List of hispanophones

This is a list of some notable Spanish-speaking people. In alphabetical order within categories.

Actors

* Victoria Abril (born 1959)
* Norma Aleandro (born 1936)
* Héctor Alterio (born 1929)
* Elena Anaya (born 1975)
* Imperio Argentina (1906–2003)
* Moises Arias (born 1994)
* Pedro Armendáriz (1912–1963)
* Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (born 1940)
* Antonio Banderas (born 1960)
* Javier Bardem (born 1969)
* Juan Diego Botto (born 1975)
* Cantinflas (1911–1993)
* Nestor Carbonell (born 1968)
* Verónica Castro (born 1952)
* Penélope Cruz (born 1974)
* Carla Diaz (born 1990)
* Chico Díaz (born 1959)
* Fernando Fernán Gómez (born 1921)
* Andy García (born 1956)
* Gael García Bernal (born 1978)
* Sancho Gracia (born 1936)
* Salma Hayek (born 1966)
* Pedro Infante (1917–1957)
* Raúl Juliá (1940–1994)
* Katy Jurado (1924–2002)
* Libertad Lamarque (1908–2000)
* John Leguizamo (born 1964)
* George Lopez (born 1961)
* Eva Longoria (born 1975)
* Diego Luna (born 1979)
* Federico Luppi (born 1936)
* Cheech Marin (born 1946)
* Eva Mendes (born 1974)
* Jordi Mollá (born 1968)
* Ricardo Montalbán (1921–2009)
* Sara Montiel (born 1928)
* Paul Naschy (born 1934)
* Jorge Negrete (1911–1953)
* Elizabeth Peña (1961–2014)
* Francisco Rabal (1926–2001)
* Fernando Rey (1917–1994)
* Jean Reno (born 1948)
* Dolores del Río (1904–1983)
* Michelle Rodríguez (born 1978)
* Benicio del Toro (born 1967)
* Leonor Varela (born 1972)
* Paz Vega (born 1976)
* Natalia Verbeke (born 1975)
* Zoe Saldana (born 1978)

Authors

:''See also List of Spanish language authors (by country).''

A-D

* Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639), dramatist.
* Rafael Alberti (1902–1999), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1983).
* Vicente Aleixandre (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1977).
* Isabel Allende (born 1942), best selling novelist.
* Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1978).
* José María Arguedas (1911–1969), novelist.
* Roberto Arlt (1900–1942), short-story writer, novelist, and playwright.
* Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974), Nobel Prize Laureate (1967).
* Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966), writer and dissident.
* Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1991).
* Azorín (José Martínez Ruiz) (1863–1967), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist.
* Jesús Balmori (1887–1948), journalist, poet, novelist.
* Pío Baroja (1872–1956), novelist.
* Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870), romantic poet and tale writer.
* Andrés Bello (1781–1865), humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher and educator.
* Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954), dramatist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1922).
* Mario Benedetti (born 1920), novelist and poet.
* Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1990).
* Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928), best-selling novelist, wrote '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1916).
* Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003), novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize Laureate (1999).
* Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), Cervantes Prize Laureate (1979).
* Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born 1939), novelist and short stories writer.
* Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000), playwright.
* Mario Bunge (born 1919), philosopher, author of the ''Treatise on Basic Philosophy'' (8 volumes, 1974–1989).
* Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005), novelist, essayist, translator, and critic, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1997).
* Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), playwright and poet.
* Miguel Antonio Caro (1843–1909), humanist.
* Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), novelist and essay writer, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1977).
* Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), novelist, Nobel Prize (1989) and Cervantes Prize Laureate (1995).
* Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), novelist, playwright and poet, author of ''Don Quixote'' (1605 and 1615).
* Julio Cortázar (1914–1984), novelist and short stories writer.
* Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/1651–1695), poet and dramatist.
* Rubén Darío (1867–1916), modernist poet.
* Virgilio Dávila (1869–1943), poet.
* Miguel Delibes (born 1920), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1993).
* Nelson Denis (born 1954), screenwriter, novelist.
* Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1979).

E-H

* José Echegaray (1832–1916), dramatist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1904).
* Jorge Edwards (born 1931), Cervantes Prize Laureate (1999).
* Laura Esquivel (born 1950), novelist.
* Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet.
* Rosario Ferré (born 1938), poet and essayist.
* Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012), novelist and essayist, Rómulo Gallegos (1977), Cervantes (1987) and Prince of Asturias (1994) awards Laureate.
* Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), novelist.
* Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969), novelist.
* Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), poet and dramatist.
* Gabriel García Márquez (1928-2014), novelist and journalist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1982).
* Luis de Góngora (1561–1627), lyric poet.
* Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658), author of ''El Criticón'', influenced European philosophers such as Schopenhauer.
* Jorge Guillén (1893–1984), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1976).
* Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989), poet.
* José Hernández (1834–1886), poet and journalist, author of the epic poem ''Martín Fierro''.
* Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948), poet, initiator of the ''Creacionismo'' movement.

I-L

* Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1956).
* John of the Cross (1542–1591), mystic poet.
* Demetrio Korsi (1899–1957), poet, diplomatic, journalist.
* Enrique Krauze (born 1947), historian, political and social essayist and publisher.
* Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837), literary journalist.
* José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), novelist.
* Luis Lloréns Torres (1878–1944), poet.
* Luis López Nieves (born 1950), best-selling novelist and tale writer.
* Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1992).
* Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938), poet.
* Fray Luis de León (1527–1591), poet of the Spanish Golden Age.

M-P

* Antonio Machado (1875–1939), poet.
* Julián Marías (1914–2005), philosopher and essayist.
* Javier Marías (born 1951), novelist and translator, Rómulo Gallegos Prize Laureate (1995).
* José Martí (1853–1895), poet and essayist.
* Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1945).
* Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003), short stories writer, Prince of Asturias Award Laureate (2000).
* Agustín Moreto y Cavana (1618–1661), dramatist and playwright.
* Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984), novelist, essayist, journalist and short stories writer; author of ''Bomarzo'' (1962).
* Álvaro Mutis (born 1923), Cervantes Prize (2001) and Prince of Asturias Awards Laureate (1997).
* Pablo Neruda (1904–1973), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1971).
* Amado Nervo (1870–1919), modernist poet.
* Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994), novelist and short-story writer, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1980).
* José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), philosopher and essayist.
* Fernando del Paso (born 1935), novelist, essayist and poet, Rómulo Gallegos Prize Laureate (1982).
* Octavio Paz (1914–1998), Cervantes Prize (1981) and Nobel Prize (1990) Laureate.
* Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1952), best-selling novelist and journalist.
* Sergio Pitol (born 1933), novelist, short stories writer and translator, Cervantes Prize Laureate (2005).
* Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), novelist.
* Manuel Puig (1932–1990), novelist, author of '' The Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1976).

Q-T

* Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645), novelist, essayist and poet, master of Conceptism.
* Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937), short story writer.
* José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928), poet and novelist.
* José Rizal (1861–1896), poet, novelist and essayist.
* Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1989).
* Fernando de Rojas (1465–1541), novelist, author of ''La Celestina'' (1499).
* Gonzalo Rojas (born 1917), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (2003).
* Juan Ruiz (c. 1283 – c. 1350), author of the epic poem '' Book of Good Love''.
* Juan Rulfo (1917–1986), novelist, Prince of Asturias Award Laureate (1983).
* Ernesto Sabato (born 1911), novelist and essay writer, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1984).
* Jaime Sabines (1926–1999), poet.
* Pedro Salinas (1891–1951), poet.
* Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), postmodernist poet.
* Saint Teresa of Avila (1515–1582), mystic poet.
* Tirso de Molina (1571–1648), playwright.

U-Z

* Francisco Umbral (born 1935), novelist, biographer and essayist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (2000).
* Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1931), existentialist author and essayist.
* Arturo Uslar-Pietri (1906–2001), novelist, Prince of Asturias Award Laureate (1990).
* Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), dramatist, novelist and member of the Generation of 98.
* César Vallejo (1892–1938), poet.
* Fernando Vallejo (born 1942), novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize Laureate (2003).
* Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1994).
* José Vasconcelos (1882–1959), thinker, educator and essayist.
* Garcilaso de la Vega (1501–1536), poet.
* "''El Inca''" Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), first ''mestizo'' author in Spanish language.
* Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635), poet and playwright.
* Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950), poet.
* Gabriel Zaid (born 1934), poet and essayist.
* María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1660), novelist.
* José Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893), poet and dramatist, author of ''Don Juan Tenorio'' (1844).

Film directors

* Pedro Almodóvar (born 1949)
* Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972)
* Alfonso Arau (born 1932)
* Adolfo Aristarain (born 1943)
* Icíar Bollaín (born 1967)
* Luis Buñuel (1900–1983)
* Alfonso Cuarón (born 1961)
* José Luis Cuerda (born 1947)
* Nelson Denis (born 1954)
* Juan Downey (born 1947)
* Víctor Erice (born 1940)
* José Luis Garci (born 1944)
* Luis García Berlanga (born 1921)
* Alejandro González Iñárritu (born 1963)
* Alexandro Jodorowsky (born 1929)
* León Klimovsky (1906–1996)
* Bigas Luna (1946–2013)
* Julio Médem (born 1958)
* Paul Naschy (born 1934)
* Franco de Peña (born 1966)
* Arturo Ripstein (born 1943)
* Carlos Saura (born 1932)
* Guillermo del Toro (born 1964)

Journalists

* Enrique Gratas, television journalist.
* Jorge L. Ramos (born 1950), television journalist; three-time Emmy Award winner.
* Jacobo Zabludovsky (born 1928), television journalist.

Linguists

* Andrés Bello (1781–1865), philologist.
* Miguel Antonio Caro (1843–1909), linguist.
* Rufino José Cuervo (1844–1911), philologist and linguist.
* María Moliner (1900–1981), lexicographer.
* Antonio de Nebrija (1441–1522), scholar, published the first grammar of the Spanish language ('' Gramática Castellana'', 1492), which was the first grammar produced of any Romance language.

Singers and songwriters

:''See also Spanish language rock and roll (by country).''
* Lucecita Benitez (born 1940), singer-songwriter.
* Nydia Caro (born 1955), singer.
* Pilita Corrales (born 1939), singer.
* Celia Cruz (1926–2003), salsa singer.
* Gloria Estefan (born 1957), singer-songwriter.
* José Feliciano (born 1945), singer-songwriter.
* Luis Fonsi (born 1978), singer.
* Juan Gabriel (born 1950), ''ranchera'' and ballad singer-songwriter.
* Manolo García (born 1955), singer-songwriter.
* Carlos Gardel (1890–1935), tango singer born in France, raised in Argentina.
* Juan Luis Guerra (born 1957), merengue and bachata singer.
* Julio Iglesias (born 1943), pop singer.
* Pedro Infante (1917–1957)
* Víctor Jara (1932–1973), singer-songwriter.
* José Alfredo Jiménez (1926–1973), singer-songwriter.
* Juanes (born 1972), singer-songwriter.
* Agustín Lara (1900–1970), singer and songwriter.
* Laura Pausini (born 1974), singer and songwriter.
* Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), songwriter.
* Marc Anthony (born 1969), singer-songwriter.
* Ednita Nazario (born 1955)
* Jorge Negrete (1911–1953)
* Pitbull (born 1981), pop singer.
* Jose Alfredo Jimenez (1926–1973)
* Nino Bravo (1944–1973)
* Raphael (born 1943), pop singer.
* Joaquín Sabina (born 1949), singer-songwriter.
* Alejandro Sanz (born 1968), pop/ballad singer.
* Selena (1971–1995), pop singer.
* Joan Manuel Serrat, Joan Manuel Serrat (born 1943), singer-songwriter.
* Shakira (born 1977), Latin Pop singer and songwriter.
* Enrique Urquijo, Enrique Urquijo (1960–1999), New wave music singer.
* Atahualpa Yupanqui, Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908–1992), folk musician.

See also

*List of arabophones
*List of people by nationality

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Spanish-language lists
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