Luis de Góngora

male, deceased (1627)
from Córdoba, Spain, Spanish Baroque literature, Duke of Lerma, andalusian, marrano, baroque…universityofsalamanca
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Gongora, who, together with Francisco de Quevedo, is considered by many literary s...
Pedro de la Gasca

Pedro de la Gasca

male, deceased (1567)
Roman Catholic bishop, diplomat, bishop, viceroy, spanish, universityofsalamanca…university of Alcala
'Pedro de la Gasca was a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second (acting) viceroy of Peru, from April 10, 1547 to January 27, 1550. Pedro de la...

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

male, deceased (1681)
Flemish-Spaniard, King Philip IV, Philip IV, spanish, flanders, flemish…salamanca, Society of Jesus, universityofsalamanca
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, was an important dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. Calderón was born in Madrid, Spain. His mother, who was of Fl...
Fernando de Rojas

Fernando de Rojas

male, deceased (1541)
Jewish, Toledo, universityofsalamanca, writer, spanish, Jewish person
Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465, La Puebla de Montalbán, New Castile (now Toledo) - April 1541, Talavera de la Reina, Spain) was a Castilian author who p...
Peter Of Alcantara

Peter Of Alcantara

male, deceased (1562)
universityofsalamanca, Sanabia, Arabida, Robredillo, provincial, priest…master of novices, Saint Peter of Alcantara
Saint Peter of Alcantara was a Spanish Franciscan. He was born at Alcántara, Spain. His father, Peter Garavita, was the governor of the place, and h...
John Of Avila

John Of Avila

male, deceased (1569)
Theologian, universityofsalamanca, Saint, Dominican, Franciscan, alcala de henares…Saint John of Avila
Saint John of Avila (b. 6 January 1500 at Almodóvar del Campo; d. 10 May 1569 at Montilla) was a Spanish apostolic preacher, author, mystic and s...
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

male, deceased (1575)
Johannes Bessarion, mount athos, writer, spanish, henry viii, mary tudor…universityofsalamanca, Council of Trent
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503-1575), Spanish novelist, poet, diplomat and historian, a younger son of the count of Tendillas, governor of Granada,...

Bartolomé de Medina

male
Theologian, universityofsalamanca, medina, spanish, moral theology, Dominican Order…School of Salamanca
Bartolomé de Medina, Spanish theologian, was born in Medina, Spain in 1527. A member of the Dominican Order and a student of Francisco de Vitoria, h...

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón

male, deceased (1639)
golden age, dramatist, universityofsalamanca, Mexican, spanish, Playwright
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza, one of the greatest Spanish dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain.
Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne

male, 48 years old
final cut rights, Final cut privilege, Citizen Ruth, UCLA Film School, Creighton Preparatory School, election…universityofsalamanca, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, Stanford University alumni, Master of Fine Arts, Stanford University
Constantine Alexander Payne (born February 10 1961 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an Academy Award winning American film director and screenwriter. His...