20th Century
20th Century
20th Century
Showing 110 figures.
José Murphy
Politician
1774 - 1841
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Agustín Millares Torres
Historian, Musician
1826 - 1896
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Fernando León y Castillo
Politician and diplomat
1842 - 1918
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Fermín Cedrés Hernández
Organist and composer
1844 - 1927
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Juan Bethencourt Alfonso
Anthropologist and Historian
1847 - 1913
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Santiago Tejera Ossavarry
Regionalist composer
1852 - 1936
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Luis Morote
Journalist, Politician
1862 - 1913
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Secundino Delgado
Canarian nationalist and journalist
1867 - 1912
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Ángel Guerra / José Betancort Cabrera
Writer, politician
1874 - 1950
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Blas Cabrera Felipe
Physicist
1878 - 1945
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Mercedes Pinto
Writing / activism
1883 - 1976
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Tomás Morales
Poetry
1884 - 1921
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Saulo Torón
Poetry
1885 - 1974
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Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre
Painter, scenographer
1887 - 1938
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Juan Reyes Bartlet
Band director and composer
1889 - 1967
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Agustín Millares Carlo
Paleographer, Historian
1893 - 1980
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Valentina Hernández «La de Sabinosa»
Folk singer and cultural figure
1893 - 1981
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José Aguiar
Mural Painter
1895 - 1976
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Manuel Bonnín Guerín
Classical composer
1898 - 1993
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Dulce María Loynaz
Writer
1902 - 1997
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Eduardo Westerdahl
Art Critic and Vanguardist
1902 - 1983
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Emeterio Gutiérrez Albelo
Poetry
1904 - 1969
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José Miguel Galván Bello
Autonomist politician
1904 - 1993
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Elfidio Alonso Rodríguez
Journalist, Republican deputy and exile
1905 - 2001
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Pedro García Cabrera
Poet of the Generation of '27
1905 - 1981
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Néstor Álamo
Musician, historian, folklorist
1906 - 1994
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Óscar Domínguez
Surrealist painter
1906 - 1957
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Domingo López Torres
Poetry / avant-garde
1907 - 1937
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Josefina de la Torre
Poetry / theater / cinema
1907 - 2002
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Juan Ismael
Painter, poet
1907 - 1981
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Luis Diego Cuscoy
Archaeologist
1907 - 1987
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María Rosa Alonso
Philology / essay
1909 - 2011
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Pancho Guerra
Literature / costumbrismo
1909 - 1961
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Felo Monzón
Painter, art educator
1910 - 1989
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Antonio Rumeu de Armas
Historian
1912 - 2006
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José Miguel Alzola
Historian and Cultural Figure
1913 - 2014
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Telesforo Bravo
Geologist and Paleontologist
1913 - 2002
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Juan Régulo Pérez
Philologist and Publisher
1914 - 1993
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Plácido Fleitas
Sculptor
1915 - 1972
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Pino Ojeda
Poetry / art
1916 - 2002
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Antonio González González
Chemist
1917 - 2002
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Juan Quintero
Singer and founder of Los Campesinos
1918 - 2012
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César Manrique
Artist and ecologist
1919 - 1992
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Isaac de Vega
Writer
1920 - 2014
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Lola Massieu
Canarian artist
1921 - 2007
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Carlos Pinto Grote
Poet and Physician
1923 - 2015
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Rafael Arozarena
Writer
1923 - 2009
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Enrique González Bethencourt
Founder of NiFú-NiFá
1924 - 2010
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Francisco Morales Padrón
Historian of the Americas
1924 - 2010
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Luis Cobiella Cuevas
Composer and cultural figure
1925 - 2013
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María Mérida
Canarian folk singer
1925 - 2022
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Martín Chirino
Sculptor
1925 - 2019
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Manolo Millares
Abstract artist
1926 - 1972
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Alfredo Kraus
International tenor
1927 - 1999
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Fernando “Nanino” Díaz Cutillas
Canarian folklore broadcaster
1927 - 1988
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Fernando Sagaseta
Politician and lawyer
1927 - 1993
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Juan Hidalgo Codorniu
Composer and experimental artist
1927 - 2018
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Luis Feria
Poet
1927 - 1998
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Pedro González
Painter and political figure
1927 - 2023
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Jane Millares
Painter
1928 - 2022
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Tony Gallardo
Sculptor
1929 - 1996
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Antonio Cubillo
Political leader and independence activist
1930 - 2012
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Cristino de Vera
Painter
1931 - 2026
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Manuel Bethencourt Santana
Sculptor
1931 - 2012
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Pedro González Lino «Perico Lino»
Co-founder of Los Gofiones, folklorist
1931 - 2018
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Lorenzo Olarte
Politician
1932 - 2024
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Pepe Dámaso
Artist
1933 - 2024
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Mary Sánchez
Popular Music Singer
1934 - 2016
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Elfidio Alonso Quintero
Musician, journalist and politician
1935 - Present
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Luis “Totoyo” Millares
Timple master
1935 - 2024
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Manuel Hermoso Rojas
Politician
1935 - 2010
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Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
Novelist and Journalist
1936 - Present
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Jerónimo Saavedra
Politician
1936 - 2023
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Juan José Falcón Sanabria
Composer, choral conductor and teacher
1936 - 2015
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Orlando Hernández Martín
Literature / theater
1936 - 1997
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Manuel Monzón Mingorance
Founder of Los Rumberos
1937 - 2011
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Dacio Ferrera
Folk singer
1938 - 2007
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Yolanda Arencibia
Researcher, Galdós scholar
1939 - 2025
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Efrén Casañas Rodríguez
Guitarist and composer
1941 - 1986
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Lothar Siemens Hernández
Musicologist and composer
1941 - 2017
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Juan Guedes
UD Las Palmas footballer
1942 - 1971
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Pepe Abad
Artist
1942 - 2025
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Adán Martín
Politician, Engineer
1943 - 2010
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Elsa López
Writer
1943 - Present
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Germán Dévora
UD Las Palmas legend
1943 - Present
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Tonono Afonso
UD Las Palmas legend
1943 - 1975
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Manuel Luis Medina “El Minuto”
Popular folk singer
c. 1944/1945 - 2007
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Ildefonso Aguilar
Artist and Photographer
1945 - Present
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Cecilia Domínguez Luis
Poet and Writer
1948 - Present
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Juan Manuel García Ramos
Writer, literary critic
1949 - Present
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Carmelo Cabrera Domínguez
Olympic basketball player
1950 - Present
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Gonzalo González
Painter
1950 - Present
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Andrés Sánchez Robayna
Poet and essayist
1952 - 2025
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José Manuel González Mena «Manolo Mena»
Singer, member of Los Sabandeños
1952 - 2009
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Manolo Vieira
Comedian and stage performer
1953 - 2023
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Sabas Martín
Writer and Journalist
1954 - Present
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Félix Francisco Casanova
Poet and Writer
1956 - 1976
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José Luis Doreste Blanco
Olympic sailor
1956 - Present
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Roberto Molina Carrasco
Olympic sailor
1960 - Present
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Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Politician, Jurist
1961 - Present
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Luis Doreste Blanco
Olympic sailor
1961 - Present
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Pepe Monagas
Comic literary character, performed by José Castellano Santana
1961 - 1961
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Domingo Manrique
Olympic sailor
1962 - Present
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Patricia Guerra Cabrera
Olympic sailor
1965 - Present
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Javier Bardem
International actor
1969 - Present
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José Antonio Ramos
Timple player and musical innovator
1969 - 2008
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Víctor Álamo de la Rosa
Writer
1969 - Present
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Alexis Ravelo
Writer, noir novelist
1971 - 2023
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Magüi Serna
Athlete
1979 - Present
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Manuel Negrín «Pololo»
Popular musician
Fecha no localizada
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