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