List of people from Ávila, Spain

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This is a list of people from Ávila, Spain:

• Quintana Olleras painter^[1]
• Priscillian, Christian theologian and martyr
• Isabella I of Castile
• Blasco Núñez Vela, first viceroy of Peru
• Pedro de la Gasca, bishop and diplomat
• Pedro de Villagra, governor of Chile
• Gil González Dávila, conquistador
• John of the Cross, Catholic saint
• Gil González Dávila, friar and chronicler
• Tomás Luis de Victoria, musician
• George Santayana, philosopher and essayist
• Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña, President of the Government of the Spanish Republic in Exile
• Adolfo Suárez, politician and lawyer
• José Jiménez Lozano, narrator, essayist, poet and journalist
• Feliciano Rivilla, footballer
• Carlos Sastre, cyclist
• Julio Jiménez, professional cyclist
• Ángel Hernández, long jumper
• Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún, politician
• Ángel Acebes, politician
• Sonsoles Espinosa, wife of former Prime Minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

See also

• Teresa of Avila

References