List of people from Madrid

This article is a list of notable people from Madrid, the capital of Spain:

Born in

Architecture and urban planning

Pedro de Heredia
Félix Lope de Vega
Tirso de Molina
Francisco de Quevedo
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Juan Caramuel
Arturo Soria
Federico Chueca
Jacinto Benavente
Plácido Domingo
Pedro Duque

Army

Art music

Bullfighting

Engineering

Finances

Formal sciences

Literature

Media and entertainment

Natural sciences

Philosophy

Politics

  • María Dolores Pradera (1924-2018): Spanish singer and actress
  • Fina de Calderón (1927–2010): Spanish writer, poet, songwriter and musician
  • Julio Iglesias (1943): Spanish singer and songwriter who has sold over 300 million records worldwide
  • Rocío Durcal (1944–2006): Spanish singer and actress
  • Massiel (1947): Spanish pop singer; winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1968
  • Antonio Vega (1957–2007): Spanish pop singer-songwriter; member of Nacha Pop
  • Antonio Flores (1961–1995): Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
  • Alejandro Sanz (1968): Spanish singer-songwriter and musician
  • Los Chichos (1973–1995, 1990–2008): Spanish rumba band
  • Enrique Iglesias (1975): Spanish singer-songwriter, model, and actor
  • Barón Rojo (1980): Spanish heavy metal band
  • Mecano (1981–1992): Spanish pop band
  • Hombres G (1982–1992; 2002–present): Spanish pop-rock band
  • Mägo de Oz (1988): Spanish rock and folk/heavy metal band
  • Belinda (1989): Mexican singer, songwriter and actress

Religion

Scenic arts

Social sciences

Sports

Visual arts

Others

Other influential people who have lived in Madrid

Architecture and urban planning

Army

Engineering

Finances

Formal sciences

Literature

Media and entertainment

  • Torcuato Luca de Tena (1861–1929): Spanish journalist, founder of the ABC newspaper
  • Matías Prats Cañete (1913–2004): Spanish radio and television journalist

Music

Natural sciences

  • Alexius Sylvius Polonus (1593–1653): Polish Jesuit astronomer and maker of astronomical instruments
  • Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934): Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate (1906)
  • Severo Ochoa (1905–1933): Spanish–American Doctor of Medicine and Biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Philosophy

Politics

Religion

Scenic arts

Social sciences

Sports

Visual arts

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