Editing Santander, Spain (section)

=== 19th century ===
* [[Jenaro Quesada, 1st Marquis of Miravalles]] (1818–1889) [[Grandee of Spain]] and Spanish soldier
* [[José Antonio Mijares]] (1819–1847) a Mexican Army Lieutenant who led the Mexican resistance force against the American garrison of [[San José del Cabo]] in the [[Battle of San José del Cabo]]
* [[Rafael Izquierdo y Gutiérrez]] (1820–1883) a Spanish Military Officer, politician, and statesman; Governor-General of the Philippines from 1871 to 1873
* [[Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola]] (1831–1888) a Spanish jurist, amateur archaeologist, owned the land of the [[Cave of Altamira]]
* [[Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo]] (1856–1912) a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. 
* [[Francisco Iturrino]] (1864–1924) a Spanish Post-impressionist painter of Basque ancestry, sometimes called a [[Fauvist]]
* [[Concha Espina]] (c.1877–1955) a Spanish writer nominated for a [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] 25 times in nine years
* [[Marcial Solana González-Camino]] (1880–1958) a Spanish scholar, writer and politician; historian of philosophy
* [[María Gutiérrez Blanchard]] (1881–1932) a Spanish painter, developed a unique style of [[Cubism]]
* [[Ángel Herrera Oria]] (1886–1968) a Spanish journalist, Roman Catholic politician and later a cardinal
* [[Gerardo Diego]] (1896–1987) a Spanish poet, a member of the [[Generation of '27]]