Granada Famous People

Francisco Martinez de la Rosa (1787–1862), politician, playwright, and poet.

Mariana Pineda (1804–1831), liberal heroine.

Eugenia de Montijo (1826–1920), empress of France.

Angel Ganivet (1865–1898), Spanish writer and diplomat.

Francisco Ayala (1906), writer and critic.

Jose Tamayo (1920), theater director.

Manuel Jimenez de Parga (1929), lawyer and former President of the Constitutional Court.

Miguel Rios (1944), musician.

Carlos Cano (1946–2000), musician.

Federico Garcia Lorca, poet of the Generation of'27. Despite being born in Fuentevaqueros, was closely linked to the city.

Rafael Guillen (Granada, 1933) Prize for Literature in 1994.

Luis Garcia Montero (1958), poet.

Fray Leopoldo de Alpandeire (1864–1956), father of cappuccino in great devotion, in the process of beatification.

Famous People born in Granada

Throughout history there have been many illustrious men and women who were born in Grenada and have been linked to it, highlighting its relevance.

Fray Luis de Granada (1504–1588), Spanish Dominican writer.

Antonio Caballero Cavallero, or in modern spelling (Cordoba, 1728–Granada, 1822). Master of the Chapel Royal Chapel of Granada.