LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.munimadrid.es/

Population:
3,093,000 (2003 estimate)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Madrid

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Telefonica	1934
Santander Central Hispano	1857

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Victoria Abril	Actor	4-Jul-1959		Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Alfonso XII	Royalty	28-Nov-1857	25-Nov-1885	King of Spain, 1874-85
Alfonso XIII	Royalty	17-May-1886	28-Feb-1941	King of Spain, 1902-31
Prince of Asturias	Royalty	30-Jan-1968		Heir to the throne of Spain
Jose Maria Aznar	Head of State	25-Feb-1953		Prime Minister of Spain, 1996-2004
Pedro Calderón de la Barca	Playwright	17-Jan-1600	25-May-1681	La Vida es Sueño
Jacinto Benavente	Playwright	12-Aug-1866	14-Jul-1954	The Bonds of Interest
Raoul G. Cantero III	Judge	1-Aug-1960		Justice, Florida Supreme Court
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses	Novelist	c. 1585	1638	Poema trágico
Charles II	Royalty	6-Nov-1661	1-Nov-1700	King of Spain, 1665-1700
Charles III	Royalty	20-Jan-1716	14-Dec-1788	King of Spain, 1759-88
Mónica Cruz	Dancer	16-Mar-1977		Un Paso Adelante
Penelope Cruz	Actor	28-Apr-1974		Woman On Top
Placido Domingo	Singer	21-Jan-1941		Tenorissimo!
José Echegaray	Playwright	19-Apr-1832	14-Sep-1916	Conflicto entre dos deberes
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga	Poet	7-Aug-1533	29-Nov-1594	La Araucana
Ferdinand VI	Royalty	23-Sep-1713	10-Aug-1759	King of Spain, 1746-59
Jesus Franco	Film Director	12-May-1930		Vampyros Lesbos
Juan Gris	Painter	23-Mar-1887	11-May-1927	Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter
Enrique Iglesias	Singer	8-May-1975		Balladeer
Julio Iglesias	Singer	23-Sep-1943		International pop star
Glen Jacobs	Wrestling	26-Apr-1967		Kane, WWE wrestler
Rebecca Loos	TV Personality	19-Jun-1977		Snogged David Beckham
Carmen Maura	Actor	15-Sep-1945		Volver
Pilar Miró	Film Director	20-Apr-1940	19-Oct-1997	The Dog in the Manger
Ángela Molina	Actor	5-Oct-1955		Carnage
Antonio Moreno	Actor	26-Sep-1887	15-Feb-1967	Spanish-American character actor
Marisa Paredes	Actor	3-Apr-1946		The Flower of My Secret
Elsa Pataky	Actor	18-Jul-1976		Al Salir de Clase
Philip III	Royalty	14-Apr-1578	31-Mar-1621	King of Spain, 1598-1621
Rodrigo Rato	Government	18-Mar-1949		IMF managing director
Pedro Salinas	Poet	27-Nov-1891	4-Dec-1951	Generation of '27
George Santayana	Philosopher	16-Dec-1863	26-Sep-1952	The Realms of Being
Alejandro Sanz	Singer	18-Dec-1968		Más
Fernando Torres Sanz	Soccer	20-Mar-1984		Forward for Liverpool FC
Santiago Segura	Actor	17-Jul-1965		Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law
Manuel Tamayo y Baus	Playwright	15-Sep-1829	20-Jun-1898	Lances de Honor
Lope de Vega	Playwright	25-Nov-1562	27-Aug-1635	Reformed Spanish comedy
Daniel Vierge	Artist	1851	May-1904	Spanish painter and illustrator
José Luis de Villalonga	Actor	29-Jan-1920	30-Aug-2007	Breakfast at Tiffany's

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vicente Aleixandre	Poet	26-Apr-1898	14-Dec-1984	Spanish surrealist poet
Alfonso XII	Royalty	28-Nov-1857	25-Nov-1885	King of Spain, 1874-85
José Alvarez	Sculptor	1768	1827	Court sculptor to Ferdinand VII
Miguel Ángel Asturias	Author	19-Oct-1899	9-Jun-1974	Hombres de maíz
Francis Bacon	Painter	28-Oct-1909	28-Apr-1992	The Screaming Popes
Pedro Calderón de la Barca	Playwright	17-Jan-1600	25-May-1681	La Vida es Sueño
Jacinto Benavente	Playwright	12-Aug-1866	14-Jul-1954	The Bonds of Interest
Luigi Boccherini	Composer	19-Feb-1743	28-May-1805	Cello Concerto in B-flat
Santiago Ramón y Cajal	Doctor	1-May-1852	17-Oct-1934	Structure of the nervous system
Camilo José Cela	Author	11-May-1916	17-Jan-2002	La familia de Pascual Duarte
Miguel de Cervantes	Novelist	29-Sep-1547	22-Apr-1616	Don Quixote
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses	Novelist	c. 1585	1638	Poema trágico
Charles II	Royalty	6-Nov-1661	1-Nov-1700	King of Spain, 1665-1700
Charles III	Royalty	20-Jan-1716	14-Dec-1788	King of Spain, 1759-88
Bing Crosby	Singer	3-May-1903	14-Oct-1977	White Christmas
José Echegaray	Playwright	19-Apr-1832	14-Sep-1916	Conflicto entre dos deberes
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga	Poet	7-Aug-1533	29-Nov-1594	La Araucana
Richard Fanshawe	Poet	1608	16-Jun-1666	Translator of Camões
Ferdinand VII	Royalty	14-Oct-1784	29-Sep-1833	King of Spain, 1808 and 1814-33
Fernando Fernán-Gómez	Actor	28-Aug-1921	21-Nov-2007	Voyage to Nowhere
Roy Kinnear	Actor	8-Jan-1934	20-Sep-1988	Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Silvana Mangano	Actor	23-Apr-1930	16-Dec-1989	Bitter Rice and Anna
José Martínez Ruiz	Author	8-Jun-1873	4-Mar-1967	Generation of '98
Pilar Miró	Film Director	20-Apr-1940	19-Oct-1997	The Dog in the Manger
Severo Ochoa	Scientist	24-Sep-1905	1-Nov-1993	Synthesized RNA
Juan de Pareja	Painter	c. 1606	1670	Velázquez's slave turned painter
Philip III	Royalty	14-Apr-1578	31-Mar-1621	King of Spain, 1598-1621
Philip IV	Royalty	8-Apr-1605	17-Sep-1665	King of Spain, 1621-65
Philip V	Royalty	19-Dec-1683	9-Jul-1746	King of Spain, 1700-46
Tyrone Power	Actor	5-May-1913	15-Nov-1958	Witness for the Prosecution
Fernando Rey	Actor	20-Sep-1917	9-Mar-1994	The French Connection
Domenico Scarlatti	Composer	26-Oct-1685	23-Jul-1757	Composed 555 sonatas
Andres Segovia	Guitarist	21-Feb-1893	2-Jun-1987	Greatest classical guitarist
Sir Anthony Shirley	Military	1565	c. 1635	English traveler, man of adventure
Otto Skorzeny	Military	12-Jun-1908	5-Jul-1975	Most dangerous man in Europe
Manuel Tamayo y Baus	Playwright	15-Sep-1829	20-Jun-1898	Lances de Honor
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo	Painter	5-Mar-1696	27-Mar-1770	18th century Venetian painter
Lope de Vega	Playwright	25-Nov-1562	27-Aug-1635	Reformed Spanish comedy
Diego Velázquez	Painter	6-Jun-1599	6-Aug-1660	Las Meninas
Frank Yerby	Novelist	5-Sep-1916	29-Nov-1991	The Dahomean
Francisco de Zurbarán	Painter	1598	27-Aug-1664	Spanish Baroque painter

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