List of Famous people born in Community of Madrid, Spain
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Realm. He was previously nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director for Stockholm, and the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for May God Save Us. For the short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña.
Raül Romeva
Raül Romeva i Rueda is a politician from Spain and a former Member of the European Parliament with the Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, part of the European Greens. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In the Catalan parliamentary election of 2015 he led the Pro-Independence electoral list, Together for Yes. He was named Minister for External and Institutional Relations, and Transparency in the Catalan Regional Government under President Carles Puigdemont on January 14, 2016 before his role was revoked by the Spanish Government on the 27th of October 2017, as part of the application of the constitution's article 155.
Alfonso Pérez
Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, sometimes known simply as Alfonso, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
José García-Margallo y Marfil
José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil is a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2011 to 2016. Since 2019, he is a member of the European Parliament.
Lucía Lapiedra
Lucía Lapiedra is a former Spanish pornographic actress, who has been called the Queen of Porn.
Benjamin Prado
Benjamín Prado is a Spanish novelist, essayist and poet.
Kate Brown
Katherine Brown is an American politician and attorney serving as the 38th governor of Oregon since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997, three terms as the state senator from the 21st district of the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009, three terms as Majority Leader of the Oregon Senate from 2003 to 2009, as well as two terms as Oregon Secretary of State from 2009 to 2015. She assumed the governorship upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber in 2015. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his gubernatorial term in the special election in 2016 and was reelected to a full term in 2018.
Marisol Ayuso
María Soledad Ayuso Domínguez better known as Marisol Ayuso is a Spanish stage, movie and television actress. Her father, Pedro Pablo Ayuso, was also an actor, and her mother, María Soledad Domínguez Giraldes, was an aristocrat.
Mónica Cruz
Mónica Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress, dancer, and fashion designer. She is the younger sister of actress Penélope Cruz. She has appeared in the films The Inquiry (2006), Last Hour (2008), Jerry Cotton (2010) and Iron Cross (2011).
Irene Escolar
Irene Escolar Navarro is a Spanish actress.