Famous Native Spanish speakers
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Paulo Coelho and Gabriel Garcia Marquez among others have written books that had been translated into different languages; those books are considered real jewels of the Spanish language.
Moving away from literature and making a trip into the magic of movies, Academy Award winner Pedro Aldomovar is labeled as the enfant terrible of Spanish cinema for movies like “Todo sobre mi madre” and “La mala educacion“. On the same line, we can recognize actors and actresses that transport your mind into new classic movies, for instance Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Lupe Vega, Salma Hayek and Eva Longoria-Parker.
Sports are not an exemption, basketball with Manu Ginobili, Fabricio Oberto, Pau Gasol, or soccer with Cuauthemoc Blanco, Gonzalo Segares, Leonardo Gonzalez, neither baseball with Manny Ramirez or Normar Garciaparra, just to call a few.