# The greatest Spaniards of all time (El español de la historia)

The result of Antena 3's 2007 show, voted by viewers. King Juan Carlos I won, ahead of Cervantes and Columbus.

- 3 votes · 25 items
- Nov 15, 2024 · lola espinosa
- https://even.best/en/l/685/the-greatest-spaniards-of-all-time-el-espanol-de-la-historia

## Top 25

1. **Christopher Columbus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — c. 1451-1506. Reached the Americas in 1492 in the service of the Catholic Monarchs.
2. **Santiago Ramón y Cajal** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1852-1934. Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1906, father of neuroscience.
3. **Juan Carlos I** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — King of Spain from 1975 to 2014; the winner.
4. **Miguel de Cervantes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1547-1616. Author of Don Quixote.
5. **Queen Sofía** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Born 1938. Queen consort from 1975 to 2014.
6. **Adolfo Suárez** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1932-2014. Prime Minister during the transition to democracy.
7. **Felipe VI** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Born 1968. Then Prince of Asturias; king since 2014.
8. **Pablo Picasso** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1881-1973. Painter, co-founder of Cubism.
9. **Saint Teresa of Ávila** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1515-1582. Mystic and reformer of the Carmelite order.
10. **Felipe González** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Born 1942. Prime Minister from 1982 to 1996.
11. **Isabella I of Castile** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1451-1504. Queen of Castile.
12. **Severo Ochoa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1905-1993. Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959.
13. **Federico García Lorca** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1898-1936. Poet and playwright of the Generation of '27.
14. **José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Born 1960. Prime Minister from 2004 to 2011.
15. **Queen Letizia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Born 1972. Then Princess of Asturias.
16. **Salvador Dalí** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1904-1989. Surrealist painter.
17. **Antoni Gaudí** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1852-1926. Architect of the Sagrada Família.
18. **El Cid** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1048-1099. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Castilian warrior.
19. **Alfonso X the Wise** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1221-1284. King of Castile and patron of learning.
20. **Fernando Alonso** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Born 1981. Two-time Formula 1 world champion.
21. **Francisco de Goya** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1746-1828. Painter and printmaker.
22. **Francisco Franco** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1892-1975. Military officer and dictator from 1939 to 1975.
23. **Antonio Machado** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1875-1939. Poet of Campos de Castilla.
24. **Miguel Servet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1511-1553. Scientist and theologian; described pulmonary circulation.
25. **Miguel Induráin** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Born 1964. Five Tours de France in a row.

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