Cayetano Ordóñez y Aguilera (January 24, 1904,

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- October 30, 1961,

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) is the patriarch of the Ordóñez family of bullfighters. His parents owned a shoeshop called ''La Palma'', which gave him his nickname (Niño de la Palma). In 1917 he first began to perform as a bullfighter in the ranches of the area where he lived. In 1923 he had his debut in Ronda, where he became the first bullfighter to be carried in triumph through the main gates of the Maestranza, and in 1924 he caused great commotion again when the same thing happened in

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. From that point on he was greatly in demand by all the professional and amateur rings in Spain. He was used by

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as the model for "Pedro Romero", the talented young bullfighter in ''

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''. Hemingway later stated that "everything that happened in the ring was true, and everything outside was fiction. Nino knew this and never complained about it." His last bullfight was at ''Aranda de Duero'' in 1942. He was the director of the Lisbon School of Bullfighting and died in Madrid on 30 October 1961. His sons mainly became bullfighters,

Antonio Ordóñez Antonio Ordóñez Araujo (16 February 1932 – 19 December 1998) was a Spanish bullfighter. Early life Antonio Jiménez Ordóñez Araujo was born in Ronda, Spain, on 16 February 1932. His father was Cayetano Ordóñez, called ''Niño de la Pal ...

becoming one of the most important in post-Civil War Spain and subject of Hemingway's book ''

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''. His great grandsons,

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and

Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez Antonio Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez (born January 13, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish ''torero'' or 'bullfighter'. Family ties Rivera is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez. He belongs to a long line of famous bullfigh ...

are famous matadors still working in Spain today.

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