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100 Notable alumni of Central University of Venezuela

Updated: May 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

Central University of Venezuela is ranked #1,113 in the world and #1 in Venezuela by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Central University of Venezuela sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Central University of Venezuela won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Cruz Salmerón Acosta

1. Cruz Salmerón Acosta

1892-1929 (aged 37)
poet writer
Cruz María Salmerón Acosta was a Venezuelan poet. His sonnets were influenced by the movement of modernismo.
Ibéyise Pacheco

2. Ibéyise Pacheco

1961-. (aged 65)
journalist
Ibéyise Pacheco is a Venezuelan journalist and writer, specializing in investigative journalism, who has been linked with politics due to her opposition to the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
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Marlene de Andrade

3. Marlene de Andrade

1977-. (aged 49)
presenter model actor politician
Zita Marlene de Andrade de Sousa Vallenilla is a Venezuelan actress, model and presenter and wife of Winston Vallenilla.
Alfredo Jahn

4. Alfredo Jahn

1867-1940 (aged 73)
explorer ethnologist engineer botanist naturalist
Dr. Alfredo Jahn Hartman was a Venezuelan civil engineer, botanist and geographer. Jahn was a member of the Academy of History, the Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Naturalist of Venezuela and the Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences and achieved the Order of the Liberator. He was also an explorer and mountain climber. There is a large cave named after...
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Marcos Santana

5. Marcos Santana

1965-. (aged 61)
Marcos Santana is an entrepreneur, producer and media creative, former president of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ Telemundo Global Studios and Telemundo Internacional.
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José Manuel Olivares

6. José Manuel Olivares

1985-. (aged 41)
oncologist politician
José Manuel Olivares Marquina is a Venezuelan politician, oncologist and nuclear medicine physician who served as a deputy of the National Assembly from Vargas from 2016 to 2021. During his tenure, he was the president of the National Assembly's Health Subcommission, where he spearheaded the National Health Crisis Provision Law and directed humanitarian aid to counteract the effects of the...
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Manuel Núñez Tovar

7. Manuel Núñez Tovar

1872-1928 (aged 56)
naturalist entomologist physician
Manuel Nuñez Tovar was a Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist. For his work in the latter discipline, he is considered to be the "first Venezuelan entomologist."
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Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido

8. Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido

1854-1949 (aged 95)
lawyer journalist diplomat politician
Guillermo Tell Villegas Pulido, was a Venezuelan lawyer, writer, journalist, and politician who served as acting president of Venezuela. A lawyer early in his career, in 1876 he cofounded the school La Paz in Caracas. Also dedicated to journalism, he founded the publications Alianza Literaria in 1876, La Mayoría in 1879, and Monitor in 1889. Between 1879 and 1892 he...
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Oswaldo Vigas

9. Oswaldo Vigas

1926-2014 (aged 88)
painter physician
Oswaldo Vigas was a Venezuelan artist who worked as a painter, muralist, and sculptor. His body of work encompassed paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics, and tapestries. He integrated pre-Columbian with modernist and contemporary artistic currents. He lived and worked in France and Venezuela.
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Alejandra Benítez

10. Alejandra Benítez

1980-. (aged 46)
fencer dentist politician
Alejandra Benítez Romero is a Venezuelan sabre fencer, who competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was Minister of Sports in 2013.
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Yván Gil Pinto

11. Yván Gil Pinto

1972-. (aged 54)
propagandist politician
Yván Eduardo Gil Pinto is a Venezuelan diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela since 6 January 2023.
Blanca Eekhout

12. Blanca Eekhout

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Blanca Rosa Eekhout Gómez is a Venezuelan politician who has been Minister for Women and Gender Equality since 2016. She was Minister of Communication and Information between 2009 and 2010, and held the position of Second Vice President of the National Assembly during the 2011-2015 legislative period. She has also been president of VTV and ViVe, and was a cofounder...
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Manuel Caballero

13. Manuel Caballero

1931-2010 (aged 79)
historian literary critic journalist
Manuel Antonio Caballero Agüero was a notable Venezuelan historian, journalist, best-selling author and professor of contemporary Venezuelan History at the Central University of Venezuela.
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Cecilia García Arocha

14. Cecilia García Arocha

1953-. (aged 73)
Cecilia Carlota García Arocha Márquez was the rector of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV). She is also a dentist who graduated from the same university in 1976. She uses both of her father's surnames.
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Gustavo Machado Morales

15. Gustavo Machado Morales

1898-1983 (aged 85)
lawyer politician journalist
Gustavo Machado Morales was a Venezuelan politician and journalist, editor of the Communist Party of Venezuela's newspaper from 1948 to 1983 (with interruptions for exile and imprisonment) and President of the party from 1971 to 1983. As a leading Communist, he spent a substantial part of his life in exile or in prison. He was a founder member of the...
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Diego Bautista Urbaneja

16. Diego Bautista Urbaneja

1782-1856 (aged 74)
military personnel lawyer politician
Diego Bautista Urbaneja was a Venezuelan political figure.
Adriano González León

17. Adriano González León

1931-2008 (aged 77)
poet writer
Adriano González León was a Venezuelan writer who is known in his country for the novel País Portátil (1968), widely regarded as the premier Venezuelan novel of the latter half of the 20th century, and for his many years of hosting a television program dedicated to promoting literary appreciation among the general public.
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Édgar Sanabria

18. Édgar Sanabria

1911-1989 (aged 78)
diplomat lawyer university teacher
Edgar Sanabria Arcia was a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He served as the acting president of Venezuela from 1958 to 1959.
Vladimir Villegas

19. Vladimir Villegas

1961-. (aged 65)
journalist politician
Vladimir Villegas Poljak is a Venezuelan journalist and politician. He was President of Venezolana de Televisión from late 2003 to December 2004. He has written regularly for El Nacional and El Mundo, with a weekly column in El Nacional. He is a founder of the Avanzada Progresista party, having previously been a supporter of Patria Para Todos.
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Luis Britto García

20. Luis Britto García

1940-. (aged 86)
historian lawyer writer
Luis Britto García is a Venezuelan writer, playwright and essayist. His fiction has been recognised twice with the Casa de Las Américas Prize, for his works Rajatabla (1970) and Abrapalabra (1979). In 2002, he was the winner of Venezuela's National Prize for Literature, given as a lifetime achievement award. In 2005 he was recognized with the Ezequiel Martínez Estrada honorary...
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Jacqueline Faría

21. Jacqueline Faría

1957-. (aged 69)
engineer politician
Jacqueline Coromoto Faría Pineda is a Venezuelan politician. She was the head of the state mobile phone company Movilnet Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (2005–2007), and head of Caracas' water company, Hidrocapital. She is a hydraulic civil engineer by profession.
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Nelson Merentes

22. Nelson Merentes

1954-. (aged 72)
economist mathematician politician
Nelson José Merentes Díaz is a Venezuelan mathematician, researcher, and politician.
Jóvito Villalba

23. Jóvito Villalba

1908-1989 (aged 81)
lawyer politician
Jóvito Rafael Villalba Gutiérrez was a constitutional law professor and Venezuelan politician, considered one of the key participants in the construction of Venezuelan democracy in the 20th century and one of the leading Latin American orators of his generation. Villalba stood out among the opposition representatives during the military governments of the Andean hegemony and the Pérez Jiménez regime, eventually...
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Laureano Márquez

24. Laureano Márquez

1963-. (aged 63)
journalist
Laureano Olegario Márquez Pérez is a Spanish-born Venezuelan humorist and political scientist.
Leonardo Ruiz Pineda

25. Leonardo Ruiz Pineda

1916-1952 (aged 36)
lawyer politician
Leonardo Ruiz Pineda was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, member and one of the founders of the party Acción Democrática (AD), of which was Secretary General and leader of the clandestine resistance between 1949 and 1952 against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez.
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Francisco Antonio Rísquez

26. Francisco Antonio Rísquez

1856-1941 (aged 85)
politician physician
Francisco Antonio Rísquez was a Venezuelan physician. In 1893, he gave an address to the first Pan-American Medical Congress.
Alberto Barrera Tyszka

27. Alberto Barrera Tyszka

1960-. (aged 66)
poet screenwriter writer novelist opinion journalist
Alberto José Barrera Tyszka is a Venezuelan writer. In 2006, he received the Herralde Prize for his novel La enfermedad ("The Sickness").
Guillermo Meneses

28. Guillermo Meneses

1911-1978 (aged 67)
diplomat writer historian
Guillermo Meneses was a Venezuelan writer, playwright, and journalist. He was the author of La Balandra 'Isabel' llegó esta tarde and Campeones, among other works. His awards and honors include the Venezuelan National Prize for Literature (1967), the "Order of the city of Caracas", and the "Andrés Bello Order" created by President Rafael Caldera.
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Stalin González

29. Stalin González

1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Iván Stalin González Montaño is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. On 26 September 2010 he was elected as deputy of the National Assembly for the fifth electoral district of Caracas, he presided the Administration and Services Parliamentary Commission and between 2016 and 2017 he was elected as leader of the MUD opposition fraction. On 2019 he was named second Vice...
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Arnoldo Gabaldón

30. Arnoldo Gabaldón

1909-1990 (aged 81)
physician entomologist politician
Arnoldo Gabaldón Carrillo was a physician, researcher and Venezuelan politician. He is recognized for his activism against malaria. His campaign against the disease reduced the number of cases in Venezuela to almost zero during the 1950s, giving place to more exploitable territory and population growth.
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Dinorah Figuera

31. Dinorah Figuera

1961-. (aged 65)
politician physician
Dinorah Figuera is a Venezuelan physician and politician. She is a deputy and president of the IV National Assembly of Venezuela in exile in Spain.
Ernesto Villegas

32. Ernesto Villegas

1970-. (aged 56)
politician writer journalist
Ernesto Emilio Villegas Poljak is a journalist, politician, and writer from Venezuela. He has served as the Minister of Culture.
Guillermo Tell Villegas

33. Guillermo Tell Villegas

1823-1907 (aged 84)
diplomat lawyer politician
Guillermo Tell Villegas was a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and writer. Among other government positions, he served as interim president of Venezuela in 1868, 1870 and 1892. Starting his career in law, he became governor of Barinas in 1859 and afterwards held various roles in the government of Juan Crisostomo Falcon, including deputy in the Assembly of Victory, Minister of Interior...
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José Antonio Ramos Sucre

34. José Antonio Ramos Sucre

1890-1930 (aged 40)
writer poet lawyer diplomat
José Antonio Ramos Sucre was a Venezuelan poet, professor, diplomat and scholar. He was a member of the Sucre family of Venezuela and the great-great-nephew of Antonio José de Sucre. He was educated at the Colegio Nacional, and then at the Universidad Central de Venezuela where he studied Law, Letters and Languages (ancient and modern Greek and Sanskrit).
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Oscar ñayes

35. Oscar ñayes

1927-2013 (aged 86)
journalist writer
Óscar Armando Yanes González was a Venezuelan journalist and bestselling author, considered a pioneer in Venezuelan broadcast journalism. He was awarded three times with the National Prize for Journalism.
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Juan Rendón

36. Juan Rendón

1944-. (aged 82)
political adviser
Juan José Rendón Delgado, known professionally as J. J. Rendón, is a Venezuelan political consultant, psychologist, and political activist, known for being the one who has directed and won the most electoral campaigns. He specializes in crisis resolution and is a human rights activist. He is a political asylee in the United States.
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Juan Bautista Pérez

37. Juan Bautista Pérez

1869-1952 (aged 83)
lawyer diplomat soldier politician
Juan Bautista Pérez, was a Venezuelan lawyer, magistrate, and politician who served as the president of Venezuela between 1929 until 1931. He was a puppet president, as Juan Vicente Gómez was the de facto ruler of Venezuela during Pérez's presidency.
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Francisco Espejo

38. Francisco Espejo

1758-1814 (aged 56)
lawyer
Francisco Silvestre Espejo Camaño, was a Venezuelan lawyer who briefly served as the President of Venezuela in 1812 and fought for the republican cause during the Venezuelan War of Independence. His parents were Francisco Espejo and Bárbara Caamaño y Bermúdez.
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Alberto Arvelo Torrealba

39. Alberto Arvelo Torrealba

1905-1971 (aged 66)
poet lawyer composer
Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, was a Venezuelan lawyer, educator and folklorical poet. He was author of Florentino y El Diablo, which was set to music as a duet in the style known as contrapunteo.
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Carlos Vecchio

40. Carlos Vecchio

1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
Carlos Alfredo Vecchio DeMari is a Venezuelan lawyer, politician and social activist, designated as Ambassador to the US by Juan Guaidó in January 2019 during the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis. His credential letter was accepted by U.S. President Donald Trump on 9 April 2019.
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Isaías Rodríguez

41. Isaías Rodríguez

1942-2025 (aged 83)
poet lawyer politician
Julián Isaías Rodríguez Díaz was a Venezuelan politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was appointed the vice president of Venezuela on 29 January 2000 by Hugo Chávez, and served in the post until 26 December 2000.
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José Ignacio Cabrujas

42. José Ignacio Cabrujas

1937-1995 (aged 58)
television writer journalist actor university teacher writer
José Ignacio Cabrujas Lofiego was a Venezuelan playwright, theater director, chronicler, soap opera writer, drama librettist, screenplay writer, radio moderator, humanist and political campaigns designer. He is considered one of the founders and innovators of the modern telenovela genre in Latin America, and is called the "Maestro de las Telenovelas."
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Manuel Díaz Rodríguez

43. Manuel Díaz Rodríguez

1871-1927 (aged 56)
physician journalist diplomat politician
Manuel Díaz Rodríguez, was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, physician, diplomat and politician. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the Hispanic modernismo movement.
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Delsa Solórzano

44. Delsa Solórzano

1971-. (aged 55)
lawyer politician
Delsa Jennifer Solórzano Bernal is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. She is currently a deputy of the National Assembly and president of the Internal Affairs Parliamentary Commission, as well as vice president of the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. As of the 13th of December 2018, she is founder and president of the political party Encuentro Ciudadano.
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José Gil Fortoul

45. José Gil Fortoul

1861-1943 (aged 82)
historian lawyer writer
José Gil Fortoul was a Venezuelan writer, historian, and politician, who was briefly the acting president of Venezuela. As a political scientist and legal scholar, he is closely identified with the movement of Venezuelan positivism. He was an ally of the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, supporting his regime both politically and in his social and historical writing. In 1913 Fortoul...
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Fermín Toro

46. Fermín Toro

1806-1865 (aged 59)
diplomat writer
Fermín Toro y Blanco was a Venezuelan humanist, politician, diplomat and author.
Luis Razetti

47. Luis Razetti

1862-1932 (aged 70)
physician
Luis Razetti was a surgeon, who supported and managed a number of advances in the progress of Venezuelan medicine. He gained his Doctorate in Medicine from the Central University of Venezuela, is considered the driving-force in the "Renaissance of the Venezuelan medicine", concerning education, research centers and medical practices in Venezuela. One of the two schools of Medicine of the...
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Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo

48. Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo

1903-1979 (aged 76)
diplomat lawyer politician
Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo was a prominent Venezuelan diplomat, politician and lawyer primarily responsible for the inception and creation of the OPEC, along with Saudi Arabian minister Abdullah Tariki.
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Raimundo Andueza Palacio

49. Raimundo Andueza Palacio

1846-1900 (aged 54)
diplomat lawyer politician
Raimundo Ignacio Andueza Palacio, was the president of Venezuela (1890–1892). He also served twice as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Jonathan Jakubowicz

50. Jonathan Jakubowicz

1978-. (aged 48)
writer film director producer screenwriter
Jonathan Jakubowicz Zielinski is a Venezuelan filmmaker and writer, winner of the German Film Peace Prize 2020 for his film "Resistance". His film Secuestro Express was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the British Independent Film Awards and was a New York Times "Critics' Pick" in 2005. He is of Polish-Jewish descent.
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Sheyene Gerardi

51. Sheyene Gerardi

chief executive officer businessperson actor miner
Sheyene Gerardi is an Italo-Venezuelan former actress, producer, and media proprietor. She has won numerous awards for her work and charitable efforts.
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Juan Requesens

52. Juan Requesens

1989-. (aged 37)
politician political scientist
Juan Requesens Martínez is a deputy of the Venezuelan National Assembly, elected in 2015 and sworn in on 5 January 2016. He was a student leader at the Central University of Venezuela, and a leader of student opposition protesters during the 2014 Venezuelan protests. He led marches opposing the Government of Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro, seeking "to turn the...
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Yordano

53. Yordano

1951-. (aged 75)
songwriter guitarist singer architect
Yordano, born Giordano Di Marzo Migani, is an Italian–born Venezuelan singer-songwriter and guitar player.
Eloísa Maturén

54. Eloísa Maturén

1980-. (aged 46)
journalist actor
Eloísa Maturén Vallado is a Venezuelan journalist, actress, cultural entrepreneur, and former dancer.
Soledad Bravo

55. Soledad Bravo

1943-. (aged 83)
singer
Soledad Bravo is a Venezuelan singer.
Elías Jaua

56. Elías Jaua

1969-. (aged 57)
diplomat politician sociologist
Elías José Jaua Milano is a Venezuelan politician and former university professor who served as the vice president of Venezuela from January 2010 to October 2012. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2013 until September 2014 and as Minister of Education from January 2017 to December 2018.
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Ramón José Velásquez

57. Ramón José Velásquez

1916-2014 (aged 98)
opinion journalist historian jurist journalist lawyer
Ramón José Velásquez Mujica was a Venezuelan politician, historian, journalist, and lawyer. He served as the president of Venezuela between 1993 and 1994.
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Jorge Antonio Rodríguez

58. Jorge Antonio Rodríguez

1942-1976 (aged 34)
student leader partisan
Jorge Antonio Rodríguez was a Venezuelan student leader and politician. He was a leader of the Revolutionary Left Movement and, later, founder of the Socialist League. He became known in the 1970s for leading the kidnapping of the American executive William Niehous.
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Marcelo Rodríguez

59. Marcelo Rodríguez

1962-. (aged 64)
actor
Marcelo Antonio Rodríguez Laprea is a Venezuelan actor and professional wrestling announcer working for the international Spanish versions of WWE shows Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and pay-per-view (PPV) events alongside Jerry Soto as color commentator.
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Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón

60. Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón

1783-1862 (aged 79)
lawyer journalist diplomat politician
Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón, was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat who was President of Venezuela for three short periods in 1858, 1859 and 1861. In 1861, he was ousted from power in a military coup.
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Andrés Narvarte

61. Andrés Narvarte

1781-1853 (aged 72)
lawyer politician
Andrés Narvarte Pimentel was the president of Venezuela as interim caretaker (1836–1837).
Teodoro Petkoff

62. Teodoro Petkoff

1932-2018 (aged 86)
writer economist journalist politician
Teodoro Petkoff Malec was a Venezuelan politician, economist and journalist. One of Venezuela's most prominent politicians on the left, Petkoff began as a communist but founded the democratic socialist Movement Toward Socialism party after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Petkoff was elected as senator and ran for the presidency twice in the 1980s, being defeated both times. As...
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Juan Germán Roscio

63. Juan Germán Roscio

1763-1821 (aged 58)
politician writer lawyer diplomat journalist
Juan Germán Roscio was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician of Italian background. He served as the secretary of foreign affairs for the Junta of Caracas, as Venezuela's first foreign minister, and as chief of the Executive during the First Republic of Venezuela. He was also editor for Gazeta de Caracas and ran the Correo del Orinoco. He was the main...
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Germán Suárez Flamerich

64. Germán Suárez Flamerich

1907-1990 (aged 83)
lawyer diplomat university teacher politician
Germán Suárez Flamerich was the president of Venezuela from 1950 to 1952. Flamerich was a lawyer, college professor, diplomat and politician. He was president of the Government Junta from 1950 to 1952, after the assassination of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud.
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Luis Herrera Campins

65. Luis Herrera Campins

1925-2007 (aged 82)
jurist lawyer journalist politician
Luis Antonio Herrera Campins was the president of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984. He was elected to one five-year term in 1978. He was a member of COPEI, a Christian Democratic party.
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Cristóbal Mendoza

66. Cristóbal Mendoza

1772-1829 (aged 57)
lawyer politician
José Cristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza y Montilla, commonly known as Cristóbal Mendoza, was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, writer, and academic. Cristóbal is best known for serving as the first official President of Venezuela from 1811 to 1812. After earning a master's degree in philosophy in Caracas and his doctor utriusque juris (Doctor of Canon and Civil Law) in the Dominican...
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Jorge Arreaza

67. Jorge Arreaza

1973-. (aged 53)
diplomat politician
Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat is a Venezuelan politician who has held several important positions in the administration of President Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. From August 2017 to August 2021, Arreaza served as Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arreaza has been sanctioned by Canada and the United States for his role in the violation of human rights in...
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Octavio Lepage

68. Octavio Lepage

1923-2017 (aged 94)
lawyer politician
Octavio Lepage Barreto was a Venezuelan politician who served as the acting president of Venezuela from 21 May 1993 to 5 June 1993.
Ceci linda

69. Ceci linda

1818-1881 (aged 63)
poet lawyer journalist philosopher
Cecilio Juan Ramón del Carmen Acosta Revete, was a Venezuelan writer, journalist, lawyer, philosopher and humanist.
Tibisay Lucena

70. Tibisay Lucena

1959-2023 (aged 64)
sociologist politician
Tibisay Lucena Ramírez was a Venezuelan politician, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) between 2006 and 2020, one of the five branches of government of Venezuela. Since 2017, Lucena was sanctioned by several countries for her role in undermining democracy and human rights in the country.
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José Vicente Rangel

71. José Vicente Rangel

1929-2020 (aged 91)
lawyer journalist diplomat politician
José Vicente Rangel Vale was a Venezuelan politician. He ran for president three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, as Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2002, and as the vice president from 2002 to 2007.
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Ivian Sarcos

72. Ivian Sarcos

1989-. (aged 37)
model beauty pageant contestant
Ivian Sarcos is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2011 on November 6, 2011, in London, United Kingdom. Sarcos is the sixth woman from Venezuela to win Miss World.
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Arturo Uslar Pietri

73. Arturo Uslar Pietri

1906-2001 (aged 95)
librarian journalist diplomat biographer writer
Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa

74. Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa

1902-1993 (aged 91)
poet lawyer educator philosopher politician
Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa, was a Venezuelan politician. A founder of Democratic Action and minister of education in its first government (1947–1948), he was a leader of Democratic Action after the restoration of democracy in 1958. He split from Democratic Action in 1967 when it tried to prevent his victory in district-level primary elections for the 1968 presidential race translating...
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Raúl Leoni

75. Raúl Leoni

1905-1972 (aged 67)
lawyer politician
Raúl Leoni Otero was the president of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He was a member of the Generation of 1928 and a charter member of the Acción Democrática party, and the first Labor minister of Venezuela (during El Trienio Adeco, 1945–48).
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Juliette Pardau

76. Juliette Pardau

1986-. (aged 40)
actor
Juliette Marian Del Valle Pardau López is a Venezuelan actress and singer.
Jaime Lusinchi

77. Jaime Lusinchi

1924-2014 (aged 90)
politician physician
Jaime Ramón Lusinchi was the president of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the external debt, populist policies, currency depreciation, inflation and corruption that exacerbated the crisis of the political system established in 1958.
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Jacinto Convit

78. Jacinto Convit

1913-2014 (aged 101)
physician
Jacinto Convit García was a Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer. He played a role in founding Venezuela's National Institute of Biomedicine and held many leprosy-related positions. Among Convit's many honors for his work on leprosy and tropical diseases was Spain's Prince of Asturias Award in the Scientific...
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Andrés Eloy Blanco

79. Andrés Eloy Blanco

1896-1955 (aged 59)
diplomat poet politician
Andrés Eloy Blanco Meaño was a noted Venezuelan poet and politician. He was a member of the Generación del 28, and one of the founders of Acción Democrática (AD). He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela from 15 February 1948 until 24 November 1948.
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Viviana Gibelli

80. Viviana Gibelli

1966-. (aged 60)
pediatrician television presenter film director actor physician
Viviana Águeda Gibelli Gómez is a Venezuelan actress, tv host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She participated at Miss Venezuela 1987 obtaining the position of second finalist, she represented Venezuela in the contest: Miss Wonderland 1987 where she was crowned queen of the American continent.
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Fernando Carrillo

81. Fernando Carrillo

1970-. (aged 56)
singer pianist model television actor film actor
Fernando Enrique Carrillo Roselli is a Venezuelan actor, model and singer.
José María Vargas

82. José María Vargas

1786-1854 (aged 68)
politician physician
José María Vargas Ponce was the president of Venezuela from 1835 to 1836. He was elected in the 1834 Venezuelan presidential election, the first free and fair elections in South America. He defeated the candidate supported by incumbent president. Vargas was Venezuela's first civilian president.
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Francisco de Miranda

83. Francisco de Miranda

1750-1816 (aged 66)
translator soldier politician writer
Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza, commonly known as Francisco de Miranda ( Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko ðe miˈɾanda]), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish American wars of independence. He is regarded as a precursor of South America's liberation from the Spanish Empire, and...
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Andrés Bello

84. Andrés Bello

1781-1865 (aged 84)
historian diplomat philologist philosopher translator
Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López was a Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture. Bello is featured on the old 2,000 Venezuelan bolívar and the 20,000 Chilean peso notes.
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José Gregorio Hernández

85. José Gregorio Hernández

1864-1919 (aged 55)
physician
José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, O.F.S. was a Venezuelan physician and active member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Born in Isnotú, Trujillo State, he became a highly renowned doctor, more so after his death. Known for his many acts of charity for the poor of his society and his dedicated life of faith, he was beatified by the Catholic...
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Rómulo Gallegos

86. Rómulo Gallegos

1884-1969 (aged 85)
writer novelist journalist politician
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power after only nine months by a military coup.
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Rafael Caldera

87. Rafael Caldera

1916-2009 (aged 93)
lawyer sociologist university teacher politician
Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez was a Venezuelan politician and academician who was the 46th and 51st president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999, thus becoming the longest serving democratically elected politician to govern the country in the twentieth century.
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Rómulo Betancourt

88. Rómulo Betancourt

1908-1981 (aged 73)
lawyer politician journalist
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello, known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was a Venezuelan politician who served as the president of Venezuela, from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of the Democratic Action, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century.
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Antonio José Leocadio Ramón de La Trinidad y María Guzmán Blanco

89. Antonio José Leocadio Ramón de La Trinidad y María Guzmán Blanco

1829-1899 (aged 70)
lawyer diplomat soldier politician
Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco was a Venezuelan military leader, statesman, diplomat and politician. He was the president of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870 until 1877, from 1879 until 1884, and from 1886 until 1887 and General during the Venezuelan Federal War.
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Delcy Rodríguez

90. Delcy Rodríguez

1969-. (aged 57)
authority lawyer diplomat politician
Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat, and politician who has served as the acting president of Venezuela since 3 January 2026, after the United States captured and de facto removed President Nicolás Maduro from power. Rodríguez was formally sworn in two days later. She was the vice president of Venezuela from 2018 to 2026. Rodríguez also held...
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Edmundo González

91. Edmundo González

1949-. (aged 77)
diplomat
Edmundo González Urrutia is a Venezuelan politician, analyst, and diplomat. An opposition figure, he is a member of the Unitary Platform political alliance. González was its candidate in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. González has previously served as the Venezuelan ambassador to Argentina and Algeria. He also sits on the editorial board of El Nacional.
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Jorge Rodríguez

92. 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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Henrique Capriles Radonski

93. 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.
Arturo Sosa Abascal

94. 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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Lilian Tintori

95. 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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Irene Sáez

96. Irene Sáez

1961-. (aged 65)
mayor governor model beauty pageant contestant actor
Irene Lailin Sáez Conde is a Venezuelan politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1981. She has been a model, was the mayor of Chacao (a municipality of Caracas), governor of the state of Nueva Esparta and a presidential candidate in 1998.
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Tarek William Saab

97. Tarek William Saab

1962-. (aged 64)
poet lawyer writer prosecutor Public Ministry of Venezuela
Tarek William Saab Halabi is a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and poet. He was a leader of the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) party founded by Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, who publicly called him "The poet of the revolution". He was the Governor of Anzoátegui from 2004 to 2012, and a member of the Committee for Justice and Truth since 2013....
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Benjamín Rausseo

98. Benjamín Rausseo

1961-. (aged 65)
film screenwriter film actor film director actor screenwriter
Benjamín Rausseo Rodríguez is a Venezuelan artist, stand-up comedian and career humorist best known for his character Er Conde del Guácharo (translation: "The Count of Guacharo").
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Laura Bozzo

99. Laura Bozzo

1951-. (aged 75)
television director writer television producer lawyer politician
Laura Cecilia Bozzo Rotondo is a Peruvian talk show hostess, best known for her Spanish-language talk show Laura that was broadcast in the United States on the Univision television network.
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Carlos Andrés Pérez

100. Carlos Andrés Pérez

1922-2010 (aged 88)
politician
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez, also known by his initials CAP and often referred to as El Gocho (due to his Andean origins), was a Venezuelan politician who served as the 47th and 50th president of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. He was one of the founders of Acción Democrática, the dominant political party in...
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