This is a list of notable people from the city of Alicante, Spain or notable foreigners who live or lived there:
Francisca Aguirre, (1930- 2019), poet Rafael Altamira y Crevea (1866–1951), co-founder of Permanent Court of International Justice so-called the World Court, after 1945 International Court of Justice Arkano, rapper Carlos Arniches (1866–1943), novelist Francisco Javier de Balmis (1753–1819), physician who headed the Balmis expedition to vaccinate the Spanish-colonies population against smallpox. Miriam Blasco, judoka Olympic winner Esther Cañadas, model and actor Lorenzo Carbonell Santacruz, mayor in 1931–1936 Francesc de Paula Castelló Aleu (1914-1936), chemist, blessed Roman Catholic Alex de Minaur, tennis player José María Dols Abellán (1953–2014), bullfighter José María Dols Samper, bullfighter and model (son of above) Antoni Egea, artist Juan Escarré (1969), field hockey player Isabel Fernández, judoka Olympic winner Pedro Ferrándiz, basketball coach David Ferrer, tennis player Lola Forner (1960), former Miss Spain 1979 and actor Antonio Gades (1936–2004), Flamenco dancer Miguel Hernández, poet Ricardo Llorca (born 1962), composer Kiko Martínez, boxer Gabriel Miró (1879–1930), novelist George Washington Montgomery (1804–1841), United States diplomat and editor/publisher of the first Spanish-language translation of the works of Washington Irving. Nahemah, Extreme metal band Solveig Nordström, archeologist Sandra Paños, goalkeeper José Perramón, handball player Belén Rueda, actor Francisco Rufete, footballer Manuel Senante (1873–1959), Carlist publisher and politician Ilia Topuria, UFC fighter Asunción Valdés (born 1950), journalist
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