List of Alicante citizens
This is a list of notable people from the city of Alicante, Spain or notable foreigners who live or lived there:
- George Washington Montgomery (1804–1841), United States diplomat and editor/publisher of the first Spanish-language translation of the works of Washington Irving.[1]
- Carlos Arniches (1866–1943), novelist
- Rafael Altamira y Crevea (1866–1951), co-founder of Permanent Court of International Justice so-called the World Court, after 1945 International Court of Justice
- Francisco Javier de Balmis (1753–1819), physician who headed the Balmis expedition to vaccinate the Spanish-colonies population against smallpox.
- Lorenzo Carbonell Santacruz, mayor in 1931–1936
- Francesc de Paula Castelló Aleu (1914-1936), chemist, blessed Roman Catholic
- Alex De Minaur, tennis player
- Manuel Senante (1873–1959), Carlist publisher and politician
- Gabriel Miró (1879–1930), novelist
- Antonio Gades (1936–2004), Flamenco dancer
- Juan Escarré (1969), field hockey player
- Lola Forner (1960), former Miss Spain 1979 and actor
- Belen Rueda, actor
- Antoni Egea, artist
- David Ferrer, tennis player
- Miriam Blasco, judoka Olympic winner
- Isabel Fernández, judoka Olympic winner
- Esther Cañadas, model and actor
- Pedro Ferrándiz, basketball coach
- Francisco Rufete, footballer
- Miguel Hernández, poet
- Ricardo Llorca (born 1962), composer
- Kiko Martínez, boxer
- Nahemah, Extreme metal band
- José Perramón, handball player[2]
- Asunción Valdés (born 1950), journalist[3]
- Sandra Paños, goalkeeper
- Arkano, rapper
- Ilia Topuria, UFC fighter
- Francisca Aguirre, (1930- 2019), poet
- Solveig Nordström, archeologist
References[edit]
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
- ^ "Perramón, un deportista que ha sabido enfocar su futuro". El País. 29 July 1978. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "La periodista Asunción Valdés recibe hoy el Premio Hermes" [The Journalist Asunción Valdés Receives the Hermes Award Today]. ABC (in Spanish). Alicante. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2017.