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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
John of the Cross John of the Cross 1542 1591 Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_the_Cross
Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler 1975 n/a Spanish singer and songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Iglesias
Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí of Púbol 1904 1989 Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dalí
Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva 1943 n/a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Iglesias
Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà 1893 1983 Spanish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miró
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero 1960 n/a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Luis_Rodríguez_Zapatero
Judah Halevi Judah Halevi 1075 1141 Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Halevi
Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávila 1515 1582 Spanish noblewoman who was called to convent life in the Catholic Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_Ávila
Abraham ibn Daud Abraham ibn Daud null null Spanish Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher; born at Córdoba, Spain about 1110; died in Toledo, Spain, according to common report, a martyr about 1180 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ibn_Daud
Francisco de Vitoria Francisco de Vitoria none 1546 Spanish Roman Catholic philosopher, theologian, and jurist of Renaissance Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Vitoria
Juan de Oñate Juan de Oñate y Salazar 1550 1626 Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Oñate
Abraham Zacuto Abraham Zacuto 1452 none Spanish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian who served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Zacuto
Francisco Suárez Francisco Suárez 1548 1617 Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement, and generally regarded among the greatest scholastics after Thomas Aquinas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Suárez
Pedro Cieza de León Pedro Cieza de León 1520 1554 Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru and Popayán https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Cieza_de_León
Juan Luis Vives Juan Luis Vives March 1540 n/a Spanish (Valencian) scholar and Renaissance humanist who spent most of his adult life in the Southern Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Luis_Vives
Ricardo Bofill Ricardo Bofill Leví 1939 2022 Spanish architect from Catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Bofill
Hasdai Crescas Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas 1340 1410 Spanish Jewish philosopher and a renowned halakhist (teacher of Jewish law) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasdai_Crescas
Moses de León Moses de León 1240 1305 Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist who is considered the composer or redactor of the Zohar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_de_León
Fernando de Rojas Fernando de Rojas 1465 1541 Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina (originally titled Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), first published in 1499 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_de_Rojas
Diego de Montemayor Diego de Montemayor none 1611 Spanish conquistador, explorer, officer, and the governor of Nuevo Reino de León https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Montemayor
Samuel ibn Naghrillah Samuel ibn Naghrillah 993 1056 Spanish medieval Talmudic scholar, grammarian, philologist, soldier, merchant, politician, and an influential poet who lived in Iberia at the time of the Moorish rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_ibn_Naghrillah
Gerónimo de Santa Fe Jerónimo de Santa Fe 1400 1430 Spanish physician and religious writer who, after conversion to Catholicism from Judaism, wrote in Latin as Hieronymus de Sancta Fide (Jerome of the Holy Faith) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerónimo_de_Santa_Fe
Joseph of Anchieta José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo 1534 1597 Spanish Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Anchieta
Isaac ben Moses Arama Isaac ben Moses Arama 1420 1494 Spanish rabbi and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_ben_Moses_Arama
Enrique Curiel Enrique Curiel 1947 2011 Spanish politician and member of the Communist Party of Spain and the United Left, who was a Member of the Senate of Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Curiel
Luis de León Luis de León 1527 1591 Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic, active during the Spanish Golden Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_de_León
Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Juan Álvarez Mendizábal 1790 1853 Spanish economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 25 September 1835 to 15 May 1836 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Álvarez_Mendizábal
Hernán Pérez de Quesada Hernán Pérez de Quesada, sometimes spelled as Quezada, Official website Motavita 1515 1544 Spanish conquistador https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernán_Pérez_de_Quesada
Jon Juaristi Jon Juaristi Linacero 1951 n/a Spanish poet, essayist and translator in Spanish and Basque, as well as a self-confessed former ETA militant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Juaristi
Paul of Burgos Paul of Burgos 1351 1435 Spanish Jew who converted to Christianity, and became an archbishop, Lord Chancellor, and exegete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_Burgos
John of Ávila John of Ávila 1499 1569 Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Ávila
Isak Andic Isak Andic Ermay 1953 n/a Spanish billionaire businessman, the founder and largest shareholder in the clothing retail chain Mango https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isak_Andic
Moses Botarel Moses Botarel null null Spanish scholar who lived in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Botarel
Isaac ben Sheshet Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet (or Barfat) 1326 1408 Spanish Talmudic authority, also known by his acronym, Rivash () https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_ben_Sheshet
Andrés Herzog Andrés Gustavo Herzog Sánchez 1974 n/a Spanish lawyer and politician who is the spokesperson of the centrist party Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Herzog
Isaac ibn Sid Isaac ibn Sid null null Spanish Jewish astronomer; he flourished at the Toledo School of Translators in the second half of the thirteenth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_ibn_Sid
Menahem ben Saruq Menahem ben Saruq null null Spanish Jewish philologist of the tenth century CE. He was a skilled poet and polyglot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menahem_ben_Saruq
Margarita Nelken Margarita Nelken 1894 1968 Spanish feminist and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarita_Nelken
Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera Shem-Tov ben Joseph ibn Falaquera 1225 1290 Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet and commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem-Tov_ibn_Falaquera
Andrés Neuman Andrés Neuman 1977 n/a Spanish writer, poet, translator, columnist and blogger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Neuman
Isaac ibn Ghiyyat Isaac ben Judah ibn Ghiyyat (or Ghayyat) null null Spanish rabbi, Biblical commentator, codifier of Jewish law, philosopher, and liturgical poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_ibn_Ghiyyat
Luis Ramírez de Lucena Luis Ramírez de Lucena 1465 1530 Spanish chess player who published the first extant chess book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Ramírez_de_Lucena
Prince Rupert Loewenstein Rupert Louis Ferdinand Frederick Constantine Lofredo Leopold Herbert Maximilian Hubert John Henry zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Count of Loewenstein-Scharffeneck 1933 2014 Spanish Bavarian aristocrat and the longtime financial manager of the rock band The Rolling Stones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert_Loewenstein
Solomon ibn Verga Solomon ibn Verga 1460 n/a Spanish historian, physician, and author of the Shevet Yehudah (Hebrew: - "Scepter of Judah") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_ibn_Verga
Raimundo Saporta Raimundo Saporta Namías 1926 1997 Spanish professional club basketball administrator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_Saporta
Vidal of Tolosa Vidal of Tolosa, alternate spelling Vidal de Toulouse null null Spanish rabbi and scholar of the late 14th century, and is often referred to by the sobriquet, Harav Ha-Maggid, or the Maggid Mishneh, named for his magnum opus by that name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidal_of_Tolosa
Ibn Shaprut Shem-Tob ben Isaac Shaprut of Tudela null null Spanish Jewish philosopher, physician, and polemicist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Shaprut
Isaac Israeli ben Joseph Isaac Israeli ben Joseph null null Spanish Jewish astronomer/astrologer who flourished at Toledo in the first half of the fourteenth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Israeli_ben_Joseph
Eduardo Propper de Callejón Eduardo Propper de Callejón 1895 1972 Spanish diplomat who is mainly remembered for having facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from occupied France during World War II between 1940 and 1944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Propper_de_Callejón
José María Benegas José María "Txiki" Benegas Haddad 1948 2015 Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_María_Benegas
Doris Benegas Doris Benegas Haddad 1951 2016 Spanish political lawyer specialising in criminal law, particularly causes related to women and left-wing politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Benegas
Mercédès Jellinek Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek 1889 1929 Spanish name meaning mercy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercédès_Jellinek
Enrique Múgica Enrique Múgica Herzog 1932 2020 Spanish lawyer and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Múgica
Isaac Aboab of Castile Isaac Aboab of Castile 1433 1493 Spanish Jewish Rabbi, Posek and Torah commentator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Aboab_of_Castile
Rafael Cansinos-Asséns Rafael Cansinos Asséns 1882 1964 Spanish poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cansinos-Asséns
Sebastián de Covarrubias Sebastián de Covarrubias 1539 1613 Spanish lexicographer, cryptographer, chaplain and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastián_de_Covarrubias
Teresa de Cartagena Teresa de Cartagena 1425 none Spanish writer, mystic and nun who is considered to be the first Spanish female writer and mystic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_de_Cartagena
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro Bartolomé de Torres Naharro 1485 1530 Spanish dramatist and Leonese language writer of Jewish converso descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomé_de_Torres_Naharro
Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon 1283 1330 Spanish Talmudist and kabbalist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem_Tov_ben_Abraham_ibn_Gaon
Zerahiah ben Shealtiel Ḥen Zerahiah ben Shealtiel Ḥen 1270 1290 Spanish Jewish physician, philosopher, translator, and Hebraist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerahiah_ben_Shealtiel_Ḥen
Alphonso de Spina Alphonso de Spina unkn 1491 Spanish Franciscan Catholic Bishop, preacher and writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_de_Spina
Samuel ibn Seneh Zarza Samuel ibn Seneh Zarza null null Spanish philosopher who lived in Palencia in the second half of the 14th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_ibn_Seneh_Zarza
Joseph Zabara Joseph ben Meïr Ibn Zabara 1140 1200 Spanish Jewish physicist, poet and satirist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Zabara
Samuel Toledano Samuel Toledano 1929 1996 Spanish Jewish community leader and lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Toledano
Esther Koplowitz, 7th Marchioness of Casa Peñalver Esther María Koplowitz y Romero de Juseu, 7th Marchioness of Casa Peñalver, LH null null Spanish businesswoman and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Koplowitz,_7th_Marchioness_of_Casa_Peñalver
Isaac ben Joseph ibn Pulgar Isaac ben Joseph ibn Pulgar null null Spanish Jewish philosopher, poet, and controversialist, who flourished in the first half of the fourteenth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_ben_Joseph_ibn_Pulgar
Judah ibn Verga Judah ibn Verga null null Spanish historian, kabalist, perhaps also mathematician, and astronomer, of the 15th century, born at Seville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_ibn_Verga
Joseph ibn Abitur Joseph ibn Abitur null null Spanish rabbi of around the 10th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_ibn_Abitur
Pedro de Herrera Pedro de Herrera null null Spanish Converso leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Herrera
Pancracio Celdrán Pancracio Celdrán Gomáriz 1942 2019 Spanish professor, intellectual and journalist whose specialties were the history and literature of antiquity and the medieval period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancracio_Celdrán
Moses ha-Kohen de Tordesillas Moses ha-Kohen de Tordesillas 1370 n/a Spanish Jewish controversialist of the fourteenth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_ha-Kohen_de_Tordesillas
Enrique Irazoqui Enrique Irazoqui 1944 2020 Spanish professor of literature, computer chess expert and actor, best known for his role as Jesus Christ in the 1964 film The Gospel According to St. Matthew, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Irazoqui
Maimon ben Joseph Rabbi Maimon ben Joseph 1110 n/a Spanish exegete, moralist and dayyan (Hebrew for "judge") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimon_ben_Joseph
Galante (pedigree) Galante null null Spanish exile of the Angel family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galante_(pedigree)
Alicia Koplowitz, 7th Marchioness of Bellavista Alicia Koplowitz y Romero de Juseu, 7th Marchioness of Bellavista, GE 1954 n/a Spanish business magnate and noblewoman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Koplowitz,_7th_Marchioness_of_Bellavista
Claudio Guillén Claudio Guillén Cahen 1924 2007 Spanish writer and literary scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Guillén
Isaac ben Reuben Albargeloni Isaac ben Reuben Albargeloni 1043 n/a Spanish Talmudist and liturgical poet born in Barcelona, Catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_ben_Reuben_Albargeloni
Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez null null Spanish Jewish theologian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_ben_Hayyim_Jabez
Jacob ben Reuben (rabbi) Jacob ben Reuben null null Spanish rabbi and polemicist of the twelfth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_ben_Reuben_(rabbi)
Nissan Ben-Avraham Nissan Ben-Avraham 1957 n/a Spanish sephardic rabbi who is descended from the Xueta, or forcibly converted, Jews of Majorca, Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Ben-Avraham
Moshe Shaul Moshe Shaul 1929 n/a Spanish Jewish cultural researcher from Turkey who has worked on preserving the Ladino language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Shaul
Joshua Lorki Joshua ben Joseph ibn Vives al-Lorqui 1400 n/a Spanish Jewish physician who lived at Alcañiz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Lorki
Alfonso de Zamora Alfonso de Zamora 1474 1544 Spanish rabbi who converted to Catholicism in 1506, but remained a secret Jew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_de_Zamora
Álvar García de Santa María Álvar García de Santa María 1370 1460 Spanish historian and Jewish convert to Roman Catholicism during the late Middle Ages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álvar_García_de_Santa_María
Astruc ha-Levi Astruc ha-Levi of Daroca null null Spanish Jewish Talmudic scholar and member of the Astruc family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astruc_ha-Levi
Manuel Bautista Pérez Manuel Batista Perez 1589 1639 Spanish merchant, and multi-millionaire active in Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Bautista_Pérez
Ana de Castro María Francisca Ana de Castro, called La bella toledana 1686 1736 Spanish immigrant to Peru, renowned for her beauty and hauteur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_de_Castro
Jacob Hassan Jacob Hassan, PhD 1936 2006 Spanish philologist of Sephardic Jewish descent from Ceuta, North Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Hassan
Judah ibn Shabbethai Judah ibn Shabbethai null null Spanish Jewish poet of the end of the 12th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_ibn_Shabbethai
John of Valladolid John of Valladolid 1335 n/a Spanish Jewish convert to Christianity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Valladolid
Solomon ben Reuben Bonfed Solomon ben Reuben Bonfed null null Spanish rabbi and poet who lived in Zaragoza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_ben_Reuben_Bonfed
Vidal Benveniste Don Vidal Benveniste de la Cavalleria null null Spanish Jew who lived in Saragossa Spain, during the second half of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidal_Benveniste
Aaron of Cardena Aaron of Cardena null null Spanish cabalist, about whose life little is known https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_of_Cardena
Abraham ben Solomon Abraham ben Solomon of Torrutiel null null Spanish Jewish historian of the early 16th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ben_Solomon
Elena Romero Elena Romero Barbosa 1907 1996 Spanish composer born in Madrid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Romero
Jacob Cansino Jacob Cansino (Cancino) 1666 n/a Spanish possession at the time, with the right of residency for Jews) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Cansino
Andrés Lewin-Richter Ossiander Andrés Lewin-Richter Ossiander 1937 n/a Spanish composer of electronic music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Lewin-Richter_Ossiander
Bartolomé de Medina (mining specialist) Bartolomé de Medina 1504 n/a Spanish merchant known for his invention of the patio process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomé_de_Medina_(mining_specialist)
Miguel Pérez de Almazán Miguel Pérez de Almazán none 1514 Spanish hidalgo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Pérez_de_Almazán
David ibn Ya'ish David ibn Ya'ish 1375 n/a Spanish Jewish writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_ibn_Ya'ish
Abraham ibn Zimra Abraham ibn Zimra null null Spanish rabbi, physician and diplomat who fled to Morocco following the Spanish Inquisition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ibn_Zimra
Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona null null Spanish Talmudist of the end of the thirteenth century; author of the first book of religious instruction among the Jews of the Middle Ages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_ha-Levi_of_Barcelona
Alonso Curiel Alonso de Curiel 1577 1603 Spanish merchant, diplomat in the Habsburg Netherlands, and member of the Sephardi Jewish Curiel family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_Curiel
Joseph Vidal ibn Labi Joseph Vidal ibn Labi 1413 1414 Spanish prominent-Jewish scholar and orator, son of the philosopher Solomon ibn Labi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vidal_ibn_Labi
Abraham Gabbai Ysidro Abraham Gabbay Ysidro 1755 n/a Spanish Marrano Sephardi rabbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Gabbai_Ysidro
Inés Esteban Inés Esteban 1488 1500 Spanish Jewish conversa who, at the age of 11, was considered a prophetess before being executed by the Spanish Inquisition authorities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inés_Esteban
Jacob ben Isaac Corsono Jacob ben Isaac al-Corsono null null Spanish astronomer of the fourteenth century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_ben_Isaac_Corsono
López de Lacalle López de Lacalle null null Spanish surname https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/López_de_Lacalle
Aaron ben Joseph ha-Levi Aaron ben Joseph ha-Levi null null Spanish Talmudist and critic; a direct descendant of Zerahiah Ha-Levi, and probably, like him, a native of Girona, Spain; flourished at the end of the thirteenth century; died before 1303 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_ben_Joseph_ha-Levi
Mario Satz Mario Satz null null Spanish language poet, novelist, essayist and translator, who became famous in Spanish literary circles as a lecturer and seminar leader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Satz
Bonastruc Desmaëstre Bonastruc Desmaëstre null null Spanish Jewish controversialist at the disputation of Tortosa 1413-14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonastruc_Desmaëstre