Spain

Santiago Ramón y Cajal
In 1906, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Santiago Ramón y Cajal in recognition of his pioneering work in the study of the nervous system. In 1959, another researcher, Severo Ochoa, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.

Pablo Ruiz Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973), painter and sculptor, co-founder of cubism . Born in Málaga, Spain, in 1881, Pablo Picasso, became one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism. A Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer, Picasso was considered radical in his work. After a long prolific career, he died on April 8, 1973, in Mougins, France.

Miguel de Cervantes

  Miguel de Cervantes. One of Spain's most famous writers, Miguel de Cervantes created one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces, Don Quixote, in the early 1600s.

                                                   

Rafael Nadal

       Rafael nadal: tennis player. Spanish-born Rafael Nadal is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional tennis players of all time, completing the career Grand Slam by age 24—becoming the youngest in history to achieve the feat.