The 20 most internationally famous Spanish characters

We have all been curious about celebrities at some point.

Are you more into cinema or music?

Or maybe you are passionate about the sports world. Either?

So you are passionate about literature?😌

Whatever the topic, stay with me because in this article we are going to talk about the 20 current famous spanish people most notable. 

Let's see if you know them. 😉

Spanish famous people

In this list you will see what are the 20 most famous Spanish characters in all fields: 

• International Spanish singers. (I.e.
• Great athletes. (I.e.
• Hollywood actors and film directors. (I.e.️
• Renowned artists. (I.e.
• The best writers. ????
• And much more. ????

Most famous Spaniards in the worldGet ready because we are going to talk about you.

But fear not, they are all good words. 😊

Go!

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Rosalia

We start this list of celebrities españolas by the singer of the moment Spanish music.

Who does not know Rosalia?

If you've never heard the song Despechá, It means you are not from this planet. 👽😄

This song plays non-stop on all the radios… All over the world!

Other very popular songs by the Catalan singer are cake o badly.

Of course, Rosalía has plenty of charisma both in his way of singing and in his personality. 

Therefore, in the present Rosalía is the singer more famous .

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Rafael Nadal

Rafa Nadal is possibly the spanish athlete most famous of all time

Is tennis player who more premihe has won you (90) in the entire history of tennis. 

He is considered the best tennis player on clay and one of the best in all of history.

Personally, I admire this man. Not only because of the amount of premiwho has won and because of the spectacularity of his game, but because of his attitude.

Christmas is an example of strong and winning mentality, never gives up and is capable of winning games that seemed impossible to overcome.

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Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso He is another titan of Spanish sport.

Do you like cars and racing F1?

Then surely you know him.

Fernando Alonso made history in the Gran Premior Hungary in 2003 because it was the youngest driver to win a championship in all history.

I was only 22 years old.

In 2005 and 2006 he won the Formula 1 World Championship.

Since then it has been adding premito date, a total 32 in Formula 1.

Did you know that today is Dakar rally driver?

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Julio Churches

Julio Churches is one of classical singers most famous Spaniards In the Spanish-speaking countries.

Known for its romantic baladsAt 79, he continues touring Spain and Latin America.

Some of His most famous songs we have: 

• I'm going, I'm going
• I am a knave, I am a lord.
• I don't have you, I don't forget you.

In the decade of the 70s and 80s, the period of its greatest splendor, Julio Iglesias also did English songs with international stars as Stevie Wonder (Mon Amour) or Dianto ross (All of you).

From the looks of it, this singer has been one of the most flirtatious Spanish celebrities. There are many jokes and memes about this.

An authentic Latin lover. 💕

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Penelope Cruz

Penelope Cruz is one of actresses famous spanish most known Spanish is one of the most studied languages in the world.

She began her acting career in the 1990s. 

Some of his most famous films in his early days were Ham Ham o The girl of your eyes.

His stellar moment came in the year 2000, when fulfilled his childhood dream: star in a movie Pedro Almodóvar.

In addition to fulfilling his dream in Todo sobre mi madre, this film won the Oscar for best foreign film.

This propelled the career of Penelope Cruz to Hollywood and thanks to that he became an international movie star.

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Alejandro Sanz

El singer-songwriter and composer from Madrid has been creating jewels of Spanish music since the 90s.

In these more than thirty years, Alejandro Sanz has been testing different styles, although his favorite genre is Latin pop and the romantic ballad.

Some of your most famous songs we have:

• Broken heart.
• My friend.
• What if it was her?
• Is not the same.
• To the first person.
• My favorite person.

This is a so famous spanish singer and loved by the music industry that has made countless collaborations with other singers.

In addition, he also participates in the television show The voice.

By appearing in this program, Alejandro Sanz is one of the famous today more visible.

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Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem also became known in Ham Ham (1992) and later became famous in HollywoodLike Penelope Cruz.

Did you know that today Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem they are married?

It seems that fate has definitely brought them together. 😍

En Hollywood, Bardem has participated in many films: Collateral, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mother, Skyfall… becoming one of the current spanish actors most valued.

Possibly the movie that made him most famous was No country for old men (2007)

In it he played a ruthless killer with a most picturesque hairstyle. really scary.

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David Bisbal

After his participation in the television program Operación Triunfo in the 2001 year, David Bisbal it quickly became popular.

His joy when he danced and sang and his goldilocks made him one of the characters of the moment at that time.

To this day, it is one famous spanish singers most consecrated in the national music industry.

His music has elements of pop, Spanish rock and even flamenco.

Some of his most famous songs are:

• Buleria.
• I will cry your sorrows.
• you give me away.
• Twice (with Luis Fonsi).
• Kiss Me (with Juan Magán).

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Antonio Banderas

Of course, we were not going to leave out one of the famous spanish actors most iconic: Antonio Banderas.

When you ask a foreigner if he knows any famous spanish, most say his name.

Antonio Banderas as soon as he arrived at Hollywood, became a authentic sex symbol Latin. 

In addition, it has shown that it has excellent acting skills in many of his films: Assassins, The Fox, The Skin I Live In, Desperado...

You know what?

Antonio Banderas is one of the nine Spaniards with a star on the Walk of Fame of the Angels.

In this list we have four more that we have already mentioned.

Let's see if you guess who they are? ????

They are Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Julio Iglesias and Alejandro Sanz.

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Florentino Pérez

On our top 20 list Spanish famous people we also include the business world. 

Florentino Pérez es one of the largest businessmen from this country.

He is the president of Real Madrid Football Club.

He is also the president of the group ACS y patron of the Royal Theater and the Foundation of engineers of roads, canals and ports.

Before all this he was also political.

A really busy life for this one business tycoon.

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Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega is another businessmen more famous of Spain.

Have you ever bought clothes in Zara?

Amancio Ortega is the owner of this store which is distributed all over the world.

In addition, it is also owner of other brands such as, Pull and Bear, Bershka, Oysho, Massimo Dutti, Stradivarius...

It is impossible for a Spaniard not to have his clothes in his closet.

This makes it the richest man in the country.

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Pep Guardiola

We return to the world of football.

The professional stage of Pep Guardiola It is divided in two:

The first as a player Fútbol Club Barcelona and the second as coach.

It is the second stage the most notable, since it got FC Barcelona to win 14 titles between 2008 and 2012, being him the trainer.

Almost nothing, right? ????

He currently trains in England, at Manchester City.

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Salvador Dalí

Did you think that I was not going to talk about famous spanish painters?

Here we also have great famous artists.

Salvador Dalí is one of them.

Considered one of the highest representatives of the surrealismHis paintings do not leave anyone indifferent.

Dalí's paintings are impressive and dreamlike.

Some of them get transport you to fantasy worlds amazing and disturbing at the same time.

If you see The Persistence of Memory (1931) o The temptation of San Antonio (1946) you will understand what I mean.

Many of his works are loaded with symbolism, so it's hard not to catch your eye.

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Pablo Picasso

The other great exponent of spanish artists in the paint es Pablo Picasso.

General knowledge exam question: What style did this painter create?

Sure you know. 👌

The cubismof course.

His most famous work The Guernica (1937), has been analyzed by many experts for its great symbolism and possible interpretations of your images.

He also has other great works like The young ladies of Avignon (1907) o the old guitarist (1904), among many others.

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Miguel de Cervantes

We are going from the art of painting to the art of Literature. 

If I ask you what is the most important literary work in Spain, and one of the most important in the world, would you know how to answer?

Hope so. ????

Don Quijote de la Mancha. 

Miguel de Cervantes was its creator, one of the most famous spanish writers e important in history.

Cervantes wrote this novel in 1605.

Don Quixote narrates the adventures of a poor ancestorianor out of his mind that one day he decides to become a knight.

It is what we call in Spanish a dramatic and costumbrist work, all the locations of the work are real. In fact, you can visit the towns that appear in the novel through Don Quixote Route.

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Lola Indigo

Lola Indigo es one famous spanish on this list most recent.

It is what we call in Spanish a singer and dancer that began to be popular after passing through the program Operación Triunfo in 2018.

His first single, I don't want anything anymore, was a sales success and managed to win the certification of double platinum album.

The talent of this woman from Madrid to dance and sing at the same time It is admirable, pure charisma.

For these reasons it is on the list of the 20 famous people today.

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Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar is arguably the film-maker emblematic of Spanish cinema in the last 20 years.

He is a director, screenwriter and producer. He has been director of 25 films in his long professional career since 1978.

Some of his most famous films are Talk to her (2002), Back (2006) o The Skin I Live In (2011)

It is very common to confuse it with another of the Spanish famous names in the world of cinema: Alejandro Amenábar.

Both share a similar last name, but it is necessary to clarify that they are different people. 🤣

In Pedro Almodóvar's films is usually treated customs of the humble classes urban. We usually see typical neighborhood families with their common problems.

He also usually touches controversial topics like drugs, sexuality, corrupt police, sexual assaults…

Almodóvar's films present a unmistakable style and sometimes extreme. There are people who love it and others who hate it.

What side are you on?

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Paco Rabanne

Paco Rabanne is Spanish fashion designer most famous.

She designs textiles and also perfumes.

In his long professional life, Paco Rabanne has experimented with risky designs in many famous spanish models and international.

A curious fact is that many times has used unconventional resources for the fashion world. 

Some examples are materials like paper or plastic, and objects like pliers or rings.

If you are interested in his work, do not miss The 7 designs that marked the career of Paco Rabanne.

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Francisco de Goya

Francisco de Goya is another famous spanish painters what to talk about. 

His works are understood between the XNUMXth century and the beginning of the XNUMXth century.

His artistic work went through different styles: Rococo, Neoclassicism and Pre-romanticism.

Some of the painters who most influenced him were Diego Velazquez and Rembrandt.

Most of his works used to portray reality in a very natural.

He also used to capture historical events and important characters of the history of Spain.

Goya thought that painting should have a moral and educational message.

Some of your most iconic works we have:

• May 3 in Madrid (1814)
• The naked maja (1800)
• Saturn devouring his son (1823)

Luis Buñuel

If Pedro Almodóvar is the most famous Spanish filmmaker of the XNUMXst century, Luis Buñuel it was in the last century.

El film director Luis Buñuel is considered one of the filmmakers most influential in the entire history of cinema.

Within this sector, it is one of the main Spaniards known worldwide.

What is this great popularity due to?

Mainly, to the theme of his works and his style.

strongly influenced by the surrealism, Buñuel created films complex and very satirical.

an Andalusian dog (1929) is perhaps his most symbolic, cryptic and controversial work.

This film is a succession of dreamlike scenes in which conventional film and narrative laws are constantly broken.

Other of his great films we have:

• the age d'or (1930) 
• The forgotten (1950)
• viridiana (1960)
• Beautiful by day (1967).

These have been ours 20 famous spanish relations selected. 

Of course, there are many more.

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Article written by Carlos Martínez for Hispania, escuela de español