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List of famous people from Barcelona, including photos when available. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Barcelona, while others are simply notable locals. If you're from Barcelona you might already know that these prominent figures are also from your hometown, but some of the names below may really surprise you. This list includes people who were born and raised in Barcelona, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.

Examples of people on this list include Ramón Matheu and Josep Gamot.

If you want to answer the questions, "Which famous people are from Barcelona?" or "Which celebrities were born in Barcelona?" then this list is a great resource for you.

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Jinx Falkenburg Died at 84 (1919-2003) Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg was an actress, expert swimmer and tennis star, and one of the highest-paid and most ubiquitous cover-girl models in the United States during the ...more

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Vanessa Lorenzo age 41 Vanessa Lorenzo is a model. She has been featured in magazines such as Vogue, ELLE,Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

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Joan Miró Died at 90 (1893-1983) Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan, Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established ...more

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José Carreras age 71 Josep Maria Carreras i Coll, better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he ...more

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Antoni Tàpies Died at 89 (1923-2012) Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies was a Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation.

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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario age 46 Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former World No. 1 professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam ...more

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Michelle Jenner age 31 Michelle Jenner Husson is a Spanish cinema and television actress. She has starred in several films.

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Joaquim Rodríguez age 38 Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTeam Team Katusha. His notable results in ...more

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Jordi Mollà age 47 Jordi Mollà i Perales is a Spanish actor, filmmaker, writer, and artist. Mollà's artwork is represented in the Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid, Picasso Mio Gallery in Madrid ...more

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Alberto Closas Died at 73 (1921-1994) Alberto Closas was a prolific Spanish Catalan film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955 His family emigrated to Argentina in 1936 ...more

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Víctor García age 43 Víctor García is a film director.

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Bella-Marie Wolf age 36 Bella-Marie Wolf is a Spanish adult pornographic actress active from around 2002 to 2006.

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Mastretta age 53 Nacho Mastretta is a film score composer.

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Joan Brossa Died at 79 (1919-1998) Joan Brossa was a Catalan poet, as well as a playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote his huge literary work in the Catalan language only. He was one of the founders of both the ...more

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Sonia Ferrer age 40 Sonia Ferrer González is an actress, model and television presenter on Spanish television.

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Joan Manuel Serrat age 74 Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Spanish musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the ...more

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Laura Ester Ramos age 28 Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish water polo player.

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Antoni Clavé Died at 92 (1913-2005) Antoni Clavé was a Catalan master painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work on the 1952 film Hans Christian ...more

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David Martí age 47 David Martí is an actor and makeup specialist. He won the Academy Award for Makeup for his work in Pan's Labyrinth, which he shared with his fellow make-up and special effects supervisor, ...more

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Erika Villaécija García age 33 Erika Villaécija is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Spain. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She has also qualified for Spain's 2012 Olympic team. As of June 2009, she holds the ...more

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Carlos Surinach Died at 82 (1915-1997) Carlos Surinach i Wrokona was a Catalan Spanish-born composer and conductor.

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Bigas Luna Died at 67 (1946-2013) Josep Joan Bigas i Luna, known artistically as Bigas Luna, was a Spanish film director, designer and artist. His films are typically characterised by a strong emphasis on the erotic, often ...more

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Abraham bar Hiyya Died at 66 (1070-1136) Abraham bar Ḥiyya ha-Nasi was a Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, also known as Savasorda or Abraham Judaeus. He was born in Barcelona and scholars suspect he travelled to ...more

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Alicia de Larrocha Died at 86 (1923-2009) Alicia de Larrocha i de la Calle was a Spanish pianist from Catalonia. One of the great piano legends of the 20th century, Reuters called her "the greatest Spanish pianist in history", ...more

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Luis Alberni Died at 76 (1886-1962) Luis Alberni was a Spanish-born American character actor in American films.

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Josep Comas i Solà Died at 69 (1868-1937) Josep Comas i Solà was a Spanish Catalan astronomer born in Barcelona. He wrote his first astronomy notes at 10, and was only fifteen when he published an article in a French specialist ...more

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Joaquín Oristrell age 64 Joaquín Oristrell is a Catalan film director and screenwriter. He has written scripts to Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Fernando Colomo and others directors before his film debut

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Jaume Cañellas Galindo age 52

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Louis Guglielmi Died at 75 (1916-1991) Louis Guglielmi was a composer, film score composer and pianist.

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Juan Goytisolo age 87 Juan Goytisolo is a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lives in Marrakech.

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Albert Ferrer age 47 Albert Ferrer i Llopis is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back, and a current coach. Having represented local Barcelona for almost a decade, he went on to appear for England's ...more

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Néstor Almendros Died at 62 (1930-1992) Néstor Almendros Cuyás A.S.C. was an Oscar-winning Spanish cinematographer. One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers, "Almendros was an artist of deep ...more

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Fernando Guillén Died at 81 (1932-2013) Fernando Guillén was a Spanish actor with a long and distinguished career spanning more than five decades.

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Claudi Santiago Claudi Santiago is a senior vice president of GE and the president and CEO of GE's Oil Gas business. Appointed to his current role in 1999, he has led the business through a period of ...more

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Balter Gallart age 58 Balter Gallart is a film art director, production designer and set decorator.

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Albert Albacete age 61 Albert Albacete is a photographer, film director and screenwriter.

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Albert Grabuleda Capdevila age 34 Albert Grabuleda Capdevila is an actor.

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Claudia Bassols age 38 Claudia Bassols is a Spanish actress from the Catalonia region of Spain.

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Joan Laporta age 55 Joan Laporta i Estruch is a spanish politician and former president of Futbol Club Barcelona between 2003 and 2010. Laporta is a lawyer with his own firm, Laporta & Arbós, which has ...more

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Daniel Campos-Hull age 28 Daniel Campos-Hull is a Spanish race car driver. His father is Spanish and his mother English.

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Alba Mora age 37 Alba Mora is a film director, film editor and a screenwriter.

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Àlex Monner age 23 Àlex Monner is an actor.

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Eduardo Mendoza Garriga age 75 Eduardo Mendoza is a screenwriter.

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Sinibaldo de Mas Died at 59 (1809-1868) Sinibaldo de Mas i Sans was a known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century. An adventurer and a poet, he introduced photography in the Philippines in 1841. He was also a ...more

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Luis Marquina Died at 76 (1904-1980) Luis Marquina was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

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Silvia Munt age 58 Silvia Munt Quevedo, is a Spanish actress and film director. She has won two Goya Award, Best Actress for her role in Alas de mariposa, and Best Short Documentary, Lalia, written and directed by ...more

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Cristina Diz age 34 Cristina Diz is a film director, producer, editor and screenwriter.

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Carlos Larrañaga Died at 75 (1937-2012) Carlos Larrañaga Ladrón de Guevara was a Spanish actor.

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Esther Tusquets Died at 76 (1936-2012) Esther Tusquets was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist. Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and studied philosophy, literature and history at the University of Barcelona. ...more

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Valero Rivera Folch age 33 Valero Rivera Folch is a Spanish handball player.

1 Jinx Falkenburg Died at 84 (1919-2003) Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg was an actress, expert swimmer and tennis star, and one of the highest-paid and most ubiquitous cover-girl models in the United States during the ...more

2 Vanessa Lorenzo age 41 Vanessa Lorenzo is a model. She has been featured in magazines such as Vogue, ELLE,Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

3 Joan Miró Died at 90 (1893-1983) Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan, Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established ...more

4 José Carreras age 71 Josep Maria Carreras i Coll, better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he ...more

5 Antoni Tàpies Died at 89 (1923-2012) Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies was a Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation.

6 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario age 46 Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former World No. 1 professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam ...more

7 Michelle Jenner age 31 Michelle Jenner Husson is a Spanish cinema and television actress. She has starred in several films.

8 Joaquim Rodríguez age 38 Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTeam Team Katusha. His notable results in ...more

9 Jordi Mollà age 47 Jordi Mollà i Perales is a Spanish actor, filmmaker, writer, and artist. Mollà's artwork is represented in the Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid, Picasso Mio Gallery in Madrid ...more

10 Alberto Closas Died at 73 (1921-1994) Alberto Closas was a prolific Spanish Catalan film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955 His family emigrated to Argentina in 1936 ...more

11 Víctor García age 43 Víctor García is a film director.

12 Bella-Marie Wolf age 36 Bella-Marie Wolf is a Spanish adult pornographic actress active from around 2002 to 2006.

13 Mastretta age 53 Nacho Mastretta is a film score composer.

14 Joan Brossa Died at 79 (1919-1998) Joan Brossa was a Catalan poet, as well as a playwright, graphic designer and visual artist. He wrote his huge literary work in the Catalan language only. He was one of the founders of both the ...more

15 Sonia Ferrer age 40 Sonia Ferrer González is an actress, model and television presenter on Spanish television.

16 Joan Manuel Serrat age 74 Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Spanish musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the ...more

17 Laura Ester Ramos age 28 Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish water polo player.

18 Antoni Clavé Died at 92 (1913-2005) Antoni Clavé was a Catalan master painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work on the 1952 film Hans Christian ...more

19 David Martí age 47 David Martí is an actor and makeup specialist. He won the Academy Award for Makeup for his work in Pan's Labyrinth, which he shared with his fellow make-up and special effects supervisor, ...more

20 Erika Villaécija García age 33 Erika Villaécija is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Spain. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She has also qualified for Spain's 2012 Olympic team. As of June 2009, she holds the ...more

21 Carlos Surinach Died at 82 (1915-1997) Carlos Surinach i Wrokona was a Catalan Spanish-born composer and conductor.

22 Bigas Luna Died at 67 (1946-2013) Josep Joan Bigas i Luna, known artistically as Bigas Luna, was a Spanish film director, designer and artist. His films are typically characterised by a strong emphasis on the erotic, often ...more

23 Abraham bar Hiyya Died at 66 (1070-1136) Abraham bar Ḥiyya ha-Nasi was a Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, also known as Savasorda or Abraham Judaeus. He was born in Barcelona and scholars suspect he travelled to ...more

24 Alicia de Larrocha Died at 86 (1923-2009) Alicia de Larrocha i de la Calle was a Spanish pianist from Catalonia. One of the great piano legends of the 20th century, Reuters called her "the greatest Spanish pianist in history", ...more

25 Luis Alberni Died at 76 (1886-1962) Luis Alberni was a Spanish-born American character actor in American films.

26 Josep Comas i Solà Died at 69 (1868-1937) Josep Comas i Solà was a Spanish Catalan astronomer born in Barcelona. He wrote his first astronomy notes at 10, and was only fifteen when he published an article in a French specialist ...more

27 Joaquín Oristrell age 64 Joaquín Oristrell is a Catalan film director and screenwriter. He has written scripts to Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Fernando Colomo and others directors before his film debut

28 Jaume Cañellas Galindo age 52

29 Louis Guglielmi Died at 75 (1916-1991) Louis Guglielmi was a composer, film score composer and pianist.

30 Juan Goytisolo age 87 Juan Goytisolo is a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lives in Marrakech.

31 Albert Ferrer age 47 Albert Ferrer i Llopis is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back, and a current coach. Having represented local Barcelona for almost a decade, he went on to appear for England's ...more

32 Néstor Almendros Died at 62 (1930-1992) Néstor Almendros Cuyás A.S.C. was an Oscar-winning Spanish cinematographer. One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers, "Almendros was an artist of deep ...more

33 Fernando Guillén Died at 81 (1932-2013) Fernando Guillén was a Spanish actor with a long and distinguished career spanning more than five decades.

34 Claudi Santiago Claudi Santiago is a senior vice president of GE and the president and CEO of GE's Oil Gas business. Appointed to his current role in 1999, he has led the business through a period of ...more

35 Balter Gallart age 58 Balter Gallart is a film art director, production designer and set decorator.

36 Albert Albacete age 61 Albert Albacete is a photographer, film director and screenwriter.

37 Albert Grabuleda Capdevila age 34 Albert Grabuleda Capdevila is an actor.

38 Claudia Bassols age 38 Claudia Bassols is a Spanish actress from the Catalonia region of Spain.

39 Joan Laporta age 55 Joan Laporta i Estruch is a spanish politician and former president of Futbol Club Barcelona between 2003 and 2010. Laporta is a lawyer with his own firm, Laporta & Arbós, which has ...more

40 Daniel Campos-Hull age 28 Daniel Campos-Hull is a Spanish race car driver. His father is Spanish and his mother English.

41 Alba Mora age 37 Alba Mora is a film director, film editor and a screenwriter.

42 Àlex Monner age 23 Àlex Monner is an actor.

43 Eduardo Mendoza Garriga age 75 Eduardo Mendoza is a screenwriter.

44 Sinibaldo de Mas Died at 59 (1809-1868) Sinibaldo de Mas i Sans was a known Spanish government diplomat to Asia during the 19th century. An adventurer and a poet, he introduced photography in the Philippines in 1841. He was also a ...more

45 Luis Marquina Died at 76 (1904-1980) Luis Marquina was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.

46 Silvia Munt age 58 Silvia Munt Quevedo, is a Spanish actress and film director. She has won two Goya Award, Best Actress for her role in Alas de mariposa, and Best Short Documentary, Lalia, written and directed by ...more

47 Cristina Diz age 34 Cristina Diz is a film director, producer, editor and screenwriter.

48 Carlos Larrañaga Died at 75 (1937-2012) Carlos Larrañaga Ladrón de Guevara was a Spanish actor.

49 Esther Tusquets Died at 76 (1936-2012) Esther Tusquets was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist. Tusquets was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and studied philosophy, literature and history at the University of Barcelona. ...more

50 Valero Rivera Folch age 33 Valero Rivera Folch is a Spanish handball player.

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