List of Latin Americans of Spanish descent

Since the vast majority of Latin Americans from Spanish-speaking countries have at least partial Spanish descent, this is a list of important people in Latin America who have at least one parent or two grandparents who were born in Spain.

Artists, photographers and fashion designers

 * Humberto Castro (born 1957), Cuban painter
 * Carlos Enríquez Gómez (1900–1957), Cuban painter, illustrator and writer of the Vanguardia movement (the Cuban Avant-garde).
 * Raúl Martínez (1927–1995), pop artist and Cuban painter
 * Mario Perez (born 1943), painter
 * Tomás Sánchez (born 1948), Cuban painter

TV and Cinema

 * Angelines Fernández (1922–1994), Spanish actress settled in Mexico.
 * Mirtha Legrand (born 1927), Argentine actress and TV host.
 * Guillermo del Toro (born 1964), Mexican director and film producer.
 * Velia Martínez (1920–1993), American singer and actress.
 * Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor of Spanish parentage.

Music

 * Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish singer with Colombian citizenship
 * Gloria Estefan (born 1957), Cuban singer, all four grandparents born in Spain.
 * Juanes (born 1972), Colombian singer, Basque ancestry from his father.
 * Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), Cuban composer and pianist.
 * Ricky Martin (born 1971), Puerto Rican singer, part Catalan ancestry.
 * Luis Miguel (born 1970), Puerto Rican by birth, raised in Mexico, Spanish father, Italian mother.
 * Shakira (born 1977), Colombian singer, part Catalan ancestry.

Government and military

 * José Gervasio Artigas (1764–1850)
 * Simón Bolívar (1783–1830)
 * José Núñez de Cáceres (1772–1846) politics and liberator of Dominican Republic
 * Juan Carrasco (1878–1922)
 * Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Father was an immigrant to Cuba from Galicia and his mother was also of Spanish origin.
 * Manuel Domínguez (1803–1882)
 * Juan Manuel Santos (born 1951), President of Colombia
 * José Martí (1853–1895)
 * Agustín de Iturbide (1783–1824), Liberator of Mexico
 * Juan Leal (1676–1742)
 * Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521)
 * Juan Ponce de León II (1524–1591)
 * Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816), Liberator of Venezuela
 * José Antonio Páez (1790–1873)
 * Carlos Soublette (1789–1870), Libertador of Venezuela
 * Antonio José de Sucre (1795–1830)
 * Jorge Quiroga (born 1960), President of Bolivia
 * Alvaro Garcia Linera (born 1962), Vice President of Bolivia

Writers

 * Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
 * Pablo Neruda (1904–1973)
 * Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)

Others

 * Juanita García Peraza (1897–1970), Founder of the "Mita congregation", the only Protestant religion of Puerto Rican origin.