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Used to be a goalkeeper for the Real Madrid soccer team.

Finished his law degree at Madrid, Spain's Complutense University. He promised his now 84-year-old father that he would eventually graduate after dropping out 35 years ago to pursue his music career. (Juni 2001)

Once had an affair with Priscilla Presley.

Father to, daughter, Chabeli Iglesias and sons, Julio Iglesias Jr. and Enrique Iglesias, with ex-wife Isabel Preysler, all three singers and actors in their own right.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 7, 1985.

Son of Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat.

Older brother of Carlos Iglesias (born 1945), older half-brother of Jaime Iglesias (born May 18, 2004) and Ruth Iglesias (born July 26, 2006 - his late father's birthday).

Has five children with wife Miranda Rijnsburger (born October 5, 1965), who were all born in Miami, Florida. Miguel Alejandro Iglesias (born September 7, 1997), Rodrigo Iglesias (born April 3, 1999), twin daughters, Victoria and Cristina Iglesias (born May 1, 2001), and Guillermo Iglesias-Rijnsburger (in honor of Miranda's father - born May 5, 2007).

Was one of the judges in the Miss Universe pageant of 1979.

His paternal grandparents were Ulpiano Iglesias and Manuela Puga. His maternal grandparents were José de la Cueva y Orejuela, a famous Andalusian journalist, and Dolores de Perignat y Ruiz de Benavides.

Has one grandson Alejandro Altaba, who was born in Miami, Florida on January 14, 2002, from his daughter Chabeli and her husband, Christian Altaba.

Julio and Miranda were married in Virgen del Carmen church in Marbella, Spain, after two decades together.

Is a fervent supporter of Real Madrid C.F.

Medal of Paris (unknown date 1983), Medal of Gold of the General Society of Authors of Spain (unknown date 1997), Medal of Gold of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute of New York (unknown date 2005), Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France (unknown date 2007), Medal of Gold of the Community of Madrid (unknown date), Medal of Gold of Merit in the Fine Arts (unknown date).