Luis Enrique Martínez García, former FC Barcelona captain and manager. he has also been the manager of Spain national football team since July 9, 2018.

Juan Carreño de Miranda, court painter

Fernando Alonso, Formula One racing driver, 2005 and 2006 world champion

Leopoldo Alas “Clarín”, 19th-century author of La Regenta, a seminal work in the Spanish literary canon

Armando Palacio Valdés, 19th and 20th-century novelist and critic

Francisco Álvarez Cascos, minister in Spain’s government 1996–2000 and 2000–2004

Santi Cazorla, Arsenal and Spain international football player, European Champion 2008 and 2012

Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, key lawmaker during the Spanish transition to democracy

Ángel González, major Spanish poet of the 20th century.

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, philosopher, politician, Enlightenment thinker

Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes, statesman, economist, and Enlightenment writer

Agustín Argüelles, liberal politician

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Spanish explorer and founder of Saint Augustine, Florida

Gonzalo Méndez de Canço, governor of the Spanish Florida (1596-1603).

Queen Letizia of Spain, a native of Oviedo and wife of Felipe VI, King of Spain

Severo Ochoa, 1959 Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine

Rafael del Riego, general and liberal politician

Carmen Polo, wife of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco

Chechu Rubiera, cyclist

Victor Manuel, Spanish singer-songwriter

José Andrés, chef

Amalia Ulman, artist

David Villa, New York City FC and Spain international football star, European Champion 2008, World Champion 2010

Juan Manuel Mata, Manchester United F.C. player, Spain international football star, World Champion 2010 and European Champion 2012

Michu, former Swansea City and Rayo Vallecano player

Xaviel Vilareyo, national poet, writer and musician

Samuel Sánchez, cyclist, Olympic gold medalist

Melendi, is a Spanish pop singer-songwriter

Pablo Carreño, professional tennis player

Margarita Salas, scientist

Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba