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Queen Letizia of Spain
(Queen Consort of Spain)
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 15, 1972
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oviedo, Spain
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
2
Mario Vargas Llosa
(Latin America's Most Significant Novelist and Essayist and Winner of 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature)
22
10
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Sara Carbonero
(Spanish-Portuguese Sports Journalist)
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1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 3, 1984
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Corral de Almaguer, Spain
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
4
Juan de Borbón
(Spanish royal)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 20, 1913
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Segovia, Spain
Died: April 1, 1993
5
José Ortega y Gasset
(Spanish Philosopher and Essayist)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 9, 1883
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: October 18, 1955
6
Josemaría Escrivá
(Spanish Priest Who Founded the Organization 'Opus Dei')
6
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 9, 1902
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Barbastro, Spain
Died: June 26, 1975
7
Camilo José Cela
(Winner of 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 11, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Iria Flavia, Spain
Died: January 17, 2002
8
Carlos Mesa
(63rd President of Bolivia (2003 – 2005))
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Javier Marías
(Novelist)
0
0
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Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma
(Political Activist and a Member of the 'House of Bourbon-Parma')
5
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: July 28, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: March 26, 2020
11
Alejandro Amenabar
(Spanish-Chilean Film Director, Screenwriter and Composer)
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2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 31, 1972
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Santiago, Chile
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Manuel Azaña
(Spanish Political Leader)
1
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 10, 1880
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alcala de Henares, Spain
Died: November 3, 1940
13
Santiago Segura
(Spanish Filmmaker and Actor Best Known for His 'Torrente' Film Series)
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 17, 1965
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
14
Eugenio María de Hostos
(Educator)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 11, 1839
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: near Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Died: August 11, 1903
15
Javier Ambrossi
(Film actor)
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 24, 1984
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
16
Antonio Machado
(Poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 26, 1875
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: February 22, 1939
17
Umaro Sissoco Embaló
(6th President of Guinea-Bissau)
1
0
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Isabel Diaz Ayuso
(Politician)
0
3
19
Miguel Boyer
(Minister of Economy, Treasury and Commerce (1 December 1982 – 6 July 1985))
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: February 5, 1939
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Jean de Luz, France
Died: September 29, 2014
20
Adolfo Suárez
(Spanish Politician and Lawyer)
0
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 25, 1932
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cebreros, Ávila, Spain
Died: March 23, 2014
21
Pedro Arrupe
(Spanish Basque Priest Who Served as the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus)
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 14, 1907
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Died: February 5, 1991
22
Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba
(Head of the House of Alba, one of the most prominent families of the Spanish nobility)
0
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: October 2, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
23
Alexandra Lúgaro
(Politician)
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0
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Paloma San Basilio
(Singer, Actress)
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0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: November 22, 1950
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chamberí, Madrid, Spain
25
David Antón Guijarro
(Chess player)
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0
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Ana Obregón
(Actress, Television presenters)
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1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 18, 1955
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
27
Nadia Calviño
(Spanish Civil Servant and Economist)
0
0
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Margarita Salas
(Spanish Scientist Who is Known for Her Work in the Fields of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 30, 1938
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Valdés, Spain
Died: November 7, 2019
29
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
(Former Prime Minister of Spain (1895 - 1897))
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Málaga, Spain
Died: August 8, 1897
30
Enrique Dussel
(Philosopher, Historian, and Theologian was served as the interim rector of the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México from 2013 to 2014)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: December 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: La Paz, Argentina
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Vicente Aleixandre
(Former surrealist writer)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 26, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: December 14, 1984
32
Eugenia Silva
(Model)
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0
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: January 13, 1976
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Raimon Panikkar
(Spanish Roman Catholic Priest)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 2, 1918
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: August 26, 2010
34
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
(Spanish Neoclassical Statesman, Author, Philosopher and a Major Figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain)
4
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 5, 1744
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gijón, Spain
Died: November 27, 1811
35
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
(Spanish Politician and Civil Engineer)
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0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: July 21, 1825
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Torrecilla en Cameros, Spain
Died: January 5, 1903
36
Eduardo Chillida
(Spanish Basque Sculptor)
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1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: January 10, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Died: August 19, 2002
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Pío Baroja
(Former Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98)
1
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 28, 1872
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Died: October 30, 1956
38
John of Ávila
(Spanish Priest and Preacher)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 6, 1499
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Almodóvar del Campo, Spain
Died: May 10, 1569
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Carmen Laforet
(Spanish Novelist and Short-Story Writer)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 6, 1921
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: February 28, 2004
40
Elena Ochoa Foster
(Spanish Art Curator, Publisher, and Former Professor of Psychopathology)
1
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 24, 1958
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ourense, Spain
41
Martine Franck
(Photographer)
2
1
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: April 2, 1938
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: August 16, 2012
42
José Echegaray
(One of the Leading Spanish Dramatists of the Last Quarter of the 19th Century)
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0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 19, 1832
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: September 14, 1916
43
Pedro Salinas
(Spanish Poet, Scholar, Dramatist, and Essayist)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 27, 1891
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: December 4, 1951
44
Juan de Mariana
(Spanish Jesuit Priest, Historian, and Scholastic)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 25, 1536
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Died: February 17, 1624
45
Julián Marías
(Philosopher)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 17, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Valladolid, Spain
Died: December 15, 2005
46
Francisco Ayala
(Novelist)
2
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 16, 1906
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Granada, Spain
Died: November 3, 2009
47
Gregorio Marañón
(One of the 20th Century's Most Brilliant Spanish Intellectuals)
1
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: May 19, 1887
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: March 27, 1960
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Concepción Arenal
(Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: January 31, 1820
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ferrol, Spain
Died: February 4, 1893
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Ramón J. Sender
(Spanish Essayist, Novelist, and Journalist)
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0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 3, 1901
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chalamera, Spain
Died: January 16, 1982
50
Eugeni d'Ors
(Spanish Writer, Essayist and Philosopher)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 28, 1881
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: September 25, 1954
