LOCATION

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

Population:
3,093,000 (2003 estimate)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Madrid

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Museo del Prado	1819

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Elefant Records	1989
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
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
Juan Antonio Bardem	Film Director	2-Jun-1922	30-Oct-2002	Death of a Cyclist
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	Nobel Prizewinning Spanish dramatist
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga	Poet	7-Aug-1533	29-Nov-1594	La Araucana
Queen Fabiola	Royalty	11-Jun-1928	5-Dec-2014	Queen of Belgium, 1960-93
Felipe VI	Royalty	30-Jan-1968		King of Spain
Ferdinand VI	Royalty	23-Sep-1713	10-Aug-1759	King of Spain, 1746-59
Jesus Franco	Film Director	12-May-1930	2-Apr-2013	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
Adelina Patti	Singer	10-Feb-1843	27-Sep-1919	Coloratura soprano
Philip III	Royalty	14-Apr-1578	31-Mar-1621	King of Spain, 1598-1621
Nathalia Ramos	Actor	3-Jul-1992		Nina Martin on House of Anubis
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 Chelsea FC
Santiago Segura	Actor	17-Jul-1965		Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law
Jorge Semprún	Novelist	10-Dec-1923	7-Jun-2011	Screenplay for Z
Javier Solana	Politician	14-Jul-1942		Secretary-General, Council of the European Union
Manuel Tamayo y Baus	Playwright	15-Sep-1829	20-Jun-1898	Lances de Honor
Guillermo Toledo	Actor	22-May-1970		Ferpect Crime
Lope de Vega	Playwright	25-Nov-1562	27-Aug-1635	Reformed Spanish comedy
Maribel Verdú	Actor	2-Oct-1970		Y Tu Mama Tambien
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	Guatemalan protest writer
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
Juan Antonio Bardem	Film Director	2-Jun-1922	30-Oct-2002	Death of a Cyclist
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
Camilo José Cela	Author	11-May-1916	17-Jan-2002	Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate
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
Buenaventura Durruti	Anarchist	14-Jul-1896	20-Nov-1936	Spanish anarchist, killed in Civil War
José Echegaray	Playwright	19-Apr-1832	14-Sep-1916	Nobel Prizewinning Spanish dramatist
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
Francisco Franco	Head of State	4-Dec-1892	20-Nov-1975	Spanish Generalissimo, 1939-75
John Gilling	Film Director	29-May-1912	22-Nov-1984	The Plague of the Zombies
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
Sara Montiel	Actor	10-Mar-1928	8-Apr-2013	La violetera
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
Santiago Ramón y Cajal	Doctor	1-May-1852	17-Oct-1934	Structure of the nervous system
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
Alfredo Di Stéfano	Soccer	4-Jul-1926	7-Jul-2014	Real Madrid legend
Adolfo Suárez	Head of State	25-Sep-1932	23-Mar-2014	Prime Minister of Spain, 1982-91
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
Allen Toussaint	Musician	14-Jan-1938	9-Nov-2015	Influential New Orleans composer/producer
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
Lorenzo H. Zambrano	Business	27-Mar-1944	14-May-2014	CEO of Cemex
Francisco de Zurbarán	Painter	1598	27-Aug-1664	Spanish Baroque painter

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