List of hispanophones
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This is a '''list of notable [[Hispanophone|Spanish-speaking people]]''' whose occupations are related with '''[[Spanish language]]'''. In alphabetical order within categories.
== Actors ==
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Victoria Abril|Victoria '''Abril''']] (born 1959)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Norma Aleandro|Norma '''Aleandro''']] (born 1936)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Héctor Alterio|Héctor '''Alterio''']] (born 1929)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Elena Anaya|Elena '''Anaya''']] (born 1975)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Imperio Argentina|Imperio '''Argentina''']] (1906–2003)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Pedro Armendáriz|Pedro '''Armendáriz''']] (1912–1963)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Pedro Armendariz Jr.|Pedro '''Armendáriz Jr.''']] (born 1940)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Antonio Banderas|Antonio '''Banderas''']] (born 1960)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Javier Bardem|Javier '''Bardem''']] (born 1969)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Juan Diego Botto|Juan Diego '''Botto''']] (born 1975)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Cantinflas|'''Cantinflas''']] (1911–1993)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Verónica Castro|Verónica '''Castro''']] (born 1952)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Penélope Cruz|Penélope '''Cruz''']] (born 1974)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Fernando Fernán Gómez|Fernando '''Fernán Gómez''']] (born 1921)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Gael Garcia Bernal|Gael '''García Bernal''']] (born 1978)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Sancho Gracia|Sancho '''Gracia''']] (born 1936)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Salma Hayek|Salma '''Hayek''']] (born 1966)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Pedro Infante|Pedro '''Infante''']] (1917–1957)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Katy Jurado|Katy '''Jurado''']] (1924–2002)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Libertad Lamarque|Libertad '''Lamarque''']] (1908–2000)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Diego Luna|Diego '''Luna''']] (born 1979)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Federico Luppi|Federico '''Luppi''']] (born 1936)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Jordi Mollá|Jordi '''Mollá''']] (born 1968)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Ricardo Montalbán|Ricardo '''Montalbán''']] (born 1920)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Sara Montiel|Sara '''Montiel''']] (born 1928)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Paul Naschy|Paul '''Naschy''']] (born 1934)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Jorge Negrete|Jorge '''Negrete''']] (1911–1953)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Francisco Rabal|Francisco '''Rabal''']] (1926–2001)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Fernando Rey|Fernando '''Rey''']] (1917–1994)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Dolores del Río|Dolores del '''Río''']] (1905–1983)
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Benicio del Toro|Benicio del '''Toro''']] (born 1967)
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Leonor Varela|Leonor '''Varela''']] (born 1972)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Paz Vega|Paz '''Vega''']] (born 1976)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Natalia Verbeke|Natalia '''Verbeke''']] (born 1975)
== Authors ==
:''See also [[List of Spanish language authors]] (by country).''
=== A-D ===
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Juan Ruiz de Alarcón|Juan Ruiz de '''Alarcón''']] (c. 1581 – 1639), dramatist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Rafael Alberti|Rafael '''Alberti''']] (1902–1999), poet, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1983]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Vicente Aleixandre|Vicente '''Aleixandre''']] (1888–1984), poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1977]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|U.S.A.]] [[Isabel Allende|Isabel '''Allende''']] (born 1942), [[Bestseller|best selling]] novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Dámaso Alonso|Dámaso '''Alonso''']] (1898–1990), poet, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1978]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Peru.svg|20px|Peru]] [[José María Arguedas|José María '''Arguedas''']] (1911–1969), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Roberto Arlt|Roberto '''Arlt''']] (1900–1942), short-story writer, novelist, and playwright.
*[[Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg|20px|Guatemala]] [[Miguel Angel Asturias|Miguel Ángel '''Asturias''']] (1899–1974), [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1967]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Francisco Ayala (novelist)|Francisco '''Ayala''']] (born 1906), novelist, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1991]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[José Martínez Ruiz|'''Azorín''' (José Martínez Ruiz)]] (1863–1967), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Pío Baroja|Pío '''Baroja''']] (1872–1956), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer|Gustavo Adolfo '''Bécquer''']] (1836–1870), [[Romanticism|romantic]] poet and tale writer.
*[[Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg|20px|Venezuela]] [[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Andrés Bello|Andrés '''Bello''']] (1781–1865), humanist, poet, lawmaker, philosopher and educator.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Jacinto Benavente|Jacinto '''Benavente''']] (1866–1954), dramatist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1922]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px|Uruguay]] [[Mario Benedetti|Mario '''Benedetti''']] (born 1920), novelist and poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Adolfo Bioy Casares|Adolfo '''Bioy Casares''']] (1914–1999), novelist, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1990]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Vicente Blasco Ibáñez|Vicente '''Blasco Ibáñez''']] (1867–1928), best-selling novelist, wrote [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse#Literature|''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'']] ([[1916]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Roberto Bolaño|Roberto '''Bolaño''']] (1953–2003), novelist, [[Rómulo Gallegos Prize]] Laureate ([[1999]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Jorge Luis Borges|Jorge Luis '''Borges''']] (1899–1986), [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1979]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Peru.svg|20px|Peru]] [[Alfredo Bryce|Alfredo '''Bryce Echenique''']] (born 1939), novelist and short stories writer.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Antonio Buero Vallejo|Antonio '''Buero Vallejo''']] (1916–2000), playwright.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Mario Bunge|Mario '''Bunge''']] (born 1919), philosopher, author of the ''Treatise on Basic Philosophy'' (8 volumes, [[1974]]–[[1989]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[Guillermo Cabrera Infante|Guillermo '''Cabrera Infante''']] (1929–2005), novelist, essayist, translator, and critic, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1997]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca|Pedro '''Calderón de la Barca''']] (1600–1681), playwright and poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Miguel Antonio Caro|Miguel Antonio '''Caro''']] (1843–1909), humanist.
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[Alejo Carpentier|Alejo '''Carpentier''']] (1904–1980), novelist and essay writer, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1977]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Camilo José Cela|Camilo José '''Cela''']] (1916–2002), novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] ([[1989]]) and [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1995]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Miguel de Cervantes|Miguel de '''Cervantes''']] (1547–1616), novelist, playwright and poet, author of ''[[Don Quixote]]'' ([[1605]] and [[1615]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Julio Cortázar|Julio '''Cortázar''']] (1914–1984), novelist and [[Short story|short stories]] writer.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Juana Inés de la Cruz|Sor Juana Inés de la '''Cruz''']] (1648/1651–1695), poet and dramatist.
*[[Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg|20px|Nicaragua]] [[Rubén Darío|Rubén '''Darío''']] (1867–1916), [[Modernism|modernist]] poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Virgilio Dávila|Virgilio '''Dávila''']] (1869–1943), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Miguel Delibes|Miguel '''Delibes''']] (born 1920), novelist, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1993]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Gerardo Diego|Gerardo '''Diego''']] (1896–1987), poet, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1979]]).
=== E-H ===
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[José Echegaray|José '''Echegaray''']] (1832–1916), dramatist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1904]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Jorge Edwards|Jorge '''Edwards''']] (born 1931), [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1999]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Laura Esquivel|Laura '''Esquivel''']] (born 1950), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Leandro Fernández de Moratín|Leandro '''Fernández de Moratín''']] (1760–1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Rosario Ferré|Rosario '''Ferré''']] (born 1938), poet and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Carlos Fuentes|Carlos '''Fuentes''']] (born 1928), novelist and essayist, [[Rómulo Gallegos Prize|Rómulo Gallegos]] ([[1977]]), [[Cervantes Prize|Cervantes]] ([[1987]]) and [[Prince of Asturias Award|Prince of Asturias]] ([[1994]]) awards Laureate.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Benito Pérez Galdós|Benito Pérez '''Galdós''']] (1843–1920), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg|20px|Venezuela]] [[Rómulo Gallegos|Rómulo '''Gallegos''']] (1884–1969), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Federico García Lorca|Federico '''García Lorca''']] (1898–1936), poet and dramatist.
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Gabriel García Márquez|Gabriel '''García Márquez''']] (born 1928), novelist and journalist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1982]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[José García Nieto|José '''García Nieto''']] (1914–1999), poet and playwright, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1996]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Luis de Góngora|Luis de '''Góngora''']] (1561–1627), lyric poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Baltasar Gracián y Morales|Baltasar '''Gracián''']] (1601–1658), author of ''El Criticón'', influenced European philosophers such as [[Arthur Schopenhauer|Schopenhauer]].
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Jorge Guillén|Jorge '''Guillén''']] (1893–1984), poet, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1976]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[Nicolás Guillén|Nicolás '''Guillén''']] (1902–1989), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[José Hernández|José '''Hernández''']] (1834–1886), poet and journalist, author of the [[epic poem]] ''[[Martín Fierro]]''.
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Vicente Huidobro|Vicente '''Huidobro''']] (1893–1948), poet, initiator of the [[Creacionismo|''Creacionismo'']] movement.
=== I-L ===
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Juan Ramón Jiménez|Juan Ramón '''Jiménez''']] (1881–1958), poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1956]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[John of the Cross|'''John of the Cross''']] (1542–1591), [[Mysticism|mystic]] poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Enrique Krauze|Enrique '''Krauze''']] (born 1947), historian, political and social essayist and publisher.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Mariano José de Larra|Mariano José de '''Larra''']] (1809–1837), [[Creative nonfiction|literary journalist]].
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[José Lezama Lima|José '''Lezama Lima''']] (1910–1976), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Luis Llorens Torres|Luis '''Llorens Torres''']] (1878–1944), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Luis López Nieves|Luis '''López Nieves''']] (born 1950), [[Bestseller|best-selling]] novelist and tale writer.
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[Dulce María Loynaz|Dulce María '''Loynaz''']] (1902–1997), poet, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1992]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Leopoldo Lugones|Leopoldo '''Lugones''']] (1874–1938), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Fray Luis de León|Fray '''Luis de León''']] (1527–1591), poet of the [[Spanish Golden Age]].
=== M-P ===
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Antonio Machado|Antonio '''Machado''']] (1875–1939), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Julián Marías|Julián '''Marías''']] (1914–2005), philosopher and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Javier Marías|Javier '''Marías''']] (born 1951), novelist and translator, [[Rómulo Gallegos Prize]] Laureate ([[1995]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[José Martí|José '''Martí''']] (1853–1895), poet and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Gabriela Mistral|Gabriela '''Mistral''']] (1889–1957), poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1945]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg|20px|Guatemala]] [[Augusto Monterroso|Augusto '''Monterroso''']] (1921–2003), [[Short story|short stories]] writer, [[Prince of Asturias Award]] Laureate ([[2000]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Agustín Moreto y Cavana|Agustín '''Moreto y Cavana''']] (1618–1661), dramatist and playwright.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Manuel Mujica Láinez|Manuel '''Mujica Láinez''']] (1910–1984), novelist, essayist, journalist and short stories writer; author of [[Bomarzo (novel)|''Bomarzo'']] ([[1962]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Álvaro Mutis|Álvaro '''Mutis''']] (born 1923), [[Cervantes Prize]] ([[2001]]) and [[Prince of Asturias Awards]] Laureate ([[1997]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Pablo Neruda|Pablo '''Neruda''']] (1904–1973), poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] Laureate ([[1971]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Amado Nervo|Amado '''Nervo''']] (1870–1919), [[Modernism|modernist]] poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px|Uruguay]] [[Juan Carlos Onetti|Juan Carlos '''Onetti''']] (1909–1994), novelist and short-story writer, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1980]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[José Ortega y Gasset|José '''Ortega y Gasset''']] (1883–1955), philosopher and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Fernando del Paso|Fernando del '''Paso''']] (born 1935), novelist, essayist and poet, [[Rómulo Gallegos Prize]] Laureate ([[1982]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Octavio Paz|Octavio '''Paz''']] (1914–1998), [[Cervantes Prize]] ([[1981]]) and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] ([[1990]]) Laureate.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte|Arturo '''Pérez-Reverte''']] (born 1951), [[Bestseller|best-selling]] novelist and journalist.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Sergio Pitol|Sergio '''Pitol''']] (born 1933), novelist, short stories writer and translator, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[2005]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Elena Poniatowska|Elena '''Poniatowska''']] (born 1932), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Manuel Puig|Manuel '''Puig''']] (1932–1990), novelist, author of [[Kiss of the Spider Woman (novel)|''The Kiss of the Spider Woman'']] ([[1976]]).
=== Q-T ===
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Francisco de Quevedo|Francisco de '''Quevedo''']] (1580–1645), novelist, essayist and poet, master of [[Conceptism]].
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px|Uruguay]] [[Horacio Quiroga|Horacio '''Quiroga''']] (1878–1937), short story writer.
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[José Eustasio Rivera|José Eustasio '''Rivera''']] (1888–1928), poet and novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg|20px|Philippines]] [[José Rizal|José '''Rizal''']] (1861–1896), poet, novelist and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg|20px|Paraguay]] [[Augusto Roa Bastos|Augusto '''Roa Bastos''']] (1917–2005), novelist, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1989]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Fernando de Rojas|Fernando de '''Rojas''']] (1465–1541), novelist, author of [[Celestina|''La Celestina'']] ([[1499]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Gonzalo Rojas|Gonzalo '''Rojas''']] (born 1917), poet, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[2003]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Juan Ruiz|Juan '''Ruiz''']] (c. 1283 – c. 1350), author of the [[epic poem]] [[The Book of Good Love|''Book of Good Love'']].
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Juan Rulfo|Juan '''Rulfo''']] (1917–1986), novelist, [[Prince of Asturias Award]] Laureate ([[1983]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Ernesto Sabato|Ernesto '''Sabato''']] (born 1911), novelist and essay writer, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1984]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Jaime Sabines|Jaime '''Sabines''']] (1926–1999), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Pedro Salinas|Pedro '''Salinas''']], (1891–1951), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Alfonsina Storni|Alfonsina '''Storni''']] (1892–1938), [[Postmodernism|postmodernist]] poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Teresa of Avila|Saint '''Teresa of Avila''']] (1515–1582), [[Mysticism|mystic]] poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Tirso de Molina|'''Tirso de Molina''']] (1571–1648), playwright.
=== U-Z ===
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Francisco Umbral|Francisco '''Umbral''']] (born 1935), novelist, biographer and essayist, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[2000]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Miguel de Unamuno|Miguel de '''Unamuno''']] (1864–1931), existentialist author and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg|20px|Venezuela]] [[Arturo Uslar-Pietri|Arturo '''Uslar-Pietri''']] (1906–2001), novelist, [[Prince of Asturias Award]] Laureate ([[1990]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Ramón del Valle-Inclán|Ramón María del '''Valle-Inclán''']] (1866–1936), dramatist, novelist and member of the [[Generation of 98]].
*[[Image:Flag of Peru.svg|20px|Peru]] [[César Vallejo|César '''Vallejo''']] (1892–1938), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Fernando Vallejo|Fernando '''Vallejo''']] (born 1942), novelist, [[Rómulo Gallegos Prize]] Laureate ([[2003]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Peru.svg|20px|Peru]] [[Mario Vargas Llosa|Mario '''Vargas Llosa''']] (born 1936), novelist and essayist, [[Cervantes Prize]] Laureate ([[1994]]).
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[José Vasconcelos|José '''Vasconcelos''']] (1882–1959), thinker, educator and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Garcilaso de la Vega|Garcilaso de la '''Vega''']] (1501–1586), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Peru.svg|20px|Peru]] [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega|"''El Inca''" Garcilaso de la '''Vega''']] (1539–1616), first [[mestizo|''mestizo'']] author in Spanish language.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Félix Lope de Vega|Félix Lope de '''Vega''']] (1562–1635), poet and playwright.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Xavier Villaurrutia|Xavier '''Villaurrutia''']] (1903–1950), poet.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Gabriel Zaid|Gabriel '''Zaid''']] (born 1934), poet and essayist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[María de Zayas y Sotomayor|María de '''Zayas y Sotomayor''']] (1590–1660), novelist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[José Zorrilla y Moral|José '''Zorrilla y Moral''']] (1817–1893), poet and dramatist, author of [[Don Juan Tenorio|''Don Juan Tenorio'']] ([[1844]]).
== Film directors ==
{{seealso|Category:Spanish-language film directors}}
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Pedro Almodóvar|Pedro '''Almodóvar''']] (born 1949)
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Alejandro Amenábar|Alejandro '''Amenábar''']] (born 1972)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Alfonso Arau|Alfonso '''Arau''']] (born 1932)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Adolfo Aristarain|Adolfo '''Aristarain''']] (born 1943)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Luis Buñuel|Luis '''Buñuel''']] (1900–1983)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Alfonso Cuarón|Alfonso '''Cuarón''']] (born 1961)
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Juan Downey|Juan '''Downey''']] (1940–1993)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Víctor Erice|Víctor '''Erice''']] (born 1940)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[José Luis Garci|José Luis '''Garci''']] (born 1944)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Luis García Berlanga|Luis '''García Berlanga''']] (born 1921)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Alejandro González Iñárritu|Alejandro '''González Iñárritu''']] (born 1963)
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Alexandro Jodorowsky|Alexandro '''Jodorowsky''']] (born 1929)
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[León Klimovsky|León '''Klimovsky''']] (1906–1996)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Julio Medem|Julio '''Medem''']] (born 1958)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Paul Naschy|Paul '''Naschy''']] (born 1934)
*[[Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg|20px|Venezuela]] [[Franco de Peña|Franco de '''Peña''']] (born 1966)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Arturo Ripstein|Arturo '''Ripstein''']] (born 1943)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Carlos Saura|Carlos '''Saura''']] (born 1932)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Guillermo del Toro|Guillermo del '''Toro''']] (born 1964)
== Journalists ==
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Enrique Gratas|Enrique '''Gratas''']], [[Television news|television]] [[Electronic journalism|journalist]].
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Jorge L. Ramos|Jorge L. '''Ramos''']] (born 1950), television journalist; three-time [[Emmy Award]] winner.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Jacobo Zabludovsky|Jacobo '''Zabludovsky''']] (born 1928), television journalist.
== Linguists ==
*[[Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg|20px|Venezuela]] [[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Andrés Bello|Andrés '''Bello''']] (1781–1865), [[Philology|philologist]].
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Miguel Antonio Caro|Miguel Antonio '''Caro''']] (1843–1909), [[Linguistics|linguist]].
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Rufino José Cuervo|Rufino José '''Cuervo''']] (1844–1911), philologist and linguist.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[María Moliner|María '''Moliner''']] (1900–1981), [[lexicographer]].
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Antonio de Nebrija|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).''
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Lucecita Benitez|Lucecita '''Benitez''']] (born 1940), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Nydia Caro|Nydia '''Caro''']] (born 1955), singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[Celia Cruz|Celia '''Cruz''']] (1924–2003), [[Salsa music|salsa]] singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[José Feliciano|José '''Feliciano''']] (born 1945), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Luis Fonsi|Luis '''Fonsi''']] (born 1978), singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Juan Gabriel|Juan '''Gabriel''']] (born 1950), [[Ranchera|''ranchera'']] and [[ballad]] singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Manolo García|Manolo '''García''']] (born 1955), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Carlos Gardel|Carlos '''Gardel''']] (1890–1935), [[Tango music|tango]] singer.
*[[Image:Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg |20px|Dominican Republic]] [[Juan Luis Guerra|Juan Luis '''Guerra''']] (born 1957), [[merengue]] and [[bachata]] singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Julio Iglesias|Julio '''Iglesias''']] (born 1943), pop singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Pedro Infante|Pedro '''Infante''']] (1917–1957)
*[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|20px|Chile]] [[Víctor Jara|Víctor '''Jara''']] (1932–1973), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Juanes|'''Juanes''']] (born 1972), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Agustín Lara|Agustín '''Lara''']] (1900–1970), singer and songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px|Italy]] [[Laura Pausini|'''Laura''' Pausini]] (born 1974), singer and songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px|Cuba]] [[Ernesto Lecuona|Ernesto '''Lecuona''']] (1896–1963), songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Marc Anthony|'''Marc Anthony''']] (born 1969), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px|Puerto Rico]] [[Ednita Nazario|Ednita '''Nazario''']] (born 1955)
*[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|20px|Mexico]] [[Jorge Negrete|Jorge '''Negrete''']] (1911–1953)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Nino Bravo|'''Nino Bravo''']] (1944–1973)
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Raphael (singer)|'''Raphael''']] (born 1943), pop singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Joaquín Sabina|Joaquín '''Sabina''']] (born 1949), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Alejandro Sanz|Alejandro '''Sanz''']] (born 1968), [[Pop music|pop]]/[[ballad]] singer.
*[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|U.S.A.]] [[Selena|'''Selena''']] (1971–1995), pop singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Joan Manuel Serrat|Joan Manuel '''Serrat''']] (born 1943), singer-songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|Colombia]] [[Shakira|'''Shakira''']] (born 1977), [[Latin Pop]] singer and songwriter.
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px|Spain]] [[Enrique Urquijo|Enrique '''Urquijo''']] (1960–1999), [[New Wave music]] singer.
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Argentina]] [[Atahualpa Yupanqui|Atahualpa '''Yupanqui''']] (1908–1992), [[folk music]]ian.
== See also ==
*[[List of people by nationality]]
[[Category:Lists of people|Hispanophones]]
[[Category:Spanish language|Hispanophones]]
[[es:Lista de hispanófonos]]