Famous Majorcans include writer and philosopher Ramon Llull and Junípero Serra, the Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California. In the 19th century, the military commander Joaquín Jovellar y Soler and also-time Spanish Pm Antonio Maura. Sportsmen on the island include basketball player Rudy Fernández, as well as former world no. 1 tennis players Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moyá. Rafael Nadal's uncle is the former Spanish international footballer, Miguel Ángel Nadal. In 2006, Majorca's Jorge Lorenzo won the globe 250cc grand prix motorcycle title plus the 2010 MotoGP World Championship . Former Everton footballer, Duncan Ferguson now resides in Majorca. Cynthia Lennon, former wife of John Lennon on the Beatles also lives in Majorca.
The region houses dance artist/producer DJ Sammy and contemporary painters for example Miquel Barceló, José María Sicilia, and Astrid Colomar. Maria del Mar Bonet and her brother Joan Ramon Bonet, both members from the group of Mallorcan language singers often known as Els Setze Jutges inside 1960s, are from Majorca, out of the box the contemporary pop group Antònia Font.
Abraham Cresques became a 14th-century Jewish cartographer from the Majorcan cartographic school from Palma; Cresques is credited with all the authorship of the famous Catalan Atlas.
The members on the Spanish Royal Family spend their summer holidays in Majorca the location where the Marivent Palace is. The Marivent Palace is the royal family's summer residence. Many royal residences are administered by Patrimonio Nacional, the Marivent Palace, in Palma de Mallorca, among the many Spanish royal sites, is within the care of Government from the Balearic Islands. As a private residence it is rarely for official business. Typically, everyone in your house meets there as well as the Fortuna yacht, where they take part in sailing competitions. However, unofficial business does occur (though rarely) for the Marivent Palace like when Hugo Chávez, current (2009) President of Venezuela, visited King Juan Carlos with the Marivent Palace in 2008 to fix their relationship and normalize diplomatic relations as soon as the King (now famously) told him, "Why not still?" during the Ibero-American Summit in November 2007.

Majorca's own language is Mallorcan, a nearby selection of Catalan language. Each official languages of Majorca are Mallorcan and Spanish. The local dialect is Mallorquí, although the dialects are slightly different practically in most villages. Mandatorily, Majorcan students are bilingual in Catalan and Spanish, by incorporating expertise in English. A large number of the tourist population speaks German as a native language, so much in fact that in Germany, Majorca is jokingly called the 17th Federal State. In 2012 the governing party announced its intention to end preferential treatment for Catalan in the schools to take parity towards the actual two languages of the island.

Since 1950s Majorca has turned into a major tourist destination, plus the tourism business has become the main supply of revenue for that island. In 2001, the area received countless tourists, as well as the boom in the tourism industry has provided significant rise in the economy of the us. More than half with the population works within the tourist sector, which is the reason approximately 80% of Majorca’s GDP. The currency currently utilized in Majorca will be the euro.

The Balearic Islands, which Majorca forms part, is among the autonomous communities of Spain. It is governed by a right-wing Partido Popular, with José Ramón Bauzà as President.
We have a government for that island, called Consell Insular de Mallorca (Majorca Insular Council), with responsibility for culture, roads, railways and municipal administration. The current president (from June 2011) is Maria Salom, of Partido Popula.