Canarian People - Notable Canarians

Notable Canarians

• José de Anchieta, Jesuit priest and missionary
• Carla Antonelli, LGBT rights activist and actress
• Rosana Arbelo, singer
• Rafael Arozarena, writer
• Carolina Bang, actress
• Javier Bardem, Academy Awarded actor
• Bencomo, pre-Hispanic King
• Beneharo, pre-Hispanic King
• Agustín de Betancourt y Molina, engineer, Russian General
• Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur
• Manolo Blahnik, fashion designer
• Jose Campeche, artist
• Olga Cerpa, singer
• José Comas Quesada, painter
• Óscar Domínguez, painter
• Doramas, pre-Hispanic warrior
• José Doreste, sailor, yacht racer and olympic champion
• Luis Doreste, sailor, yacht racer and world champion and olympic champion
• Ruslan Ela, soccer player
• Nicolás Estévanez, politician
• José Franchy y Roca, journalist and politician, Minister of Industry in the Second Spanish Republic
• Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, filmmaker
• Pedro García Cabrera, poet
• Antonio González y González, scientist, chemist
• Fernando Guanarteme, pre-Hispanic king
• Pedro Guerra, music composer and singer
• Ángel Guimerá, Writer
• Emeterio Gutiérrez Albelo, poet
• Nancy Fabiola Herrera, mezzo-soprano opera singer
• Manolo Hussein, professional basketball coach
• K-Narias, reggaeton pop duo
• Alfredo Kraus, opera singer
• Fernando León y Castillo, politician
• Juan Fernando López Aguilar, politician and jurist, former Minister of Justice
• Domingo López Torres, painter, writer, poet and marxist revolutionary
• Maninidra, pre-Hispanic warrior
• César Manrique, artist
• Cristo Marrero Henríquez, professional footballer
• Manolo Millares, painter
• José María Millares Sall, poet
• Francisco de Miranda
• María Montez, actress, Hollywood "Queen of Technicolor"
• Manuel Mora Morales writer and filmmaker
• Tomás Morales, poet
• Juan Negrín, politician
• Pily Nieblas, singer-songwriter and painter
• Leopoldo O'Donnell, General and statesman
• Frances Ondiviela, telenovelas actress, former Miss Spain and model
• Benito Pérez Galdós, writer
• Domingo Pérez Minik, writer
• Sara Da Pin Up, hip hop artist
• Alonso Quesada, writer
• Aythami Ruano, judoka
• Daida Ruano, six time Windsurfing world champion, twin sister of Iballa Ruano
• Iballa Ruano, professional windsurfer, twin sister of Daida Ruano
• Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer born to Cuban parents with Canarian origins
• Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, professional footballer
• Sergio Rodríguez, NBA basketball player
• Jerónimo Saavedra, politician, mayor of Las Palmas and two times president of Canaries
• Mary Sánchez, Grammy nominated folk and bolero singer
• Caco Senante, salsa singer and actor
• David Silva, football player
• Carla Suárez Navarro, tennis player
• Tanausu, pre-Hispanic King of Aceró
• Tinguaro, pre-Hispanic warrior General
• Goya Toledo, actress and model
• Jose Toledo, model and TV host
• Danny Vain, Professional Photographer & Lyricist
• Juan Carlos Valerón, football player
• Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa, writer
• José Vélez, singer
• José Viera y Clavijo, historian
• Rosanna Walls, actress
• Eduardo Westerdahl, painter, art critic and writer, and a member of the Surrealist Movement
• Pedro Zerolo, LGBT rights activist, lawyer and politician