This is a list of notable people who either:

• are or were Spanish citizens during at least one period of their life,
• were born in Spain or in the territory of present-day Spain, but who were not or are not Spanish citizens (either because Spain did not exist at the time of their life or because they had or have another citizenship). The names of people of this category are italicized.

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This is a list of Spaniards who are famous or notable, in alphabetical order within categories.

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Actors

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• Victoria Abril (b. 1959)
• Elena Anaya (b. 1975)
• Antonio Banderas (b. 1960)
• Javier Bardem (b. 1969)
• Pilar Bardem (b. 1939)
• Ana Belén (b. 1951)
• Juan Diego Botto (b. 1975)
• Celso Bugallo (b. 1947)
• Mark Consuelos (b. 1970)
• Penélope Cruz (b. 1974)
• Gabino Diego (b. 1966)
• Angelines Fernández (1922–1994)
• Fernando Fernán Gómez (b. 1921)
• Sancho Gracia (b. 1936)
• Alfredo Landa (b. 1933)
• Sergi López (b. 1965)
• Jordi Mollà (b. 1968)
• Sara Montiel (b. 1928)
• Paul Naschy (b. 1934)
• Marisa Paredes (b. 1946)
• Francisco Rabal (1926–2001)
• Fernando Rey (1917–1994)
• Fernando Sancho (1916–1990)
• Paz Vega (b. 1976)

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Artists

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• Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), surrealist artist.
• Francisco de Goya (1746–1828), painter and engraver.
• El Greco (1541–1614), painter and sculptor.
• Juan Gris (1887–1927), cubist painter.
• Jesús Mari Lazkano (b. 1960), painter.
• Joan Miró (1893–1983), painter, sculptor and ceramist.
• Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618–1682), painter.
• Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), painter and sculptor, co-founder of cubism.
• Antoni Tàpies (1923), abstract expressionist painter.
• Darío Urzay (b. 1958), painter, graphic artist.
• Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), painter.
• Ignacio Zuloaga (1870–1945), painter.
• Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1644), painter.

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, Marquis of Pubol or Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), known popularly as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish (Catalan) artist and one of the most important painters of the 20th century. ... Yves Tanguy Indefinite Divisibility 1942 Surrealism[1] is a movement stating that the liberation of our mind, and subsequently the liberation of the individual self and society, can be achieved by exercising the imaginative faculties of the unconscious mind to the attainment of a dream-like state different from, or... Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ... El Greco (The Greek, 1541 – April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. ... The Sunblind, 1914, Tate Gallery. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jesús Mari Lazkano (Bergara, 1960) is a Spanish painter. ... Joan Miró photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, June, 1935 Joan Miró i Ferrà (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Catalan (Spanish) painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Montroig, Spain. ... Murillo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (January 1, 1618 - April 3, 1682) was a Spanish painter from Seville. ... Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Antoni Tàpies (born in Barcelona, December 23, 1923) is a Catalan painter. ... This USPS stamp illustrates Pollocks drip technique. ... For others named Velázquez, see Velazquez (disambiguation). ... Ignacio Zuloaga (July 26, 1870 - October 31, 1945) was a Spanish painter, born at Eibar, in the Basque country, the son of the metalworker and damascener Plácido Zuloaga, and grandson of the organizer and director of the royal armoury in Madrid. ... Francisco Zurbarán (November 7, 1598 – August 27, 1664), was a Spanish painter, born at Fuente de Cantos in Extremadura. ...

Architects

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• Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the main representatives of postmodernism in architecture.
• Santiago Calatrava (b. 1951), 2005 AIA Gold Medal Laureate.
• Ildefons Cerdà (1815–1876), urban planner who designed the 19th-century extension of Barcelona (Eixample).
• Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850–1923), brilliant contemporary of better known fellow citizen Gaudí.
• Miguel Fisac (b. 1913)
• Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), known for his unfinished masterwork La Sagrada Família.
• Juan de Herrera (1530–1593), helped to plan El Escorial; his style influenced Spanish architecture for centuries.
• Enric Miralles (1955–2000), built the Scottish Parliament (finished in 2004, after his death).
• Rafael Moneo (b. 1937), 1996 Pritzker Prize Laureate.
• Josep Lluís Sert (1902–1983), member of the GATCPAC group, exiled, Professor at Harvard University.

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Explorers and conquistadores

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• Lope de Aguirre (1511–1561), soldier and adventurer, explored the Amazon River looking for El Dorado.
• Diego de Almagro (1475–1538), explorer and conquistador, first European in Chile.
• Juan Bautista de Anza (1736–1788), soldier and explorer, founded San Francisco, California.
• Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487–1551), bishop of Panama, discovered the Galápagos Islands.
• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490–c. 1559), first European to explore the southwestern of what is now the United States (1527–1536), also explored South America (1540–1542).
• Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499–1543), explorer, founded the city of San Diego, California.
• Gabriel de Castilla (1577–1620), sailor; in 1603 he became probably the first man ever to sight Antarctica.
• Cosme Damián Churruca (1761–1805), explorer, astronomer and naval officer, mapped the Strait of Magellan (1788–1789).
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (c.1510–1554), explored New Mexico and other parts of the southwest of what is now the United States (1540–1542).
• Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), conquistador of the Aztec Empire, explorer of Baja California Peninsula.
• Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476–1526), explorer and sailor, first man to circumnavigate the world.
• Gaspar de Espinosa (1467/77?–1537), soldier and explorer, first European to reach the coast of Nicaragua, co-founder of Panama City.
• Salvador Fidalgo (1756–1803), naval officer and cartographer, explored Alaska in 1790, he named Cordova, Port Gravina, and Valdez.
• Miguel López de Legazpi (1502–1572), explored and conquered the Philippine Islands in 1565.
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519), first European to sight the Pacific Ocean, founder of Darién.
• Francisco de Orellana (c. 1500–c. 1549), first European to explore the Amazon River.
• Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila, 1440–1531), conquistador, founder of Panama and governor of Nicaragua.
• Francisco Pizarro (1471–1541), conqueror of the Inca Empire in Peru.
• Juan Ponce de León (1460–1521), first European to explore Florida (1513); he founded the first European settlement in Puerto Rico (1508).
• Gaspar de Portolà (~1717–aft.1784), explorer, founder of Monterey (California).
• Hernando de Soto (1500–1542), explorer and conquistador, first European to explore the plains of eastern North America; discovered the Mississippi river and the Ohio river.
• Pedro de Valdivia (c.1500–1554), conquistador of Chile, founder of Santiago, Concepción, and Valdivia.

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Film directors

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• Pedro Almodóvar (b. 1949)
• Alejandro Amenábar (b. 1972)
• Montxo Armendáriz (b. 1949)
• Carlos Atanes (b. 1971)
• Juanma Bajo Ulloa (b. 1967)
• Jaume Balagueró (b. 1968)
• Juan Antonio Bardem (1922–2002)
• Icíar Bollaín (b. 1967)
• José Luis Borau (b. 1929)
• Luis Buñuel (1900–1983)
• Mario Camus (b. 1935)
• Isabel Coixet (b. 1962)
• Agustín Díaz Yanes (b. 1950)
• Víctor Erice (b. 1940)
• Fernando Fernán Gómez (b. 1921)
• Jesús Franco (b. 1930)
• José Luis Garci (b. 1944)
• Luis García Berlanga (b. 1921)
• Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (b. 1942)
• Álex de la Iglesia (b. 1965)
• Fernando León de Aranoa (b. 1968)
• Bigas Luna (b. 1946)
• Julio Medem (b. 1958)
• Fernando Méndez Leite (b. 1944)
• Pilar Miró (1940–1997)
• Paul Naschy (b. 1934)
• Amando de Ossorio
• Ventura Pons (b. 1945)
• José Luis Sáenz de Heredia (1911–1992)
• Carlos Saura (b. 1932)
• Santiago Segura (b. 1965)
• David Trueba (b. 1969)
• Fernando Trueba (b. 1955)
• Benito Zambrano (b. 1964)
• Iván Zulueta (b. 1943)

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Leaders and politicians

See also: List of Spanish monarchs, List of Spanish Prime Ministers, and Category:Spanish politicians

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Ancient

• Hadrian (76–138), Roman Emperor (117–138).
• Pontius Pilate (probably born in Tarraco – died after 36), Roman Governor of the Iudaea Province (26–36).
• Theodosius I (347–395), last ruler (392–395) of a united Roman Empire; made Christianity its official state religion.
• Trajan (53–117), Roman Emperor (98–117), under his rule the Empire reached its greatest territorial extent.

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Medieval

• Pelayo of Asturias (690–737), founding king of the Kingdom of Asturias.
• Abd-ar-Rahman III (891–961), Emir (912–929) and Caliph of Cordoba (929–961).
• Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284).
• James I of Aragon (1208–1276).

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Modern

• Isabella of Castile, the Catholic (1451–1504), Queen of Castile and Leon (1474–1504, with Ferdinand).
• Ferdinand II, the Catholic (1452–1516), King of Aragon (1479–1516), Castile and Leon (1474–1504, with Isabella), Sicily (1479–1516), Naples (1504–1516) and Valencia (1479–1516).
• Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517), cardinal, statesman, and regent of Spain.
• Juana of Castile frequently called "the Mad", queen of Castile and Leon. Daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand.
• Charles V (1500, 1558), Holy Roman Emperor (1530-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506–1555), King of Spain (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily (1516-1554), Archduke of Austria (1519–1521), King of the Romans (or German King). Though he is often referred to as Carlos V, he ruled officially as Carlos I, hence Charles I of Spain.
• Philip II (1526–1598), King of Spain (1556–1598).
• Charles III (1716–1788), King of Spain (1759–1788).

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Contemporary

• Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828–1897), Prime Minister.
• Leopoldo O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan (1809–1867), general and Prime Minister (1856; 1858–1863; 1864–1866).
• Juan Prim (1814–1870), general, liberal leader, revolutionary and statesman.
• 20th and 21st centuries:
  • Manuel Azaña (1880–1940), Premier (twice) and President during the Second Spanish Republic.
  • José María Aznar (b. 1953), Prime Minister (1996–2004).
  • Josep Borrell (b. 1947), President of the European Parliament since 20 July 2004.
  • Buenaventura Durruti (1896–1936), anarchist leader.
  • Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Army general and dictator, ruled Spain for 41 years as "Caudillo" (1939–1975).
  • Felipe González (b. 1942), Prime Minister (1982–1996).
  • Juan Carlos I (b. 1938), King of Spain since 1975.
  • Rodrigo Rato (b. 1949), Managing Director of the IMF since 4 May 2004.
  • Adolfo Suárez (b. 1932), Prime Minister (1976–1981).
  • Javier Solana (b. 1942), Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999) and High Representative (since 1999) of the CFSP of the Council of the European Union.
  • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (b. 1960), Prime Minister since 2004.

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Literature

See also: Category:Spanish writers

A–D

• Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833–1891), novelist.
• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581?–1639), dramatist.
• Rafael Alberti (1902–1999), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1983).
• Mateo Alemán (1547–c. 1609), novelist.
• Vicente Aleixandre (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1977).
• Dámaso Alonso, poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1978).
• Francisco Ayala (b. 1906), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1991).
• Matt Crenshaw (matt crenshaw) (1863–1967), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist.
• Pío Baroja (1872–1956), novelist.
• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870), romantic poet and tale writer.
• Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954), dramatist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1922).
• Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928), novelist, wrote The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916).
• Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000), playwright.
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), playwright and poet.
• Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), poet.
• Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), novelist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1989).
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote (1605 & 1615).
• Mercedes Deambrosis (b. 1955), novelist
• Baltasar del Alcázar (1530-1606), poet
• Miguel Delibes (b. 1920), novelist, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1993).
• Agustín Díaz Pacheco (b. 1953), journalist and novelist.
• Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1979).

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (10 March 1833 - 19 July 1891) was a Spanish author, writer and political figure. ... Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (1581? - August 4, 1639), was a Mexican dramatist. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... Rafael Alberti Rafael Alberti (El Puerto de Santa María,16 December 1902 - El Puerto de Santa María,28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of 27. ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ... Mateo Alemán Mateo Alemán y de Enero (Seville, Spain, 1547 - Mexico, ¿1615?), Spanish novelist and man of letters. ... Year 1547 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Vicente Aleixandre Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26, 1898 – December 14, 1984) Spanish poet, born in Sevilla. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Dámaso Alonso Dámaso Alonso (October 22, 1898 - January 25, 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ... Francisco Ayala (born March 16, 1906 in Grenada) is a Spanish writer and professor . ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ... Pío Baroja y Nessi (December 28, 1872, San Sebastián–October 30, 1956, Madrid) was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of 98. ... Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (February 17, 1836 – December 22, 1870) was a Spanish writer of poetry and short stories, now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. ... Wanderer above the sea of fog by Caspar David Friedrich Romanticism is an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in 18th century Western Europe. ... Jacinto Benavente Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (August 12, 1866 – July 14, 1954), awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922, was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Woman Triumphant, by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - a translation of La maja desnuda Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (January 29, 1867 - January 28, 1928) was a Spanish novelist writing in Spanish, a screenwriter and occasional film director. ... Cultural References to Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse spread over a range of media and a variety of activities. ... Antonio Buero Vallejo (September 29, 1916 – April 28, 2000) was a Spanish playwright. ... Pedro Calderon de la Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca (January 17, 1600 – May 25, 1681), was an important dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. ... Rosalía de Castro Rosalía Castro de Murguía better known as Rosalía de Castro (24 February 1837 – 15 July 1885) was a Galician writer and poet. ... Spanish writer Camilo José Cela Don Camilo José Cela Trulock, Marquis of Iria Flavia (es: Don Camilo José Cela Trulock, marqués de Iria Flavia) (May 11, 1916 – January 17, 2002) was an influential Spanish writer and member of the Generation of 50. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. ... (IPA: ), fully titled (IPA: ) (the ingenious hidalgo Don Quijote of La Mancha) is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. ... 1605 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Miguel Delibes (born 1920) is a Spanish novelist and member of the Real Academia Española. ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ... Agustín Díaz Pacheco. ... Statue of Gerardo Diego in Santander Gerardo Diego (3 October 1896 – 8 July 1987) was a Spanish poet and member of the Generation of 27. ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ...

E–H

• José Echegaray (1832–1916), dramatist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1904).
• Vicente Espinel (1550–1624), poet and novelist.
• Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet.
• José María Gabriel y Galán (1870–1905), poet.
• Antonio Gala (b. 1936), poet, dramatist and novelist.
• Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), novelist.
• Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), poet and dramatist.
• Luis de Góngora (1561–1627), lyric poet.
• Jorge Guillén (1893–1984), poet, Cervantes Prize Laureate (1976).

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (April 19, 1832 – September 4, 1916). ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Vicente Gómez Martínez-Espinel (Ronda, December 28, 1550 - Madrid, February 4, 1624) Spanish writer and musician of the Siglo de Oro. ... Leandro Fernández de Moratín, born March 10, 1760 – died June 21, 1828, was a Spanish dramatist and neoclassical poet. ... José María Gabriel y Galán (Frades de la Sierra (Salamanca),1870 - Guijo de Granadilla (Cáceres), España, 1905) was a Spanish poet in Castillian and Castúo. ... Antonio Gala is a Spanish poet, playwright, novelist and writer, born in Brazatortas, Ciudad Real (Castile-La Mancha) on 2 October 1936, although he moved very soon to Córdoba and is widely considered an Andalusian. ... Republican homage, bust by Erminio Blotta, at Independencia Park, Rosario, Argentina Benito Pérez Galdós (May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920) was a Spanish novelist. ... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... Luis de Góngora, in a portrait by Diego Velázquez. ... Jorge Guillén Jorge Guillén y Álvarez (January 18, 1893 - February 6, 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of 27. ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ...

I–L

• Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958), poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (1956).
• John of the Cross (1542–1591), mystic poet.
• Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811), main figure of the Spanish Age of Enlightenment, philosopher, statesman, poet and essayist.
• Jon Juaristi (b. 1951), poet and essayist.
• Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837), literary journalist.
• Fray Luis de León (1527–1591), poet of the Spanish Golden Age.
• Torcuato Luca de Tena (1923–1999), novelist, journalist and lawyer.

Juan Ramón Jiménez (December 24, 1881 – May 29, 1958) was a Spanish poet. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Saint John of the Cross (Juan de la Cruz) (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591) was a major figure in the Catholic Reformation, a Spanish mystic and Carmelite friar born at Fontiveros, a small village near Ávila. ... Mysticism from the Greek μυστικός (mystikos) an initiate (of the Eleusinian Mysteries, μυστήρια (mysteria) meaning initiation[1]) is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an... Jovellanos painted by Goya Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (5 January 1744 - 27 November 1811), Spanish statesman and author, was born at Gijón in Asturias, Spain. ... The Age of Enlightenment (French: Siècle des Lumières, German: Aufklärung) refers to the eighteenth century in European and American philosophy, or the longer period including the Age of Reason. ... Jon Juaristi Linacero (born in Bilbao, in 1951) is a poet, essayist, and Spanish translator in Castilian and Basque. ... Mariano José de Larra (24 March 1809 - 13 February 1837) was a Spanish writer noted for satire and perhaps the best prose writer of 19th-century Spain. ... Creative nonfiction is a genre of literature, also known as literary journalism and narrative journalism, which uses literary skills in the writing of nonfiction. ... Fray Luis de León (Cuenca, La Mancha Spain 1527 – 1591) was a scholar and poet of the Spanish Golden Age. ... The royal monastery El Escorial, built by Philip II The Spanish Golden Age (in Spanish, Siglo de Oro) was a period of flourishing in arts and letters in the Spanish Empire (now Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America), coinciding with the political decline and fall of the...

M–P

• Antonio Machado (1875–1939), poet.
• Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978), essayist.
• Jorge Manrique (1440–1479), poet.
• Javier Marías (b. 1951), novelist and translator.
• Juan Marsé (b. 1933), novelist.
• Joanot Martorell (1413–1468), author of the first modern novel, Tirant lo Blanc (1490).
• Eduardo Mendoza (b. 1943), writer.
• Agustín Moreto y Cavana (1618–1661), dramatist and playwright.
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), essayist.
• Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921), novelist.
• Arturo Pérez-Reverte (b. 1951), best-selling novelist and journalist.

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Q–T

• Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645), novelist, essayist and poet, master of Conceptism.
• Fernando de Rojas (1465–1541), novelist, author of La Celestina (1499).
• Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1660), dramatist.
• Carlos Ruiz Zafón (b. 1964), best-selling novelist.
• Pedro Salinas, (1891–1951), poet.
• Ramón J. Sender (1901–1982), novelist and journalist.
• Tirso de Molina (1571–1648), playwright.
• Andrés Trapiello (b. 1953), novelist, poet, Essay' author.

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U–Z

• Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1931), existentialist author and essayist.
• Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), dramatist, novelist and member of the Generation of 98.
• Garcilaso de la Vega (1501–1586), Renaissance poet.
• "El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), first mestizo author in Spanish language.
• Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635), poet and playwright.
• Cristóbal Zaragoza (1923–1999), novelist and philosopher.
• María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1660), novelist.
• José Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893), poet and dramatist, author of Don Juan Tenorio (1844).

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Military

See also: Category:Spanish military personnel

• 3rd Duke of Alba (Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 1507–1582), general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1567–1573).
• Don Juan de Austria (1547–1578), general and admiral; he defeated Ali Pacha in the Battle of Lepanto (1571).
• Blas de Lezo (1687–1741), admiral, leading 6 warships and 3.700 men defeated a British invasion force of 28.000 troops and 128 warships, during the Siege of Cartagena, in 1741.
• Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), admiral.
• Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén (1758–1852), general; he defeated Dupont in the Battle of Bailén (1808).
• El Cid (Rodrigo 'Ruy' Díaz de Vivar, c.1045–1099), knight and hero.
• Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, "El Gran Capitán" (1453–1515), general and strategist of Early modern warfare.
• Francisco Franco (1892–1975), general; from 1939 dictator and formal Head of State of Spain.
• Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786), Field Marshal and governor of Louisiana, Spanish hero of the American Revolution.
• Juan Martín Díez, "El Empecinado" (1775–1825), head of guerrilla bands promoted to Brigadier-General of cavalry during the Peninsular War.
• Casto Méndez Núñez (1830–1880), admiral.
• Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto (c.1460–1528), prominent military engineer and general.
• Alvaro Navia-Osorio Vigil, Marquis of Santa Cruz de Marcenado, (1684–1732), general, author of the treatise Reflexiones Militares (Military Reflections)
• Ambrosio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases (1569–1630), general.
• Fernando Villaamil, (1845–1898), naval officer, designer of the first destroyer warship.

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Musicians

See also: Category:Spanish musicians

• Xavier Cugat (1900–1990), bandleader.
• Alberto Iglesias (b. 1955), film music composer.
• Paco de Lucía (b. 1947), guitarist.
• Carlos Núñez (b. 1971), bagpipes and Galician (Celtic) music performer.
• Jordi Savall (b. 1941), film music composer.

Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra 1952 Film featurette - Universal Studios Xavier Cugat (January 1, 1900 - October 27, 1990) was a Spanish-Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of Latin music into United States popular music than any other musician. ... Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born San Sebastián 1955) is a Spanish composer. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... Paco De Lucia on the cover of El Duende Flamenco de Paco de Lucia (1972). ... Carlos Núñez (Vigo, 1971) is Galician musician who plays the gaita or gita, a kind of bagpipes. ... A piper playing the Great Highland Bagpipe. ... traditional Asturian dancers The traditional music of Galicia and Asturias has some similarities with the neighbouring areas of Cantabria, León, Castile and northern Portugal. ... Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1941, in Igualada, Catalonia) is a Spanish viol player and composer. ...

Classical

• Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), matt crenshaw.
• Pau Casals (1876–1973), cello player and conductor.
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), composer.
• Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (b. 1933), conductor.
• Enrique Granados (1867–1916), composer.
• Enrique Jordá (1911–1996), conductor, music director of the San Francisco Symphony (1954–1963).
• Alicia de Larrocha (b. 1923), pianist.
• Luis de Pablo (b. 1930), composer.
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), composer and pianist, known for his Concierto de Aranjuez.
• Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710), composer, dominate figure of Spanish baroque music.
• Jordi Savall (b. 1941), early and baroque music conductor and viol player.
• Andrés Segovia (1893–1987), classical guitarist.
• Antonio Soler (1729–1783), composer, known for his harpsichord sonatas.
• Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909), composer and classical guitarist.
• Joaquín Turina (1882–1949), composer.
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), the most famous composer of the 16th century (late Renaissance) in Spain.
• Opera singers
  • Victoria de los Ángeles (born 1923), soprano.
  • Teresa Berganza (born 1935), mezzo-soprano.
  • Montserrat Caballé (born 1933), soprano.
  • Emma Calvé (1858–1942), soprano.
  • José Carreras (born 1946), one of The Three Tenors.
  • Plácido Domingo (born 1941), one of The Three Tenors.
  • Manuel del Popolo Vicente García (1775–1832), tenor.
  • María Gay (1879–1943), mezzo-soprano.
  • Alfredo Kraus (1927–1999), tenor.
  • Adelina Patti (1843–1919), coloratura soprano.
  • Conchita Supervía (1895–1936), mezzo-soprano.

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Enrique Granados Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campiña (July 27, 1867 – March 24, 1916) was a Spanish pianist and composer of classical music; he is commonly considered to be a representative of musical Nationalism, and as such his music is in a uniquely Spanish style. ... Enrique Jordá (born San Sebastian, Spain, 1911, died Brussels, Belgium, 1996) was a Spanish-American conductor. ... Logo. ... Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (born 23 May 1923) is a Spanish pianist, considered one of the greatest of her generation. ... Luis de Pablo (born January 28, 1930) is a Spanish composer. ... The young Joaquin Rodrigo Joaquín Rodrigo, Marqués de los jardines de Aranjuez (Spanish, Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez), (22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999) was a Spanish composer, and virtuoso pianist, of classical music. ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... The Concierto de Aranjuez is a composition for classical guitar and orchestra of the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. ... Gaspar Sanz (April 4, 1640 - 1710) was a Spanish composer and priest born in Calanda in the region of Aragon. ... Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750 (see Dates of classical music eras for a discussion of the problems inherent in defining the beginning and end points). ... Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1941, in Igualada, Catalonia) is a Spanish viol player and composer. ... Early music is European classical music before the classical music era and after Ancient music. ... Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750 (see Dates of classical music eras for a discussion of the problems inherent in defining the beginning and end points). ... Various sizes of viol, from Michael Praetorius Syntagma musicum (1618) The viol (also called viola da gamba) is any one of a family of bowed, fretted stringed musical instruments developed in the 1400s and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. ... Andrés Segovia Andrés Torres Segovia, marqués de Salobreña (February 21, 1893 – June 3, 1987) was a Spanish classical guitarist, and later nobleman, born in Linares, Spain who is considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern music scholars. ... // History Renaissance music for vihuela El Maestro by Luis de Milán (1536) Los seys libros del Delphin by Luis de Narváez (1538) Tres Libros de Música by Alonso Mudarra (1546) Silva de sirenas by Enríquez de Valderrábano (1547) Libro de música de Vihuela by... Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos (baptised December 3, 1729 - December 20, 1783) was a Spanish composer. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is any of a family of European keyboard instruments, including the large instrument currently called a harpsichord, but also the smaller virginals, the muselar virginals and the spinet. ... Sonata (From Latin and Italian sonare, to sound), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to cantata (Latin cantare, to sing), a piece sung. ... Francisco Tárrega Francisco Tárrega (Francisto Tarrega y Eixea) (November 21, 1852 – December 15, 1909) was a Catalan composer and guitarist. ... Joaquín Turina (December 9, 1882 – January 14, 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music. ... Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 – August 20, 1611) was a gifted Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. ... Renaissance music is European classical music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 to 1600. ... Victoria de los Ángeles Victòria dels Àngels (November 1, 1923 – January 15, 2005) was a Catalan Spanish operatic soprano whose career began in the early 1940s and reached its height in the mid 1970s. ... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Teresa Berganza The Spanish opera singer Teresa Berganza (born 16 March 1935) is a well-known mezzo-soprano most closely associated with the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Bizet. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that... Montserrat Caballé Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folc, better known as Montserrat Caballé (born April 12, 1933), is a Catalan Spanish operatic soprano renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. ... Emma Calvé (15 August 1858 - 6 January 1942), was a famous Spanish operatic soprano. ... José Carreras Coll (Catalan: Josep Carreras i Coll) (born December 5, 1946) is a Spanish operatic tenor. ... album cover of the 1990 concert in Rome left-right Domingo,Carreras, Mehta, Pavarotti The Three Tenors is a name given to collabarative concerts of the three operatic tenors Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti. ... José Plácido Domingo Embil (born January 21, 1941[1]), better known as Plácido Domingo, is a world-famous Spanish operatic tenor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Manoel Garcia. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice. ... Maria Gay (13 June 1879 - 20 July 1943) was a Catalan opera singer, a mezzo-soprano born as Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning medium soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above middle C. Mezzo-sopranos generally have a darker (or lower) vocal tone than sopranos, and their vocal range is between that... Alfredo Kraus Alfredo Kraus (24 November 1927 – 10 September 1999) was a Spanish tenor, and considered among the legendary tenors of the 20th century along with others like Franco Corelli and Luciano Pavarotti. ... Patti as Marguerite in Faust, 1875. ... Coloratura is an old word meaning colouring. ... Look up soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Conchita Supervía (December 9, 1895–March 30, 1936) was a notable and successful Spanish mezzo-soprano singer. ...

Singers

• Edward Aguilera (born 1976), first European member of Menudo.
• Ana Belén (born 1951), she's married to Víctor Manuel
• David Bisbal, (b. 1979) pop singer.
• Miguel Bosé (born 1956), pop singer.
• Nino Bravo (1944–1973)
• Jose Luis Perales
• Luz Casal (b. 1958), pop singer.
• Charo (born 1941), singer.
• Charytin (born 1950), singer.
• Dovergroup of four, all nembers are from Spain
• Rocio Durcal (1945–2006), singer and actress.
• Rocio Jurado ( 1944-2006 )
• Manolo García (b. 1955), singer-songwriter.
• Julio Iglesias (born 1943), pop singer.
• La Pandilla teen poop group, all members are from Spain.
• Lolita Flores (b 1958)
• Los del Río
• Víctor Manuel (born 1947), he's married to Ana Belén
• Ramón Melendi (born 1979), flamenco-influenced singer.
• Raphael (born 1943), pop singer.
• Enrique Urquijo (1960–1999), New Wave music singer.
• Joaquín Sabina (b. 1949), singer-songwriter.
• Alejandro Sanz (b. 1968), pop/ballad singer.
• Joan Manuel Serrat (born 1943), Catalan singer-songwriter.
• Isabel Pantoja (b 1956)

Edward Aguilera (born December 17, 1976) is a singer from Spain. ... This article concerns the boy band Menudo. ... Ana Belén is the artistic name of Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish actress and singer. ... Víctor Manuel San José Sánchez is a famous spanish singer-songwriter Hes married to the famous spanish singer and actress Ana Belén since 1972. ... David Bisbal (born June 5, 1979) is a Spanish singer. ... Miguel Luchino González Bosé (ó Borlani?) (April 3, 1956, Aries, Panama), is a Latin Grammy winner Spanish musician and actor, born in the Republic of Panama. ... Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis (August 3, 1944—April 16, 1973), popularly known by the artistic name of Nino Bravo, was an international singing star from Spain. ... José Luis Perales (born January 18, 1945 in Castejón-Cuenca, Spain) is a talented singer and composer who has presented part of his extensive work in Carnegie Hall, New York. ... Luz Casal (born November 11, 1958 at Boimorto, Galicia) is a Spanish pop singer. ... Charo María Del Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza De Rasten (born January 15, 1951); disputed year 1941; better known in the Latin and Hollywood show business as Charo, is a singer, dancer, comedian, actress and classical guitar player. ... Charytin Goyco (born May 23, 1950), better known in the show business plainly as Charytin, is a singer and actress from the Dominican Republic. ... Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ... Rocío Dúrcal Rocío Dúrcal (October 4, 1944 - March 25, 2006), born as María de los Ángeles de Las Heras Ortiz, was a Spanish singer and actress. ... Rocío Mohedano Jurado (September 18, 1944 - ) is a Spanish singer and actress born in Chipiona, Cádiz. ... Manolo García Manuel García García-Pérez (*Poblenou, Barcelona, August 19 of 1955) is a spanish singer and painter. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... La Pandilla was a teen music group of the 1970s. ... Lolita Flores (Dolores González Flores) (Madrid, May 6, 1958) is a Spanish actress and singer. ... Los del Río on the cover of their album A Mi Me Gusta. ... Víctor Manuel San José Sánchez is a famous spanish singer-songwriter Hes married to the famous spanish singer and actress Ana Belén since 1972. ... Ana Belén is the artistic name of Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish actress and singer. ... Melendi (Ramón Melendi Espina) is a flamenco-influenced Spanish pop musician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Enrique Urquijo (March 15, 1960 - November 17, 1999) was a Spanish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in Western popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s inspired by the punk rock movement. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968 in Madrid, Spain, is a Grammy Award winning Spanish pop/ballad musician. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a story, usually a narrative or poem, in a song. ... Joan Manuel Serrat Joan Manuel Serrat Teresa (born December 27, 1943 in Barcelona) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. ... Anthem: Els Segadors Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan, Spanish and Aranese Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 6th  32,114 km²  6. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Isabel Pantoja (María Isabel Pantoja Martín) is a popular contemporary Spanish singer, born on August 2, 1956, in the famous Triana district of Seville, Spain. ...

Philosophers and humanists

• Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia (1240–probably 1292), philosopher, early kabbalist.
• Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284), El Sabio ("The Wise").
• Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126–1198), philosopher, tried to reconcile Aristotle's system of thought with Islam (see Averroism).
• Francisco de Enzinas (1518–1552), humanist and translator of the New Testament
• Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658), author of El Criticón, influenced European philosophers such as Schopenhauer.
• Yehuda Halevi (c. 1070–c. 1141), philosopher and religious poet, author of Kuzari.
• Isidore of Seville (560–636), major scholar of the early Middle Ages, wrote Etymologiae, first encyclopedia known to be compiled in western civilization.
• Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484–1566), humanist, advocate of the rights of Native Americans.
• Ramón Llull (1235–1315), philosopher, writer and theologian; author of Ars magna (1305), a system of logic that influenced Leibniz.
• Ignatius of Loyola (1491?–1556), theologian, founder of the Society of Jesus.
• Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978), humanist, co-founder of the College of Europe (1949).
• Maimónides (1135–1204), the most influential figure in medieval Jewish philosophy.
• Gregorio Marañón (1887–1960), humanist and medical scientist, nonimportant intellectual of the 20th century in Spain.
• Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912), philologist, historian and erudite.
• Julián Marías (1914–2005), philosopher. Wrote the History of Philosophy
• Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968), philologist, historian and erudite member of Generation of '98.
• Antonio de Nebrija (1441–1522), scholar, published the first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática Castellana, 1492), which was the first grammar produced of any Romance language.
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), philosopher, social and political thinker, author of The Revolt of the Masses (1930).
• Bernardino de Sahagún (1499–1590), Franciscan missionary, researched Nahua culture and Nahuatl language and compiled an unparallelled work in Spanish and Náhuatl.
• George Santayana (1863–1952), philosopher, taught at Harvard, author of The Sense of Beauty (1896) and The Life of Reason (1905–6).
• Fernando Savater (born 1947), philosopher and essayist, known for his writings on ethics.
• Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca. 4 BC–AD 65), one of the main stoic philosophers.
• Francisco Suárez (1548–1617), one of the most influential scholastics after Thomas Aquinas.
• Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), existentialist writer and literary theoretician.
• Juan Luis Vives (1492–1540), prominent figure of Renaissance humanism, taught at Leuven and Oxford (while tutor to Mary Tudor).
• Xavier Zubiri (1889–1983), philosopher, critic of classical metaphysics.

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Aristotle (Greek: AristotélÄ“s) (384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... Averroism is the term applied to either of two philosophical trends among scholastics in the late 13th century, the first of which was based on Averroës interpretations of Aristotle. ... Francisco de Enzinas (1 November 1518? – 30 December 1552), also known by the humanist name Francis Dryander, was a classical scholar, translator, author, and Protestant apologist of Spanish origin. ... John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ... Baltasar Gracián y Morales (January 8, 1601 - December 6, 1658), Spanish prose writer, was born at Calatayud (Aragon). ... Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) was a German philosopher. ... Judah Ha-Levi, also Yehudah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi (Hebrew רבי יהודה הלוי) (c. ... The Kuzari is the most famous work by the medieval Spanish Jewish writer Yehuda Halevi. ... Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: or ) (c. ... Events Ceawlin of Wessex becomes King of Wessex (traditional date). ... Events April 20 - Battle of Yarmuk - Byzantine Empire loses Syria to the Arabs The Arabs invade Persia Rothari marries queen Gundeparga, becomes king of the Lombards city of Basra Iraq founded by caliph Omar on a canal. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... First printed edition of 1472 (by Guntherus Ziner, Augsburg), title page of chapter 14 (de terra et partibus), illustrated with a T and O map. ... Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon, 1902 An encylopedia, encyclopaedia or (traditionally) encyclopædia,[1] is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. ... Bartolomé de Las Casas This article is about a Spanish priest in the 16th century. ... A Hupa man. ... Ramon Llull. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... 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Science and technology

See also: Category:Spanish scientists, Category:Spanish engineers, and Category:Spanish inventors

• José de Acosta (1540–1600), one of the first naturalists and anthropologists of the Americas.
• Algafequi, ophthalmologist, Spanish word gafas (glasses) was created after him.
• José María Algué (1856–1930), meteorologist, inventor of the barocyclometer, the nephoscope, and the microseismograph.
• Arzachel (1028–1087), mathematician and the foremost astronomer of his time; contributed to the famous Tables of Toledo.
• Ángel Cabrera (1879–1960), naturalist, investigated the South-American fauna.
• Nicolás Cabrera (1913–1989), physicist, did important work on the theories of crystal growth and the oxidisation of metals.
• Juan de la Cierva (1895–1936), aeronautical engineer, pioneer of rotary flight, inventor of the autogyro.
• Josep Comas i Solà (1868–1937), astronomer, discovered the periodic comet 32P/Comas Solá and 11 asteroids, and in 1907 observed limb darkening of Saturn's moon Titan (the first evidence that the body had an atmosphere).
• Pedro Duque (b. 1963), astronaut and veteran of two space missions.
• Fausto de Elhúyar (1755–1833), chemist, joint discoverer of tungsten with his brother Juan José de Elhúyar in 1783.
• Carlos Fernández Casado (1905–1988), civil engineer, designer and builder of bridges and viaducts.
• Jaime Ferrán (1852–1929), doctor and researcher, discovered several vaccines.
• Francisco Hernández (1514–1587), botanicist, carried out important research about the Mexican flora
• Manuel Jalón Corominas (b. 1925), inventor of the mop (1956) and a world-wide used "two-piece" disposable syringe (1978).
• Carlos Jiménez Díaz (1898–1967), doctor and researcher, leading figure in pathology
• Gregorio Marañón (1887–1960), doctor and researcher, leading figure in endocrinology
• Narcís Monturiol (1818–1885), physicist and inventor, pioneer of underwater navigation and first machine powered submarine.
• José Celestino Bruno Mutis (1732–1808), botanicist, doctor, philosopher and mathematician, carried out relevant research about the American flora, founded one of the first astronomic observatories in America (1762).
• Severo Ochoa (1905–1993), doctor and biochemist, achieved the synthesis of ribonucleic acid (RNA), Nobel prize Laureate (1959).
• Mateu Orfila (1787–1853), doctor and chemist, father of modern toxicology, leading figure in forensic toxicology.
• Joan Oró (1923–2004), biochemist, carried out important research about the origin of life, he worked with NASA on the Viking missions.
• Julio Palacios Martínez (1891–1970), physicist and mathematician
• Isaac Peral (1851–1895), engineer and sailor, designer of the first fully operative military submarine.
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), father of Neuroscience, Nobel prize Laureate (1906).
• Julio Rey Pastor (1888–1962), mathematician, leading figure in geometry.
• Wifredo Ricart (1897–1974), engineer, designer and executive manager in the automotive industry.
• Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849), geologist and chemist, discovered vanadium (as vanadinite) in 1801.
• Pío del Río Hortega (1882–1945), neuroscientist, discoverer of the microglia or Hortega cell.
• Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (1928–1980), naturalist, leading figure in ornithology, ethology, ecology and science divulgation
• Margarita Salas (born 1938), biochemist, molecular genetist and researcher.
• Miguel Servet (1511–1553), scientist, surgeon and humanist; first European to describe pulmonary circulation.
• Esteban Terradas i Illa (1883–1950), mathematician, physicist and engineer.
• Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936), engineer and mathematician, pioneer of automated calculation machines, inventor of the automatic chess, pioneer of remote control, designer of the funicular over the Niagara Falls.
• Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961), civil engineer, structural architect, world famous specialist in concrete structures.
• Josep Trueta (1897–1977), doctor, his new method for treatment of open wounds and fractures helped save a great number of lives during WW2.
• Antonio de Ulloa (1716–1795), scientist, soldier and author; joint discoverer of element platinum with Jorge Juan y Santacilia (1713–1773).
• Arnold of Villanova (1235?–1311), alchemist and physician, he discovered carbon monoxide and pure alcohol.

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Gerard of Cremona edited for Latin readers the Tables of Toledo, the most accurate compilation of astronomical data ever seen in Europe at the time. ... Angel Cabrera (February 19, 1879 - July 8, 1960) was a Spanish zoologist. ... Nicolás Cabrera (1913-1989), was Spanish scientist who did important work on the theories of crystal growth (specifically the Burton-Cabrera-Frank theory) and the oxidisation of metals. ... Quartz crystal Copper(II) sulfate and iodine crystal Synthetic bismuth crystal Insulin crystals Gallium, a metal that easily forms large single crystals A huge monocrystal of potassium dihydrogen phosphate grown from solution by Saint-Gobain for the megajoule laser of CEA. In chemistry and mineralogy, a crystal is a solid... For alternative meanings see metal (disambiguation). ... Juan de la Cierva (21 September 1895 – 19 December 1936) was a Spanish aeronautical engineer and pilot. ... Modern Autogyro, ELA-07, Casarrubios del Monte Airfield, Spain, 2004. ... Josep Comas i Solà (Catalan) or José Comas y Solá (Spanish) (December 19, 1868 – December 2, 1937) was a Catalan astronomer. ... Comet Hale-Bopp Comet McNaught as seen from Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia on 23 January 2007 A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail â€” both primarily from the effects of... 32P/Comas Solá is the name of a periodic comet with a current orbital period of 8. ... 253 Mathilde, a C-type asteroid. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Titan (, from Ancient Greek Τῑτάν) or Saturn VI is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the solar system,[4] after Jupiters moon Ganymede. ... Pedro Francisco Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions. ... Fausto Elhuyar was the joint discoverer of tungsten with his brother Juan José Elhuyar This article is a substub, the first step on the way to becoming a full article. ... General Name, Symbol, Number tungsten, W, 74 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 6, 6, d Appearance grayish white, lustrous Atomic mass 183. ... Juan José Elhuyar y de Suvisa (June 15, 1754 - September 20, 1796) was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, the joint discoverer of tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783. ... This article is about the edifice. ... This article is about the edifice. ... Francisco Hernández de Toledo (La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo 1514 – Madrid 28 January 1587) was a naturalist and court physician to the King of Spain. ... A mop in a bucket with a wringer. ... A syringe consists of a plunger fitted to a tube, called the barrel, which has a small opening on one end. ... Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. ... Gragorio Marañón y Posadillo was a Spanish physician, scientific, historian, writer and philosopher. ... Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol (September 28, 1819 - September 6, 1885) was the inventor of the mechanically driven submarine. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter Typhoon class nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a watercraft that can operate underwater... José Celestino Mutis, botanist and mathematician José Celestino Mutis (Cádiz, Spain, April 6, 1732—Bogotá (now in Colombia), September 11, 1808) was a Spanish botanist and mathematician. ... Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (September 24, 1905 – November 1, 1993) was a Spanish-American biochemist, and the recipient of the 1959 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. ... Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid consisting of a string of covalently-bound nucleotides. ... Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila. ... Toxicology (from the Greek words toxicos and logos [1]) is the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms [2]. It is the study of symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people. ... Joan Oró i Florensa (1923–2004) was a Catalan biochemist whose research has been of importance in understanding the origin of life. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... Each NASA Viking Lander carried three biological experiments to the surface of Mars in the late 1970s. ... Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1, 1852 – October 17, 1934) was a famous Spanish histologist, physician, and Nobel laureate. ... Drawing of the cells in the chicken cerebellum by S. Ramón y Cajal Neuroscience is a field that is devoted to the scientific study of the nervous system. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Ricart-Pegaso book cover (1988) 1927 Ricart 6-cyl engines ad Wifredo Ricart (May 15, 1897 – August 19, 1974) was a Spanish engineer, designer and executive manager in the automotive industry, who spent most of his professional career in Italy and Spain. ... Andrés Manuel Del Río (10 November 1764—23 March 1849) was a Mexican chemist who discovered vanadium (as vanadinite) in 1801. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... General Name, Symbol, Number vanadium, V, 23 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 5, 4, d Appearance silver-grey metal Atomic mass 50. ... Vanadinite from Arizona, USA Vanadinite is a mineral with the formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl, lead chlorovanadate. ... Drawing of the cells in the chicken cerebellum by S. Ramón y Cajal Neuroscience is a field that is devoted to the scientific study of the nervous system. ... Microglia are a type of glial cell that act as the immune cells of the Central nervous system (CNS). ... Michael Servetus. ... Pulmonary circulation is the portion of the cardiovascular system which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart. ... Esteban Terradas i Illa, on a studio selfportrait. ... Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (28 December 1852 – 18 December 1936), usually Leonardo Torres Quevedo in Spanish-speaking countries, was a Spanish engineer and mathematician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... A television remote control A DVD player remote control A remote control is an electronic device used for the remote operation of a machine. ... For other uses, see Niagara Falls (disambiguation). ... Josep Trueta i Raspall (1897-1977) was a Catalan medical doctor. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... 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Social scientists

• Martín de Azpilicueta (1492–1586), economist, member of the School of Salamanca, precursor of the quantitative theory of money.
• Manuel Castells (b. 1942), sociologist, author of the well-known trilogy The Information Age.
• Salvador Giner (b. 1934), sociologist, he had researched on social theory, sociology of culture and modern industrial society.
• Jesús Huerta de Soto (b. 1956), major Austrian School economist.
• Juan José Linz (b. 1926), Sterling Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale; Prince of Asturias Award (1987) and Johan Skytte Prize (1996) Laureate.
• Xavier Sala-i-Martín (b. 1963), economist, professor at Yale, Harvard, and Columbia.
• Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz (1893–1984), historian, prominent specialist in medieval Spanish history.
• Joseph de la Vega (1650–1692), businessman, wrote Confusion of Confusions (1688), first book on stock markets.
• Francisco de Vitoria (c.1480/86–1546), member of the School of Salamanca, precursor of international law theory.

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Sports

See also: Category:Spanish sportspeople

• Athletics
  • Fermín Cacho Ruiz (b. 1969), 1500 metres Gold (1992 Olympics) and Silver (1996 Olympics) medalist.
• Basketball
  • José Calderón (b. 1981), Toronto Raptors guard.
  • Antonio Díaz-Miguel (1933–2000), coach, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997.
  • Pau Gasol (b. 1980), Memphis Grizzlies player, 2001-02 NBA Rookie of the Year Award winner; 2006 FIBA W.C. MVP.
  • Raúl López (b. 1980), former Utah Jazz player.
  • Fernando Martín (b. 1962–1989), Estudiantes, Real Madrid and Portland Trail Blazers player.
  • Felipe Reyes (b. 1980), Real Madrid player.
  • Sergio Rodríguez (b. 1986), player.
  • Fran Vázquez (b. 1983), player.
• Boxing
  • Pedro Carrasco (1943–2001), 1967 European Lightweight Champion; 1971 WBC's World Lightweight Champion.
  • Javier Castillejo (b. 1968), six-time WBC's World Jr. Middleweight Champion.
• Cycling
  • Guillermo Timoner (b. 1926), six-time World Motor paced Track Cycling Champion (1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965).
  • Federico Martín Bahamontes (b. 1928), 1959 Tour de France winner.
  • Pedro Delgado (b. 1960), 1988 Tour de France winner.
  • Óscar Freire (b. 1976), three-time World Cycling Champion (1999, 2001, 2004).
  • José Manuel Fuente, (1945–1996), twice Vuelta a España winner (1972, 1974), second in Giro d'Italia (1972), thrird in Tour de France (1973).
  • Roberto Heras (b. 1974), three-time Vuelta a España winner (2000, 2003, 2004).
  • Miguel Indurain (b. 1964), Gold medalist (1996 Olympics), 1995 World Time-Trial Champion, World Hour recordman (1994), five consecutive times Tour de France winner (1991-1995), twice Giro d'Italia winner (1992, 1993).
  • Joan Llaneras (b. 1969), Gold medalist (2000 Olympics), Silver medalist (2004 Olympics), six-time World Points race or Madison Track Cycling Champion (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 20006).
  • Luis Ocaña (1945–1994), 1973 Tour de France winner.
  • Abraham Olano (b. 1970), 1995 World Cycling Champion and 1998 World Time-Trial Champion.
  • Joane Somarriba (b. 1972), three-time Grande Boucle winner (2000, 2001, 2003).
• Football (Soccer)
  • Alfredo Di Stéfano (b. 1926), five consecutive times European Champion (with Real Madrid, 1956–1960; scored 49 goals).
  • Raúl González (b. 1977), first player to reach 50 goals in UEFA Champions League.
  • Francisco Gento (b. 1933), Real Madrid Player. Winner of six UEFA Champions League.
  • Andoni Zubizarreta (b. 1961), goalkeeper, 126 times international with Spain

• Golf
  • Severiano Ballesteros (b. 1957), winner of 5 Major Championships.
  • Sergio García (b. 1980), winner of 6 PGA Tour and 6 European Tour titles.
  • Miguel Ángel Jiménez (b. 1964), winner of 13 European Tour titles winner.
  • José María Olazábal (b. 1966), winner of 2 Major Championships.
• Motor sports
  • Fernando Alonso (b. 1981), 2005 and 2006 Formula One World Champion.
  • Álvaro Bautista (b. 1984) motorcycle racing raider, 125cc champion of the World in 2006.
  • Carlos Checa (b. 1972), GP motorcycle racing rider.
  • Marc Coma (b. 1976), won the Dakar Rally in 2006.
  • Àlex Crivillé (b. 1970), 500cc GP motorcycle racing World Champion in 1999.
  • Sete Gibernau (b. 1972), GP motorcycle racing rider.
  • Jorge Martínez Aspar (b. 1962), GP motorcycle racing rider, four-time World Champion [80 cc (3) and 125 cc (1)].
  • Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (b. 1971), Formula One driver.
  • Ángel Nieto (b. 1947), GP motorcycle racing rider, 12+1 times World Champion.
  • Daniel Pedrosa (b. 1985), youngest GP motorcycle racing World Champion of 125cc and 250cc.
  • Carlos Sainz (b. 1962), 1990 and 1992 World Rally Champion.
• Tennis
  • Sergi Bruguera (b. 1971), 1993 and 1994 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
  • Àlex Corretja (b. 1974), 1998 ATP Tour World Champion.
  • Albert Costa (b. 1975), 2002 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
  • Juan Carlos Ferrero (b. 1980), 2003 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
  • Andrés Gimeno (b. 1937), 1972 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
  • Feliciano López (b. 1981), 2 ATP Tour titles winner.
  • Conchita Martínez (b. 1972), 1994 Wimbledon Women's Singles Champion.
  • Carlos Moyà (b. 1976), 1998 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
  • Rafael Nadal (b. 1986), 2005 and 2006 French Open Men's Singles Champion.
  • Manuel Orantes (b. 1949), 1975 U.S. Open Men's Singles Champion.
  • Virginia Ruano (b. 1973), 8 Grand Slam Doubles titles winner.
  • Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (b. 1971), 10 Grand Slam titles winner (4 singles, 6 doubles).
  • Emilio Sánchez-Vicario (b. 1965), 3 Grand Slam Doubles titles winner.
  • Manuel Santana (b. 1938), 5 Grand Slam titles winner (4 singles, 1 doubles).

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Others

• Ferran Adrià (b. 1962), chef.
• Carlos D. Cidon (b. 1959), chef.
• Joaquín Cortés (b. 1969), dancer.
• Luis Miguel González Lucas (1926–1995), better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín, bullfighter, father of Miguel Bosé.
• Juan March Ordinas (1880–1962), politician and businessman.
• Federica Montseny (1905–1994), anarchist, politician and writer.
• Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro (b. 1963), first lady of Honduras.
• Juan Pujol, alias Garbo (1912–1988), double-agent who played a key role in the success of D-Day towards the end of WW2.
• Tamara Rojo (b. 1974), prima ballerina of the London's Royal Ballet (since 2000); Prince of Asturias Award of Arts Laureate (2005).
• Diego Salcedo (1575–1644), first Spaniard killed by Puerto Rican Taínos.
• Cristina Sánchez (b. 1972), bullfighter.
• Juan Sánchez Vidal (b. 1958), renowned collector..
• Pedro Subijana (b. 1948), cook.
• Saint Teresa of Avila (1515–1582), Roman Catholic mystic and monastic reformer.
• Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), Grand Inquisitor.

Ferran Adrià Acosta is a Catalan chef born 14 May 1962 in LHospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, is the famed head chef of El Bulli Restaurant in Roses on the Costa Brava. ... Chefs in training in Paris Chef is a term commonly used to refer to an individual who cooks professionally. ... Carlos D. Cidon (born 1959) is an internationally renowned chef and book writer from Spain. ... Joaquín Cortés (born 1969) is a world famous flamenco dancer from Spain. ... Luis Miguel González Lucas (1926-1995) was a famous bullfighter from Spain, better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Miguel Luchino González Bosé (ó Borlani?) (April 3, 1956, Aries, Panama), is a Latin Grammy winner Spanish musician and actor, born in the Republic of Panama. ... Juan March i Ordinas (1880–1962) was a financier and British agent on the side of Francoist forces during and after the Spanish Civil War. ... Federica Montseny (February 12, 1905-January 14, 1994) was a Spanish anarchist intellectual and Minister of Health during the social revolution that occurred in Spain parallel to the Civil War. ... It has been suggested that Origins of anarchism and History of anarchism be merged into this article or section. ... Aguas Santas Ocaña Navarro (born April 23, 1963 in Brenes, Seville, Spain) is the first lady of Honduras. ... Garbo was the British codename of Juan Pujol García, (1912 – 1988), a double-agent who played a key role in the success of D-Day towards the end of World War II. The false information Pujol supplied to the German command helped persuade Hitler that the main attack would... Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free France Poland Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Omar Bradley (US 1st Army) Miles Dempsey (UK 2nd Army) Harry Crerar (Canadian 1st Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Tamara Rojo (born in 1974) is a Spanish prima ballerina. ... A ballerina is a female ballet dancer. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Royal Ballet, which is based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, is the leading ballet company in the United Kingdom. ... The Prince of Asturias Awards (in Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. ... Diego Salcedo (May 30, 1575-April 2, 1644) was a Spanish soldier who unwillingly became part of Puerto Ricos history with his death. ... The reconstruction of Taino village, Cuba The Taíno are pre-Colombian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles. ... Cristina Sánchez de Pablos (born February 20, 1972 in Madrid) is a famous former bullfighter. ... Juan Sánchez Vidal (born January 3, 1958) is a world renowned model airplane collector. ... Teresa of Avila by Peter Paul Rubens Saint Teresa of Avila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptised as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada) was a Spanish Roman Catholic mystic and monastic reformer; born at Avila (53 miles north-west of Madrid), Old Castile, March 28, 1515; died... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. ... Mysticism from the Greek μυστικός (mystikos) an initiate (of the Eleusinian Mysteries, μυστήρια (mysteria) meaning initiation[1]) is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an... Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada For others with similar names, see Torquemada (disambiguation) Tomás de Torquemada (1420 – September 16, 1498) was a fifteenth century Spanish Dominican, First Grand Inquisitor of Spain, and confessor to Isabella of Spain. ... Grand Inquisitor (Latin: Inquisitor Generalis) is the lead official of an Inquisition. ...

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Andalusians
• List of Basques
• List of Catalans
• List of Spanish Jews

There are a variety of articles listing people of a particular nationality. ... The following table groups the list of famous Andalusians listed in alphabetical order within categories: // ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. ... Dominique Joseph Garat Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga Pablo de Sarasate Jacques Laffitte Ignatius of Loyola Juan Sebastián Elcano Miguel López de Legazpi Catalina de Erauso Michèle Alliot-Marie Jose Antonio Aguirre Juan Jose Ibarretxe Sabino Arana General Tomás de Zumalacárregui Xabi Alonso Jean Borotra Miguel... This is a list of famous Catalan people (people from the European region of Catalonia, one of the Autonomoues Communities of Spain). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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