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Alexander Payne
(Director)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 10, 1961
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Bartolomé de las Casas
(The First Resident Bishop of ‘Chiapas’, and the First Officially Appointed "Protector of the Indians")
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 11, 1484
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Seville, Spain
Died: July 18, 1566
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Sister Souljah
(Writer)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 28, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, United States
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John Lloyd Young
(Film actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 4, 1975
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, U.S.
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Francisco Suárez
(Leading Theological and Philosophical Light of Spain’s Golden Age)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1548
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Granada, Spain
Died: September 25, 1617
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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
(Former Governor of the Kingdom of Castile)
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Bernardino de Sahagún
(Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain)
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Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
(Spanish Minister and a Royal Favorite of Philip IV)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 6, 1587
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: July 22, 1645
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William Lamport
(He claimed to be a bastard son of King Philip III of Spain and therefore the half-brother of King Philip IV)
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Antonio de Nebrija
(Writer, Linguist)
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
(Spanish Explorer, Conquistador & Founder and First Mayor of Bogota (1538 - 1539))
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Xavier Becerra
(25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 26, 1958
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, United States
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Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
(Magistrate)
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Gaspar Sanz
(Composer, Guitarist)
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 4, 1640
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Calanda, Bajo Aragón, Spain
Died: 1710 AD
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Juan Donoso Cortés
(Spanish Author, Politician, Diplomat, and Catholic Political Theologian)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 6, 1809
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Valle de la Serena, Spain
Died: May 3, 1853
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Pedro Calderon de la Barca
(Dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 17, 1600
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: May 25, 1681
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Luis de Molina
(Spanish Scholastic and Jesuit Priest)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 29, 1535
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cuenca, Spain
Died: October 12, 1600
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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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Gil Vicente
(Playwright)
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Luis de Góngora
(Spanish Poet and Priest)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 11, 1561
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Córdoba, Spain
Died: April 23, 1627
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Fernando de Rojas
(Spanish Author)
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John of the Cross
(16th Century Spanish Catholic Priest Who was a Major Figure of Counter-Reformation in Spain)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1542
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fontiveros, Spain
Died: December 14, 1591
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Juan del Encina
(Spanish Composer, Poet, and Playwright)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 12, 1468
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fermoselle, Spain
Died: 1529 AD
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
(Spanish Dramatist of the Colonial Era)
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Tomás de Torquemada
(Friar)
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Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders
Birthdate: October 14, 1420
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Castile, Spain
Died: September 16, 1498
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Antonio Pérez
(Statesman)
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Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro
(Spanish Essayist Known for Encouraging Scientific and Empirical Thought in an Effort to Debunk Myths and Superstitions)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 8, 1676
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Casdemiro, Spain
Died: September 26, 1764
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José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca
(Spanish Statesman)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 21, 1728
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Murcia, Spain
Died: December 30, 1808
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Vasco de Quiroga
(First Bishop of Michoacán and Judge)
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1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 1470 AD
Birthplace: Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain
Died: March 14, 1565
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Martin Delrio
(Former Theologian known for His six-volume work Magical Investigations)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 17, 1551
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium
Died: October 19, 1608
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Luis Ramírez de Lucena
(Chess player, Writer)
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Peter of Alcántara
(Frair)
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Gerardo Diego
(Poet)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 3, 1896
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Santander, Spain
Died: July 8, 1987
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Mateo Alemán
(Novelist)
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Koldo Mitxelena
(Linguist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 20, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Errenteria, Spain
Died: October 11, 1987
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Luis Carrillo y Sotomayor
(Poet)
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Carmen Martín Gaite
(Spanish Author Known for Her Short Novel 'The Nightmarish El Balneario' (The Spa))
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 8, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Salamanca, Spain
Died: July 22, 2000
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Diego de Torres Villarroel
(Spanish Writer Whose Memoirs are Among the Best Sources for Information on Life in 18th-Sentury Spain)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 17, 1693
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Salamanca, Spain
Died: June 19, 1770
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José Gutiérrez Solana
(Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 28, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: June 24, 1945
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Antonio Piñero
(Spanish Writer, Philologist, and Historian)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 14, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chipiona, Spain
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José de Gálvez, 1st Marquess of Sonora
(Spanish Lawyer and Inspector General)
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 2, 1720
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Macharaviaya, Spain
Died: August 21, 1792
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Juan de Mena
(Poet)
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Diego de Saavedra Fajardo
(Diplomat)
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Manuel José Quintana
(Poet)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 11, 1772
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: March 11, 1857
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Luis Martín-Santos
(Spanish Writer Best Known for His Novel 'Tiempo de Silencio')
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 11, 1924
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Larache, Morocco
Died: January 21, 1964
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Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla
(Dramatist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 4, 1607
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Toledo, Spain
Died: January 23, 1648
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Enrique Flórez
(Spanish Historian and Numismatist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 21, 1702
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Valladolid, Spain
Died: August 20, 1773
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José Francisco de Isla
(Preacher)
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 24, 1703
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cistierna, Spain
Died: November 2, 1781
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Bartolomé de Torres Naharro
(Dramatist)
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Vicente Espinel
(Writer)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 28, 1550
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ronda, Spain
Died: February 4, 1624
