Don Facundo Bacardi:
1814 – Don Facundo Bacardí Massó was born in Sitges (Catalonia).1830 – Don Facundo Bacardi settled in Cuba.  1844 – In Santiago, Don Facundo Bacardi became the owner of a mercantile shop. 1852 – Began to experiment with the process of distilling rum  or sugar-cane brandy, until Don Facundo Bacardi was … Don Facundo Bacardi

Pepe (Pere ) Catasús Ferret

Ferret family reportably built the stairs to the church in Sitges. La Punta (Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla) proposed 1890 & completed 26th August 1900.

José Catasús Ferret (1825-1878)

Born & died in Sitges (5th October 1825 – 9th December 1878)

• Industrialist importing wine, timber trade and oil importing and refining.

Married his cousin, Maria Bués Catasús. 8th June 1857 in Sitges.

• Great grandmother, Dolores Catasús Bués, was their 5th child.
  Other children
• Antonio Catasús Bués
• Gertrudis Catasús Bués (‘Aunt Tula’).

Joaquim (1875-1956)
Catalan painter, born in Sitges, E Spain

José Vidal Martí
Mayor of Sitges in late 1880’s

Miguel Riera y Vidal
Born in Sitges, Spain in the 1870’s of Miguel Riera y Matas and María del Vinyet Vidal y Martí.

Aka El Hereu; he had many documents about the Riera genealogy reaching back to the seventeenth century.  A bomb during the Spanish Civil War fell on Calle Mayor in Sitges and destroyed them.

Cayetana Riera y Vidal, Salvadora Riera y Vidal
Born in Sitges, Spain in the 1870’s of Miguel Riera y Matas and María del Vinyet Vidal y Martí.

Gustavo Riera y Vidal
Aka Tavo.
Born in Sitges, Spain in 1881 of Miguel Riera y Matas and María del Vinyet Vidal y Martí. Died in Havana, Cuba in 1940.

Mercedes Riera y Vidal
Born 1890 in Sitges, Spain of of Miguel Riera y Matas and María del Vinyet Vidal y Martí.

Jaume Sans (1914-1987)
Artist was born in Sitges, and lived with his family in Cuba until he was eleven years old. Back to Barcelona, Sans got in touch with the “L’Amic de les Arts” magazine, one of the printed magazines that contributed to revolution the artistic scenario of the 20s, edited in Sitges from 1926 to 1929

Rafael Termes (1918 – 2005)
Dr. Rafael Termes i Carreró (December 5, 1918 – 2005) was born in Sitges, Barcelona.

Honors As well as other awardsFact|date=November 2007, Professor Termes has received the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil MeritFact|date=November 2007, the Award for Free Enterprise (2002)Fact|date=November 2007, the Gold Mercury International Award for Economy [ Gold Mercury http://www.goldmercury.org/winners_by_year.php?year=2004-2003] , and the Castilla y León Infanta Cristina Economy Award (2003)Fact|date=November 2007.

Jesús Pérez Rosales (Manila 1896 – Barcelona 1989)
In 1970 donated his art collection to the Maricel Museum

Antonio Mingote (17 January 1919 – 3 April 2012)
Don Antonio Mingote Barrachina, 1st Marquess of Daroca , also simply known as Mingote, was a Spanish cartoonist, writer, and journalist. He drew a daily cartoon in ABC since 1953 until his death in 2012. He was born in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.

INFLUENCES

Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (Catalan pronunciation: [səntiˈaɣu ruziˈɲɔɫ]) (Barcelona February 25, 1861 – June 13, 1931)
A Catalan post-impressionist/Symbolist painter, poet, and playwright, born in Barcelona, died in Aranjuez in 1931 while painting its famous gardens.
He influenced Pablo Picasso as a modern artist, and also left many modernist buildings in Sitges, Catalonia (more)

Charles Deering (Maine USA 1852 – Miami USA 1927)
An American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist.
In 1910 he had the Palau Maricel built in Sitges, with the help of the artist Miquel Utrillo i Morlius,  as an art center for Spain

Josep Pascó i Mensa (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp pəsˈko]) (Sant Feliu de Llobregat  1855  – Barcelona 1910)
A painter, illustrator and designer from Catalonia, famous for book illustrations and theater set design. Began as a mural painter then moved to landscapes on canvas . One of his most original paintings is that of the flag of the Cau Ferrat in Sitges. (more)

Emerencià Roig i Raventós ( Sitges , Garraf , 1881 – Barcelona , 1935) was a Catalan pharmacist and publicist (more)