List of hispanophones
This is a list of some notable Spanish-speaking people. In alphabetical order within categories.
Actors
Authors
- See also List of Spanish language authors (by country).
A-D
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639), dramatist.
- Rafael Alberti (1902–1999), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1983).
- Vicente Aleixandre (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1977).
- Isabel Allende (born 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 (1906–2009), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1991).
- Azorín (José Martínez Ruiz) (1863–1967), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist.
- Jesús Balmori (1887–1948), journalist, poet, novelist.
- 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 (born 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 (born 1939), novelist and short stories writer.
- Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000), playwright.
- Mario Bunge (born 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 (born 1920), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1993).
- Nelson Denis (born 1954), screenwriter, novelist.
- Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1979).
E-H
- José Echegaray (1832–1916), dramatist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1904).
- Jorge Edwards (born 1931), Cervantes Prize Laureate (1999).
- Laura Esquivel (born 1950), novelist.
- Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet.
- Rosario Ferré (born 1938), poet and essayist.
- Carlos Fuentes (born 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 (born 1928), novelist and journalist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1982).
- 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 1952), best-selling novelist and journalist.
- Sergio Pitol (born 1933), novelist, short stories writer and translator, Cervantes Prize Laureate (2005).
- Elena Poniatowska (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 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 (born 1942), novelist, Rómulo Gallegos Prize Laureate (2003).
- Mario Vargas Llosa (born 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 (born 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
Journalists
Linguists
Singers and songwriters
- See also Spanish language rock and roll (by country).
- Lucecita Benitez (born 1940), singer-songwriter.
- Nydia Caro (born 1955), singer.
- Pilita Corrales (born 1939), singer.
- Celia Cruz (1926–2003), salsa singer.
- José Feliciano (born 1945), singer-songwriter.
- Luis Fonsi (born 1978), singer.
- Juan Gabriel (born 1950), ranchera and ballad singer-songwriter.
- Manolo García (born 1955), singer-songwriter.
- Carlos Gardel (1890–1935), tango singer.
- Juan Luis Guerra (born 1957), merengue and bachata singer.
- Julio Iglesias (born 1943), pop singer.
- Pedro Infante (1917–1957)
- Víctor Jara (1932–1973), singer-songwriter.
- José Alfredo Jiménez (1926–1973), singer-songwriter.
- Juanes (born 1972), singer-songwriter.
- Agustín Lara (1900–1970), singer and songwriter.
- Laura Pausini (born 1974), singer and songwriter.
- Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), songwriter.
- Marc Anthony (born 1969), singer-songwriter.
- Ednita Nazario (born 1955)
- Jorge Negrete (1911–1953)
- Jose Alfredo Jimenez (1926–1973)
- Nino Bravo (1944–1973)
- Raphael (born 1943), pop singer.
- Joaquín Sabina (born 1949), singer-songwriter.
- Alejandro Sanz (born 1968), pop/ballad singer.
- Selena (1971–1995), pop singer.
- Joan Manuel Serrat (born 1943), singer-songwriter.
- Shakira (born 1977), Latin Pop singer and songwriter.
- Enrique Urquijo (1960–1999), New Wave music singer.
- Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908–1992), folk musician.
See also