Pedro de HerediaTeresa Berganza Félix Lope de VegaFrancisco de QuevedoSor Marcela de San FélixPedro Calderón de la BarcaJuan CaramuelArturo SoriaFederico ChuecaJacinto BenaventeLina MorganPlácido DomingoJulio IglesiasPedro DuquePenélope CruzElsa PatakyAmaia Salamanca
Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635): Spanish Baroque playwright and poet; renewed the Spanish theatre at a time when it was starting to become a mass cultural phenomenon
Tirso de Molina (1579–1648): Spanish Baroque playwright, poet, and Roman Catholic monk, known as the creator of Don Juan
Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645): Spanish nobleman, politician, and Baroque writer; his style is characterized by what was called conceptismo
Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600–1681): Spanish Baroque playwright and poet; his work is regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre
Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990): Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic
Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952): Spanish playwright and novelist who wrote mostly humorous works
Liboria o "Borita Casas" Casas Regueiro (1911–1999): journalist, playwright, and author known for inventing the character Antoñita la Fantastica (Fantastic Antonia)
Antonio García-Bellido (1936): Spanish developmental biologist; his ideas and new approaches to the problem of development have been followed and pursued by many researchers worldwide
Ignacio Martínez Mendizábal (1961): Spanish anthropologist, a member of the research team investigating Pleistocene deposits in the Atapuerca Mountains[8]
Philosophy
Rocío Orsi (1976-2014): Spanish philosopher and professor
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926–2008): Spanish political figure and prime minister during the period of transition after the end of Francisco Franco's regime
Loquillo (1960): Spanish rock singer and founder of Loquillo y Trogloditas
Alaska (1963): Spanish-Mexican singer, DJ, and TV personality; one of the main characters in the so-called Movida
Shakira (1977): Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer and model
Sharon Corr (1970): Irish singer-songwriter, musician and television personality, member of The Corrs
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
Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658): Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher; his proto-existentialist writings were lauded by Nietzsche and Schopenhauer
María Zambrano (1904–1991): Spanish essayist and philosopher
Politics
Philip II of Spain (1527–1598): Habsburg King of Spain and Portugal; during his reign, Spain reached the height of its influence and power
Simón Bolivar (1783–1830): Venezuelan military and political leader; played a key role in Hispanic America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire
Baldomero Espartero (1793–1879): Spanish general and political figure; associated with the radical (or progressive) wing of Spanish liberalism and would become their symbol and champion after taking credit for the victory over the Carlists in 1839
Adolfo Suárez (1932-2014): Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and the key figure in the country's transition to democracy
Javier Bardem (1969): Spanish actor; won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007
Alejandro Amenábar (1972): Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer; won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005
Social sciences
Beatriz Galindo, "La Latina" (1465?–1534): Spanish physician and educator; writer, humanist and a teacher of Queen Isabella of Castile and her children
Francisco Giner de los Ríos (1839–1915): Spanish philosopher, educator; one of the most influential Spanish intellectuals at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century
Carmen Cervera (1943): Spanish philanthropist, socialite and art dealer and collector
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