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height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Madrid, Spain</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>LOCATION</b></font><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.munimadrid.es/">http://www.munimadrid.es/</a><p> <b>Population:</b><br>3,093,000 (2003 estimate)<p><p><p> <p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>SCHOOLS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th><b>School</b></th><th><b>Founded</b></th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/875/000111542/">University of Madrid</a></td><td><center> </center></td></tr></table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>MUSEUM</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th><b>Museum</b></th><th><b>Founded</b></th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/248/000202639/">Museo del Prado</a></td><td><center>1819</center></td></tr></table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>COMPANY HEADQUARTERS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th><b>Company</b></th><th><b>Founded</b></th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/326/000356255/">Elefant Records</a></td><td><center>1989</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/164/000125786/">Telefonica</a></td><td><center>1934</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/510/000098216/">Santander Central Hispano</a></td><td><center>1857</center></td></tr></table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>BIRTHS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000133283/"><font size=-1>Victoria Abril</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000117975/"><font size=-1>Alfonso XII</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Nov-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1874-85</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000117972/"><font size=-1>Alfonso XIII</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1902-31</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/952/000024880/"><font size=-1>Jose Maria Aznar</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prime Minister of Spain, 1996-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000107556/"><font size=-1>Pedro Calderón de la Barca</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1600</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-May-1681</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>La Vida es Sue駉</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000174622/"><font size=-1>Juan Antonio Bardem</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Death of a Cyclist</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000140199/"><font size=-1>Jacinto Benavente</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Bonds of Interest</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/055/000167551/"><font size=-1>Raoul G. Cantero III</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Judge</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Aug-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Justice, Florida Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000104651/"><font size=-1>Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1585</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1638</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Poema tr醙ico</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/901/000097610/"><font size=-1>Charles II</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1661</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1700</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1665-1700</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/905/000097614/"><font size=-1>Charles III</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1716</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1788</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1759-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000163579/"><font size=-1>Mónica Cruz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Un Paso Adelante</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000025673/"><font size=-1>Penelope Cruz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Apr-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Woman On Top</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000024172/"><font size=-1>Placido Domingo</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Tenorissimo!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000113693/"><font size=-1>José Echegaray</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Apr-1832</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Nobel Prizewinning Spanish dramatist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000095438/"><font size=-1>Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1533</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Nov-1594</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>La Araucana</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/994/000386833/"><font size=-1>Queen Fabiola</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jun-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Dec-2014</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Queen of Belgium, 1960-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/361/000028277/"><font size=-1>Felipe VI</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/932/000097641/"><font size=-1>Ferdinand VI</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-1713</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Aug-1759</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1746-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/431/000136023/"><font size=-1>Jesus Franco</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Apr-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Vampyros Lesbos</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/922/000084670/"><font size=-1>Juan Gris</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Mar-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/906/000025831/"><font size=-1>Enrique Iglesias</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-May-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Balladeer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/930/000023861/"><font size=-1>Julio Iglesias</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Sep-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>International pop star</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/159/000159679/"><font size=-1>Glen Jacobs</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Wrestling</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Kane, WWE wrestler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/756/000044624/"><font size=-1>Rebecca Loos</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Snogged David Beckham</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000137238/"><font size=-1>Carmen Maura</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Volver</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/383/000135975/"><font size=-1>Pilar Miró</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Dog in the Manger</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/467/000136059/"><font size=-1>Ángela Molina</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Oct-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Carnage</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/655/000092379/"><font size=-1>Antonio Moreno</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish-American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000135999/"><font size=-1>Marisa Paredes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Apr-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Flower of My Secret</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/023/000161537/"><font size=-1>Elsa Pataky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jul-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Al Salir de Clase</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/061/000203449/"><font size=-1>Adelina Patti</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1843</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Coloratura soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/874/000097583/"><font size=-1>Philip III</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1578</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1621</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1598-1621</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000350295/"><font size=-1>Nathalia Ramos</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jul-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Nina Martin on <i>House of Anubis</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000094456/"><font size=-1>Rodrigo Rato</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>IMF managing director</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000113433/"><font size=-1>Pedro Salinas</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Nov-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Dec-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Generation of '27</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/906/000086648/"><font size=-1>George Santayana</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Realms of Being</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/268/000109938/"><font size=-1>Alejandro Sanz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Dec-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>M醩</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/986/000044854/"><font size=-1>Fernando Torres Sanz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Soccer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Forward for Chelsea FC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/890/000136482/"><font size=-1>Santiago Segura</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/582/000173063/"><font size=-1>Jorge Semprún</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jun-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Screenplay for <i>Z</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/288/000203676/"><font size=-1>Javier Solana</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Secretary-General, Council of the European Union</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/410/000098116/"><font size=-1>Manuel Tamayo y Baus</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jun-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Lances de Honor</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/357/000347313/"><font size=-1>Guillermo Toledo</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ferpect Crime</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/764/000104452/"><font size=-1>Lope de Vega</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Nov-1562</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Aug-1635</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Reformed Spanish comedy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000353815/"><font size=-1>Maribel Verdú</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Oct-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Y Tu Mama Tambien</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/662/000093383/"><font size=-1>Daniel Vierge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Artist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1851</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>May-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish painter and illustrator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/002/000161516/"><font size=-1>José Luis de Villalonga</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jan-1920</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Aug-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Breakfast at Tiffany's</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>DEATHS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/934/000159457/"><font size=-1>Vicente Aleixandre</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish surrealist poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000117975/"><font size=-1>Alfonso XII</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Nov-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1874-85</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/554/000097263/"><font size=-1>José Alvarez</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1768</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1827</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Court sculptor to Ferdinand VII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/766/000113427/"><font size=-1>Miguel Ángel Asturias</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Guatemalan protest writer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/702/000084450/"><font size=-1>Francis Bacon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Oct-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Apr-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Screaming Popes</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000107556/"><font size=-1>Pedro Calderón de la Barca</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1600</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-May-1681</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>La Vida es Sue駉</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000174622/"><font size=-1>Juan Antonio Bardem</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Death of a Cyclist</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000140199/"><font size=-1>Jacinto Benavente</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Bonds of Interest</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/584/000093305/"><font size=-1>Luigi Boccherini</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Feb-1743</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Cello Concerto in B-flat</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/415/000088151/"><font size=-1>Camilo José Cela</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000084814/"><font size=-1>Miguel de Cervantes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1547</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Apr-1616</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Don Quixote</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000104651/"><font size=-1>Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1585</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1638</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Poema tr醙ico</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/901/000097610/"><font size=-1>Charles II</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1661</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1700</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1665-1700</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/905/000097614/"><font size=-1>Charles III</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jan-1716</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Dec-1788</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1759-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/651/000026573/"><font size=-1>Bing Crosby</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-May-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Oct-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>White Christmas</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/486/000179946/"><font size=-1>Buenaventura Durruti</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Anarchist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish anarchist, killed in Civil War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000113693/"><font size=-1>José Echegaray</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Apr-1832</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Nobel Prizewinning Spanish dramatist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000095438/"><font size=-1>Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1533</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Nov-1594</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>La Araucana</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000101917/"><font size=-1>Richard Fanshawe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1608</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jun-1666</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Translator of Cam鮡s</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/937/000097646/"><font size=-1>Ferdinand VII</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Oct-1784</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1808 and 1814-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/617/000165122/"><font size=-1>Fernando Fernán-Gómez</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Aug-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Nov-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Voyage to Nowhere</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/425/000041302/"><font size=-1>Francisco Franco</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Dec-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish <i>Generalissimo</i>, 1939-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/501/000355433/"><font size=-1>John Gilling</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Plague of the Zombies</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/070/000130677/"><font size=-1>Roy Kinnear</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Sep-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000076148/"><font size=-1>Silvana Mangano</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Bitter Rice</i> and <i>Anna</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/204/000114859/"><font size=-1>José Martínez Ruiz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jun-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Generation of '98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/383/000135975/"><font size=-1>Pilar Miró</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Dog in the Manger</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/114/000365016/"><font size=-1>Sara Montiel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Mar-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>La violetera</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000129525/"><font size=-1>Severo Ochoa</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Sep-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Synthesized RNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/567/000096279/"><font size=-1>Juan de Pareja</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1606</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1670</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Vel醶quez's slave turned painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/874/000097583/"><font size=-1>Philip III</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1578</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1621</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1598-1621</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000097586/"><font size=-1>Philip IV</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1605</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Sep-1665</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1621-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000097590/"><font size=-1>Philip V</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Dec-1683</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jul-1746</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Spain, 1700-46</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000026690/"><font size=-1>Tyrone Power</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-May-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Witness for the Prosecution</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/862/000125487/"><font size=-1>Santiago Ramón y Cajal</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Doctor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-May-1852</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Structure of the nervous system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/151/000043022/"><font size=-1>Fernando Rey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Sep-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The French Connection</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/589/000093310/"><font size=-1>Domenico Scarlatti</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Oct-1685</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jul-1757</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Composed 555 sonatas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/761/000047620/"><font size=-1>Andres Segovia</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Guitarist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Feb-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Greatest classical guitarist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/297/000101991/"><font size=-1>Sir Anthony Shirley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1565</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1635</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>English traveler, man of adventure</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/764/000087503/"><font size=-1>Otto Skorzeny</a></td> <td><font 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