List of Galician people
This is a list of famous Galician people.
Arts
- Delmi Álvarez, photographer
- Maruja Mallo, painter
- Mariano Grueiro, activist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, artist
- Francisco Calvelo, filmmaker
- Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza, painter
- Gregorio Fernández, Baroque sculptor
- Victor Moscoso, Spanish-American artist
- Luís Seoane, lithographer and artist
- Isaac Díaz Pardo, artist and businessman
Actors
- María Casares
- José Garcia (actor)
- Nancho Novo
- La Belle Otero, dancer, actress, and courtesan
- Fernando Rey
- Martin Sheen a.k.a. Ramon Estevez
- Charlie Sheen a.k.a. Carlos Estevez
- Emilio Estevez
- Luis Tosar
- Jesús Vázquez
- Paula Vázquez
- Pedro Alonso
- Dafne Keen
Musicians
- Bernal de Bonaval, troubadour
- Avelino Cachafeiro, bagpiper
- Luz Casal, singer
- Manu Chao, singer
- Martín Codax, medieval composer and performer
- Iván Ferreiro, singer
- Fuxan Os Ventos, folk music group
- Jerry Garcia, founding member of American rock group The Grateful Dead
- Isabel Granada, singer
- Enrique Iglesias, singer
- Julio Iglesias, singer
- Carlos Leal, Swiss rapper and actor born to Galician immigrants
- Xoel López, singer
- Anxo Lorenzo, bagpiper
- Luar na Lubre, Celtic music group
- Mendinho, medieval troubadour
- Milladoiro, Celtic music group
- Carlos Núñez, musician and bagpiper
- Natalia Oreiro, singer
- Cristina Pato, bagpiper
- Manuel Ramil, power metal keyboardist
- Rosalía,, singer
- Paulina Rubio, singer
- Marta Sánchez, singer
- Susana Seivane, bagpiper
- C. Tangana,, rapper
- Siniestro Total, punk rock group
- Los Suaves, hard rock band
- Octavio Vázquez, composer
Writers
- Marilar Aleixandre
- Concepción Arenal, writer and feminist
- Xela Arias
- Eduardo Blanco Amor, writer and journalist
- Carmen Blanco
- Xurxo Borrazás
- Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo, linguist
- Castelao, writer, politician, and painter
- Ricardo Carvalho Calero
- Yolanda Castaño, poet
- Rosalía de Castro, writer
- Camilo José Cela, writer, Nobel Prize in Literature
- Ramón Chao
- Álvaro Cunqueiro, writer and journalist
- Manuel Curros Enríquez, writer
- María Magdalena Domínguez, poet
- Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro
- Wenceslao Fernández Flórez
- Agustín Fernández Mallo
- Celso Emilio Ferreiro
- Xesús Ferro Ruibal
- Ricardo Flores Peres
- Suso de Toro, writer
- Béa González,, writer
- Beremundo González Rodríguez
- Juana Teresa Juega López, poet
- María López Sández, philologist and essayist
- Salvador de Madariaga, diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist
- Luis Mariñas, journalist
- María Mariño
- Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín, writer, proposed for the Nobel Prize
- José María Merino
- Manuel Murguía
- Xosé Neira Vilas
- Olga Novo
- Albino Núñez Domínguez
- Pilar Pallarés, poet
- Emilia Pardo Bazán, writer and feminist
- Chus Pato
- Otero Pedrayo
- Ánxeles Penas, poet
- Eduardo Pondal
- José María Posada
- Luz Pozo Garza, poet
- Ignacio Ramonet
- Jacinto Rey
- Ofelia Rey Castelao
- Vicente Risco, writer and politician
- Manuel Rivas, writer
- Juan Rodríguez de la Cámara
- Claudio Rodriguez Fer
- Fátima Rodríguez, writer, translator, professor
- Luís Seoane
- Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, writer
- Ramón del Valle-Inclán, writer
- Lorenzo Varela
- Martin Veiga
- Benito Vicetto Pérez
- Darío Villanueva, literary theorist and critic, director of the Real Academia Española
- Miguel Ángel Villar Pinto
- Antón Vilar Ponte
Business
- José María Castellano Ríos 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, 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, Spanish-American businessman
Exploration
- Pedro Madruga, navigator and explorer
- Juan de Betanzos, historical source on the Incan civilization
- João da Nova navigator and explorer
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa,, explorer and conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean
- Luís Vaz de Torres, navigator and explorer, first European who saw Australia
- Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, navigator and explorer, discoverer of Marquesas Islands and Salomon Islands
- Isabel Barreto, 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, pirate
Military
- Ángel Castro y Argiz, father of Fidel and Raúl Castro
- Juan de Lángara, naval officer and Minister of Marine
- Pedro Mariño de Lobera, soldier and chronicler of the Arauco War
- Casto Méndez Núñez, admiral
- Patricio Montojo, naval commander at the Battle of Manila Bay
- Alonso Pita da Veiga, military officer
- Maria Pita, soldier
- Marshall de Marzo, general soldier, conquistador
Nobility
- Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria Ríos 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, King of Galicia, León, and Castile
- Alfonso X of Castile, King of Galicia and Castile
- Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish ambassador to England
- Fernán Pérez de Andrade, Galician knight
- Fernando de Andrade de las Mariñas, First Count of Andrade and Second of Vilalba, Lord of Pontedeume and Ferrol
- Fernando Pérez de Traba, count of the Crown of León
- Fernando Ruiz de Castro, nobleman of the House of Castro
- Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal, nobleman, Viceroy of Naples
- Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey, nobleman, Viceroy of New Spain
- Inês de Castro, noblewoman, consort of King Peter I of Portugal
- Manuel de Acevedo y Zúñiga, Viceroy of Naples
- Menendo González, Duke of Galicia and Count of Portugal
- Pedro Fernández de Castro y Andrade, nobleman, Viceroy of Naples
- Sueiro Gomes de Soutomaior, aristocrat in the kingdom of Galicia
- Vímara Peres, 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, former president of Cuba
- Raúl Castro, former president of Cuba, incumbent first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
- Pablo Iglesias, founder of the Socialist Workers' Party in 1879 and the Spanish General Workers' Union in 1888
- Tabaré Vázquez, 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 1975
- Manuel Fraga Iribarne, President of the Xunta of Galicia from 1990 to 2005 and founder of the People's Alliance (Spain), later refounded as the People's Party (Spain).
- Anxo Quintana, politician, former leader of the Galician Nationalist Block, the main Galician Nationalist party
- Adolfo Suárez González, 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
- Rosario Hernández Diéguez, newspaper hawker and trade unionist affiliated with UGT and PSOE
- José Patiño, secretary of state
- Ricardo Mella, writer, intellectual and libertarian activist
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo
- Emilio Pérez Touriño, politician and economist
- Mariano Rajoy, leader of the conservative People's Party 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
- Manolo 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 Army
- José Calvo Sotelo, leader of the opposition, his assassination by Socialists agents marked the outbreak of the Spanish civil war
- Eugenio Montero Ríos, prime minister of Spain
- José Canalejas, prime minister of Spain
- Manuel Portela Valladares prime minister of Spain
- Eduardo Dato e Iradier, prime minister of Spain
- Santiago Casares Quiroga, Prime Minister of Spain when Spanish civil war broke out
Religion
- Alonso III Fonseca, Catholic archbishop and politician
- Antonio María Rouco Varela, Catholic prelate
- Benito Jerónimo Feijoo e Montenegro, neoclassical monk and scholar
- Diego Gelmírez, Catholic archbishop
- Hydatius, Catholic bishop
- Marina of Aguas Santas, Portuguese Catholic saint
- Pope Damasus I
- Rudesind, Catholic bishop and abbot
- Senorina, Catholic abbess
- Theodemar of Iria, Catholic bishop
Sportspeople
- Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, tennis player
- David Cal, flatwater canoer
- Támara Echegoyen, sailor
- Beatriz Gómez Cortés, Olympic swimmer
- Francisco Javier Gómez Noya, triathlete
- Juan López Mella, motorcycle racer
- Ana Peleteiro, triple jumper, 2020 Olympic bronze medallist
- Carlos Pérez, flatwater canoer
- Iván Raña, triathlete
- Fran Vázquez, basketball player
Cycling
- Gustavo César
- David García Dapena
- Vicente López Carril
- Ezequiel Mosquera
- Óscar Pereiro, winner of the 2006 Tour de France
- Álvaro Pino
- Gonzalo Rabuñal
- Delio Rodríguez, winner of the 1945 Vuelta a España
- Emilio Rodríguez, winner of the 1950 Vuelta a España
Football
- Amancio Amaro, former Spanish international, 1964 European Championship winner
- Iago Aspas, Spanish international
- Verónica Boquete, Spanish women's international
- Paco Buyo, former Spanish international
- Ricardo Cabanas, former Swiss international
- Fran, former Spanish international
- Jorge Otero, former Spanish international
- Joselu, Spanish international
- Pahiño, former Spanish international
- Míchel Salgado, former Spanish international
- Luis Suárez, former Spanish international, 1964 European Championship winner, Ballon d'Or winner
- Lucas Vázquez, Spanish international
Others
- Ana Romero Masiá, Galician historian
- Benito de Soto, pirate
- Ramón Menéndez Pidal, philologist and historian
- Antonio Palacios, architect
- Domingo de Andrade, Baroque architect
- Simón Rodríguez, philosopher and educator
- Julio Iglesias Puga, gynecologist