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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 1870s Clear ×
Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
1873 - 1933
Julián Besteiro
1870 - 1940
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
1878 - 1953
José Moscardó Ituarte
1878 - 1956
Ángel Cabrera (naturalist)
1879 - 1960
Julián Juderías
1877 - 1918
Ramón Montoya
1879 - 1949
Conrado del Campo
1878 - 1953
Ángel Ossorio y Gallardo
1873 - 1946
María Goyri de Menéndez Pidal
1873 - 1954
Alejandro Pérez Lugín
1870 - 1926
Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa
1876 - 1944
Gabriel Maura
1879 - 1963
Luis de Marichalar y Monreal
1873 - 1945
Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán
1875 - 1918
Rita de Acosta Lydig
1875 - 1929
Juan Corzo
1873 - 1941
Adolfo Bonilla
1875 - 1926
Eduardo Hernández-Pacheco y Estevan
1872 - 1965
Ricardo Villa (composer)
1873 - 1935
Eduardo Chicharro y Agüera
1873 - 1949
Valentín de Zubiaurre
1879 - 1963
Pedro Mata Domínguez
1875 - 1946
Enrique de Mesa
1878 - 1929
José Martínez de Velasco
1875 - 1936
Francisco Villota
1873 - 1950
Viriato Díaz Pérez
1875 - 1958
Mariano Miguel de Val
1875 - 1912
Enrique Martínez Cubells
1874 - 1947
Aureliano de Beruete y Moret
1876 - 1922
Antonio de Zayas
1871 - 1945
Pablo Salinas
1871 - 1946
Federico Cantero Villamil
1874 - 1946
Eduardo Callejo de la Cuesta
1875 - 1950
Mariano Gámir Ulíbarri
1877 - 1962
Vicente Pastor
1879 - 1966
Irene Alba
1873 - 1930
Manuel Argüelles Argüelles
1875 - 1945
Constancio Bernaldo de Quirós
1873 - 1959
Dominguín (Domingo Del Campo y Álvarez)
1873 - 1900
Pedro Sangro y Ros de Olano
1878 - 1959
Miguel Gómez del Campillo
1875 - 1962
José Juan Cadenas
1872 - 1947
Luis de Tapia
1871 - 1937
Manuel Romerales Quintero
1875 - 1936
Enrique García Álvarez (dramaturgo)
1873 - 1931
Ricardo Calvo Agostí
1875 - 1966
Luis Lozano Rey
1879 - 1958
Alfonso de Pardo y Manuel de Villena
1876 - 1955
Fernando de Aranda
1878 - 1969
Arturo de Pardo y Manuel de Villena
1870 - 1907
Estanislao de Urquijo y Ussía
1872 - 1948
Críspulo Moro Cabeza
1878 - 1935
José Agustín Pérez del Pulgar
1875 - 1939
Antonio Casero y Barranco
1874 - 1936
Luis Valera
1870 - 1926
Francisco Goñi
1873 - 1936
Pablo Garnica y Echevarría
1876 - 1959
Enrique Chicote
1870 - 1958
Cristóbal Colón y Aguilera
1878 - 1936
Rafael García Ormaechea
1876 - 1938
Manuel de Mendívil
1874 - 1942
Aurelio de Colmenares y Orgaz
1873 - 1947
Antonio Martínez Viérgol
1872 - 1935
Joaquín de Montes y Jovellar
1879 - 1936
César Juarros
1879 - 1942
José Gabriel Álvarez Ude
1876 - 1958
Manuel Escrivá de Romaní
1871 - 1954
Andrés Ovejero Bustamante
1871 - 1954
Rafael Urbano
1870 - 1924
Aureliano Álvarez-Coque
1877 - 1950
Luis Sedó
1873 - 1952
Antonio Dabán Vallejo
1877 - 1925
Luis Huidobro Laplana
1870 - 1936
Mariano Ordóñez García
1874 - 1938
Manuel de Cárdenas Pastor
1877 - 1954
Martín Rosales Martel
1872 - 1931
Enrique Salcedo
1871 - 1936
Félix Lorenzo
1879 - 1933
José de Saavedra y Salamanca
1870 - 1927
Manuel Álvarez Naya
1873 - 1936
Práxedes Zancada
1879 - 1936
Enrique Marzo Balaguer
1875 - 1947
Enrique Arellano
1876 - 1945
Joaquín Saldaña y López
1870 - 1939
José Fernández de Villa-Abrille
1878 - 1946
Ricardo Fuente
1870 - 1925
Luis Carvajal y Melgarejo
1871 - 1937
Matilde Moreno
1874 - 1959
Mauro Serret
1872 - 1945
Juan Francés y Mexía
1873 - 1954
Jerónimo Pedro Mathet Rodríguez
1878 - 1936
Guillermo Díaz-Caneja
1876 - 1933
Sebastián Castedo Palero
1871 - 1953
Carlos Martín Álvarez
1874 - 1959
Francisco Javier de Salas González
1871 - 1936
Manuel del Palacio Freire-Duarte
1872 - 1920
Félix Méndez Martínez
1870 - 1913
Mariano Salafranca
1878 - 1946
Mariano de Silva y Carvajal
1875 - 1940
Ricardo Aguirre Martínez-Valdivieso
1876 - 1936
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bermejillo
1879 - 1924
Marcelo Usera
1874 - 1955
Eduardo de Acha
1878 - 1928
Carlos Prast y Rodríguez de Llano
1875 - 1950
María de Ezpeleta y Álvarez de Toledo
1872 - 1946
José Carnicero
1876 - 1936
Isabel Falguera y Moreno
1875 - 1968
José Gabilán
1875 - 1937
Rodrigo Gil Ruiz
Born 1879
Jesús Velasco Echave
1878 - 1944
Valentín Menéndez San Juan
1874 - 1944
Juan José Conde-Luque y Garay
1875 - 1951
José María Romillo Romillo
1874 - 1935
Luis Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Córdoba
1870 - 1909
Carmen Alcoverro y López
Born 1872
Juan Uña Shartou
1871 - 1948
Genaro Fernández Yáñez
1873 - 1922
Javier García Rodrigo Ramírez
1878 - 1925