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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.
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- Filtered to 1860s Clear ×
Jacinto Benavente
1866 - 1954
Francisco Largo Caballero
1869 - 1946
Mercedes of Orléans
1860 - 1878
Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones
1863 - 1950
Infanta Eulalia of Spain
1864 - 1958
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain
1862 - 1946
María Guerrero
1867 - 1928
Enrique Fernández Arbós
1863 - 1939
Jules Guérin
1860 - 1910
Joaquín Abati
1865 - 1936
Juan Menéndez Pidal
1861 - 1915
Kaulak
1862 - 1933
Infanta María del Pilar of Spain
1861 - 1879
José Francos Rodríguez
1862 - 1931
Rafael Gasset Chinchilla
1866 - 1927
Salvador Bermúdez de Castro, 2nd Duke of Ripalda
1863 - 1945
Juan Armada y Losada
1861 - 1932
Francisco Navarro Ledesma
1869 - 1905
Alberto Jonás
1868 - 1943
Nicolás María de Urgoiti
1869 - 1951
Vicente Lampérez y Romea
1861 - 1923
Juan Pérez-Caballero y Ferrer
1861 - 1951
Luis María Cabello Lapiedra
1863 - 1936
Albrecht von Rechenberg
1861 - 1935
Elena Brockmann
1865 - 1946
José López Silva (playwright)
1861 - 1925
José Gómez Acebo
1860 - 1932
Luis de Hoyos Sainz
1868 - 1951
Narciso Méndez Bringa
1868 - 1933
Antonio Valdecantos
Born 1864
Eduardo Gómez de Baquero
1866 - 1929
Francisco Pi y Arsuaga
1865 - 1912
Luis Silvela
1865 - 1928
Juan O'Donnell, 3rd Duke of Tetuan
1864 - 1928
José San Bartolomé Llaneces
1864 - 1919
Felipe Navarro y Ceballos-Escalera
1862 - 1936
Roberto Castrovido
1864 - 1941
Francisco de Paula Álvarez-Ossorio
1868 - 1953
Juan Pérez Zúñiga
1860 - 1938
Juan Riaño y Gayangos
1865 - 1939
Pietro di Borbone-Spagna
1862 - 1892
Eduardo Sánchez Solá
1869 - 1949
Perico Ribera
1867 - 1949
Teodoro San José
1866 - 1930
Francisco María de Borbón-Braganza y Borbón —
1861 - 1923
Eloy Gonzalo
1868 - 1897
Segundo Matilla
1862 - 1937
José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo, 19th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1865 - 1915
Luis Canalejas
1862 - 1910
Isabel María del Carmen de Castellví y Gordon
1867 - 1949
Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent
1864 - 1926
Miguel Ángel Trilles
1866 - 1936
Gabriel María Vergara Martín
1869 - 1948
Antonio Macías del Real
1866 - 1939
Juan Marina
1863 - 1911
Vicente Cabeza de Vaca y Fernández de Córdoba
1865 - 1921
Loreto Prado
1863 - 1943
Nicolás Salmerón y García
1864 - 1933
Juan José Morato
1864 - 1938
Julián Paz
1868 - 1962
Jesús Carrasco-Muñoz
1869 - 1957
Antonio Palomero
1869 - 1914
Luigi di Borbone-Spagna
1864 - 1889
José María Ortega Morejón
1860 - 1948
Andrés Avelino de Salabert y Arteaga
1864 - 1925
Fernando Sartorius Chacón
1860 - 1926
Narciso Clavería y de Palacios
1869 - 1935
José Verdes Montenegro y Montoro
1865 - 1940
Francisco García Ortega
1866 - 1925
Mateo Silvela Casado
1863 - 1948
Rosa de Eguílaz y Renart
Born 1864
Luisa Campos
1864 - 1946
Narciso Masferrer
1867 - 1941
Julio Urbina
1860 - 1937
Alejandro Larrubiera
1869 - 1935
Luis Gabaldón
1869 - 1939
Georges Noblemaire
1867 - 1923
José García-Riquelme y Venero
1865 - 1905
Julio Martínez-Zapata
1863 - 1915
Carmen Andrés (actriz)
1862 - 1947
Carlos Ossorio y Gallardo
1864 - 1921
Rafael Coello y Oliván
1868 - 1953
Elena Salvador
1868 - 1964
Amador Cuesta
1863 - 1939
Antonio Vázquez (sport shooter)
1860 - 1920
Francisco Agustín Silvela y Casado
1860 - 1924
Ricardo Oyuelos y Pérez
1865 - 1932
Ramón Pulido
1867 - 1936
Manuel Sanz Benito
1860 - 1911
Pedro Jiménez-Landi
1869 - 1964
Rodrigo Figueroa y Torres
1866 - 1929
José Revilla Haya
1864 - 1955
Eugenio Sainz Romillo
1860 - 1931
Gonzalo Figueroa y Torres
1861 - 1921
José Madrid Moreno
1863 - 1936
Alfonso Roca de Togores y Aguirre-Solarte
1864 - 1923
María Luisa de Borbón y Parade
1868 - 1919
Álvaro Queipo de Llano y Fernández de Córdoba -
1864 - 1938
Manuel Corral y Mairá
1862 - 1926
José Corral y Larre
1866 - 1938
Leopoldo Serrano y Domínguez
1868 - 1916
María de la Natividad Quindós y Villaroel
1861 - 1953
Santiago Reig Aguilar-Tablada
1865 - 1924
Federico Keller
1868 - 1940