Editing Melilla (section)

== Notable people ==
{{Main|Category:People from Melilla}}<!--
== Notable people ==
{{Main|Category:People from Melilla}}
* [[Joaquín García Morato|Joaquín García-Morato y Castaño, 1st Count of Jarama]] (1904 in Melilla – 1939 in Griñón) was the leading Nationalist [[fighter ace]] of the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Beevor |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Beevor |title=The Spanish Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Get7QgAACAAJ |location=New York |publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]] |year=1983 |page=461 |isbn=0-911745-11-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Logoluso |first=Alfredo |title=Fiat CR.32 Aces of the Spanish Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNpkvgAACAAJ |location=Oxford |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |year=2010 |page=96 |isbn=978-1-84603-983-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Shores |first=Christopher |title=Air Aces |url=https://archive.org/details/airaces0000shor_d5v1 |url-access=registration |location=Greenwich, CT |publisher=[[Presidio Press]] |year=1983 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/airaces0000shor_d5v1/page/192 192] |isbn=0-86124-104-5}}</ref>
* [[Luis Prendes]] (1913 in Melilla – 1998 in Madrid) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 75 films between 1936 and 1998.
* [[Anselmo Pardo Alcaide]] (1913 in Melilla – 1977) was a Spanish entomologist, a world authority on [[Melyridae]] [[Meloidae]]- [[Malachiinae]].<ref>{{cite book |last=López-Colón |first=José Ignacio |last2=Baena |first2=Manuel |year=2005 |title=Anselmo Pardo Alcaide. Una vida dedicada a la entomología: (biografía y obra científica) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivUKOgAACAAJ |publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (Spain)|Consejería de Cultura]] |location=Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla |page=196}}</ref>
* [[Mustafa Arruf]] (born 1958 in Melilla) is a Spanish sculptor.
* [[Mercedes Vecino]] (1916 in Melilla– 2004 in Alicante) was a Spanish film actress.<ref>{{cite book |last=Goble |first=Alan |title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C |publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]] |date=January 1, 1999 |page=34 |isbn=978-3-11-095194-3}}</ref>
* [[Emilio el Moro]] (1924 in Melilla – 1987) was a Spanish guitarist, singer and comedian.
* [[Lucinda Urrusti]] (born 1929 in Melilla) is a Mexican artist, born to a Spanish family which came to Mexico in 1939 to escape the Spanish Civil War and has remained in Mexico since
* [[Fernando Arrabal]] Terán (born 1932 in Melilla) is a Spanish playwright, film director, novelist and poet, settled in France in 1955
* [[Juan José Imbroda]] Ortiz (born 1944 in Melilla) is a politician who was the mayor-president of the Spanish enclave of Melilla from 2000 to 2019.
* [[Ignacio Velázquez Rivera]] (born 1953 in Ceuta) is a Spanish politician who served as mayor of Melilla from 1991 and the first Mayor-President in 1995
* [[Palmolive (musician)|Paloma McLardy]] (born 1955 in Melilla), known as ''Palmolive'', is a Spanish-born songwriter and drummer for influential punk groups
* [[Mustafa Aberchán]] (born 1959 in Melilla) is a Spanish politician from Melilla, leader of ''[[Coalition for Melilla]]'' and was the Mayor-President of the city 1999/2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/07/06/espana/931212009_850215.html |title=Coalición por Melilla, un partido de mayoría musulmana y moderado en sus reivindicaciones |language=es |newspaper=[[El País]] |publisher=Edicíones El País |date=July 6, 1999 |last=Ramos |first=Toñy |last2=Cué E. |first2=Carlos |access-date=August 11, 2010 |location=Melilla}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/07/04/espana/931039205_850215.html |title=Un musulmán gobernará la ciudad autónoma de Melilla con apoyo socialista y del GIL |language=es |newspaper=[[El País]] |publisher=Edicíones El País |date=July 4, 1999 |last=Ramos |first=Toñy |access-date=August 11, 2010 |location=Melilla}}</ref>
* [[Arly Jover]] (born 1971 in Melilla) is a Spanish actress, now lives in Paris
* [[Farid Bang]] (born 1986 in Melilla) is a German rapper of Moroccan descent.

=== Sport ===
* [[Ramón Martínez Pérez]] (1929 in Melilla – 2017) also known as ''Ramoní'', was a Spanish footballer.
* [[Enrique González (fencer)|Enrique González]] (born 1933 in Melilla) is a Spanish fencer, he competed in the individual foil event at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Al-Lal Mohamed Amar]] (born 1957 in Melilla) known as Álex, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender.
* [[Chota (footballer)|Chota]] (born 1975 in Melilla) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, mostly for [[UD Melilla]]
* [[Mohamed Hamed Al-lal]] (born 1979 in Melilla) known as ''Aloisio'', is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
* [[Munir Mohand Mohamedi]] (born 1989 in Melilla) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for [[CD Numancia]] as a goalkeeper.
* [[Ezequiel Calvente]] Criado (born 1991 in Melilla) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Hungarian club [[Békéscsaba 1912 Előre]]
* [[David Sánchez (weightlifter)|David Sánchez]] (born 1994 in Melilla) is a Spanish weightlifter, competed in  the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur]] (born 1985 in Melilla). Grappling world champion
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