Chiclana de La Frontera - Notable People

Notable People

  • Antonio Alemania, singer, songwriter
  • Antonio García Gutiérrez, poet, playwright and librettist
  • Sebastián Gessa y Arias (1840-1920), painter
  • Fernando Quiñones, writer
  • Enrique Montero Ruiz, musician
  • Antonio Cabrera y Curro, priest, philosopher and botanist
  • Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Minister of Finance and former Prime Minister
  • Enrique de las Morenas y Fossi, Captain of "Los Últimos de Filipinas" during the Spanish War of Independence
  • José Marín Verdugo, artist and entrepreneur
  • La Prohibida
  • José Moreno, actor
  • Pepa Rus, actress
  • El Granaíno (Juan José Jiménez Ramos)
  • Rancapino, singer
  • José Manuel Moreno (cyclist), cyclist, Olympic champion in 1992
  • José Antonio Butrón, Motocross champion
  • Jesús Ruiz "Jesuli", volleyball player and Mediterranean Games gold medalist
  • Manuel Muñoz Ramírez, footballer known as Manolito
  • Fernando Casas, physician of King Fernando VII
  • Francisco Montes Reina, bullfighter

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