40.4167° N, 3.7025° W
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 1750s Clear ×
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén
1758 - 1852
María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna
1750 - 1834
José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba
1756 - 1796
Pedro Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna
1755 - 1807
Manuel Casal
1751 - 1837
Jacinto Caamaño
1759 - 1825
José Antonio González Velázquez
1750 - 1810
Manuel de la Cruz (painter)
1750 - 1792
Diego Pacheco Téllez-Girón Gómez de Sandoval
1754 - 1811
Diego Antonio Rejón de Silva
1754 - 1796
Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán
1756 - 1816
José Antonio Álvarez Baena
1754 - 1799
María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero, condesa de
1754 - 1808
Benito de la Mata Linares
Born 1752
Francisco de Paula Gelabert
Born 1758