People from Spain
51 people remembered here.
Pablo Picasso1881 – 1973 · Painter and sculptorEverything you can imagine is real.
226 candles · 10 tributes
Juan Tamariz1942 – 2026 · MagicianSpain's joyful master of cards: he made wonder feel like play, and made magicians rethink magic.
86 candles · 10 tributes
Silvia Ederra1983 – 2026 · Handball player (pivotPivot of Estella who made the six-metre line a life's work, and came back when her body said she could.
83 candles · 10 tributes
Pedro Rodríguez García1933 – 2026 · Roman Catholic priest (Opus Dei)Priest-theologian who found Trent's catechism manuscript and served Vatican II's reception.
78 candles · 5 tributes
Celestí Alomar1949 – 2026 · GeographerA Mallorcan who treated a tourist tax as a question of who the islands were for.
67 candles · 7 tributes
Francesc Garrido1969 – 2026 · Actor (stageEssential Catalan actor of stage and screen, magnetic and discreet, aged 56.
67 candles · 9 tributes
Manel Dueso1953 – 2026 · ActorCatalan stage free spirit who cofounded Sala Beckett and kept writing until the end.
60 candles · 8 tributes
Ramon Espinar Gallego1954 – 2026 · Spanish politician and lawyerFirst president of the Madrid Assembly and the first democratic mayor of Leganes.
54 candles · 5 tributes
Pepe Habichuela1944 – 2026 · Spanish flamenco guitaristHabichuela dynasty master: Morente's partner, Ketama's root, guitar that never lost the jondo.
53 candles · 6 tributes
Sandra Peña2011 – 2025 · StudentA Seville teenager whose death forced Spain to confront school bullying.
43 candles · 7 tributes
Ana Buza† 2019 · Philosophy studentA brilliant philosophy student whose family fought for years to reopen her case.
38 candles · 9 tributes
Guim Cifré† 2026 · Music promoterHe kept Barcelona's jazz rooms alive for the next set.
26 candles · 6 tributes
Andrés Hernando1938 – 2026 · BullfighterA classical Castilian matador who opened the great gate of Las Ventas three times.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Gonzalo Suárez1934 – 2026 · Film directorAsturian filmmaker and writer who remade myth and genre with restless imagination.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Domingo Buesa Conde1952 – 2026 · HistorianHistorian of Aragon who made Romanesque valleys and medieval kings speak to everyone.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja1946 – 2026 · Spanish feral child and shepherdThe wolf boy of the Sierra Morena, who lived alone with the animals for eleven years.
10 candles · 1 tributes
César Ortiz-Echagüe1927 – 2026 · ArchitectSpanish Miesian modernist of SEAT and Tajamar who later served as an Opus Dei priest.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Josep María Trías de Bes1944 – 2026 · LawyerCatalan lawyer and deputy who moved from CiU to the PP and later UPyD.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros1944 – 2026 · Spanish executive and civil servantHe rescued Iberia, ran Mercedes-Benz in Spain and spent his last public years selling Spain to the world.
9 candles · 1 tributes
José María Salcines (Chisco)1943 – 2026 · FootballerRaza, pundonor and Racing spirit: his name is the club's prize for courage.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Maricarmen Abascal1938 – 2026 · Retired secretary and housing rights symbolShe fought for her home of 70 years so that others could learn to fight for theirs.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Eduardo Rodríguez Rodway1945 – 2026 · GuitaristLast surviving founder of Triana who fused Andalusian roots with progressive rock.
8 candles · 1 tributes
María José Verdú† 2026 · PoliticianMallorcan deputy who defended public health and the families of the Balearic Islands.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Antonio Canal1936 – 2026 · Actor and voice artist (stageSpanish actor who was Cuéntame's Father Froilán and the voice of Winnie the Pooh.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Carles Solà1945 – 2026 · Chemical engineerUAB rector and Catalan universities minister who built a young campus.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Tomás Santos1950 – 2026 · PoliticianLogroño's Socialist mayor who began burying the railway and gave the city new spaces for culture.
6 candles · 1 tributes
José Luis García Sánchez1941 – 2026 · Film director and screenwriterGolden Bear winning director who used humour to chronicle Spain and its people.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Augusto Delkáder† 2026 · Journalist and media executiveEl País founder and SER chief who lived by one rule: when in doubt, do journalism.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Josep Pinyol i Balasch1952 – 2026 · HistorianA Cornellà historian who gave his life's work to the cause of Catalan independence.
6 candles · 1 tributes
Fátima Báñez1967 – 2026 · PoliticianSpain's first woman employment minister, who steered the country through its jobs crisis.
5 candles · 1 tributes
Jaume Pont1947 – 2026 · Poet and literary criticA Lleida poet who turned absence into words and taught literature for four decades.
5 candles · 1 tributes
Igor Arzuaga† 2026 · Singer-songwriterBasque singer and multi-instrumentalist who followed his own path through more than a dozen albums.
5 candles · 2 tributes
Gustavo Oliva† 2026 · Padel player and coachCatalan padel player and captain whose farewell became a plea to get screened for cancer.
5 candles · 1 tributes
Sanjulián1941 – 2026 · Illustrator and painterBarcelona painter whose oils gave Vampirella, Conan and a generation of horror covers their faces.
5 candles · 1 tributes
Princess Lindiwe† 2026 · Princess of EswatiniPrincess, Home Affairs minister, and pastor who served Eswatini with faith.
5 candles · 1 tributes
Enric Cirici i Delgado1931 – 2026 · Businessman and cultural activistBarcelona engineer who helped give Catalan song a record label and Catalan readers a daily paper.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Cristina Calero García† 2026 · PoliticianLanzarote deputy remembered for her enthusiasm and her love for her island.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Robert Llimós1943 – 2026 · Painter and sculptorBarcelona painter and sculptor of vivid colour who set Marc and Miraestels on the city's waterfront.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Alberto Molina1943 – 2026 · FootballerCD Tenerife's loyal number 5, who wore the club's shirt more times than anyone.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Pepa Arenós† 2026 · Actress and activistCatalan actress whose voice and conviction carried from the stage to the streets.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Rudolf von Schönburg-Glauchau1932 – 2026 · HotelierThe Conde Rudi, who made the Marbella Club a home for the world and Marbella his own.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Xosé Manuel Beiras1936 – 2026 · EconomistEconomist, writer and the defining voice of modern Galician nationalism.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Ángel Arroyo1956 – 2026 · Professional road cyclist (climber)El Salvaje of El Barraco, who won on the Puy de Dôme and led Spain back to the Tour de France podium.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Maxín Picallo1940 – 2026 · SculptorGalician figurative sculptor, student of Asorey, who carved sailors, canteiros, and the Baiona Encounter into stone.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Manolo Solo1964 – 2026 · ActorThe improbable protagonist. A patient, truthful actor whose late light filled Spanish cinema.
4 candles · 1 tributes
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín1957 – 2026 · Politician and doctorThe mayor who gave Seville back to its people, its cyclists and its walkers.
3 candles · 1 tributes
María Asunción Milá1919 – 2026 · Human rights activistA mother of twelve from Seville who would not leave this world until the death penalty was condemned.
3 candles · 1 tributes
Antonio Ramírez1935 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper)The Castellón goalkeeper who helped his home club climb back to Segunda División in 1966.
3 candles · 1 tributes