalan mercenary commander
- Nunó Sanç I, Catalan nobleman and military leader
- Berenguer de Palou II, bishop of Barcelona and led different crusades
- Ramon Muntaner, commander and chronicler of the Catalan Company
- Francesc de Tamarit i de Rifà, military leader during the Battle of Montjuïc (1641)
- Rafael Casanova i Comes, Coronela leader during the Siege of Barcelona (1713–14)
- Josep Moragues i Mas, Catalan general during the War of Spanish Succession
- Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent, military officer and colonial administrator
- Gaspar de Portolà, Spanish officer and explorer, first Governor of the Californias
- Pere Fages i Beleta, Spanish explorer, fifth Governor of the Californias
- Francisco Milans del Bosch, Spanish general.
- Llarg de Copons, Carlist warlord
- Ramón Cabrera y Griñó, Carlist general from Tortosa
- Joan Prim i Prats, Spanish general and statesman
- Josep Masgoret i Marcó, Carlist warlord
- Joseph Joffre, French general, born in Ribesaltes
- Domènec Batet, Spanish Army general
- Ramon Vila Capdevila, anarchist and guerilla fighter
- Ramon Mercader, soviet spy, murderer of Leon Trotsky
- Sabaté brothers, three Maquis guerrillas of the Francoist post-Civil War period
Musicians and Singers
- Guerau de Cabrera, troubadour
- Jofre de Foixà, troubadour, Benedictine and abbot of San Giovanni degli Eremiti in Palermo
- Ferran Sor, composer
- Josep Maria Moliné, composer
- Felip Pedrell, composer, guitarist and musicologist
- Isaac Albéniz, pianist and composer
- Enric Morera i Viura, musician and composer
- Enric Granados, musician
- Pau Casals, cellist
- Miguel Llobet, composer and guitarist
- Maria Gay, mezzo-soprano
- Enric Roig i Masriera, violinist, poet and musicologist
- Frederic Mompou, composer
- Conchita Supervía, soprano
- Robert Gerhard, composer
- Xavier Cugat, musician
- Joan Magrané Figuera, composer
- Xavier Montsalvatge, composer and music critic
- Victòria dels Àngels, soprano
- Alicia de Larrocha, pianist
- Tete Montoliu, jazz pianist
- Montserrat Caballé, soprano
- Jaume Aragall, tenor
- Laura Almerich, classical guitarist
- Jordi Savall, musician
- Núria Feliu, singer and actress
- Joan Manuel Serrat, singer and author
- Josep Carreras, tenor
- Lluís Llach, singer and composer
- Pau Riba, singer and composer
- Jaume Sisa, singer-songwriter
- Pascal Comelade, musician
- Carles Sabater, singer and actor
- Joan Chamorro, jazz musician, teacher, big band leader
- Adrià Puntí, musician and singer-songwriter
- Sergio Dalma, singer
- Gerard Quintana, singer
- Damaris Gelabert, singer
- Mónica Naranjo, singer
- Guillermo Scott Herren, producer
- Montse Cortés, flamenco singer
- Beth, singer
- Sílvia Pérez Cruz, singer, musician
- Álvaro Soler, singer-songwriter
- Rosalía, singer-songwriter, musician
- Andrea Motis, jazz musician, singer
- Bad Gyal, singer-songwriter, musician
- Aitana, singer
Fashion
Fashion Designers
- Custo Dalmau, fashion designer, founder of Custo Barcelona
Fashion Models
- Judit Mascó
- Vanessa Lorenzo
- Andrés Segura
- Oriol Elcacho
- Mireia Lalaguna, Miss World 2015 winner
- Andres Velencoso
Politicians and Leaders
Before the 19th Century
- Belló I of Carcassonne, founder of the Bellonid Dynasty known as the cradle of the Catalan lords and people
- Wilfred I the Hairy, 12th count of Barcelona, founder of the House of Barcelona
- Jaume I the Conqueror, 8th king of Aragon and 26th count of Barcelona
- Pere III the Great, 9th king of Aragon and 27th count of Barcelona
- Martí I the Humane, 15th king of Aragon and last monarch of the House of Barcelona
- Martí I the Younger, king of Sicily dead at 32–35 in Cagliari
- Bernat d'Oms i Santa Pau, governor of Elna, killed and beheaded by the troops of Louis XI
- Pau Claris i Casademunt, lawyer, 94th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya and leader at the Catalan Revolt
- Rafael Casanova i Comes, lawyer and Conseller en Cap of the Consell de Cent of Barcelona
- Josep Moragues i Mas, Catalan patriot, led the insurgence against the Bourbonic troops after the War of the Spanish Succession until he was executed, decapitated, butchered and his head placed for 12 years hanging in the main entrance to Barcelona
- Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira, soldier, governor of Baja California and Alta California, explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey
- Pere Fages i Beleta, soldier, explorer; second Spanish military Governor of New California, 1770–1774; Governor of the Californias, 1782-1791
Modern Politicians
- Joan Prim i Prats, general and statesman, Captain-General of Puerto Rico, commander of the Spanish Army in Mexico and in Morocco, and president of the Spanish Council
- Estanislao Figueras, first president of the First Spanish Republic
- Francesc Pi i Margall, second president of the First Spanish Republic
- Valentí Almirall, politician, author of Lo catalanisme, founder of the first daily periodical in the Catalan language, El diari català
- Francesc Macià,, soldier, politician and 122nd President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Josep Irla, politician, 124th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Francesc Cambó, politician
- Enric Prat de la Riba, politician
- Lluís Companys, politician, 123rd President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Andreu Nin, heterodox communist politician
- Federica Montseny, anarchist politician
- José Figueres Ferrer, politician, President of Costa Rica in three occasions
- Jordi Pujol, politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Pasqual Maragall, politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Jaime Nebot, politician, current mayor of Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Josep Borrell, former President of the European Parliament
- Artur Mas, politician and 129th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, politician, 130th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Roger Albinyana i Saigí, Liberal politician
- Salvador Illa, former Minister of Health of Spain, current Secretary for Organization of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia
- Meritxell Batet, currently serving as President of the Congress of Deputies
- Jaume Collboni, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona
- Daniel Sirera, chairman of the People's Party
- Amadeu Altafaj, journalist and present European Commission Vice President spokesman
- Gabriel Boric, President of Chile
Sportspeople
Alpinism, Trail Running and Ski
- Núria Picas, sky runner and trail runner
- Kílian Jornet Burgada, long-distance runner and ski mountaineer
- Jordi Font, snowboarder
- Laura Orgué, cross country skier
Athletics
- Reyes Estévez, former 1500m runner
- Javier García, former Pole Vaulter, Olympic bronze medallist
- Natalia Rodríguez, 1500m runner
Basketball
- Ignacio "Nacho" Solozabal, former player for Barça
- Jordi Villacampa, former player and president from Joventut Badalona
- Rafael Jofresa, former player from Joventut Badalona, Barça and CB Girona
- Roger Grimau, former player from Joventut Badalona
- Pau Gasol, ACB basketball player, formerly for Barça and currently in the NBA for the San Antonio Spurs
- Raúl López, formerly for Joventut Badalona, NBA basketball player for Utah Jazz
- Juan Carlos Navarro, NBA basketball player for Memphis Grizzlies and ACB for Barça
- Marc Gasol, ACB basketball player for Barça and CB Girona and NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies; younger brother of Pau Gasol
- Pau Ribas, former player from Joventut Badalona, currently as playmaker for Barça
- Ricky Rubio, former player from Joventut Badalona; now with the Utah Jazz in the NBA
- Pierre Oriola, Spanish National Team Player currently playing for Barça
- Álex Mumbrú, former Real Madrid and Spanish National Team Player, current captain of Bilbao Basket
- Xavi Pascual, former Barça coach, winner of 2010 Euroleague and current coach of Panathinaikos
Cycling
- David de la Cruz, active
- Melcior Mauri, Vuelta a España winner
- Maribel Moreno
- José Pesarrodona, Vuelta a España winner
- Miguel Poblet
- Joaquim Rodríguez
- Marc Soler, active
Football
- Jordi Alba, Spanish international, 2012 European Championship winner
- Marc Bartra, Spanish international
- Estanislau Basora, former Spanish international
- Sergio Busquets, Spanish international, 2010 World Cup winner & 2012 European Championship winner
- Joan Capdevila, former Spanish international, 2010 World Cup winner & 2008 European Championship winner
- Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish international
- Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish international, 2010 World Cup winner, 2008 & 2012 European Championship winner
- Andreu Fontàs, Spanish international
- Sergio García, Spanish international, 2008 European Championship winner
- Pep Guardiola, former Spanish international, former manager of Barcelona and Bayern Munich and currently of Manchester City
- Roberto Martínez, former manager of Everton and currently of Belgium
- Fernando Navarro, former Spanish international, 2008 European Championship winner
- Gerard Piqué, Spanish international, 2010 World Cup winner & 2012 European Championship winner
- Carles Puyol, former Spanish international, 2010 World Cup winner & 2008 European Championship winner
- Antoni Ramallets, former Spanish international
- Carles Rexach, former Spanish international, former manager of Barcelona
- Sergi Roberto, Spanish international
- Josep Samitier, former Spanish international
- Raúl Tamudo, former Spanish international
- Víctor Valdés, former Spanish international, 2010 World Cup winner & 2012 European Championship winner
- Tito Vilanova, former manager of Barcelona
- Xavi Hernández, former Spanish international, 2010 World Cup winner, 2008 & 2012 European Championship winner
- Ricardo Zamora, former Spanish international
- Michał Żuk, Polish footballer, born in Catalonia
- Sercan Sararer
- Alexia Putellas, two time Ballon d'or winner and Barcelona captain
- Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish international, multiple Ballon d'Or winner; 2023 Women's World Cup winner
Motor Racing
- Alfonso "Sito" Pons, former world champion GP motorcycle racer, owner of MotoGP race team
- Jordi Tarrés, motorcycle trial rider, 7 times World Champion
- Àlex Crivillé, former GP motorcycle racer, 1999 500cc GP World Champion
- Pedro Martínez de la Rosa, former F1 driver
- Nani Roma, rally racing motorcycle rider and rally raid driver, winner of 2004 and 2014 Dakar Rally
- Sete Gibernau, former GP motorcycle racer
- Emilio Alzamora, former motorcycle racer, 1999 125cc GP World Champion
- Marc Gené, former F1 driver
- Oriol Servià, former ChampCar, IndyCar, and Formula E driver, 1999 Indy Lights champion
- Marc Coma, rally raid motorcycle racer, winner of 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2014 Dakar Rally
- Adam Raga, motorcycle trial rider, Outdoor Trial World Champion 2005, 2006; Indoor Trial World Champion 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006
- Toni Elías, first world champion of "Moto2"
- Laia Sanz, motorcycle trial rider and rally raid motorcycle racer; 13 times Women's Outdoor Trial World Champion; winner of the 2011 and 2012 Dakar Rally in the female class
- Dani Pedrosa, GP motorcycle racer, 125 and 250cc world champion
- Toni Bou, motorcycle trial rider; 8 time Indoor Trial World Champion; 7 time Outdoor Trial World Champion
- Jaime Alguersuari, former F1 driver
- Marc Márquez, motorcycle racer; 2010 125cc GP World Champion; 2012 Moto2 World Champion; 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2025 MotoGP World Champion
Swimming
- Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro, scuba diver pioneer who set the record of reaching 100m deep in 1957
- Manuel Estiarte, former water polo player
- Gemma Mengual, synchronised swimmer
- Mireia Belmonte, medley, freestyle and butterfly swimmer, first woman ever under 8 min in 800m freestyle
Tennis
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 3-time French Open winner, US Open winner
- Juan Aguilera
- Sergi Bruguera, 2-time French Open winner
- Àlex Corretja
- Albert Costa, French Open winner
- Carlos Costa
- Andrés Gimeno, French Open winner
- Juan Gisbert
- Marcel Granollers, active
- Marc López, active
- Félix Mantilla
- Tommy Robredo, active
Other
- Carlos Rodríguez, former professional darts player
- Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the IOC from 1980 to 2001
- Dani Sánchez, professional carom billiards player
- José María Solé Chavero, wheelchair basketball player
Scientists and engineers
- François Arago, scientist
- Ildefons Cerdà, urban planner
- Narcís Monturiol, inventor of the first combustion-driven submarine
- Josep Comas i Solà, astronomer, discoverer of the asteroid named 'Barcelona'
- Ignacio Barraquer, ophthalmologist known for his contributions to the advancement of cataract surgery. Son of Josep Antoni Barraquer
- Esteban Terradas i Illa, mathematician, scientist and engineer
- Pere Bosch-Gimpera, anthropologist, archaeologist and prehistorian
- Josep Trueta, doctor, professor of orthopedy at Oxford
- Jose Barraquer, father of modern refractive surgery and son of Ignacio Barraquer; invented the cryolathe and microkeratome and developed many surgical procedures
- Ramon Margalef, pioneer and outstanding researcher in limnology, marine biology, and ecology
- Jordi Sabater Pi, primatologist
- Joan Oró, biologist
- Pere Alberch, biologist and embryologist, professor at Harvard University from 1980 to 1989 and director of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.
- Valentín Fuster, Doctor of Medicine, director of the Cardiology Institute in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
- Eudald Carbonell, archaeologist, anthropologist and paleonthologist
- Joan Massagué, scientist and pharmacist, specialized in the study of cancer metastasis
- Josep Baselga, oncologist
- Josep Figueras, health policy expert and founding director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
- Ignacio Cirac, physicist, best known for his contributions to quantum information science
- Manel Esteller, doctor, specialized in the study of cancer
Gastronomy
- Carme Ruscalleda, chef of Sant Pau
- Santi Santamaria, chef of Can Fabes
- Ferran Adrià, chef of El Bulli
- Joan Roca i Fontané, chef of El Celler de Can Roca
- Josep Roca i Fontané, sommelier of El Celler de Can Roca
- Jordi Roca i Fontané, pastry chef of El Celler de Can Roca
Saints and religious figures
- Raymond of Penyafort, Roman Catholic saint and Dominican
- Vicent Ferrer, Valencian Dominican friar, who gained acclaim as a missionary and a logician.
- Pope Callixtus III, Alfons de Borja, Valencian pope
- Pope Alexander VI, Roderic de Borja, Valencian pope
- Gertrudis Anglesola, Valencian Cistercian abbess and mystic
- Joseph Oriol
- Juníper Serra, Roman Catholic saint and Franciscan missionary
- Maria Pilar Bruguera Sábat, Roman Catholic nun and physician
- Anthony Mary Claret, founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Francisco Coll Guitart, Roman Catholic saint and Dominican; founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
- Josep Sadoc Alemany, first Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco, California
- Vicente Ferrer Moncho, Jesuit missionary; humanitarian
- Jaime Hilario Barbal, Catalan priest and educator, canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1999.
- Cassià Maria Just, Benedictine abbot, one of the people in the Spanish Catholic Church who opposed Francisco Franco
- Lluís Martínez Sistach, former Cardinal Archbishop of Barcelona ; member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Others
- Nahmanides, Catalan-Jewish philosopher
- Pompeu Fabra, grammarian
- Rosa Sensat, early Doctor of Pedagogy
- Alexandre Deulofeu, historian
- Joan Gili, antiquarian book-seller, publisher and translator
- Juan Pujol García, double agent who played a major role in the Invasion of Normandy during World War II
- Rafael Marquina, designer and architect
- Jordi Nadal, historian
- Salvador Puig i Antich, Catalan anarchist, executed during Franco's regime
- Jaume Marxuach i Flaquer, lawyer and writer
- Joan Laporta i Estruch, lawyer, president of FC Barcelona, and politician