Editing List of Spaniards (section)

== Military ==
{{See also|Category:Spanish military personnel}}
[[File:Estatua del Cid (Burgos).jpg|130px|thumb|right|[[El Cid]]]]
[[File:El gran capitán (Museo del Prado).jpg|130px|thumb|right|[[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]]]]
[[File:Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, III Duque de Alba, por Willem Key.jpg|130px|thumb|right|[[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba]]]]
*[[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|3rd Duke of '''Alba''']] (Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1507–1582), general and governor of the [[Southern Netherlands|Spanish Netherlands]] (1567–1573)
*[[Diego García de Paredes]] (1466–1534),  soldier and duellist, he never commanded an army or rose to the position of a general, but he was a notable figure in the wars, when personal prowess had still a considerable share in deciding combat.
*[[Diego de los Ríos|Diego de los '''Ríos''']] (1850–1911) Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines
*[[John of Austria|Don '''Juan de Austria''']] (1547–1578), general and admiral; defeated [[Müezzinzade Ali Pasha]] in the [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)]]
*[[Blas de Lezo]] (1687–1741), admiral; leading 6 warships and 3.700 men, defeated a British invasion force of 28.000 troops and 186 warships, during the [[Battle of Cartagena de Indias|Siege of Cartagena]] in 1741
*[[Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz|Álvaro de '''Bazán''', 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz]] (1526–1588), admiral
*[[Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén|Francisco Javier '''Castaños''', 1st Duke of Bailén]] (1758–1852), general; he defeated [[Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang|Dupont]] in the [[Battle of Bailén]] (1808)
*''[[El Cid|El '''Cid''']]'' (Rodrigo 'Ruy' Díaz de Vivar, c. 1045–1099), [[knight]] and hero
*[[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba|Gonzalo '''Fernández de Córdoba''']], "El Gran Capitán" (1453–1515), general and [[Military strategy|strategist]] of [[Gunpowder warfare|Early modern warfare]]
*[[Luis de Córdova y Córdova]] (1706– 1796), admiral. During the Anglo-Spanish War captured two merchant convoys totalling 79 ships.
*[[Francisco Franco]] (1892–1975), general; from 1939 [[caudillo]] and formal Head of State of Spain
*[[Manuel Freire de Andrade|Manuel Alberto '''Freire de Andrade y Armijo''']] (1767–1835), Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War, and later Defense Minister
*[[Bernardo de Gálvez|Bernardo de '''Gálvez''']] (1746–1786), [[Field Marshal]] and governor of [[Louisiana]], Spanish hero of the [[American Revolution]]
*[[Juan Martín Díez|Juan '''Martín Díez''']], "El Empecinado" (1775–1825), head of [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] bands promoted to [[Brigadier-General]] of [[cavalry]] during the [[Peninsular War]]
*[[Casto Méndez Núñez|Casto '''Méndez Núñez''']] (1830–1880), admiral
*[[Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto|Pedro '''Navarro''', Count of Oliveto]] (c. 1460–1528), prominent general
*[[Álvaro de Navia Osorio y Vigil, Marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado]], (1684–1732), general, author of the treatise ''Reflexiones Militares (Military Reflections)''
*[[Pablo Morillo]] y Morillo (1775–1837), Count of Cartagena and Marquess of La Puerta, a.k.a. El Pacificador (The Peace Maker)  was a Spanish general who fought in the napoleonic wars and hispanoamerican war of independence.
*[[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma|Alexander Farnese, '''Duke of Parma''']] (1545–1592), Spanish general and military governor of the [[Spanish Netherlands]]
*[[Francisco Pérez de Grandallana|Francisco '''Pérez de Grandallana''']] (1774–1841), brigadier of the Royal Spanish Navy
*[[Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases|Ambrosio '''Spinola''', marqués de los Balbases]] (1569–1630), general
*[[Fernando Villaamil]] (1845–1898), naval officer, designer of the first [[destroyer]]