people Alonso Pita da Veiga Andrés Suárez, singer-songwriter Ángeles Alvariño Gozález (1916–2005), biologist and oceanographer (1916–2005) Benito Vicetto Pérez (1824–1878), writer Carlos Jean (born 1973), electronic musician and music producer Concepción Arenal (1820–1893), writer, feminist activist Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza (1875–1960), painter Francisco Franco (1892–1975), dictator of Spain from the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) to his death. Frederick H. Shaw (1864–1924) Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), writer Ignacio Fernández Toxo (born 1952), ex general secretary of the national union CCOO and President of the ETUC Jenaro Pérez Villaamil (1807–1854), painter Jesús Vázquez Martínez (born 1965), TV presenter José Canalejas Méndez (1854–1912), former Spanish Prime Minister died in office María Isabel Rivera Torres (born 1952), actress Marquis of Amboage (1823–1892), multimillionaire and politician Nacho Novo (born 1979), professional footballer Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850–1925), politician and founder of Spanish socialist party PSOE Paloma Pérez-Lago González (born 1967), fashion model and TV presenter Patricio Montojo y Pasarón (1839–1917), Spanish admiral during the Spanish–American War who was defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay Paula Vázquez Picallo (born 1973), TV presenter and model Ramón Franco (1896–1938), aviator and brother of Francisco Franco Ricardo Carvalho Calero, first ever professor of Galician literature and Linguistics – University of Santiago de Compostela (1910–1990) See also El Casino de Ferrol El Circulo Mercantil de Ferrol El Club Naval de Ferrol El Correo Gallego El Diario de Ferrol El Ferrol Diario Endesa Termic Racing Club de Ferrol School of Peritos Navales and Industriales Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Spain's National Exhibition of Ship Building Notes External links Green Tourism in Northern Spain 2005 Site devoted to the art of landscape and nature of Ferrolterra When I Was a Child in Ferrol, Spain (1953–65) Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña Port cities and towns on the Spanish Atlantic coast Populated coastal places in Spain Spanish Navy