Editing List of Spaniards (section)

== Science and technology ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Leonardo Torres y Quevedo]] -->
{{See also|Category:Spanish scientists|Category:Spanish engineers|Category:Spanish inventors|List of Spanish architects}}
[[File:Michael Servetus.jpg|thumb|130px|[[Michael Servetus]]]]
[[File:Almirante Antonio de Ulloa.jpg|130px|thumb|[[Antonio de Ulloa]]]]
[[File:Monturiol face.JPG|thumb|130px|[[Narcís Monturiol]]]]
[[File:Cajal-Restored.jpg|thumb|right|130px|[[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]]]]
[[File:1921 Leonardo Torres Quevedo.jpg|thumb|130px|[[Leonardo Torres Quevedo]]]]
[[File:Juan de la Cierva, aeródromo de Lasarte, 1930.jpg|thumb|130px|[[Juan de la Cierva]]]]
[[File:Severo Ochoa 1958b.jpg|thumb|130px|[[Severo Ochoa]]]]
[[File:Margarita Salas Falgueras 062019.jpg|thumb|130px|[[Margarita Salas]]]]


*[[José de Acosta|José de '''Acosta''']] (1540–1600), one of the first [[natural history|naturalists]] and [[anthropology|anthropologists]] of the Americas
*[[Alex Aguilar|Alex '''Aguilar''']] (born 1957), professor of Animal Biology at the University of Barcelona
*[[Susana Agustí|Susana '''Agustí''']] (graduated 1982), biological oceanographer, educator
*[[José María Algué|José María '''Algué''']] (1856–1930), meteorologist, inventor of the [[barocyclometer]], the [[nephoscope]], and the [[microseismograph]]
*[[:es:Rafael Alvarado Ballester|Rafael '''Alvarado Ballester''']] (1924–2001)
*[[Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont|Jerónimo de '''Ayanz y Beaumont''']] (1553–1613), registered design for steam-powered water pump for use in mines (1606)
*[[Ignacio Barraquer|Ignacio '''Barraquer''']] (1884–1965), leading [[ophthalmologist]], pioneer of [[cataract surgery]]
*[[Jose Barraquer|José Ignacio '''Barraquer''']] (1916–1998), leading ophthalmologist, father of modern [[refractive surgery]]; invented the [[microkeratome]] and the [[cryolathe]], developed the surgical procedures of [[keratomileusis]] and [[keratophakia]]
*[[Agustín de Betancourt|Agustín de '''Betancourt''']]  (1758–1824), engineer, worked in many rangs from steam engines and balloons to structural engineering and supervised the planning and construction of Saint Petersburg, Kronstadt, Nizhny Novgorod, and other Russian cities
*[[Pino Caballero Gil|Pino '''Caballero Gil''']] (born 1968), computer scientist
*[[Angel Cabrera (naturalist)|Ángel '''Cabrera''']] (1879–1960), naturalist, investigated South American fauna
*[[Blas Cabrera|Blas '''Cabrera''']] (1878–1945), physicist, worked in the domain of experimental physics with focus in the magnetic properties of matter
*[[Nicolás Cabrera (physicist)|Nicolás '''Cabrera''']] (1913–1989), physicist, did important work on the theories of [[crystal]] growth and the [[oxidisation]] of [[metals]]
*[[Santiago Calatrava|Santiago '''Calatrava''']] (born 1951), architect, sculptor and structural engineer
*[[Pedro Cavadas (surgeon)|Pedro Carlos '''Cavadas Rodríguez''']] (born 1965), pioneering surgeon
*[[Juan de la Cierva|Juan de la '''Cierva''']] (1895–1936), aeronautical engineer, pioneer of [[rotary flight]], inventor of the [[autogyro]]
*[[Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain|Juan Ignacio '''Cirac Sasturain''']] (born 1965), one of the pioneers of the field of quantum computing and quantum information theory
*[[Josep Comas Solá|Josep '''Comas i Solà''']] (1868–1937), astronomer, discovered the periodic [[comet]] [[32P/Comas Solá]] and 11 [[asteroid]]s, and in 1907 observed limb darkening of [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] (the first evidence that the body had an atmosphere)
*[[Jerónimo Cortés]] (c. 1560 - c. 1611), mathematician, astronomer, naturalist and Valencian compiler
*[[Carmen Domínguez|Carmen '''Domínguez''']] (born 1969), glaciologist
*[[Pedro Duque|Pedro '''Duque''']] (born 1963), astronaut and veteran of two space missions
*[[Fausto Elhuyar|Fausto de '''Elhúyar''']] (1755–1833), chemist, joint discoverer of [[tungsten]] with his brother [[Juan José Elhuyar|Juan José de '''Elhúyar''']] in 1783
*[[Bernardo Hernández González|Bernardo '''Hernández''']] (born 1970), entrepreneur, leading figure in technology
*[[Francisco Hernández de Toledo|Francisco '''Hernández''']] (1514–1587), botanicist, carried out important research about the Mexican flora
*[[Jorge Juan y Santacilia|Jorge '''Juan y Santacilia''']] (1713–1773), mathematician and naval officer. Determined that the Earth is not perfectly spherical but is oblat. Also measured the heights of the Andes mountains using a barometer.
*[[Carlos Jiménez Díaz|Carlos '''Jiménez Díaz''']] (1898–1967), doctor and researcher, leading figure in [[pathology]]
*[[Asunción Linares|Asunción '''Linares''']] (1921–2005), paleontologist
*[[Gregorio Marañón|Gregorio '''Marañón''']] (1887–1960), doctor and researcher, leading figure in endocrinology
*[[Rafael Mas Hernández|Rafael '''Mas Hernández''']] (1950–2003), geographer
*[[Narcís Monturiol|Narcís '''Monturiol''']] (1818–1885), physicist and inventor, pioneer of underwater navigation and first machine powered [[submarine]]
*[[José Celestino Mutis|José Celestino Bruno '''Mutis''']] (1732–1808), botanicist, doctor, philosopher and mathematician, carried out relevant research about the American flora, founded one of the first astronomic observatories in America (1762)
*[[Severo Ochoa|Severo '''Ochoa''']] (1905–1993), doctor and biochemist, achieved the synthesis of [[ribonucleic acid]] (RNA), [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel prize]] laureate (1959)
*[[Mathieu Orfila|Mateu '''Orfila''']] (1787–1853), doctor and chemist, father of modern [[toxicology]], leading figure in forensic toxicology
*[[Joan Oró|Joan '''Oró''']] (1923–2004), biochemist, carried out important research about the origin of life, he worked with [[NASA]] on the [[Viking biological experiments|Viking missions]]
*[[Isaac Peral|Isaac '''Peral''']] (1851–1895), engineer and sailor, designer of the first fully operative military submarine
*[[Santiago Ramón y Cajal|Santiago '''Ramón y Cajal''']] (1852–1934), father of [[Neuroscience]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel prize]] laureate (1906)
*[[Julio Rey Pastor|Julio '''Rey Pastor''']] (1888–1962), mathematician, leading figure in geometry
*[[Wifredo Ricart|Wifredo '''Ricart''']] (1897–1974), engineer, designer and executive manager in the automotive industry
*[[Andrés Manuel del Río|Andrés Manuel del '''Río''']] (1764–1849), geologist and [[chemist]], discovered [[vanadium]] (as [[vanadinite]]) in 1801
*[[Pío del Río Hortega|Pío del '''Río Hortega''']] (1882–1945), [[neuroscientist]], discoverer of the [[microglia]] or ''Hortega cell''
*[[Josef de Mendoza y Ríos|Josef de Mendoza y '''Ríos''']] (1761–1816) was a Spanish astronomer and mathematician of the 18th century, famous for his work on navigation.
*[[Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente|Félix '''Rodríguez de la Fuente''']] (1928–1980), naturalist, leading figure in ornithology, ethology, ecology and science divulgation
*[[:es:Enrique Rojas|Enrique '''Rojas Montes''']] (born 1949)
*[[Margarita Salas|Margarita '''Salas''']] (1938–2019), biochemist, molecular geneticist and researcher
*[[Miguel Sarrias Domingo|Miguel '''Sarrias Domingo''']] (1930–2002) was medical director of the Institut Guttmann in Barcelona.
*[[Michael Servetus|Miguel '''Servet''']] (1511–1553), scientist, surgeon and humanist; first European to describe [[pulmonary circulation]]
*[[María Dolores Soria|María Dolores '''Soria''']] (1948–2004), paleontologist, researcher, professor, and biologist
*[[Esteban Terradas i Illa|Esteban '''Terradas i Illa''']] (1883–1950), mathematician, physicist and engineer
*[[Leonardo Torres Quevedo|Leonardo '''Torres Quevedo''']] (1852–1936), engineer and computer scientist, pioneer of automated calculation machines, inventor of [[El Ajedrecista]], pioneer of [[radio control]], designer of the three-lobed non-rigid [[Astra-Torres airship]] and the [[Whirlpool Aero Car|funicular]] over the [[Niagara Falls]]
*[[Eduardo Torroja|Eduardo '''Torroja''']] (1899–1961), civil engineer, structural architect, world-famous specialist in concrete structures
*[[Josep Trueta|Josep '''Trueta''']] (1897–1977), doctor, his new method for treatment of open wounds and fractures helped save many lives during World War II
*[[Antonio de Ulloa|Antonio de '''Ulloa''']] (1716–1795), scientist, soldier and author; joint discoverer of element [[platinum]] with [[Jorge Juan y Santacilia]] (1713–1773)
*''[[Arnold of Villanova|Arnold of '''Villanova''']]'' (c. 1235–1311), alchemist and physician, he discovered [[carbon monoxide]] and pure [[ethanol|alcohol]]