- Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the current President of France and "ex officio" Co-prince of Andorra. He was elected President of the French Republic on 6 May, 2007 after defeating left wing Socialist Party contender Ségolène Royal during the 2007 election. Before his presidency, he was leader of the UMP right wing party.
- Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac is a French politician and a former President of France. He served from 1995 until May 16 2007 and was re-elected in 2002. As President he was also an "ex officio" Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French Légion d'honneur. After completing his studies at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration, Jacques Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics.
- Albert Pintat
Albert Pintat Santolària is the head of government of Andorra. Pintat graduated from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1967, majoring in economics. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Andorra and was the foreign minister of Andorra from 1997 to 2001, following a series of ambassadorships,including the United Nations. He helds the position of head of government since being appointed by the General Council on May 30 2005.
- Olivia Lewis
Olivia Lewis, born October 18 1978, is a singer from Malta. She has competed 11 consecutive times in the the Malta Song For Europe festival, which selects the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. At her 11th attempt she finally won the 2007 festival, held in Ta' Qali on February 3 2007, with the song "Vertigo" and represented Malta at the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, on May 10 2007.
- Jaume Bartumeu
Jaume Bartumeu Cassany is an Andorran lawyer and founding member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in June 2000. He is currently leader of the opposition and was viewed as the most likely successor to "Cap de Govern" Marc Forné if the PSD had won the 2005 election.
- Joris Mathijsen
Joris Mathijsen (born 5 April 1980 in Goirle) is a professional Dutch footballer. He currently plays for Hamburger SV as a defender. Mathijsen came through the youth system of Willem II Tilburg, making his debut on 27 February 1999 in a match against FC Utrecht. After six seasons at Willem II, he was sold by manager Co Adriaanse to AZ Alkmaar. However he endured a harder time breaking into the first team at Alkmaar.
- Marta Roure
Marta Roure is an Andorran singer. She was the performer of the country's debut entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, singing Jugarem A Estimar-Nos (Will play loving each other) in the 2004 edition of the Contest.
- Marian van de Wal
Marian van de Wal was the representative of Andorra at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine. Originally from the Netherlands, Marian runs a small hotel in the Andorran town of L'Aldosa. She entered Eurocasting 2005, and was one of three finalists selected to go to the small country's national final. On 18 December 2004, in Andorra La Vella, she won the right to sing for Andorra over Mar Capdevila and Ishtar Ruiz.
- Ildefons Lima
Ildefons Lima Solá is an Andorran footballer. As of 2006, he plays for U.S. Triestina Calcio and Andorra. When he moved to U.S. Triestina Calcio, in the summer of 2005, he was unknown in Italy, but became famous in Trieste when he played a few matches as a forward, and not in his original position of central defender. In January 2006, the 2 best central defenders of Triestina, William Pianu and Maurizio Peccarisi, were sold to Bari and Rimini, …
- Koldo
Koldo, full name Jesús Luís Alvárez de Eulate is an Andorran football goalkeeper, who has been representing the Andorra national football team. He currently plays for CF Balaguer in the Spanish Tercera División. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Andorra by the Andorran Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.
- Eduardo Aguirre
Eduardo Aguirre, Jr. (born July 30, 1946, in Cuba) is the United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, appointed by President George W. Bush, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 2005, and sworn in on June 24, 2005. He presented his credentials to King Juan Carlos I of Spain on June 29, 2005.
- Amit ben Shushan
Amit Ben Shushan (born March 20, 1985 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli football player. He has been playing for Beitar Jerusalem since Youth level. Ben Shushan can play as a striker or as a supporting forward on the wing. He made a name for himself after his series of goals during Beitar's Intertoto campaign in 2005. He made his debut for the Israel national football team vs Estonia on September 2, 2006 when he came in as a sub for fellow team-mate Michael Zandberg.
- Joan Enric Vives Sicília
Joan Enric Vives i Sicília is the current Bishop of Urgell and "ex officio" Co-Prince of Andorra. He was officially appointed on May 12, 2003, replacing Joan Martí Alanis. He was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1949, ordained as a priest in 1974, became Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (and Titular Bishop of Nona) in 1993, and assistant in the diocese of Urgell in 2001.
- Peter Cameron
Peter Cameron (born 29 November 1959 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey) is an American novelist and writer living in New York, NY. He is best known for his novels "Andorra", "The Weekend" and "The City of Your Final Destination".
- Marc Forné Molné
Marc Forné i Molné was the Head of Government of Andorra from 7 December 1994 to May 27 2005. After 2 full terms, he was succeeded by Albert Pintat after he won the April 2005 election. He is a lawyer by profession, and was president of the Liberal Party of Andorra ("Partit Liberal d'Andorra"). The policy lead by Marc Forné is inspired by liberalism and aims to maintain a low taxation level and avoid any statist drift.
- Joan Martí Alanis
Joan Martí Alanis is a former Bishop of Urgell and hence former co-Prince of Andorra. He was Bishop of Urgell from 1971 to 2003. He was a co-signatory, along with François Mitterrand, of Andorra's new constitution in 1993. war:Joan Martí Alanis
- Merche Romero
Merche Romero Gomes (born November 27, 1976) is a model, actress and TV host. She is of Spanish descent but she was born in Andorra. She has Spanish nationality although she currently lives and works in Portugal. She gained notoriety for being the girlfriend of Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo, 9 years younger, which made her the target of several Cristiano fans who started Anti-Merche sites.
- Barry van Galen
Bart ("Barry") van Galen (born 4 April, 1970 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch footballer. He was a left-footed midfielder who could also play as a left sided winger. He made his debut in Dutch professional soccer on August 17, 1991 (Haarlem - Telstar 2-1), and made his international debut on November 17, 2004 against Andorra, substituting Pierre van Hooijdonk. At age 34, he was the oldest debutant ever for "Oranje".
- Stephen Wright
Sir Stephen John Leadbetter Wright KCMG (born 1946 in Quito) since May 2003 the UK Ambassador to Spain and the Principality of Andorra. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Oxford University where he studied Modern History. He previously worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, and has served in Washington DC, Brussels, New Dehli and New York. His first overseas post was to Havana. He is married with two children, and enjoys music, opera, art, travel, …
- Juli Fernández
Juli Fernàndez is an Andorran footballer currently playing for FC Santa Coloma in Andorra. With his team he has won both the Andorran First Division and the Andorran Cup several times. He scored a consolation goal for Andorra in their 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying match against Israel.
- Philippe Massoni
Philippe Massoni is a French politician. He has been Jacques Chirac's representative to Andorra since July 26, 2002, replacing Frédéric de Saint-Sernin. He had previously been chief of police for Paris.
- Knut Kircher
Knut Kircher (born February 2, 1969), is a German football referee. In 1998 he became a referee in the 2nd Bundesliga (zweite bundesliga). Kircher was then elevated to a referee in the German Bundesliga for the 2001/2002 season. In 2004 he became a FIFA-referee. He officiated his first match on September 8, 2004; the World Cup qualifying match between Andorra and Romania (1-5)
- Eric Ripert
Eric Ripert , executive chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin in New York, serves as consulting chef for AZUR by Le Bernardin and works closely with Eric Wadlund , Chef de Cuisine at the La Quinta Resort & Spa restaurant. Wadlund, the son of a Wisconsin baker, began his culinary career when at 4 years of age he whipped up his first batch of doughnuts. His formal training began when he was 18 at the acclaimed Madison Club in Wisconsin under Chef Jerry Zackerski.
- Lluis Claret
Lluís Claret is a cellist. He was born in Andorra in 1951 where he began his musical education at the age of 9. In 1964 he moved to Barcelona, won major distinctions at the Conservatory of the Liceu, and began working with Enric Casals. Claret continued his studies in France, Italy and in the USA. Throughout his career he has been especially committed to chamber music. He won first prizes at a number of prestigious international competitions.
- Boris Skossyreff
Boris Skossyreff was a presumably Russian adventurer who attempted to seize power in the European nation of Andorra during the early 1930s. Russian sources give his name in Cyrillic as Борис Скосырев, for which the modern English transliteration of his name would be Skosyrev. In January 1919 a Boris Skossyreff - aged 22 - a former translator for the Japanese Military Mission, …
- Albert Salvadó
Albert Salvadó is an Andorran writer in Catalan language and Castilian. He studied civil engineering. He has written children's tales, essays and novels. Highlights their historical novels. He mixes reality, fiction and mystery. Their books are translated to several languages and he has won several prices.
- Melissandre Fuentes
Melissandre Fuentes (born March 1, 1988 in Canillo) is an Andorran figure skater. She is the 2004 and 2005 Andorran national champion. Fuentes is the first lady skater to represent Andorra at an ISU Championship, which she accomplished at the 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
- Hocine Haciane
Hocine Haciane was a swimmer who represented Andorra at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also the flag bearer for Andorra.
- Ana Arce
Ana Arce (born January 5, 1964 in Madrid) is a photographer and former skip of the Andorran national women's curling team. She was skip for three years. She skipped the Andorran team in 3 European curling championships. In 2002, she finished 17th, in 2003 15th and in 2004 21st. She now curls in Madrid in Spain.
- Julian Vila Coma
Julian Vila Coma is the Permanent Representative (or ambassador) for the Principality of Andorra to the United Nations. His office was first confirmed when he presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 3 May 2004. He has spoken more than once at the UN on multilateral nuclear disarmament.
- James Haydon
James Haydon is a British motorcycle racer, although he currently lives in Andorra. Having already won 4 British 250cc races, he competed in the 1993 British 500cc Grand Prix, finishing 11th to become the youngest ever British points-scorer in a top-division international race. Having won a British Superbike race in 1994, he raced full-time in the 500cc world championship class in 1995-1996 for WCM, taking a few top 10 results, and in WSBK in 1997, …
- Carlos Ezquerra
Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (born November 1947, in Zaragoza), who has also worked under the alias "L. John Silver", is a Spanish comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra. He is best known as the co-creator of "Judge Dredd". In the 1970s he worked for Battle Picture Weekly, drawing such strips as "Rat Pack", "Major Eazy" and "El Mestizo".
- Lev Psakhis
Lev Borisovich Psakhis (b. November 29, 1958, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia) is a renowned naturalised Israeli chess grandmaster, trainer and author. Born in Siberia, he is also a two-time former champion of the Soviet Union. He gained the International Master and International Grandmaster titles in 1980 and 1982 respectively, …
- Justí Guitart I Vilardebó
Justí Guitart i Vilardebó reigned as the Bishop of Urgell and Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra from 1920 to 1940. Born in Barcelona on, Vilaredbó was ordained as a Priest in 1901, andwas consecrated as Bishop of Urgell on May 23, 1920, and took the oath as Prince on July 27 of the same year. During his reign, numerous improvements, such as the introduction of electricity, the construction of roads, and establishment of Spanish post offices, came to Andorra.
- Nemesi Marqués Oste
Nemesi Marqués y Oste is the personal representative to Andorra of the Bishop of Urgell, who is one of the co-princes of Andorra. He is a Roman Catholic priest, and has been rector of Bellestar, a village of 55 inhabitants. See also: List of national leaders, Politics of Andorra.
- Ramón Malla Call
Ramón Malla Call was Epicscopal Co-Prince of Andorra and Bishop of Urgell from 1969 until 1971. He was ordained as priest on December 19, 1948, in Salamanca.
- Jennifer Serrano
Jennifer Serrano, better known as Jenny, is a Spanish singer. She was born in Asturias, Spain, and is a student of music under Helen Rowson in Barcelona. She is a new artist in both Spain and Andorra, with no previous commercial success in either country. Previously, she was a waitress. Jenny performed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Andorra, singing the song "Sense Tu", written by Rafael Artesero.
- Siegfried Grabner
Siegfried Grabner (born February 4, 1975 in Waiern, Carinthia) is an Austrian professional snowboarder. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he won bronze in the Parallel Giant Slalom competition. Having won the Junior World Championship 1994 in Slovenia, he decided to go professional. He won the European Championship 1995 in Finland, and became part of the Burton Alpine Team. In 2003 he won the Parallel Giant Slalom World Championship in Kreischberg, Austria.
- Alfonso Caycedo
Alfonso Caycedo is a Colombian neuro-psychiatrist and the founder and creator of sophrology. Professor Caycedo is the head of 'Sophrocay International', and is based in Andorra, Barcelona and Bogotá, where he teaches the upper levels of sophrology training.
- Frédéric de Saint-Sernin
Frédéric Marie Joseph Bruno de Laparre de Saint-Sernin is a french politician and businessman, born 14 February 1958 in Reims. He was the representative of former French Co-Prince Jacques Chirac in Andorra until 2002. He also had been an advisor to the French President since 1999 to 2006. He has been twice a member of the French Parliament, representing Dordogne for the right-wing political party Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (1993 - 1997 and 2002 - 2004).