Notable Alumni of Autonomous University of Barcelona [Sorted List]

1. Vicenç Pagès i Jordà

1963-2022 (aged 59)

literary critic professor writer

Vicenç Pagès i Jordà was a Catalan writer and literary critic. He was also a language and aesthetics professor at the Ramon Llull University. He published a dozen books, including novels, story collections, and essays. Among his many awards are the 1999 Documenta, the 2003 Sant Joan, the 2009 Crexells, the 2013 sant Jordi, and the 2014 Catalan National Cultural...

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2. Laura Vilagrà i Pons

1976-. (aged 50)

politician

Laura Vilagrà i Pons is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the current Minister of the Presidency of Catalonia.

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3. Gemma Galdon Clavell

1976-. (aged 50)

chief executive officer founder politician

Gemma Galdón-Clavell is a Spanish technology policy analyst who specializes in ethics and algorithmic accountability. She is a senior adviser to the European Commission and she has also provided advice to other international organisations. Forbes Magazine described her as “a leading voice on tech ethics and algorithmic accountability”.

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4. Bel Olid

1977-. (aged 49)

poet writer translator university teacher women's rights activist

Bel Olid Báez is a Catalan writer, translator, and teacher of language, literature, translation, and creative writing. They have received several literary prizes, among them the 2010 Documenta Award. From 2015 to 2022, they were the president of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. As of 2024, they are an Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish at the University...

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5. Irene Rigau Oliver

1951-. (aged 75)

politician psychologist school inspector secondary school teacher

Irene Rigau i Oliver is a Catalan politician from Spain, born in Banyoles in 1951.

6. Albert Botran

1984-. (aged 42)

historian essayist politician

Albert Botran i Pahissa is a Spanish historian and politician from Catalonia and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.

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7. Gemma Ubasart

1978-. (aged 48)

university teacher political scientist politician

Gemma Ubasart González is a Spanish political scientist and politician. She served as Minister of Justice, Rights and Memory of Catalonia between October 2022 and August 2024, as city councilor in Castellar del Vallès, secretary for international affairs and public policies for change in Podemos, and secretary general of Podemos in Catalonia in 2015.

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8. Diego Rubio Rodríguez

1986-. (aged 40)

historian politician

Diego Rubio Rodríguez is a Spanish scholar and policy maker, currently serving as the Moncloa Chief of Staff under Pedro Sánchez. Prior to that, he was Secretary-General of Public Policy, European Affairs, and Strategic Foresight.

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9. Elizabeth Wagmeister

1990-. (aged 36)

journalist reporter

Elizabeth Ivy Wagmeister is an American journalist, reporter, and writer. She is a correspondent for CNN covering entertainment based in Los Angeles.

10. Cristina Gallach

1960-. (aged 66)

civil servant writer journalist

Cristina Gallach is a Spanish journalist and former European Union and United Nations official. She was the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean of the Spanish government from 2020 to 2021. She is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).

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11. Laura Ester

1990-. (aged 36)

water polo player

Laura Ester Ramos is a Spanish water polo goalkeeper. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Spain women's national water polo team in the women's event, winning the silver medal. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is 5 ft 7 inches tall.

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12. Alfred Bosch i Pascual

1961-. (aged 65)

writer Africanist university teacher politician

Alfred Bosch i Pascual is a Catalan academic, journalist, author, politician and a former Minister of Foreign Action, Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia. He was previously a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and a member of Barcelona City Council.

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13. Joan Puigcercós i Boixassa

1966-. (aged 60)

businessperson politician

Joan Puigcercós is a Spanish Catalan politician who had served as president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (2008–2011). He studied philosophy and political science at the UAB.

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14. Juan Pablo Villalobos

1973-. (aged 53)

translator novelist literary critic writer

Juan Pablo Villalobos is a Mexican author.

15. Jordi Ballart Pastor

1980-. (aged 46)

politician

Jordi Ballart i Pastor is a Spanish politician who has been a city councillor (2005–2017; 2019–) and the mayor (2012–2017; 2019–) of Terrassa in Catalonia.

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16. Gemma Lienas

1951-. (aged 75)

women's rights activist writer politician

Gemma Lienas Massot is a Spanish writer, feminist activist, and politician. In October 2015, she became one of Barcelona's deputies for Catalunya Sí que es Pot. She is a recipient of the medal Francesc Macia al Treball.

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17. Teresa Jordà i Roura

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Maria Teresa Jordà i Roura is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as Minister of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda and Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia.

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18. Marta Farrés Falgueras

1981-. (aged 45)

politician

Marta Farrés Falgueras is a Spanish politician affiliated with the PSC since 2003, and currently mayor of Sabadell, since June 2019.

19. Sergi Belbel

1963-. (aged 63)

writer playwright theatrical director screenwriter

Sergi Belbel i Coslado is a Catalan-speaking Spanish playwright. He was the director of the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya from 2006 until 2013.

20. Mònica López Moyano

1975-. (aged 51)

meteorologist television presenter

Mònica López Moyano is a Spanish meteorologist and television presenter. She is a weather forecaster on Televisión Española's Telediario 2 and director of the meteorology area of RTVE. She has also been the presenter of the TVE1 program La Hora de la 1 since September 2020.

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21. Noemí Casquet

1992-. (aged 34)

television actor YouTuber journalist

Noemí Casquet is a Spanish journalist and writer specializing in sexual disclosure and research on ancestral sexuality. She has been a presenter of television programs and programs on on-line platforms and has participated as a writer and columnist for some recognized media. Casquet is also in charge of Santo Amor, which is the first platform for explicit sex education.

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22. Francesc Homs Molist

1969-. (aged 57)

lawyer politician

Francesc Homs Molist is a Spanish politician and former Minister of the Presidency and Spokesperson of the Government of Catalonia.

23. Ramon Espadaler Parcerisas

1963-. (aged 63)

historian politician

Ramon Espadaler Parcerisas is a Spanish politician.

24. Xavier Bosch i Sancho

1967-. (aged 59)

writer journalist documentary filmmaker television producer

Xavier Bosch i Sancho is a Catalan-Spanish writer and journalist.

25. Víctor Amela

1960-. (aged 66)

university teacher writer journalist

Victor Manuel Amela Bonilla, better known as Víctor Amela is a Spanish writer and journalist present in several media. It is one of the co-creators of the section La contra at La Vanguardia, where he has published more than 1,800 interviews in 15 years.

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26. Antonio Roldán Monés

1983-. (aged 43)

politician economist

Antonio "Toni" Roldán Monés is a Spanish economist and politician who served as member of the 11th, 12th and 13th Congress of Deputies in the Citizens parliamentary group. He is now the director of the Centre for Political Economy (EsadeEcPol) at ESADE.

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27. Josep Enric Millo

1960-. (aged 66)

university teacher economist politician

Josep Enric Millo i Rocher, is a Spanish politician for PP.

28. Carme Riera

1948-. (aged 78)

writer essayist university teacher screenwriter

Carme Riera Guilera is a novelist and essayist. She has also written short stories, scripts for radio and television and literary criticism. She holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology and is a professor of Spanish literature at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

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29. Mònica Terribas

1968-. (aged 58)

screenwriter university teacher documentary filmmaker political pundit journalist

Mònica Terribas i Sala is a Spanish journalist, full professor at Pompeu Fabra University. From 2008 to 2012 she was director of Televisió de Catalunya and the following year, editor of the newspaper Ara. From September 2013 to July 2020 she was the host and director of El matí de Catalunya Ràdio. Since February 2022 she has been vice-president of...

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30. Sandra Daviú

1975-. (aged 51)

university teacher television presenter journalist

Sandra Daviú Ripoll is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

31. Cristóbal López Romero

1952-. (aged 74)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Cristóbal López Romero SDB is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Rabat since March 2018. He is a member of the Salesians and before becoming a bishop devoted himself to pastoral work in Latin America while taking on administrative responsibilities within his order. He also holds Paraguayan citizenship.

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32. Rosa María Calaf

1945-. (aged 81)

journalist television journalist

Rosa Maria Calaf Solé is a Spanish journalist, reporter, news anchor and former correspondent of Televisión Española. She was a TVE correspondent from 1972 until her retirement in 2008. She was also a director of programming at TV3 in 1983. She has received numerous prizes for her work.

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33. Alejandro Fernández Álvarez

1976-. (aged 50)

university teacher political scientist politician

Alejandro Fernández Álvarez is a Spanish politician and political scientist who has been the leader of the People's Party of Catalonia since 2018. He has been a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia since 2015, having previously been in the Congress of Deputies since 2011.

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34. Chakir El Homrani Lesfar

1979-. (aged 47)

politician sociologist

Chakir El Homrani Lesfar is a Spanish-Moroccan trade unionist, politician Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Catalonia between 2018 and 2021.

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35. Paco Lobaton

1951-. (aged 75)

television presenter writer journalist

Francisco de Asís Lobatón Sánchez de Medina, better known as Paco Lobatón, is a Spanish journalist.

36. Marta Madrenas i Mir

1967-. (aged 59)

university teacher lawyer politician

Marta Madrenas i Mir is a Spanish politician and lawyer from Catalonia. She was mayor of Girona from 2016 to 2023.

37. Joan Fontcuberta

1955-. (aged 71)

conceptual artist photojournalist photographer visual artist

Joan Fontcuberta is a Spanish conceptual artist and photographer whose best-known works, such as Fauna and Sputnik, examine the truthfulness of photography. In addition, he is a writer, editor, teacher, and curator.

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38. Xavier Domènech Sampere

1974-. (aged 52)

politician writer historian pundit social activist

Xavier Domenech i Sampere, is a Spanish historian, activist and politician based in Barcelona, Catalonia. He led the En Comú Podem (Together We Can) electoral ticket that stood in Catalonia at the 2015 Spanish general election on 20 December 2015.

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39. Pepa Fernández Vallés

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist film actor university teacher radio personality

María José Fernández Vallés, better known as Pepa Fernández, is a Spanish journalist. She is the director and presenter of the Radio Nacional de España (RNE) program No es un día cualquiera.

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40. Lorenzo Mila

1960-. (aged 66)

journalist television presenter

Lorenzo Milá Mencos is a Spanish newscaster and journalist. He is the son of José Luis Milá Sagnier, count of Montseny; younger brother of Mercedes Milá (also a TV journalist); and married to Sagrario Ruiz de Apodaca (also a TV journalist), with three children.

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41. Josep Baselga

1959-2021 (aged 62)

physician researcher oncologist university teacher

Josep Baselga i Torres, known in Spanish as José Baselga, was a Spanish medical oncologist and researcher focused on the development of novel molecular targeted agents, with a special emphasis in breast cancer. Through his career he was associated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, and the Massachusetts General Hospital in their hematology and...

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42. Inés Ballester

1958-. (aged 68)

television presenter presenter journalist

María Inés Ballester Muñoz is a Spanish journalist and presenter.

43. Antonio Baños Boncompain

1967-. (aged 59)

writer journalist activist politician

Antonio Baños Boncompain is a Spanish Catalan musician, journalist and writer. In the Catalan parliamentary election of 2015 he led Popular Unity Candidacy – Constituent Call, a pro-independence left-wing electoral list until he resigned in 2016.

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44. Mireia Boya Busquet

1979-. (aged 47)

teacher politician documentary filmmaker environmental scientist

Mireia Boya Busquet is a Catalan scientist, activist, and politician from Spain. She is a councilor of the Aran municipality of Les. Since February 2018 she has been part of the national secretariat of the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). She was a member of the Catalan Parliament from 2016 to 2017.

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45. Matilde Asensi

1962-. (aged 64)

novelist writer journalist

Matilde Asensi Carratalá is a Spanish journalist and writer, specialised mainly in historical novels.

46. Enric Marco

1921-2022 (aged 101)

trade unionist

Enric Marco Batlle was a Catalan impostor and former trade unionist who claimed to have been imprisoned by Nazi Germany in the Flossenbürg concentration camp during World War II. Born in Barcelona, Marco had volunteered to go to Germany as a foreign worker and was never interned in a concentration camp. Following the Spanish transition to democracy, after a brief...

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47. Gemma Nierga Barris

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist television presenter

Gemma Nierga Barris is a Spanish journalist who has spent most of her professional career as a radio and television presenter. Among other programs, she is known for directing and presenting La Ventana from 1997 to 2012 and Hoy por hoy from 2012 to 2017, both on Cadena SER radio.

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48. Concha García Campoy

1958-2013 (aged 55)

television presenter announcer journalist

Concepción García Campoy, also known as Concha García Campoy, was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.

49. Cristina Fallarás

1968-. (aged 58)

women's rights activist writer journalist

Cristina Fallarás Sánchez is a Spanish journalist.

50. Xavier Sala-i-Martin

1962-. (aged 64)

writer economist television presenter university teacher

Xavier X. Sala i Martín is a Spanish economist and professor of economics at Columbia University.

51. Carla Simón

1986-. (aged 40)

film screenwriter screenwriter film director

Carla Simón Pipó is a Spanish film director. Most known for her films Summer 1993 (2017) and Alcarràs (2022), for the latter she received the Golden Bear at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.

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52. Carles Francino

1958-. (aged 68)

television presenter association football player journalist

Carles Francino Murgades is a Spanish journalist. He started his career in Cadena SER Tarragona. In 1979 he got his first job at COPE Reus as a sports editor. Later, he joined the Tarragona studio of the COPE, which he left in 1987.

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53. Joel Joan i Juvé

1970-. (aged 56)

screenwriter film director actor independentism

Joel Joan i Juvé is a Spanish actor, screenwriter and director.

54. Carme Chaparro

1973-. (aged 53)

news presenter columnist writer journalist television presenter

Carme Chaparro Martínez is a Spanish journalist and writer.

55. David Fernàndez i Ramos

1974-. (aged 52)

social activist politician journalist

David Fernàndez i Ramos is a Catalan journalist, political and social activist. He was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia in the tenth legislature for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) from December 17, 2012, to August 4, 2015.

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56. Muriel Casals

1945-2016 (aged 71)

activist economist university teacher politician

Muriel Casals i Couturier was a Catalan economist with both Spanish and French nationalities.

57. Adrià Collado

1972-. (aged 54)

model businessperson actor film actor

Adrià Collado is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1994.

58. Lluís Homar

1957-. (aged 69)

actor theatrical director

Lluís Homar i Toboso is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona. He is best known for his roles in Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education (2004) and Broken Embraces (2009), in Emilio Aragón's Paper Birds (2010), and for his portrayal of the robot Max in Kike Maíllo's film Eva (2011).

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59. Dani Mateo

1979-. (aged 47)

television presenter television actor journalist presenter actor

Daniel Mateo, known professionally as Dani Mateo, is a Spanish comedian, singer, actor and radio and television host known for his work in the program Sé lo que hicisteis... in La Sexta channel.

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60. Pasqual Maragall i Mira

1941-. (aged 85)

teacher politician

Pasqual Maragall Mira is a Spanish retired politician and former President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He had previously been Mayor of Barcelona, from 1982 to 1997, and helped run the city's successful Olympic bid.

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61. Oleguer Presas

1980-. (aged 46)

association football player politician writer association football coach economist

Oleguer Presas Renom, known simply as Oleguer, is a Spanish former professional footballer from Catalonia. Primarily a centre-back, he could also play as a defensive right-back.

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62. Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca

1945-. (aged 81)

university teacher politician physicist

Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca is a Spanish former politician and radiation physicist. Born in Barcelona, he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2014 and as First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007. He survived an assassination attempt in 2023, he says was ordered by Iran, which became known in Spain as "The...

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63. Meritxell Serret

1975-. (aged 51)

politician political scientist

Meritxell Serret Aleu is a catalan politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Action and European Union of Catalonia and Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.

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64. Jordi Sánchez

1964-. (aged 62)

writer film director actor screenwriter

Jordi Sánchez Zaragoza is a Spanish actor and screenwriter, mostly known for his role as Antonio Recio in La que se avecina and Josep Lopes in Plats bruts. He got a Certificate of Advanced Study on nursing at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

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65. Àngels Barceló

1963-. (aged 63)

television presenter television director television actor journalist announcer

María de los Ángeles Barceló Suárez better known as Àngels Barceló is a Spanish presenter and broadcaster specialized in informative and informative programs and magazines with an extensive career in audiovisual media.

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66. Susanna Griso

1969-. (aged 57)

news presenter journalist television presenter announcer

Susanna Griso Raventós is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

67. Jordi Turull i Negre

1966-. (aged 60)

university teacher lawyer politician

Jordi Turull i Negre is a Spanish politician from Catalonia associated with Together for Catalonia. Since March 2018 he has been in pre-trial custody by order of the Supreme Court of Spain and accused of sedition and rebellion. On 10 July 2018 a Supreme Court judge suspended him as a deputy in the Catalan parliament.

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68. Sandra Barneda i Valls

1975-. (aged 51)

writer journalist television presenter non-fiction writer

Sandra Barneda Valls is a Spanish journalist, television presenter, actress, and writer.

69. Javier Cercas

1962-. (aged 64)

translator journalist university teacher writer

Javier Cercas Mena is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis (translated by Anne McLean), and the European Book Prize for The Impostor (translated by Frank Wynne).

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70. María Casado Paredes

1978-. (aged 48)

radio personality writer rapper radio producer journalist

María Casado Paredes is a Spanish journalist and presenter. She is known for her longstanding involvement in the newscast department of Televisión Española (TVE) from 2005 to 2020.

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71. Anna Simon

1982-. (aged 44)

television presenter journalist actor comedian

Anna Simón Marí is a Spanish TV host. She has a degree in journalism.

72. Josep Rull i Andreu

1968-. (aged 58)

lawyer politician

Josep Rull i Andreu is a Spanish politician from Catalonia serving as President of the Parliament of Catalonia since June 2024. He previously served as the Counselor of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia at the Government of Carles Puigdemont between 2016 and 2017, when Spanish Rajoy's Government ceased the Catalan executive following the Catalan declaration of independence amid the application...

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73. Miquel Iceta i Llorens

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Miquel Iceta Llorens is a Spanish politician who served as minister of Culture and Sport from July 2021 to November 2023 and as minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service from January to July 2021.

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74. Raül Romeva

1971-. (aged 55)

essayist university teacher politician analyst casteller

Raül Romeva i Rueda is a Catalan politician from Spain and a former Member of the European Parliament with the Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds, part of the European Greens. He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In the Catalan parliamentary election of 2015 he led the pro-Catalan independence...

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75. Carlos Ruiz Zafón

1964-2020 (aged 56)

screenwriter writer film screenwriter novelist publicist

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind). The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in the list of the one hundred best books in Spanish in the last twenty-five years, made in 2007 by eighty-one Latin American and...

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76. Carme Chacón

1971-2017 (aged 46)

university teacher lawyer politician

Carme Maria Chacón Piqueras was a Spanish lawyer, lecturer and politician who was minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 in the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

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77. Quim Torra

1962-. (aged 64)

lawyer writer political activist opinion journalist editor

Joaquim Torra i Pla, known as Quim Torra, is a Catalan lawyer and journalist from Spain. He served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 17 May 2018 to 28 September 2020, when the Supreme Court of Spain confirmed a court ruling by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemning him for disobeying the Central Electoral Board during...

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78. Oriol Junqueras

1969-. (aged 57)

politician university teacher writer historian screenwriter

Oriol Junqueras i Vies is a Catalan politician and historian from Spain. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts in Catalonia, Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017, when he was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence and was imprisoned until June 2021 for his role in...

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79. Clara Ponsatí i Obiols

1957-. (aged 69)

politician economist

Clara Ponsatí i Obiols is a Catalan economist and politician. She was appointed Minister of Education of the Government of Catalonia by President Carles Puigdemont on 14 July 2017, and was dismissed by the Spanish Government pursuant to Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution on 27 October 2017, due to the organisation of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum and the...

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80. Anna Gabriel i Sabaté

1975-. (aged 51)

constitutional lawyer politician social educator

Anna Gabriel i Sabaté is a Catalan social pedagogue, adjunct professor in law and politician from Spain. She was a member of Catalan Parliament between 2015 and 2017, representing the radical left pro-Catalan independence political party, Popular Unity Candidacy. Since February 2018, she has been in exile in Geneva, Switzerland.

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81. Carme Forcadell

1955-. (aged 71)

linguist adviser writer cultural activist politician

Maria Carme Forcadell i Lluís is a Spanish politician from Catalonia. She is the former President of the Parliament of Catalonia, as well as a Catalan high school teacher, known for her Catalan independence activism.

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82. Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol

1964-. (aged 62)

political scientist political activist politician

Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol is a Spanish former politician and activist from Catalonia, who was president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) between May 2015 and November 2017.

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83. Carles Riera i Albert

1960-. (aged 66)

head teacher social activist sociologist university teacher politician

Carles Riera i Albert is a Catalan sociologist and politician.

84. Paula Ortiz

1979-. (aged 47)

writer film director university teacher screenwriter

Paula Ortiz Álvarez is a Spanish director, screenwriter and producer who works for Get in the Pictures Productions and Amapola Films, teaches Audiovisual Communication at the University of Barcelona, and collaborates with the University of San Jorge in Zaragoza.

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85. Marcel Mauri

1977-. (aged 49)

university teacher historian journalist official political activist

Marcel Mauri de los Rios is a journalist and historian, former vice president and spokesman of Òmnium Cultural.

86. Maria Arnal

1987-. (aged 39)

songwriter producer singer musician

Maria Arnal Dimas is a Spanish artist, singer and composer based in Barcelona. Her music has received great recognition from Spanish critics. She combines his facet of electronic pop and polyphonic traditional music with projects that experiment with sound, technology and art.

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87. Roger Montañola i Busquets

1986-. (aged 40)

political scientist businessperson politician

Roger Montañola i Busquets is a Spanish politician and political scientist, who was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia within the Convergence i Unió parliamentary group. A member of the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) until 2016, he was one of the promoters of Lliures.

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88. Roger Torrent i Ramió

1979-. (aged 47)

urban planner political scientist politician

Roger Torrent i Ramió is a Spanish politician and urban planner from Catalonia. A former mayor of the municipality of Sarrià de Ter in north-eastern Spain, Torrent was President of the Parliament of Catalonia from January 2018 until March 2021. Since 26 May 2021 he is the Minister of Business and Work of Catalonia.

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89. Isaki Lacuesta

1975-. (aged 51)

critic screenwriter film director

Isaki Lacuesta is a Spanish film director from Catalonia. His work includes documentary film, narrative film and video art.

90. Antoni Comín

1971-. (aged 55)

teacher philosopher intellectual politician

Antoni "Toni" Comín i Oliveres is a Catalan intellectual and politician from Spain. He is currently the executive vice-president of the Council for the Republic and has been an MEP since July 2019. He is the fourth child of the politician and intellectual Alfonso Carlos Comín i Ros and Maria Lluïsa Oliveres i Sanvicens, whose other children are Maria, Pere...

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91. Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiríbar

1950-. (aged 76)

physicist politician university teacher science communicator

Pedro Miguel Etxenike Landiribar, also known as Pedro Miguel Echenique, is a Basque theoretical solid-state physicist, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), and former minister of the Basque Autonomous Community.

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92. Manuel Pimentel

1961-. (aged 65)

television presenter lawyer businessperson writer novelist

Manuel Ramón Pimentel Siles is a Spanish politician and writer. He served as Minister of Labour and Social of Spain from January 1999 to February 2000. In March 2003, Pimentel abandoned the People's Party (PP) in protest over the Irak War crisis, forming his own party, the Andalusian Forum.

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93. Samanta Villar

1975-. (aged 51)

journalist television presenter

Samanta Villar Fitó is a Spanish journalist.

94. Damià Calvet i Valera

1968-. (aged 58)

politician technical architect

Damià Calvet i Valera is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and who served as Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia between 2018 and 2021.

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95. Albert Rivera

1979-. (aged 47)

lawyer politician

Alberto Carlos Rivera Díaz, known as Albert Rivera, is a Spanish former politician who was the leader of Citizens from its founding in 2006 until 2019. He was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2006–2015) and the Congress of Deputies (2015–2019).

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96. Álvaro Brechner

1976-. (aged 50)

screenwriter documentary filmmaker film director opera director film producer

Álvaro Brechner is a Spanish-Uruguayan film director, screenwriter and producer based in Madrid. He won the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for A Twelve-Year Night (2018).

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97. Ricardo Silva Romero

1975-. (aged 51)

writer novelist journalist screenwriter

Ricardo Silva Romero is a Colombian writer, journalist, screenwriter and film critic. He is the author of over a dozen books in a variety of genres. In 2007, he was named as one of the Bogota39, a list of best young writers in Latin America.

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98. Brigitte Baptiste

1963-. (aged 63)

academic administrator biologist

Brigitte Baptiste is a Colombian cultural landscape ecologist and an expert on environmental issues and biodiversity in Colombia. She is a member of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of the Intergovernmental Science and Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and has been part of the national representation to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. She served as director of...

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99. Daniel Manouchehri

1984-. (aged 42)

lawyer politician

Daniel Manouchehri Moghadam Kashan Lobos is a Chilean lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party currently serving in the chamber of Deputies from District 5 of the Coquimbo Region since 2022.

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100. Irina Karamanos

1989-. (aged 37)

anthropologist social scientist

Irina Sabine Alice Karamanos Adrian is a Chilean anthropologist and political scientist who, as the then partner of President Gabriel Boric, served as first lady of Chile and sociocultural coordinator of the Presidency of the Republic between March and December 2022, when both positions were officially dissolved.

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