The Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena (), former Necrópolis del Este (East cemetery) is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Madrid and one of the largest in Western Europe. The number of people 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. Notable burials Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014), Real Madrid player 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 and theatre director Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), Spanish writer Luis Barbero (1916–2005), actor Pío Baroja (1872–1956), Spanish writer José Bódalo (1916–1985), actor Antonia García de Videgain (1850–1924) actress and international singer. Julia Caba Alba (1902–1988), actress José María Caffarel (1919–1999), actor Estrellita Castro (1914–1983), singer, actress Salvador Videgain (1886–1947), actor, director, author and producer of theatre. Francisco Alonso (1890–1948), composer Carmen Sánchez (1898–1985), actress, producer and singer. Matilde Muñoz Sampedro (1906–1969) actress Antonio Flores (1961–1995), rock musician Lola Flores (1923–1995), famous gypsy singer, dancer and actress Antonio Garisa (1916–1989), actor Irene Gutiérrez Caba (1929–1995), actress Jean Laurent (1816–1886) Julián Marías (1914–2005), philosopher Alfredo Mayo (1911–1985), actor José Martín Mena (1935–2006), illustrator Antonio Molina (1928–1992), actor José 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 Federico Romero (1886–1976), poet and librettist Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), scientist, Nobel prize winner and considered the father of the modern Neuroscience Olga Ramos (1918–2005), singer Marujita Díaz (1932-2015), singer and actress Aurora Redondo (1900–1996), actress Fernando Rey (1917–1994), actor Evangelina Sobredo Galanes (1948–1976), singer Enrique Urquijo (1960–1999), singer Frank Yerby (1916–1991), African-American novelist José María Alvira (1864–1938), composer Laureano López Rodó (1920–2000), Minister of Foreign Affairs during the rule of Francisco Franco. Carlos Marín Menchero (1968–2021), singer and producer La Chelito (1885–1959), Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer from the early 20th-century References Death of Mary Carmen Prendes www.lavozdegalicia.es/hemeroteca/2002/01/27/932867.html External links Our Lady of Almudena from Paths of the Dead Cementerio de la Almudena at GoogleMaps 1884 establishments in Spain 1973 disestablishments in Spain Cemeteries in Madrid Buildings and structures in Ciudad Lineal District,