People Born in Valencia and Valencia Province
- Pope Alexander VI, Pope from 1492 to 1503.
- Ibn al-Abbar (1199–1260), poet and diplomat
- Ausiàs March, poet.
- Joan Roís de Corella, poet and writer.
- Pope Callixtus III, Pope from 1455 to 1458.
- Luis de Santángel, finance minister.
- Alfonso III, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfons II).
- King James II of Aragon.
- King Peter III of Aragon (Peter the Great).
- Josu De Solaun Soto, classical music pianist.
- Guillén de Castro, famous Spanish writer of the Spanish Golden Age (1569–1631).
- Joanot Martorell (1413–1468), knight and writer the author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch.
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish realist novelist writing in Spanish, a screenwriter and occasional film director (1867–1928).
- Joaquin Sorolla, painter, who excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes.
- Joan Lluís Vives, a scholar and humanist.
- José Benlliure y Gil, painter.
- Antonio José Cavanilles, taxonomic botanist.
- José Iturbi, conductor and pianist.
- Luis García Berlanga, film director and screenwriter.
- Saint Vincent Ferrer, Dominican missionary and logician.
- Nino Bravo (birth name, Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis), popular singer (1944–1973)
- Santiago Calatrava, internationally recognized and award-winning architect.
- Joan Fuster, philologist, historian and writer.
- Josep Maria Bayarri, linguist, poet and writer.
- Joaquin Rodrigo, music composer.
- Manuel Palau, music composer.
- Raimon, composer and singer.
- Francisco Tárrega, influential Spanish composer and guitarist.
- Enric Valor i Vives, grammarian and writer.
- Manuel Sanchis i Guarner, philologist, historian and writer.
- María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician and the first female First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain.
- Salvador Larroca, comic book artist.
- Raul Albiol, footballer
- Vicente Gandia, painter, artist (1935–2009)
- Victor Claver, basketball star
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