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Question: Easy 10 points! 5 famous spaniards and what they do!?
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Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), surrealist artist!.

Fernando Méndez Leite (born 1944), Film director

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499–1543), explorer, founded the city of San Diego, California!.

Miguel Fisac (1913–2006) architect

Antonio Banderas (born 1960) actorWww@QuestionHome@Com

1!. Miguel de Cervantes, writer of "Don Quijote"
2!. Velazquez, painter of "Las Meninas" ["The petite ladies"]
3!. Jose Ortega y Gassett, writer and philospher!. Who predicted the future "dumbing down of intelligence" by modern man in his "The Rebellion of the Masses"
4!. Juan Ramon Jimenez, poet and writer!. Famous for his "Platero y Yo" poems ["Platero and Me"]!. Won the 1956 Nobel Prize in literature
5!. Alicia de Larrocha, concert pianist!. Incredible in her Mozart, Chopin and Spaniard composers like Falla and Halfter!. Thanks!.
P!.D!.Other names: Miguel de Unamuno the philosopher, Valle-Inclan the writer and poet, cellist and conductor Pablo Casals, Pio Baroja the novelist, Jose Camilo Cela the writer and novelist who won the 1989 Nobel Prize in literature [I hate his books, nevertheless], Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel the movie director!. child actress and singer Marisol, and others like dead dictador Francisco Franco!. Spain has given a large number of prominent citizens and as a descendant of them I am somewhat proud!. Yet some people think of Spain only in bullfighting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Shakira - singer
El Greco - painter and sculptor!.
Francisco de Zurbarán - painter!.
Juan Diego Botto - Actor
Alejandro Amenábar - Film DirectorWww@QuestionHome@Com

I found this new site!. Google!. It's amazing!. It apperently finds almost anything you need to!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Pablo Picasso- painter
Isabella- queen of Spain who comissoned Christoper Clombus
Conchita Supervia-concert singer
Luis De Leon- author
Don Jose Veldraz-painterWww@QuestionHome@Com

Christopher Columbus and his crew( had to be at least five crew dudes)!.!.!.!.!.they found America!.!.!.!.!. (it wasn't really lost, but finders keepers, anyway)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Don Juan De
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Juan Carlos I De
San JuanWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Actors

Victoria Abril (born 1957)
Elena Anaya (born 1975)
Antonio Banderas (born 1960)
Javier Bardem (born 1969)
Pilar Bardem (born 1939)
Ana Belén (born 1951)
Juan Diego Botto (born 1975)
Celso Bugallo (born 1947)
Mark Consuelos (born 1970)
Penélope Cruz (born 1974)
Gabino Diego (born 1966)
Angelines Fernández (1922–1994)
Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007)
Sancho Gracia (born 1936)
Alfredo Landa (born 1933)
Sergi López (born 1965)
Jordi Mollà (born 1968)
Sara Montiel (born 1928)
Paul Naschy (born 1934)
Marisa Paredes (born 1946)
Francisco Rabal (1926–2001)
Fernando Rey (1917–1994)
Fernando Sancho (1916–1990)
Paz Vega (born 1976)

Artists

David Aja Comics artist!.
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), surrealist artist!.
Pasqual Ferry Comics artist!.
Francisco de Goya (1746–1828), painter and engraver!.
El Greco (1541–1614), painter and sculptor!.
Juan Gris (1887–1927), cubist painter!.
Jesús Mari Lazkano (born 1960), painter!.
Joan Miró (1893–1983), painter, sculptor and ceramist!.
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618–1682), painter!.
Carlos Pacheco (born 1961) Comics artist!.
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), painter and sculptor, co-founder of cubism!.
Antoni Tàpies (born 1923), abstract expressionist painter!.
Darío Urzay (born 1958), painter, graphic artist!.
Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), painter!.
Ignacio Zuloaga (1870–1945), painter!.
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1644), painter!.

Architects

Ricardo Bofill (born 1939), one of the main representatives of postmodernism in architecture!.
Santiago Calatrava (born 1951), 2005 AIA Gold Medal Laureate!.
Ildefons Cerdà (1815–1876), urban planner who designed the 19th-century extension of Barcelona (Eixample)!.
Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850–1923), brilliant contemporary of better known fellow citizen Gaudí!.
Miguel Fisac (1913–2006)
Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), known for his unfinished masterwork La Sagrada Família!.
Juan de Herrera (1530–1593), helped to plan El Escorial; his style influenced Spanish architecture for centuries!.
Enric Miralles (1955–2000), built the Scottish Parliament (finished in 2004, after his death)!.
Rafael Moneo (born 1937), 1996 Pritzker Prize Laureate!.
Josep Lluís Sert (1902–1983), member of the GATCPAC group, exiled, Professor at Harvard University!.

Explorers and conquistadores

Lope de Aguirre (1511–1561), soldier and adventurer, explored the Amazon River looking for El Dorado!.
Diego de Almagro (1475–1538), explorer and conquistador, first European in Chile!.
Juan Bautista de Anza (1736–1788), soldier and explorer, founded San Francisco, California!.
Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487–1551), bishop of Panama, discovered the Galápagos Islands!.
álvar Nú?ez Cabeza de Vaca (c!. 1490 – c!. 1559), first European to explore the southwestern of what is now the United States (1527–1536), also explored South America (1540–1542)!.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499–1543), explorer, founded the city of San Diego, California!.
Gabriel de Castilla (1577–1620), sailor; in 1603 he became probably the first man ever to sight Antarctica!.
Cosme Damián Churruca (1761–1805), explorer, astronomer and naval officer, mapped the Strait of Magellan (1788–1789)!.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (c!. 1510 – 1554), explored New Mexico and other parts of the southwest of what is now the United States (1540–1542)!.
Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), conquistador of the Aztec Empire, explorer of Baja California Peninsula!.
Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476–1526), explorer and sailor, first man to circumnavigate the world!.
Gaspar de Espinosa (1467/1477 – 1537), soldier and explorer, first European to reach the coast of Nicaragua, co-founder of Panama City!.
Salvador Fidalgo (1756–1803), naval officer and cartographer, explored Alaska in 1790, he named Cordova, Port Gravina, and Valdez!.
Miguel López de Legazpi (1502–1572), explored and conquered the Philippine Islands in 1565!.
Vasco Nú?ez de Balboa (1475–1519), first European to sight the Pacific Ocean, founder of Darién!.
Francisco de Orellana (c!. 1500 – c!. 1549), first European to explore the Amazon River!.
Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de ávila, 1440–1531), conquistador, founder of Panama and governor of Nicaragua!.
Francisco Pizarro (1471–1541), conqueror of the Inca Empire in Peru!.
Juan Ponce de León (1460–1521), first European to explore Florida (1513); he founded the first European settlement in Puerto Rico (1508)!.
Gaspar de Portolà (c!. 1717 – aft!. 1784), explorer, founder of Monterey (California)!.
|Hernando de Soto (1500–1542), explorer and conquistador, first European to explore the plains of eastern North America; discovered the Mississippi river and the Ohio river!.
Pedro de Valdivia (c!. 1500 – 1554), conquistador of Chile, founder of Santiago, Concepción, and Valdivia!.

Film directors

Pedro Almodóvar (born 1949)
Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972)
Montxo Armendáriz (born 1949)
Carlos Atanes (born 1971)
Juanma Bajo Ulloa (born 1967)
Jaume Balagueró (born 1968)
Juan Antonio Bardem (1922–2002)
Icíar Bollaín (born 1967)
José Luis Borau (born 1929)
Luis Bu?uel (1900–1983)
Mario Camus (born 1935)
Segundo de Chomón (1871-1929)
Isabel Coixet (born 1962)
Agustín Díaz Yanes (born 1950)
Víctor Erice (born 1940)
Fernando Fernán Gómez (born 1921)
Jesús Franco (born 1930)
José Luis Garci (born 1944)
Luis García Berlanga (born 1921)
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (born 1942)
álex de la Iglesia (born 1965)
Fernando León de Aranoa (born 1968)
Bigas Luna (born 1946)
Julio Medem (born 1958)
Fernando Méndez Leite (born 1944)
Pilar Miró (1940–1997)
Paul Naschy (born 1934)
Amando de Ossorio
Ventura Pons (born 1945)
José Luis Sáenz de Heredia (1911–1992)
Carlos Saura (born 1932)
Santiago Segura (born 1965)
David Trueba (born 1969)
Fernando Trueba (born 1955)
Benito Zambrano (born 1964)
Iván Zulueta (born 1943)Www@QuestionHome@Com