Osuna, Famous People

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Alonso Lobo: an important composer of polyphonic music fromthe 16th century. He is considered one of the best composers of theRenaissance.

Audax, Ditalco, and Minuro: Lusitanian warriors who betrayedViriato in the second century BC.

Juan Tellez Giron IV: Conde de Urena and father of the first Duke of Osuna.

Francisco de Osuna: Franciscan mystic and writer.

Juan de Ayala: cadet who participated in theexploration of the San Francisco Bay.

Francisco Rodriguez Marin: Spanish and Cervantes poet, scholar,folklorist, paroemiologist, lexicologist. Director of the National Library andthe Academic Language.

Francisco Olid Maysounave: a prestigious lawyer andprofessor of geography and history who was director of the institute of highschool for 35 years and Big Brother of the Brotherhood of Mercy (Students) for33 years. He was in possession of the Cross of Alfonso X the Wise.

Pedro Antonio Rodriguez-Pineda: poet and public official ofEaster Osuna in 1950 and Sevillein 1956.

Antonio Maria Garcia Blanco: the highest Hebraist in thehistory of Spain,a researcher, writer, 19th-century politician, Master of Rguez. Marin; regardedHebrew as the most educated, concise, and accurate subject for analyzing theevents of life. His desire was to establish an Institute for Hebrew Language, whichhas not yet been fulfilled.

Francisco Lopez Alfaro: known as Francisco footballer, bornin Osuna, in the Plaza de Santa Rita, then lived in Sevilleand is now involved in the Badalona; hasrepeatedly worn the shirt of Sevilleand was captain of team.

Carmen Torres: renowned flamenco singer, with strongpreference for the flamenco singing styles like siguiriyas, solea, the tona, and the petenera.

Antonio Orozco: famous Spanish singer, born in Osuna, in thestreets of Santa Ana, where he came to Barcelona as a baby;nephew of the bullfighter Curro of Silver Cross.

Jesus Quijada, Quijaita: local tradition, custom painter,still life, landscapes, blank. Painter of the Immaculate that is exposed in thenorth facade of the Church of San Agustin de Osuna.

Lele de Osuna, born Soria Jose Moreno: guitarist who hasaccompanied great singers and is a manufacturer of guitars.

Francisco Torres Cadiz: known as Frasquito, Flemish singer,friend of Antonio Mairena, founder of the Pena flamenca Osuna in the same name; their songs and lyrics are still remembered, especially his favorite line—“LetGod and you see the drawing as well as the basin with no puea.”