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MADRID
Most Famous People Born in Madrid, Spain
- Notable people
- 6,346
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1951
- Most distinctive
- Presenter 5.8×
Court city, then capital city, then everything else. Madrid's distinctive professions are presenters, diplomats, journalists, architects, and writers — the trades of a city where the ministries, the Real Academia, and the national television studios sit within a few blocks of each other. Almost nothing here predates the 1500s, when Philip II made Madrid the seat of the Spanish empire and the rest of the country started moving in; the modern bench is built on Real Madrid footballers and an unusually deep film bench.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Madrid Is Known For
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Actor is Madrid's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (692).
Madrid over-indexes on presenter — 5.8× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Madrid's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1610s Clear ×
Agustín Moreto y Cavana
1618 - 1669
Juan Hidalgo de Polanco
1614 - 1685
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
1612 - 1677
José Marín (composer)
1618 - 1699
María Calderón
1611 - 1646
Juan de Zabaleta
1610 - 1667
Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal, 6th Duke of Veragua
1618 - 1673
Francisco Camilo
1610 - 1671
Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo
1619 - 1671
Antonio Coello
1611 - 1652
Pedro Núñez del Valle
1614 - 1649
Juan Vélez de Guevara
1611 - 1675
Francisco de Moura Corte Real, 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo
1610 - 1675
Antonio Fernández Arias
1614 - 1684
Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 6th Duke of Frías
1610 - 1652
Giambattista Spinola
1615 - 1704
Simón de León Leal
1610 - 1687
Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez de Ribera -
1615 - 1690
Francisco de Zárate y Terán
1610 - 1679
Juan Montero de Rojas
1613 - 1683
Antonio de Benavides y Bazán
1610 - 1691
Juan de Santa Maria
1615 - 1673
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar de Silva y Mendoza
1614 - 1675