Macharaviaya as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Spanish lawyer (1720-1787), Spanish General and colonial governor (1746-1786), Spanish general and colonial governor (1717-1784)): José de Gálvez, Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo and some more.