Originally Posted By esperanza
Hi everyone! I am going to give an assignment to one of my classes where they must research a famous Spaniard ... and I was wondering if you could share who you might think would be good to put on the list. I only have 8 kids in this class and it is a low-level class.

You'll have to get away from el Caudillo, Francisco Franco during the Years of and following the Spanish Civil War. For contemporarys, take a look at Jose Maria Aznar, Franco's Conservative follow-on, who helped lead Spain to its rightful place in the European Community.
Pelayo, who defeated the Moors at the battle of Covadonga, is another who deserves mention (although his victory was with the aid of an avalanche).
Arts and Artists: Antonio Gaudi's Barcelona contributions; Federico Garcia Lorca's Poesias; Francisco de Goya y Lucientes; and many, many more