Rodolfo Gaona

Rodolfo Gaona y Jiménez (22 January 1888 – 20 May 1975), was a Mexican bullfighter who performed from 1905 until his retirement in 1925, primarily in Madrid. He invented the gaonera and pase del centenario moves. As a young man, Gaona was a tanner and practiced bullfighting with a group of friends at nearby ranches. in Mexico City. At a celebration for the 100th anniversary of Mexico's independence from Spain in 1921, Gaona invented the pase del centenario, or centennial pass, a variation of the gaonera. Gaona died on 20 May 1975 in Mexico City.

A street in Granada in the old bullfighters' neighborhood is named in his honor.