Notable People
- Paio Gomes Charinho (1225–1295), poet and troubadour.
- Pedro Mariño de Lobeira (1528–1594), conquistador and chronicler of the Arauco War in the Kingdom of Chile.
- Xoán Manuel Pintos Villar (1811–1876), writer, author and editor of the first publication in modern Galician.
- Perfecto Feijoo (1858–1935), medical doctor and musician.
- Manuel Portela Valladares (1867–1952), politician.
- A.D.R. Castelao (1886–1950), writer, artist and politician, often considered as the most influential figure in Galician contemporary history. Although he was not born in Pontevedra, Castelao expressed a clear wish to be considered an "adoptive son of the city" and to be buried there.
- Manuel Varela Radío (1873–1962), medical doctor and academic.
- Valentín Paz Andrade (1898–1987), magistrate, politician and writer.
- Xosé Filgueira Valverde (1906–1996), historian and writer.
- Alejandro de la Sota (1913–1996), architect.
- Pío Cabanillas Gallas (1923–1991), politician.
- César Portela (1937-), architect.
- Luciano Varela (1948-), magistrate.
- Fina Casalderrey (1951- ), writer.
- Alberto Casado Cerviño (1952- ), civil servant, vice-president of the European Patent Office
- Víctor Fernández Freixanes (1957- ), journalist, writer and publisher.
- Francis Lorenzo (1960- ), actor.
- Manel Loureiro (1975- ), writer
- Francisco Javier Gómez Noya (1983- ), triathlete, World Champion.
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