Cementerio de la Almudena
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The Cementerio de la Almudena is the largest cemetery in Madrid, and one of the largest in Western Europe. The number of persons buried is estimated to be about five million, larger than the population of Madrid itself, since it was the main cemetery for the entire city from 1884 to 1973, and from the 1920s was almost the only one for the majority of the population of Madrid.
A few of the famous buried in the La Almudena Cemetery are:
- Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877-1949), president of the Second Spanish Republic
- Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984), poet, Nobel laureate
- Dámaso Alonso (1898-1990), writer
- Ángel de Andrés (1918-2006), actor
- Benito Pérez Galdos (1843–1920), famous Spanish writer
- Luis Barbero (1916-2005), actor
- José Bódalo (1916-1985), actor
- Tullio Carminati (1882-1965), Spanish Hollywood actor
- Julia Caba Alba (1902-1988), actress
- José María Caffarel (1919-1999), actor
- Estrellita Castro (1914-1983), singer, actress
- Antonio Flores (1961-1995), rock musician
- Lola Flores (1923-1995), actress
- Antonio Garisa (1916-1989), actor
- Irene Gutiérrez Caba (1929-1995), actress
- Julian Marias (1914-2005), philosopher
- Alfredo Mayo (1911-1985), actor
- Jose Martin Mena (1935-2006), illustrator
- Antonio Molina (1928-1992), actor
- Jose Conde Nieves (1911-2006), director
- Juan Carlos Onetti (1909-1994), Uruguayan author
- Luis Peña (1918-1977), actor
- Ángel Picazo (1917-1998), actor
- Emiliano Piedra (1931-1991), film producer
- Mari Carmen Prendes (1906-2002), actress
- Mercedes Prendes (1908-1981), actress
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), scientist, Nobel prize winner
- Olga Ramos (1918-2005), singer
- Aurora Redondo (1900-1996), actress
- Fernando Rey (1917-1994), actor
- Cecilia Sobredo (1948-1976), singer
- Enrique Urquijo (1960-1999), singer
- Frank Yerby (1916-1991), African-American novelist
