Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a famousSpanish writer.He studied in Alcalá de Henares and he lived in Sevilletoo.His most famous book is “Don Quixote”.He travelled to Italy and he was in the battle of Lepantotoo.He was in prison in Argel.He died in Madrid in 1616.

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ

Diego Velázquez was a famous Spanish painter.He lived in Seville and Madrid.He travelled to Italy to learn from the italian painters.He painted a lot of paintings.“Las Meninas” is one of his best paintings.

Josephine Cochrane was a rich woman from Chicago.She was a very creative woman.She invented the dishwasher.

JOSEPHINE COCHRANE

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a famousSpanish doctor.He studied the nerve cells.He received the Nobel Prize for medicinein 1906.He died in Madrid in 1934.

SANTIAGO RAMÓN Y CAJAL

Juan Sebastián Elcano was a famous Spanish sailor.He was the first man to go around the world on a ship called “Victoria”.

JUAN SEBASTIÁN ELCANO

Marie Curie was a scientist from Poland.She studied in Paris.She married the scientist Pierre Curie.She discovered a chemical element , theradium.She received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1904.

MARIE CURIE

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a great musicianand composer.He was from Austria.He lived in Salzburg, Prague and Wien.He played the piano brilliantly.He composed a lot of symphonies and operas.One of his most famous operas is “The Magic Flute”

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART