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Spain competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 289 competitors, 194 men and 95 women, took part in 157 events in 22 sports.
Justo Wilmar Villar Viveros is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Jesús Ángel García Bragado is a Spanish race walker. He has competed at eight Olympic Games, the most Olympic appearances ever in athletics. He was married to gymnast Carmen Acedo. He retired in 2021 after the Tokyo Olympics.
Joan Gaspart i Solves is a Spanish businessman and a former Barcelona president between July 2000 and February 2003. He was born in Barcelona. He was vice president of the club during the presidency of Josep Lluís Nuñez between 1978 and 2000, before becoming president himself. He was heavily criticised for his presidency that lasted from 2000 to 2003, and also labelled himself as a poor president of the club. Gaspart spent the money from the sale of Luís Figo to Real Madrid, by buying Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars from Arsenal and Gerard from Valencia.
Paulo César Villar Nieto is a Colombian hurdling athlete.
Villar de Argañán is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. In 2016 the municipality had a population of 89 inhabitants. Located 105 km from Salamanca, it was known as Villar del Puerco until the 1950s.
León Villar was a Spanish judoka. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Club Deportivo Getxo is a Spanish football team based in Getxo, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1927 it plays in División Honor Bizkaia, holding home matches at Campo Municipal de Fadura, with a 3,500-seat capacity.
Miguel Ángel Villar Pinto is a Spanish writer, author of fairy tales, children's books, and novels.
Ángel María Villar Llona is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Rafael Joaquín Trujillo Villar is a Spanish sailor of the Finn class and an Olympic medalist. He won the Finn Gold Cup once and competed in four straight Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in Athens 2004.
Juan Villar Vázquez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward.
Lauro Villar Ochoa was a Mexican military general who is known for defending the National Palace of Mexico and Francisco I. Madero's administration, along with Ángel Ortiz Monasterio, from the rebellious attacks of the general Bernardo Reyes of the Ten Tragic Days in 1913. He also fought in the French Intervention and against the empire of Maximilian I of Mexico.
Jonathan Rafael Villar Roque is a Dominican professional baseball second baseman for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels. Prior to 2017, Villar was primarily a shortstop.
Villar is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Danielle Villars is a Swiss swimmer who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She has won multiple Swiss titles and currently holds four national records in both freestyle and butterfly. Villars is a resident athlete for the Limmat Sharks, and is coached and trained by Dirk Reinicke.
Miguel Ángel López Nicolás is a Spanish racewalker. He won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the 2015 World Championships and the silver in 2013. He competed in the 20 km walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth, and the 50 km walk at the 2016 Olympics, where he was one of 11 walkers who did not finish amid "punishingly hot and humid conditions".
Iván Villar Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Celta.
The Central Operative Unit is a specialized division of the Civil Guard of Spain responsible for the investigation and prosecution of the most serious forms of crime and organized crime, whether national or international, as well as support to the Territorial Units of Judicial Police, that, due to lack of personnel or resources, or because the criminal field is more than one autonomous communities, require the support of this Unit.
Miguel Villar Alonso, known as Miki Villar or just Miki, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok.
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