LIST OF HISPANOPHONES

This is a 'list of notable Spanish-speaking people' whose occupations are related with 'Spanish language'. In alphabetical order within categories.

Contents

Actors

Authors

A-D

E-H

I-L

M-P

Q-T

U-Z

Film directors

Journalists

Linguists

Singers and songwriters

See also

Actors

★ Victoria 'Abril' (b. 1959)

★ Norma 'Aleandro' (b. 1936)

★ Héctor 'Alterio' (b. 1929)

★ Elena 'Anaya' (b. 1975)

★ Imperio 'Argentina' (1906–2003)

★ Pedro 'Armendáriz' (1912–1963)

★ Pedro 'Armendáriz Jr.' (b. 1940)

★ Antonio 'Banderas' (b. 1960)

★ Javier 'Bardem' (b. 1969)

★ Juan Diego 'Botto' (b. 1975)

★ 'Cantinflas' (1911–1993)

★ Verónica 'Castro' (b. 1952)

★ Penélope 'Cruz' (b. 1974)

★ Fernando 'Fernán Gómez' (b. 1921)

★ Gael 'García Bernal' (b. 1978)

★ Sancho 'Gracia' (b. 1936)

★ Salma 'Hayek' (b. 1966)

★ Pedro 'Infante' (1917–1957)

★ Katy 'Jurado' (1924–2002)

★ Libertad 'Lamarque' (1908–2000)

★ Diego 'Luna' (b. 1979)

★ Federico 'Luppi' (b. 1936)

★ Jordi 'Mollá' (b. 1968)

★ Ricardo 'Montalbán' (b. 1920)

★ Sara 'Montiel' (b. 1928)

★ Paul 'Naschy' (b. 1934)

★ Jorge 'Negrete' (1911–1953)

★ Francisco 'Rabal' (1926–2001)

★ Fernando 'Rey' (1917–1994)

★ Dolores del 'Río' (1905–1983)

★ Benicio del 'Toro' (b. 1967)

★ Paz 'Vega' (b. 1976)

★ Natalia 'Verbeke' (b. 1975)

Authors

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

A-D

★ Juan Ruiz de 'Alarcón' (1581?-1639), dramatist.

★ Rafael 'Alberti' (1902-1999), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1983).

★ Vicente 'Aleixandre' (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1977).

★ Isabel 'Allende' (b. 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).

★ Francisco 'Ayala' (b. 1906), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1991).

★ 'Azorín' (José Martínez Ruiz) (1863–1967), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist.

★ 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' (b. 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' (b. 1939), novelist and short stories writer.

★ Antonio 'Buero Vallejo' (1916-2000), playwright.

★ Mario 'Bunge' (b. 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' (b. 1920), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1993).

★ Gerardo 'Diego' (1896-1987), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1979).

E-H

★ José 'Echegaray' (1832–1916), dramatist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1904).

★ Jorge 'Edwards' (b. 1931), Cervantes Prize Laureate (1999).

★ Laura 'Esquivel' (b. 1950), novelist.

★ Leandro 'Fernández de Moratín' (1760–1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet.

★ Rosario 'Ferré' (b. 1938), poet and essayist.

★ Carlos 'Fuentes' (b. 1928), 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' (b. 1928), novelist and journalist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1982).

★ José 'García Nieto' (1914-1999), poet and playwright, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1996).

★ 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.

★ Enrique 'Krauze' (b. 1947), historian, political and social essayist and publisher.

★ Mariano José de 'Larra' (1809–1837), literary journalist.

★ José 'Lezama Lima' (1910-1976), novelist.

★ Luis 'Llorens Torres' (1878-1944), poet.

★ Luis 'López Nieves' (b. 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' (b. 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' (b. 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' (b. 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' (b. 1951), best-selling novelist and journalist.

★ Sergio 'Pitol' (b. 1933), novelist, short stories writer and translator, Cervantes Prize Laureate (2005).

★ Elena 'Poniatowska' (b. 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' (b. 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' (b. 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' (b. 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' (b. 1942), novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize Laureate (2003).

★ Mario 'Vargas Llosa' (b. 1936), novelist and essayist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1994).

★ José 'Vasconcelos' (1882–1959), thinker, educator and essayist.

★ Garcilaso de la 'Vega' (1501–1586), 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' (b. 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' (b. 1949)

★ Alejandro 'Amenábar' (b. 1972)

★ Alfonso 'Arau' (b. 1932)

★ Adolfo 'Aristarain' (b. 1943)

★ Luis 'Buñuel' (1900–1983)

★ Alfonso 'Cuarón' (b. 1961)

★ Juan 'Downey' (1940–1993)

★ Víctor 'Erice' (b. 1940)

★ José Luis 'Garci' (b. 1944)

★ Luis 'García Berlanga' (b. 1921)

★ Alejandro 'González Iñárritu' (b. 1963)

★ Alexandro 'Jodorowsky' (b. 1929)

★ León 'Klimovsky' (1906–1996)

★ Julio 'Medem' (b. 1958)

★ Paul 'Naschy' (b. 1934)

★ Franco de 'Peña' (b. 1966)

★ Arturo 'Ripstein' (b. 1943)

★ Carlos 'Saura' (b. 1932)

★ Guillermo del 'Toro' (b. 1964)

Journalists

★ Enrique 'Gratas', television journalist.

★ Jorge L. 'Ramos' (b. 1950), television journalist; three-time Emmy Award winner.

★ Jacobo 'Zabludovsky' (b. 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' (b. 1940), singer-songwriter.

★ Miguel 'Bosé' (b. 1956), pop singer.

★ Nydia 'Caro' (b. 1955), singer.

★ Celia 'Cruz' (1924–2003), salsa singer.

★ José 'Feliciano' (b. 1945), singer-songwriter.

★ Luis 'Fonsi' (b. 1978), singer.

★ Juan 'Gabriel' (born 1950), ''ranchera'' and ballad singer-songwriter.

★ Manolo 'García' (b. 1955), singer-songwriter.

★ Carlos 'Gardel' (1890–1935), tango singer.

★ Julio 'Iglesias' (born 1943), pop singer.

★ Pedro 'Infante' (1917–1957)

★ Víctor 'Jara' (1932–1973), singer-songwriter.

★ 'Juanes' (b. 1972), singer-songwriter.

★ Agustín 'Lara' (1900–1970), singer and songwriter.

★ Ernesto 'Lecuona' (1896–1963), songwriter.

★ 'Marc Anthony' (b. 1969), singer-songwriter.

★ Ednita 'Nazario' (b. 1955)

★ Jorge 'Negrete' (1911–1953)

★ 'Nino Bravo' (1944–1973)

★ 'Raphael' (b. 1943), pop singer.

★ Joaquín 'Sabina' (b. 1949), singer-songwriter.

★ Alejandro 'Sanz' (b. 1968), pop/ballad singer.

★ 'Selena' (1971–1995), pop singer.

★ Joan Manuel 'Serrat' (b. 1943), singer-songwriter.

★ 'Shakira' (b. 1977), Latin Pop singer and songwriter.

★ Enrique 'Urquijo' (1960–1999), New Wave music singer.

★ Atahualpa 'Yupanqui' (1908–1992), folk musician.

See also

★ List of people by nationality