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
Teresa Berganza
Félix Lope de Vega
Francisco de Quevedo
Sor Marcela de San Félix
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Juan Caramuel
Arturo Soria
Federico Chueca
Jacinto Benavente
Lina Morgan
Plácido Domingo
Julio Iglesias
Pedro Duque
Penélope Cruz
Elsa Pataky
Amaia Salamanca

Army

Art music

Bullfighting

Engineering

Finances

Formal sciences

Literature

Media and entertainment

Natural sciences

Philosophy

Politics

Religion

Scenic arts

Social sciences

Clara Campoamor
Jenni Hermoso

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

References

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