Spanish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former professional boxer in the Featherweight division. In June 1960, Legrá turned profession

Is a former professional boxer in the Featherweight division. In June 1960, Legrá turned professional in Cuba winning his first fight against Pedro Pinera which he won with a points decision over four rounds. Legrá drew his next fight and lost two after t

Is a former Spanish professional boxer. During his eleven year professional career Duran held the WB

Is a former Spanish professional boxer. During his eleven year professional career Duran held the WBA World Light Middleweight title, in addition to this he also challenged for the WBC version of the title and held the EBU title.

Height 183 cm Year of Birth 1967 Nationality Spanish Position Point Guard

Height 183 cm Year of Birth 1967 Nationality Spanish Position Point Guard

Is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.Beloki turned professional in 1998 with Euskalte

Is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.Beloki turned professional in 1998 with Euskaltel-Euskadi, joined Festina in 2000, and then Team ONCE in 2001. A strong climber in the high mountains and a top performer in individual time trials, he mad

A Spanish footballer, currently with La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.A product of Athletic Bilbao's fam

A Spanish footballer, currently with La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.A product of Athletic Bilbao's famed youth system, Garmendia debuted with the first team in 2006-07's first matchday, in a 1-1 Basque derby with Real Sociedad.

A Spanish football player who currently plays for Villareal CF of the Spanish La Liga. His usual pos

A Spanish football player who currently plays for Villareal CF of the Spanish La Liga. His usual position is centre forward.Llorente grew through the ranks of Real Sociedad, debuting for the first team on October 3, 1999, at Real Zaragoza (0-2 loss). He would however, only amass 23 appearances in four seasons and left, in 2003, for another Basque side, SD Eibar, in the Segunda División, where he already had served a loan stint in 2000-01.

A Spanish singer and actress.The film director, Luis Lucia Mingarro, propelled her to national stard

A Spanish singer and actress.The film director, Luis Lucia Mingarro, propelled her to national stardom in the film trilogy Un rayo de luz (Ray of Light), Ha llegado un ángel (An Angel Has Arrived) and Tómbola (Lottery). The films featured Marisol singing one of her best-known songs: La vida es una tómbola (Life is a Lottery).She was a familiar children's icon during the 1960s, and entertained many high-ranking dignitaries, including Francisco Franco.As an adult,she was awarded the Best Actress prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for her role in Los Días del Pasado (Days Gone By).

Is a Spanish tenor. One of the most prominent opera singers of his generation, and particularly emin

Is a Spanish tenor. One of the most prominent opera singers of his generation, and particularly eminent in the operas of Verdi and Puccini, his career has encompassed over 60 roles on stage and in the recording studio

Was a Spanish (Catalan) astronomer.He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the peri

Was a Spanish (Catalan) astronomer.He observed planets including Mars and Saturn, measuring the period of rotation of the latter. He wrote some books popularizing astronomy, and was first president of the Sociedad Astrónomica de España y América.He discovered the periodic comet 32P/Comas Solá, and co-discovered the non-periodic C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Solá); he also discovered some asteroids.The asteroids 1102 Pepita (from his nickname Pepito) and 1655 Comas Solá are named after him.

A former Spanish Catalan footballer who spent most of his career at FC Barcelona. Escolà also playe

A former Spanish Catalan footballer who spent most of his career at FC Barcelona. Escolà also played for both Spain and the Catalan XI. After retiring as player in 1948, Escolà managed CF Badalona, CE Sabadell, CD Castellón and Levante UD.

Also referred to as José Gonzalvo (his fathers come to Catalonia from Gelsa, Aragon) or Gonzalvo II

Also referred to as José Gonzalvo (his fathers come to Catalonia from Gelsa, Aragon) or Gonzalvo II, is a former Spanish Catalan footballer and manager. Gonzalvo played for, among others, CF Barcelona, Spain and the Catalan XI. His two brothers were also notable footballers. Juli Gonzalvo, known as Gonzalvo I played for RCD Español while Marià Gonzalvo, known as Gonzalvo III, also played for CF Barcelona and Spain. After retiring as a player, he became a coach and briefly managed CF Barcelona. He died in 1978 after an unsuccessful operation.

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Fuji-Servetto. He turned professional i

Is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Fuji-Servetto. He turned professional in 1999 with Boavista.

Is a water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at

Is a water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver

Is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal near his home town, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

A former Spanish footballer of Catalan ethnicity who played for FC Barcelona in Spain and FC Sète a

A former Spanish footballer of Catalan ethnicity who played for FC Barcelona in Spain and FC Sète and Troyes AC in France. He played once for Spain in 1941.

Was a Spanish/Catalan footballer, manager and scout who played for FC Barcelona, Madrid CF, OGC Nice

Was a Spanish/Catalan footballer, manager and scout who played for FC Barcelona, Madrid CF, OGC Nice, the Catalan XI and Spain. He later coached Athletic Madrid, OGC Nice and CF Barcelona and worked as a scout for both CF Barcelona and Real Madrid.During his playing career with FC Barcelona he scored 326 goals and is second only to Paulino Alcántara as the clubs all time top goalscorer. As a player he pioneered the midfield general role and was nicknamed The Magician and The Lobster due to his kicking style.

A Spanish/Basque football defender who currently plays for Panathinaikos in the Greek Super League.

A Spanish/Basque football defender who currently plays for Panathinaikos in the Greek Super League. He arrived in Greece for the start of the 2007-08 season from Athletic in the Spanish La Liga. He is also a member of the Basque Country autonomous football team

Is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summ

Is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

Is a Spanish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics,

Is a Spanish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.Four years later he won his second bronze medal with the Spanish handball team in the 2000 Olympic tournament. He played fi

Is a professional male tennis player, who was born in Barcelona, Catalonia.Aguilera has won 5 single

Is a professional male tennis player, who was born in Barcelona, Catalonia.Aguilera has won 5 singles titles during his career, including one Tennis Masters shield: Hamburg Masters 1990.

Height 194 cm Year of Birth 1971 Nationality Spanish Position Guard

Height 194 cm Year of Birth 1971 Nationality Spanish Position Guard

Is a former Spanish handball player who competed at the 1980, the 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics

Is a former Spanish handball player who competed at the 1980, the 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics for his native country.In 1980 he was part of the Spanish team which finished fifth in the Olympic Tournament. He played all six matches and scored ten goa

A Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories in 1956

A Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories in 1956, 1957 and 1958. He earned 2 caps for the Spain national football team.

Is a former basketball player from Spain, who represented his native country in three Summer Olympic

Is a former basketball player from Spain, who represented his native country in three Summer Olympics (1972, 1980 and 1984).The 6 ft. Corbalán was one of the best European point guards of the 1980s. Alongside many other titles and awards, he was named Mos

Is a Spanish singer-songwriter.He worked in the radio station "40 Principales" in Bilbao. Later, he

Is a Spanish singer-songwriter.He worked in the radio station "40 Principales" in Bilbao. Later, he went to Madrid where he started to sing in the café Libertad 8. There he met Rosana Arbelo, Andrés Molina, Rogelio Botanz, and Paco Bello.