List of Spaniards in the United Kingdom
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This is a list of notable Spaniards in the United Kingdom who have at least one Spanish parent, ordered by surname (Apellido) within section.
Actors
Patricia Medina
- Patricia Medina, (Spanish father) actress in the 1940s-60s[1]
- Michelle Keegan, (Spanish mother) actress in Coronation Street
- Natalia Tena, actress, played Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter film series and Osha in HBOs Game of Thrones
Artists
- Angela de la Cruz, painter, nominated for the Turner Prize in 2010
- Cristina de Middel, photographer
- Tamara Rojo, ballet dancer, currently the artistic director of the English National Ballet, previously the principal dancer with The Royal Ballet
- Jordi Ruiz Cirera, photographer, awarded the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize by the National Portrait Gallery in 2012
Businessmen/businesswomen
- Ana Patricia Botín, CEO of Santander UK, the third largest bank in the UK in terms of deposits.
Lawyers
- Miriam González Durántez. Wife of Liberal Democrat Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP.
Musicians
- Carlos Bonell, guitarist.
- Paloma Faith, (Spanish father), singer.
- Geri Halliwell, pop singer. Her mother, Ana María Hidalgo, is Spanish.
- Lita Roza, (Spanish father), singer[2]
Politicians
- Michael Portillo, (Spanish Father) politician and broadcaster[3]
Royalty
- Edward II of England (Spanish mother Eleanor of Castile)
- Mary I of England (Spanish mother Catherine of Aragon) Queen of England and Ireland, Queen Consort of Spain, Sicily and Naples
Scholars
- Felipe Fernández-Armesto, (Spanish father) British historian and author of several popular books on revisionist history.
- Charles Powell, Director of the Elcano Royal Institute (Madrid) since 28 March 2012. Born to an English father and a Spanish mother.
Sports
- David Silva, footballer
- Fernando Torres, footballer
- Jay Rodriguez,(Spanish father), footballer
- Nacho Monreal, footballer
- Santi Cazorla, footballer
Writers
- Joseph Blanco White, Roman Catholic (later, Anglican and Unitarian) theologian and poet (in Spanish and English). Born in Spain, to a Spanish father of Irish descent and a Spanish mother.
- John Carlin, journalist. Born to a Scottish father and Spanish mother.
See also
- Latin Americans in the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ Patricia Medina Cotton: The Interview
- ↑ 'The Stage' January 2006 article by Maurice Leonard
- ↑ "Digging up the dead". BBC Four. Retrieved December 30, 2010.