# List of Andalusians

The following table groups the list of notable Andalusians listed in alphabetical order within categories:

## Bullfighters

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Juan Belmonte | Bullfighter | Seville | 1892 | 1962 |
| Manuel Benítez, a.k.a. El Cordobés | Bullfighter | Palma del Río | 1936 | - |
| Jose Gomez, a.k.a. Joselito | Bullfighter | Gelves | 1895 | 1920 |
| Rafael Guerra, a.k.a. Guerrita | Bullfighter | Córdoba | 1862 | 1941 |
| Rafael Molina, a.k.a. Lagartijo | Bullfighter | Córdoba | 1841 | 1900 |
| Francisco Montes, a.k.a. Paquiro | Bullfighter | Chiclana de la Frontera | 1804 | 1851 |
| Antonio Ordóñez | Bullfighter | Ronda | 1932 | 1998 |
| Cayetano Ordóñez, a.k.a. El Niño de La Palma | Bullfighter | Ronda | 1904 | 1961 |
| Manuel Laureano Rodríguez, a.k.a. Manolete | Bullfighter | Córdoba | 1917 | 1947 |
| Francisco Rivera Pérez, a.k.a. Paquirri | Bullfighter | Cadiz | 1948 | 1984 |
| Curro Romero | Bullfighter | Camas | 1933 | - |

## Explorers and Conquistadors

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Juan Díaz de Solís | Navigator and explorer | Lebrija | 1470 | 1516 |
| Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca | First European to explore the southwestern of United States | Jerez de la Frontera | 1490 | 1559 |
| Juan Rodrigo Bermejo, a.k.a. Rodrigo de Triana | Sailor, the first to see America's coast in the Columbus' first expedition | Seville | 1469 | ?? |
| Pedro Alonso Niño | Navigator and explorer | Moguer | 1468 | 1505 |
| Juan de Padilla | Missionary and protomartyr of United States | unknown | 1492 | 1544 |
| Martín Alonso Pinzón | Navigator and explorer. He participated in Columbus' first expedition as captain of the Pinta | Palos de la Frontera | 1441 | 1495 |
| Vicente Yáñez Pinzón | Navigator, explorer and conquistador. He participated in Columbus' first expedition as captain of the Niña | Palos de la Frontera | 1460 | 1523 |

## Leaders and politicians

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Abd-ar-Rahman III | Emir and first Caliph of Córdoba | Córdoba | 891 | 961 |
| Niceto Alcalá-Zamora | First Prime Minister and first President of the Second Spanish Republic | Priego de Córdoba | 1877 | 1949 |
| Al-Mansur aka Almanzor | Muslim general and statesman | Algeciras | 940 | 1002 |
| Javier Arenas | Former deputy Prime Minister (Vicepresidente) of Spain | Seville | 1957 | - |
| Arganthonios | King of Tartessia | Tartessos | 670 BC | 550 BC |
| Alvaro de Bazan | Admiral | Granada | 1526 | 1588 |
| Boabdil | Last Muslim king of Granada | Granada | 1452 | 1528 |
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo | Historian, Prime Minister of Spain and creator of the Restoration of the Spanish Bourbon monarchy | Málaga | 1828 | 1897 |
| Emilio Castelar | Writer and politician, fourth and last President of the First Spanish Republic | Cadiz | 1832 | 1899 |
| Manuel Chaves González | President of the Autonomous Community of Andalucía | Ceuta | 1945 | - |
| Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba aka El Gran Capitan | General and statesman, the Father of trench warfare | Montilla | 1453 | 1515 |
| Bernardo de Gálvez | General and governor of Louisiana, aided the United States in the American Revolutionary War | Málaga | 1758 | 1852 |
| Felipe González | Former Prime Minister of Spain | Seville | 1942 | - |
| Alfonso Guerra | Former deputy Prime Minister (Vicepresidente) of Spain | Seville | 1940 | - |
| Hadrian | Roman emperor | Italica | 76 | 138 |
| Blas Infante | Politician and writer, leading exponent of Andalusian nationalism | Casares | 1885 | 1936 |
| Luisa of Medina-Sidonia | Queen-consort of Portugal | Sanlúcar de Barrameda | 1613 | 1666 |
| Antonio (Lopez) de Mendoza | First viceroy of New Spain and third viceroy of Peru | Granada | 1495 | 1552 |
| Ramón Maria Narvaez | General and Prime Minister of Spain | Loja | 1800 | 1868 |
| Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro | First Lady of Honduras | Brenes | 1963 | - |
| Miguel Primo de Rivera | General and dictator of Spain | Jerez de la Frontera | 1870 | 1930 |
| Nicolás Salmerón | Politician and philosopher, third President of the First Spanish Republic | Alhama de Almería | 1838 | 1908 |
| Trajan | Roman emperor | Italica | 53 | 117 |
| Antonio de Ulloa | General, explorer, writer and first Spanish governor of Louisiana | Seville | 1716 | 1795 |
| José Cobo Cano | Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Madrid | Sabiote | 1965 | - |

## Musicians

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Sara Baras | Flamenco dancer | Cádiz | 1971 | - |
| David Bisbal | Pop singer | Almería | 1979 | - |
| Joaquín Cortés | Flamenco dancer | Córdoba | 1969 | - |
| Vicente Espinel | Writer and musician of the Spanish Golden Age. Added the fifth string to the guitar | Ronda | 1550 | 1624 |
| Manuel de Falla | Composer of classical music | Cádiz | 1876 | 1946 |
| José Fernández Torres, aka Tomatito | Flamenco guitarist | Almería | 1958 | - |
| Lola Flores | Singer, dancer and actress | Jerez de la Frontera | 1923 | 1995 |
| Rosa María García García, aka Niña Pastori | Flamenco singer | San Fernando | 1978 | - |
| Manuel García Escobar, aka Manolo Escobar | Pop Singer | El Ejido | 1931 | - |
| Rocío Jurado | Singer and actress | Chipiona | 1944 | 2006 |
| Las Ketchup | Singers | Córdoba | N/A | - |
| Alonso Lobo | Composer of the late Renaissance | Osuna | 1555 | 1617 |
| Los del Río | Singers | Dos Hermanas | N/A | - |
| Rafael Martos, aka Raphael | Singer | Linares | 1945 | - |
| Ana Mena | Singer | Málaga | 1997 | - |
| José Monje Cruz aka Camarón de la Isla | Flamenco singer | Cadiz | 1950 | 1992 |
| Cristóbal de Morales | Composer of the Renaissance | Seville | 1500 | 1553 |
| Isabel Pantoja | Singer and actress | Seville | 1952 | - |
| Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García | Opera tenor | Seville | 1775 | 1832 |
| Miguel Ríos | Singer | Chauchina | 1944 | - |
| Joaquín Sabina | Singer-songwriter | Úbeda | 1949 | - |
| Francisco Sánchez, aka Paco de Lucía | Flamenco guitarist, Prince of Asturias Prize | Algeciras | 1947 | 2014 |
| Andrés Segovia | Classical guitarist | Linares | 1893 | 1987 |
| Joaquín Turina | Composer of classical music | Seville | 1882 | 1949 |
| Eva Yerbabuena | Flamenco dancer | Granada | 1970 | - |
| Vicente Amigo | Flamenco guitarist | Seville | 1967 | |

## Sculptors and painters

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Alonso Cano | Painter, architect and sculptor | Granada | 1601 | 1667 |
| Juan Martínez Montañés | Sculptor | Alcalá la Real | 1568 | 1649 |
| Bartolomé Esteban Murillo | Painter | Seville | 1618 | 1682 |
| Antonio León Ortega | Sculptor | Ayamonte | 1907 | 1991 |
| Francisco Pacheco | Painter, teacher of Diego Velázquez and Alonzo Cano | Sanlucar de Barrameda | 1564 | 1664 |
| Pablo Picasso | Painter and sculptor | Málaga | 1881 | 1972 |
| Daniel Vázquez Díaz | Painter | Nerva | 1882 | 1969 |
| Diego Velázquez | Painter | Seville | 1599 | 1660 |

## Philosophers and humanists

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Averroes | Philosopher and physician | Córdoba | 1126 | 1198 |
| Bartolome de las Casas | Advocate of the rights of Native Americans | Seville | 1484 | 1566 |
| Antonio de Nebrija | Published the first grammar of the Spanish language in 1492 | Lebrija | 1441 | 1522 |
| Maimonides | Jewish rabbi, physician and philosopher | Córdoba | 1135 | 1204 |
| Seneca | Roman stoic philosopher and statesman | Córdoba | 4 BC | 65 AC |
| Ibn Arabi | Arab Muslim mystic and philosopher | Murcia | 1165 | 1240 |
| Ibn Hazm | Philosopher, littérateur, historian, jurist and theologian | Córdoba | 994 | 1064 |
| Qadi Iyad | Islamic jurist and theologian | Ceuta | 1083 | 1149 |
| Francisco Suarez | Philosopher and theologian, the greatest scholastic after Thomas Aquinas | Granada | 1548 | 1617 |
| María Zambrano | Philosopher and writer, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Prince of Asturias Prize | Vélez-Málaga | 1904 | 1991 |
| Jesús Padilla Gálvez | Philosopher and writer | Almería | 1959 | |

## Sportspeople

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Diego Capel | Football player | Albox | 1988 | - |
| Pedro Carrasco | Boxer | Alosno | 1943 | 2001 |
| Manu del Moral | Footballer | Jaén | 1986 | - |
| Paquillo Fernández | Athletics | Guadix | 1977 | - |
| Luis Fernandez | Former French international football player | Tarifa | 1959 | - |
| Daniel Güiza | European Championship winning football player | Jerez de la Frontera | 1980 | - |
| Juanito Gómez | Former football player and coach | Fuengirola | 1954 | 1992 |
| Juanito Gutiérrez | European Championship winning football player | Cadiz | 1976 | - |
| Fernando Hierro | Former football player and captain of Real Madrid | Vélez-Málaga | 1968 | - |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Golfer | Málaga | 1964 | - |
| José Manuel Jurado | Footballer | Sanlúcar de Barrameda | 1986 | - |
| Juan Ramón López Caro | Former coach of Real Madrid | Lebrija | 1969 | - |
| Antonio Maeso | Motorcycling | Almería | 1979 | - |
| Carlos Marchena | World Cup and European Championship winning Football player | Seville | 1979 | - |
| Kiko | Former football player | Jerez de la Frontera | 1972 | - |
| Jesús Navas | World Cup winning football player | Los Palacios y Villafranca | 1985 | - |
| Manuel Orantes | Tennis player | Granada | 1949 | - |
| Miguel Pardeza | Former football player, part of La Quinta del Buitre | La Palma del Condado | 1965 | - |
| Antonio Puerta | Former football player | Seville | 1984 | 2007 |
| Sergio Ramos | World Cup and European Championship winning Football player | Camas | 1986 | - |
| Felipe Reyes | 2006 FIBA World Championship winning basketball player | Córdoba | 1980 | - |
| José Antonio Reyes | Football player | Utrera | 1983 | 2019 |
| Joaquín Sánchez | Football player | El Puerto de Santa María | 1981 | - |
| Diego Tristán | Football player | La Algaba | 1976 | - |

## Writers

| Name | Occupation | Place of birth | Date of birth | Date of death |
| Pedro Antonio de Alarcón | Novelist and politician | Guadix | 1833 | 1891 |
| Rafael Ábalos | Novelist, children's fantasy | Archidona | 1956 | |
| Rafael Alberti | Poet and Miguel de Cervantes Prize | El Puerto de Santa María | 1902 | 1999 |
| Vicente Aleixandre | Poet, Nobel Prize in Literature | Seville | 1898 | 1984 |
| Mateo Alemán | Novelist | Seville | 1547 | 1609 |
| Manuel Altolaguirre | Poet, a member of Generation of '27 | Málaga | 1905 | 1959 |
| Francisco Ayala | Novelist, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Prince of Asturias Prize | Granada | 1906 | 2009 |
| Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer | Romantic poet and tale writer | Seville | 1836 | 1870 |
| Luis Cernuda | Poet | Seville | 1902 | 1963 |
| Abd Al Munim Al Gilyani | Physician, writer, and poet given the nickname "The wise man of time" | Galiana | 531 | 603 |
| Federico García Lorca | Poet and playwright | Granada | 1898 | 1936 |
| Luis de Góngora | Poet during the Spanish Golden Age | Córdoba | 1561 | 1627 |
| Juan Ramón Jiménez | Poet and Nobel Prize in Literature | Moguer | 1881 | 1958 |
| Lucan | Roman poet | Córdoba | 39 | 65 |
| Antonio Machado | Poet, one of the leading exponents of the Generation of '98 | Seville | 1875 | 1939 |
| Manuel Machado | Poet and figure of the Modernism, brother of Antonio Machado | Seville | 1874 | 1947 |
| Emilio Prados | Poet, member of Generation of '27 | Málaga | 1899 | 1962 |
| Luis Rosales | Poet, Miguel de Cervantes Prize | Granada | 1910 | 1992 |
| Lope de Rueda | Playwright | Seville | 1510 | 1565 |
| Seneca the Elder | Roman rhetorician and writer | Córdoba | 54 BC | 39 AC |
| Manuel Andújar | Novelist, poet, playwright and essayist | La Carolina | 1913 | 1994 |