List of Alicante citizens explained

This is a list of notable people from the city of Alicante, Spain or notable foreigners who live or lived there:

• Francisca Aguirre, (1930- 2019), poet
• 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
• Arkano, rapper
• Carlos Arniches (1866–1943), novelist
• Francisco Javier de Balmis (1753–1819), physician who headed the Balmis expedition to vaccinate the Spanish-colonies population against smallpox.
• Miriam Blasco, judoka Olympic winner
• Esther Cañadas, model and actor
• Lorenzo Carbonell Santacruz, mayor in 1931–1936
• Francesc de Paula Castelló Aleu (1914-1936), chemist, blessed Roman Catholic
• Alex de Minaur, tennis player
• José María Dols Abellán (1953–2014), bullfighter
• José María Dols Samper, bullfighter and model (son of above)
• Antoni Egea, artist
• Juan Escarré (1969), field hockey player
• Isabel Fernández, judoka Olympic winner
• Pedro Ferrándiz, basketball coach
• David Ferrer, tennis player
• Lola Forner (1960), former Miss Spain 1979 and actor
• Antonio Gades (1936–2004), Flamenco dancer
• Miguel Hernández, poet
• Ricardo Llorca (born 1962), composer
• Kiko Martínez, boxer
• Gabriel Miró (1879–1930), novelist
• George Washington Montgomery (1804–1841), United States diplomat and editor/publisher of the first Spanish-language translation of the works of Washington Irving.^[1]
• Nahemah, Extreme metal band
• Solveig Nordström, archeologist
• Sandra Paños, goalkeeper
• José Perramón, handball player^[2]
• Belén Rueda, actor
• Francisco Rufete, footballer
• Manuel Senante (1873–1959), Carlist publisher and politician
• Ilia Topuria, UFC fighter
• Asunción Valdés (born 1950), journalist^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1963.
2. News: Perramón, un deportista que ha sabido enfocar su futuro. El País. 29 July 1978. 12 March 2013.
3. News: La periodista Asunción Valdés recibe hoy el Premio Hermes . The Journalist Asunción Valdés Receives the Hermes Award Today. ABC. Alicante. es. 15 November 2014. 18 September 2017.