48 Notable alumni of Andres Bello Catholic University
Updated: May 23, 2026 EliteDegrees
Andres Bello Catholic University is ranked #3,414 in the world and #5 in Venezuela by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from Andres Bello Catholic University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Andres Bello Catholic University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Franártur Duque
1983-. (aged 43)
television actor
stand-up comedian
producer
comedian
actor
Franártur Duque is a Colombian-Venezuelan actor, comedian and producer. He has been a part of different audiovisual productions in mediums such as television, advertising, cinema, web, video clips, short films, advertising spots and sketches, where in addition to acting he has also worked as a screenwriter, producer and director.
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2. Ani Villanueva
1954-. (aged 72)
painter
visual artist
performance artist
Ani Villanueva is a Venezuelan visual and performance artist who is best known for her performances and collaborative works during the 1980s. Her work is heavily influenced by her extensive education that she received throughout her life. Many of her more notable performances juxtapose fantasy with reality, while her later paintings are abstract and minimalist.
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3. Ricardo Fernández Barrueco
1965-. (aged 61)
businessperson
Ricardo Fernández Barrueco is a Venezuelan businessman, whose net worth was estimated in 2005 at $1.6bn with "a web of 270 companies in industries as diverse as tuna-fishing and banking". Fernandez' Proarepa Group (nationalised in January 2010) is one of the largest suppliers to the Venezuelan Mercal chain of subsidised state-owned supermarkets.
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4. Sonia Chocrón
1961-. (aged 65)
poet
screenwriter
writer
Sonia Chocrón is a Venezuelan poet, novelist, screenwriter and playwright of Sephardic origin. She is related to the Venezuelan dramatist Isaac Chocrón.
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5. Alfredo Romero
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
activist
Alfredo Romero Mendoza is a Venezuelan lawyer, human rights activist and executive director of the non-governmental organization Foro Penal. He received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 2017.
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6. Luz Mely Reyes
1967-. (aged 59)
journalist
writer
Luz Mely Reyes is a Venezuelan journalist, writer, and analyst. She is known as the director and co-founder of the digital media franchise Efecto Cocuyo. She has received multiple honors for her work.
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7. José Carabaño
1993-. (aged 33)
graphic designer
talent manager
music executive
José Carabaño, known professionally as Junior, is a Venezuelan music executive, talent manager and graphic designer. He is the co-founder and vice president of Rimas Entertainment, and also the representative of artists such as Neutro Shorty, and Big Soto, among others.
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8. Maria Gabriela Brito
1976-. (aged 50)
designer
María Gabriela Brito is a Venezuelan-born curator, art advisor, and author based in New York City. Her published works include How Creativity Rules The World published by HarperCollins in 2022, Out There: Design, Art, Travel Shopping, published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, and Greek Gotham, published in 2016.
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9. Magdalena Fernández
1964-. (aged 62)
actor
artist
Magdalena Fernández is a Venezuelan installation and media artist known for her work with light, sound, and abstractions of nature. Her work has been exhibited internationally at the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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10. Carlos Correa
university teacher
activist
journalist
Carlos Correa is a Venezuelan activist and director of the NGO Espacio Público.
11. Nery Santos Gómez
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
Nery Santos Gómez is a Venezuelan-American author.
12. Milena Łukasiewicz
2016-2019 (aged 3)
diplomat
Milena Anna Łukasiewicz is a Polish diplomat, from 2017 to 2023 she served as chargé d'affaires to Venezuela.
13. Gonzalo Himiob
1969-. (aged 57)
activist
lawyer
writer
Gonzalo Himiob Santomé is a Venezuelan lawyer, writer and activist. He is a founding member of the non-governmental organization Foro Penal and is currently its vice-president.
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14. José Rafael Briceño
1970-. (aged 56)
comedian
José Rafael Briceño Pulido, better known as el Profesor Briceño, is a Venezuelan comedian, announcer, theatre director and professor. He is the son of the psychologist, diplomat, and minister Mercedes Pulido de Briceño.
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15. Rafael Arráiz Lucca
1959-. (aged 67)
historian
literary critic
poet
lawyer
Rafael Arráiz Lucca is a Venezuelan historian, essayist, poet, and professor.
16. Juan Carlos Chirinos
1967-. (aged 59)
biographer
university teacher
novelist
writer
independent scholar
Juan Carlos Chirinos García is a Venezuelan writer and creative writing teacher. He is a novelist, story writer and biographer. Since 2023, he is corresponding member of the Academia Venezolana de la Lengua.
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17. Pedro Carreño
1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer
politician
Pedro Miguel Carreño Escobar is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer. Carreño has served multiple roles within the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela during the presidencies of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
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18. Francisco Rodríguez
1970-. (aged 56)
economist
Francisco R. Rodríguez is an economist from Venezuela. He is the Rice Family Professor of the Practice of International and Public Affairs at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies and a senior research fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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19. Jorge Rodríguez
1965-. (aged 61)
psychiatrist
politician
Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan politician serving as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2021. He is the brother of Delcy Rodríguez, the vice president and acting president of Venezuela.
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20. David Smolansky
1985-. (aged 41)
politician
David Smolansky Urosa is a Venezuelan journalist and politician who has served as Deputy Director of the Comando Con Venezuela in Washington D.C. since 2023. A member of Vente Venezuela, he previously served as Mayor of El Hatillo Municipality in Miranda from 2013 to 2017, and Special Envoy of the Organization of American States for the Venezuelan migrants and refugee...
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21. Yon Goicoechea
1984-. (aged 42)
lawyer
politician
Yon Alexander Goicoechea Lara is a Venezuelan lawyer, activist and organizer. He emerged as one of the leaders behind the Venezuelan Student Movement, which formed as a result of actions by Hugo Chávez to amass further power as the country's president. He holds degrees from the Andrés Bello Catholic University and Columbia University.
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22. Eduardo Fernández
1940-. (aged 86)
lawyer
politician
Eduardo Fernández is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies in 1968, serving until 1989 (with an interruption to serve as the Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency for Rafael Caldera, until 1974), and was a presidential candidate for COPEI in 1988. He has also served as President of the Christian Democrat International.
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23. María Teresa Chacín
1945-. (aged 81)
singer
María Teresa Chacín, is a Venezuelan singer. She has recorded over 50 albums. She has received honors including Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Children's Album, Guaicaipuro de Oro, Meridiano de Oro, Cardenal de Oro, Gran Sol de Oriente, Idolo de Plata, Mara de Oro, Canaima de Oro, and the award Escenario Juvenil. She represented Venezuela in the OTI Festival...
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24. Tamara Sujú
1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer
human rights defender
Tamara Sujú Roa is a Venezuelan criminal lawyer and human rights specialist. Sujú has played a predominant role in the fight for human rights in Venezuela, using her platforms to advocate for justice and spread awareness of the crimes committed by the Venezuelan government.
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25. José Vielma Mora
1964-. (aged 62)
military personnel
lawyer
politician
José Gregorio Vielma Mora was the former governor of the Venezuelan state of Táchira (2012-2017). He is a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
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26. Tamara Adrián
1954-. (aged 72)
lawyer
politician
Tamara Adrián is a Venezuelan politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela in the 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election. She is noted as the first openly transgender person elected to office in Venezuela, and only the second openly transgender member of a national legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Some early media coverage credited her as the first openly...
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27. Corina Yoris
1944-. (aged 82)
literary scholar
university teacher
logician
philosopher
politician
Corina Yoris Villasana is a Venezuelan philosopher and professor, who was the Unitary Platform candidate in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, as the replacement for María Corina Machado, who was politically disqualified. Yoris was unable to register and was replaced by Edmundo González Urrutia.
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28. Robert Serra
1987-2014 (aged 27)
criminologist
lawyer
politician
Robert Serra was a Venezuelan politician from Maracaibo and a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
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29. Maickel Melamed
1977-. (aged 49)
economist
motivational speaker
marathon runner
Michael Melamed is a Venezuelan long-distance runner, motivational speaker, financing coach, teacher in philosophy and physiotherapist. Despite being physically disabled from low muscle tone, he has completed the New York City Marathon, Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon and the Boston Marathon. Melamed has also climbed Venezuela's highest mountain, Pico Bolívar. As a consequence of complicated delivery due to nuchal cord, Melamed...
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30. Freddy Guevara
1986-. (aged 40)
politician
Freddy Guevara is a Venezuelan politician. He was elected deputy to the Venezuelan National Assembly for Circuit 2 of the Miranda State (made up by Municipalities of Chacao, Baruta, El Hatillo and the parish Leoncio Martínez del Municipio Sucre) representing the Democratic Unity Roundtable (Mesa de Unidad Democrática, MUD) in the parliamentary elections of December 6, 2015. He has been...
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31. Carlota Sosa
1957-. (aged 69)
actor
Carlota Sosa Pietri is a Spanish-born Venezuelan actress known for her participation in various RCTV and Venevisión telenovelas. She is currently married to fellow actor Rafael Romero.
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32. Patricia Poleo
1965-. (aged 61)
journalist
Patricia Poleo is a Venezuelan journalist and the winner of the King of Spain Journalism Award for her investigation into the whereabouts of Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori's right-hand man, Vladimiro Montesinos. She is the daughter of the journalist Rafael Poleo, wife of the former student leader Nixon Moreno, a political scientist graduated from the University of the Andes, and former...
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33. Anna Vaccarella
1968-. (aged 58)
journalist
radio personality
Anna Vaccarella is a Venezuelan journalist. She currently works in radio show on Unión Radio.
34. Claudio Fermín
1950-. (aged 76)
teacher
sociologist
politician
Claudio Eloy Fermín Maldonado is a Venezuelan politician and sociologist. He was deputy minister of youth under Jaime Lusinchi, and subsequently Mayor of Libertador municipality, Caracas (1989–1993) for Acción Democrática, narrowly missing out on re-election to La Causa Radical's Aristóbulo Istúriz. He was the AD candidate in the 1993 presidential election, coming second with 24% of the vote.
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35. Iñaki Anasagasti
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Iñaki Anasagasti is a Venezuelan-Spanish politician, belonging to the Basque Nationalist Party.
36. Víctor Vargas
1952-. (aged 74)
banker
lawyer
businessperson
Victor Vargas is a Venezuelan banker and businessman, best known for being the former owner and president of the 4th largest private bank in Venezuela, Banco Occidental de Descuento. The bank was recognized as the fourth largest private financial entity in Venezuela and was noted by reports for climbing the Forbes list of the world's most valuable companies. BOD was...
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37. Édgar Ramírez
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
film actor
Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano is a Venezuelan actor.
38. Juan Guaidó
1983-. (aged 43)
industrial engineer
politician
Juan Gerardo Antonio Guaidó Márquez is a Venezuelan politician and opposition figure. He belonged to the social-democratic party Popular Will, and was a federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. He was a key figure in the Venezuelan presidential crisis between 2019 and 2023, when he was recognized by 88 countries, the European Parliament, Andean Parliament,...
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39. María Corina Machado
1967-. (aged 59)
human rights defender
industrial engineer
politician
María Corina Machado Parisca is a Venezuelan politician, activist, and prominent leader of the opposition to the administrations of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014, and has run as a candidate in presidential elections. She was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize; she presented the medal...
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40. Henrique Capriles Radonski
1972-. (aged 54)
lawyer
politician
Henrique Capriles Radonski is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda from 2008 to 2017.
41. Arturo Sosa Abascal
1948-. (aged 78)
regular cleric
philosopher
Catholic priest
Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal SJ is a Venezuelan Catholic priest who has served as the 31st superior general of the Society of Jesus since 2016. He was elected by the Society's 36th General Congregation to succeed Adolfo Nicolás. He is the first person born in Latin America to lead the Jesuits.
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42. Pedro Carmona
1941-. (aged 85)
economist
businessperson
entrepreneur
politician
Pedro Francisco Carmona Estanga is a Venezuelan politician, economist, and businessman. He was president of the business federation Fedecámaras and served as de facto President of Venezuela for 47 hours following the 2002 coup attempt.
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43. Lilian Tintori
1978-. (aged 48)
activist
human rights defender
businessperson
athlete
Lilian Adriana Tintori Parra is a Venezuelan activist, athlete, and television and radio host. Tintori is married to Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan politician sentenced in 2015 to nearly 14 years in prison for inciting violence during street protests the year before. She has also led groups who have opposed the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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44. José Antonii jhendry jaja
1939-2018 (aged 79)
composer
harpsichordist
university teacher
pianist
organist
José Antonio Abreu Anselmi was a Venezuelan orchestra conductor, pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician best known for his association with El Sistema. He was honored with the 2009 Latin Grammy Trustees Award, an honor given to people who have contributed to music by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.
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45. Kiara
1962-. (aged 64)
actor
singer
lawyer
Gloria Sabrina Gómez Delgado is a Venezuelan singer, composer, actress, lawyer and TV presenter known by her professional name Kiara.
46. Julio Borges
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Julio Andrés Borges Junyent is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer. In the late 1990s, Borges hosted a TV court show called "Justicia Para Todos" (Spanish: Justice for All) on Radio Caracas Televisión. He later co-founded the party Primero Justicia in 2000 along with Henrique Capriles and Leopoldo López.
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47. Tomás Straka
1972-. (aged 54)
historian
Tomás Helmut Straka Medina is a Venezuelan author and professor of history at the Andrés Bello Catholic University,
48. Luisa Ortega Díaz
1958-. (aged 68)
jurist
lawyer
public prosecutor general
politician
Luisa Marvelia Ortega Díaz is a Venezuelan lawyer. Between December 2007 and August 2017, she served as the Prosecutor General of Venezuela. A proponent of the Chavismo ideology, Ortega Díaz was fired as Prosecutor General on 5 August 2017 by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice and the Constituent National Assembly (ANC) promoted by Nicolás Maduro, following a breaking with the...
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