Notable Alumni of Complutense University of Madrid [Sorted List]

1. Eduardo Dato

1856-1921 (aged 65)

jurist lawyer diplomat politician

Eduardo Dato e Iradier was a Spanish political leader during the Spanish Restoration period. He served three times as Spanish prime minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 until his assassination by Catalan anarchists. He also held eleven cabinet ministries, and was four times president...

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2. Inés Hernand

1992-. (aged 34)

television presenter lawyer YouTuber comedian influencer

Inés Hernández, known as Inés Hernand, is a Spanish lawyer, influencer, comedian, communicator, and television presenter.

3. Fernando León de Aranoa

1968-. (aged 58)

television writer documentarian producer caricaturist film screenwriter

Fernando León de Aranoa is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.

4. Jesús Huerta de Soto

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher writer conferencier intellectual economist

Jesús Huerta de Soto Ballester is a Spanish economist of the Austrian School. He is a professor in the Department of Applied Economics at King Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Spain and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute.

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5. Lidia San José

1983-. (aged 43)

actor

Lidia San José Segura is a Spanish television and theatre actress.

6. Pedro Piqueras

1955-. (aged 71)

writer announcer editor-in-chief television presenter orator

Pedro María Piqueras Gómez is a Spanish journalist and newscaster. After rising to fame as a newcaster on TVE's Telediario, in 2006 he swapped to the relaunched Informativos Telecinco.

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7. Ana Botella

1953-. (aged 73)

civil servant politician

Ana María Botella Serrano is a Spanish People's Party politician who served as the Mayor of Madrid, the capital city of Spain, from the end of 2011 until 2015 and the wife of Prime Minister José María Aznar. She was the first woman to hold the title of mayor of Madrid.

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8. Víctor Erice

1940-. (aged 86)

screenwriter director film director

Víctor Erice Aras is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his first two feature fiction films, The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and El Sur (1983).

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9. Javier Sierra

1971-. (aged 55)

writer researcher journalist television presenter

Javier Sierra Albert is a journalist, writer and researcher who studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid.

10. Manuel Rivas

1957-. (aged 69)

writer film director journalist screenwriter

Manuel Rivas Barrós is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.

11. Javier Fesser

1964-. (aged 62)

screenwriter film director film editor

Javier Fesser Pérez de Petinto is a Spanish film director and publicist. He is a multiple Goya Award winner for his films Camino and Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo, and an Academy Award nominee for his film Binta and the Great Idea.

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12. Dámaso Alonso

1899-1990 (aged 91)

romanist linguist university teacher poet literary critic

Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.

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13. Félix Bolaños

1975-. (aged 51)

legal adviser civil servant lawyer politician

Félix Bolaños García is a Spanish lawyer and politician who serves as minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes since 2023. Previously, he served as Secretary-General of the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain from 2018 to 2021, and as minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory from 2021 to 2023.

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14. Ratinho Júnior

1981-. (aged 45)

deputy businessperson politician

Carlos Roberto Massa Júnior, best known as Ratinho Júnior, is a Brazilian politician and the son of television host and former politician Ratinho. Ratinho Júnior is the current governor of the state of Paraná, having won the 2018 and 2022 elections.

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15. Lucía Etxebarria

1966-. (aged 60)

biographer screenwriter novelist writer poet

Lucía María Echevarría de Asteinza, known as Lucía Etxebarria, is a Spanish writer, winner of Premio Nadal in 1998 and Premio Planeta de Novela in 2004.

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16. Juan José Millás

1946-. (aged 80)

writer novelist journalist short story writer

Juan José Millás is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad Complutense.

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17. Lorenzo Silva

1966-. (aged 60)

writer novelist lawyer short story writer

Lorenzo Manuel Silva Amador is a Spanish award-winning writer. After earning a law degree at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, he worked as a lawyer from 1992 to 2002.

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18. Mónica García Gómez

1974-. (aged 52)

anesthesiologist writer politician

Mónica García Gómez is a Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, currently serving as minister of health since 2023.

19. Teresa Ribera

1969-. (aged 57)

civil servant jurist lawyer politician

Teresa Ribera Rodríguez is a Spanish jurist, civil servant, academic, and politician. Since 2024, she has served as the First Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition in the second von der Leyen Commission.

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20. Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria

1938-2015 (aged 77)

aristocrat

Don Carlos María Alfonso Marcelo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma, Infante of Spain, Duke of Calabria was, at his death, the last male infante of Spain during the reigns of his cousins King Juan Carlos I and King Felipe VI.

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21. Cristina Almeida

1944-. (aged 82)

lawyer politician

María Cristina Almeida Castro is a Spanish lawyer and politician.

22. Carmen Laforet

1921-2004 (aged 83)

writer novelist

Carmen Laforet was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela with his novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte. She received the Premio Nadal in 1944.

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23. Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde

1922-1998 (aged 76)

surgeon military personnel

Don Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Ortega, 10th Marquess of Villaverde was a Spanish aristocrat, the son-in-law of dictator Francisco Franco, and a heart surgeon. In Spanish, his peerage is written El X Marqués de Villaverde (English: The 10th Marquess of Villaverde).

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24. Rodrigo Rato

1949-. (aged 77)

banker economist politician

Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo is a businessman and politician who served in the Council of Ministers of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He also served as the ninth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2004 to 2007 and the president of Bankia from 2010 to 2012.

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25. Elvira Lindo

1962-. (aged 64)

screenwriter film director writer journalist actor

Elvira Lindo is a Spanish journalist and writer.

26. Rita Maestre

1988-. (aged 38)

politician

Rita Maestre Fernández is a Spanish political scientist and politician. A member of the Madrid City Council since 2015, she served as Spokesperson of the municipal government board presided by Manuela Carmena from 2015 to 2019.

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27. Stella Assange

1983-. (aged 43)

lawyer human rights defender

Stella Assange is a Swedish-Spanish lawyer. Throughout her career, she has been an international advocate for human rights, most prominently in the case of her husband, Julian Assange. She changed her name to Stella Moris in 2012 and later to Stella Moris-Smith Robertson.

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28. Jacinto Benavente

1866-1954 (aged 88)

playwright film director journalist poet lawyer

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".

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29. Miguel Boyer

1939-2014 (aged 75)

economist businessperson socialite politician

Miguel Boyer was a Spanish economist and politician, who served as minister of economy, treasury and commerce from 1982 to 1985.

30. Brays Efe

1988-. (aged 38)

actor screenwriter

Brays Fernández Vidal, best known by the stage name Brays Efe, is a Spanish actor and television personality. He became popular for his role in the comedy web series Paquita Salas.

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31. David Trueba

1969-. (aged 57)

actor screenwriter writer film actor film director

David Rodríguez Trueba is a Spanish filmmaker and author.

32. Fernando Trueba

1955-. (aged 71)

actor screenwriter director animator film director

Fernando Rodríguez Trueba, known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish filmmaker, writer, producer and book editor.

33. Victoria Kent

1898-1987 (aged 89)

jurist lawyer politician

Victoria Kent Siano was a Spanish lawyer and republican politician.

34. Josep Pedrerol

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist television presenter

Josep Pedrerol Alonso is a Real Madrid sports journalist who, within the Atresmedia group, presents the sports news program Jugones on La Sexta and the sports talk show El Madridista on Mega.

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35. Jorge Verstrynge Rojas

1948-. (aged 78)

political analyst sociologist university teacher politician

Jorge Verstrynge Rojas is a Spanish former politician, activist and political scientist, professor in the Complutense University of Madrid. Close to neofascist movements in his youth and Secretary-General of People's Alliance in the 1980s, he experimented along his political career an ideological switch towards leftist positions.

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36. Ana Rosa Quintana

1956-. (aged 70)

television presenter TV debater

Ana Rosa Quintana Hortal is a Spanish journalist and television presenter. Having originally started out in radio, she rose to fame on Antena 3's daytime chat show Sabor a ti. She later jumped ship to Telecinco to host El programa de Ana Rosa, which frequently led the ratings from 2005 until it was axed in 2023.

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37. Nadia Calviño

1968-. (aged 58)

politician economist

Nadia María Calviño Santamaría is a Spanish economist and civil servant serving as the President of the European Investment Bank since January 2024.

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38. Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

1969-. (aged 57)

journalist television presenter actor announcer

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish screen and stage actress, journalist and television presenter.

39. Fernando Savater

1947-. (aged 79)

politician writer philosopher activist professor of philosophy

Fernando Fernández-Savater Martín is a Spanish philosopher, essayist and author.

40. Margarita Salas

1938-2019 (aged 81)

molecular biologist molecular geneticist university teacher biochemist scientist

Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marchioness of Canero was a Spanish scientist, medical researcher, and author in the fields of biochemistry and molecular genetics.

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41. Severo Ochoa

1905-1993 (aged 88)

writer biochemist university teacher physician

Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".

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42. Esperanza Aguirre

1952-. (aged 74)

jurist lawyer politician

Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma is a Spanish politician. As member of the People's Party (PP), she served as President of the Senate between 1999 and 2002 (becoming the first female politician to have held the post), as President of the Community of Madrid between 2003 and 2012 and as Minister of Education and Culture (1996–1999). She also chaired...

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43. Eduard Punset

1936-2019 (aged 83)

economist lawyer writer university teacher politician

Eduard Punset i Casals was a Spanish politician, lawyer, economist, and science popularizer.

44. Carlos Arias Navarro

1908-1989 (aged 81)

lawyer politician

Carlos Arias Navarro, 1st Marquess of Arias Navarro, was the Prime Minister of Spain during the final years of the Francoist dictatorship and the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy.

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45. Clara Galle

2002-. (aged 24)

model dancer television actor actor film actor

Clara Huete Sánchez, known professionally as Clara Galle, is a Spanish actress and model. She is best known for her lead role as Raquel in Through My Window (2022).

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46. Javier Ambrossi

1984-. (aged 42)

television actor screenwriter film actor theatrical director stage actor

Francisco Javier García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi, better known as Javier Ambrossi, is a Spanish writer, producer, director and actor. He is best known for forming a creative duo with Javier Calvo, with whom he has delivered the stage play La llamada and its film adaptation, as well as the television series Paquita Salas, Veneno and La mesías.

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47. Javier Marías

1951-2022 (aged 71)

professor writer translator novelist editor

Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White (Corazón tan blanco, 1992), Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, 1994) and the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, widely regarded as his greatest achievement. In addition to his novels, he also published three collections...

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48. Antonio García Ferreras

1966-. (aged 60)

professor journalist television presenter television director

Antonio García Ferreras is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.

49. Cristina Cifuentes

1964-. (aged 62)

civil servant lawyer politician

María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas is a former Spanish politician of the People's Party. She was the President of the Community of Madrid from 24 June 2015 to her 25 April 2018 resignation. From 16 January 2012 to 13 April 2015, she served as the Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid.

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50. Fernando Rey

1917-1994 (aged 77)

actor

Fernando Casado Arambillet, best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Viridiana, 1961; Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as...

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51. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

1951-2019 (aged 68)

senior lecturer chemist politician

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba was a Spanish statesman, politician and chemist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2010 to 2011, and previously as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993, as Minister of the Presidency from 1993 to 1996, as Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2011 and as acting Minister of Defence between May and June...

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52. Benito Pérez Galdós

1843-1920 (aged 77)

playwright poet writer novelist politician

Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist and politician. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.

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53. Infanta Cristina of Spain

1965-. (aged 61)

sailor

Infanta Cristina is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after her brother King Felipe VI's children, her sister Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Elena's children Felipe and Victoria.

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54. Alejandro Amenábar

1972-. (aged 54)

film score composer composer film producer film director film editor

Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer. He has won nine Goya Awards—including Best Director for his 2001 film The Others—and two European Film Awards among other honors; he also accepted an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film on behalf of Spain for The Sea Inside. He has written (or co-written) the screenplays to...

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55. Íñigo Errejón

1983-. (aged 43)

politician political scientist

Íñigo Errejón Galván is a Spanish political scientist and former politician.

56. Sara Carbonero

1984-. (aged 42)

presenter television presenter journalist sports journalist

Sara Carbonero Arévalo is a Spanish sports journalist. Since early 2000, she was a TV presenter for Telecinco, until she moved to Porto, in Portugal, when her ex-husband Iker Casillas joined Porto in July 2015.

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57. Ana Obregón

1953-. (aged 73)

television presenter dancer film actor television actor singer

Ana Victoria García Obregón, better known as Ana Obregón, is a Spanish actress, television presenter, and socialite. Obregón has appeared in European and American films but she is best known for her high-profile personal life and her career as a television presenter, hosting shows such as ¿Qué apostamos?, and, as a television actress, starring in television series such as Ana...

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58. Santiago Segura

1965-. (aged 61)

comics artist actor director writer film actor

Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books.

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59. Almudena Grandes

1960-2021 (aged 61)

screenwriter novelist short story writer writer journalist

María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her "one of the most important writers of...

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60. Julio Iglesias Jr

1973-. (aged 53)

singer fashion model guitarist model pianist

Julio Iglesias Jr. is a Spanish singer-songwriter.

61. Antonio Luna

1866-1899 (aged 33)

military officer

Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino army general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899, at the age of 32.

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62. Queen Letizia of Spain

1972-. (aged 54)

aristocrat journalist television presenter war correspondent

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano is Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe VI.

63. Seo Yea-ji

1990-. (aged 36)

model television actor actor film actor

Seo Yea-ji is a South Korean actress. She began her acting career in the sitcom Potato Star 2013QR3 (2013–2014). This was followed by major roles in period drama Diary of a Night Watchman (2014), thriller Last (2015), and fantasy Moorim School: Saga of the Brave (2016). Her notable lead roles in television series include Save Me (2017) and Lawless Lawyer...

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64. Luis Buñuel

1900-1983 (aged 83)

film director writer film editor film producer actor

Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's works are known for their avant-garde surrealism which was also infused with political commentary.

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65. Miguel de Unamuno

1864-1936 (aged 72)

university teacher writer playwright essayist literary critic

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which The Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish...

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66. Isabel Díaz Ayuso

1978-. (aged 48)

politician communications adviser

Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso is a Spanish politician who has served as the president of the Community of Madrid since 2019. She is also the president of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid since 2022.

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67. Francisco Quevedo

1584-1645 (aged 61)

novelist poet writer

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago, was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo. This style existed in stark contrast to...

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68. Arturo Pérez-Reverte

1951-. (aged 75)

television presenter novelist editor-in-chief journalist war correspondent

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in 1986.

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69. José María Aznar

1953-. (aged 73)

inspector businessperson politician

José María Aznar López is a Spanish politician who was the prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People's Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in Spain.

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70. Julio Iglesias

1943-. (aged 83)

singer composer businessperson songwriter recording artist

Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record sellers in music history, having sold more than 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages. It is estimated that during his career he has performed in more than 5,000...

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71. Rita Barberá Nolla

1948-2016 (aged 68)

civil servant economist journalist politician

María Rita Barberá Nolla was a Spanish politician who was the mayor of Valencia from 1991 until 2015.

72. Antonio Muñoz Molina

1956-. (aged 70)

writer author novelist journalist

Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.

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73. Carolina Bescansa

1971-. (aged 55)

political scientist sociologist university teacher politician

Carolina Bescansa is a Spanish politician and political scientist who co-founded the political party Podemos. She was a representative for Madrid in the Spanish Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019.

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74. Javier Solana

1942-. (aged 84)

physicist diplomat university teacher politician

Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga KCMG CYC is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), leading the alliance during Operation Allied Force, he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of...

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75. Dolores Delgado

1962-. (aged 64)

prosecutor jurist politician

Dolores Delgado García is a Spanish prosecutor who served as Attorney General of Spain from 2020 to 2022. Previously, she served as Minister of Justice and First Notary of the Kingdom from 2018 to 2020, in the first Pedro Sánchez administration.

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76. Eduardo Chillida

1924-2002 (aged 78)

graphic artist painter sculptor engraver illustrator

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his abstract works.

77. Josep Borrell

1947-. (aged 79)

politician diplomat trade unionist engineer economist

Josep Borrell Fontelles is a Spanish politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007 and as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, European...

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78. Pilar Alegría Continente

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

María del Pilar Alegría Continente is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician who served as minister of Education from July 2021 to December 2025, and as Spokesperson of the Government from November 2023 to December 2025.

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79. Santiago Ramón y Cajal

1852-1934 (aged 82)

university teacher pathologist neurologist essayist physician

Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specialising in neuroanatomy, and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. Ramón y Cajal was the first Spaniard to win a scientific Nobel Prize. His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer...

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80. Manuel Fraga

1922-2012 (aged 90)

writer diplomat university teacher politician

Manuel Fraga Iribarne was a Spanish professor and politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and one of the founders of the People's Alliance (Alianza Popular; AP). Fraga was the Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962 and 1969, Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975, Minister of the Interior in 1975, Second Deputy Prime Minister between 1975...

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81. María Dueñas

1964-. (aged 62)

university teacher novelist writer

María Dueñas Vinuesa is a Spanish writer and professor. She rose to fame in 2009 with El tiempo entre costuras, her first novel, which became one of the best-selling works of Spanish literature in recent years and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She is particularly known for her historical novels set during periods of Spanish and international...

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82. Alberto Garzón

1985-. (aged 41)

minister economist politician

Alberto Carlos Garzón Espinosa is a Spanish former politician and economist. He was the Minister of Consumer Affairs from 2020 to 2023. He has been a member of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and United Left (Izquierda Unida, IU) since 2003. In the 2011 general election, he was elected as an MP within that coalition. He has been the...

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83. Pablo Casado Blanco

1981-. (aged 45)

lawyer politician

Pablo Casado Blanco is a Spanish former politician. He was a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid until 4 April 2022, having previously represented Ávila between 2011 and 2019. From 2015 to 2018, he also served as vice secretary general of communication of the People's Party (PP). From July 2018 until April 2022, he was the president of...

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84. Javier Santaolalla q

1982-. (aged 44)

telecommunications engineer physicist science communicator

Javier Santaolalla Camino is a Spanish physicist, engineer, doctor in particle physics and scientific popularizer. He has worked at the National Center for Space Studies (CNES) in France, CIEMAT and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), where he was part of the team that discovered the Higgs boson through the Large Hadron Collider (LHS) from CMS Experiment.

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85. Ana Blanco

1960-. (aged 66)

news presenter television presenter journalist announcer pedagogue

Ana Isabel Blanco López is a Spanish newscaster. From 1990 to 2022 she anchored Televisión Española's flagship daily newscast Telediario, on its three main editions –afternoon, evening, and weekend– in different seasons. She also hosted for some time the weekly Informe Semanal.

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86. Iván Redondo

1981-. (aged 45)

political adviser

Iván Redondo Bacaicoa is a Spanish political advisor who served as the 11th Moncloa Chief of Staff from 2018 to 2021.

87. Iker Jiménez

1973-. (aged 53)

novelist writer ufologist television director musician

Iker Jiménez Elizari is a Spanish journalist and television host. He is a graduate in sciences of information from the Complutense University of Madrid and the European University of Madrid, and gained prominence directing and presenting, along with his wife and collaborator Carmen Porter, mystery investigation program Milenio 3 in Cadena SER, after which they moved to television with the...

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88. Nevenka Fernández

1974-. (aged 52)

politician economist

Nevenka Fernández García is a Spanish economist. She was the councillor of Finance of Ponferrada between 1999 and 2000.

89. Elísabet Benavent

1984-. (aged 42)

writer

Elísabet Benavent is a Valencian writer, positioned as one of the most relevant writers of romance novels. She began her literary career with self-publishing her first book, En los zapatos de Valeria (2013). Her work is considered a success in more than 10 countries. Among all her publications, Benavent has sold around 3,000,000 copies. All of her novels have been...

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90. Pablo Iglesias Turrión

1978-. (aged 48)

university teacher political pundit politician political scientist television presenter

Pablo Iglesias Turrión is a Spanish political scientist and former politician. During his political career, he served as Second Deputy Prime Minister and as Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda of the Government of Spain from 2020 to 2021. He also served as Member of the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2021, representing Madrid. Iglesias is a co-founder...

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91. Adolfo Nicolás

1936-2020 (aged 84)

Catholic priest university teacher

Adolfo Nicolás Pachón SJ was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 2008 to 2016. He previously taught at Sophia University in Tokyo for twenty years and headed educational institutions in Manila from 1978 to 1984 and in Tokyo from 1991 to 1993. He led the Jesuits in Japan from...

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92. Juan Carlos Monedero

1963-. (aged 63)

political scientist professor politician

Juan Carlos Monedero Fernández-Gala is a Spanish political scientist and writer. He is a professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and a host of La Tuerka. He was one of the leading members of Podemos until he resigned in April 2015.

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93. José Rizal

1861-1896 (aged 35)

ophthalmologist

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a national hero of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement in the 1880s, which advocated political reforms...

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94. Santiago Auserón

1954-. (aged 72)

translator guitarist singer record producer

Santiago Auserón, also known as Juan Perro is a Spanish singer and lyricist. He was songwriter and vocalist of Spanish rock's Radio Futura. Auserón has been recognized with the Aragón Music Prize for Career Trajectory in 2017, Cubadisco Prize for the Best International Album in 2017 and Aragón Music Prize for the Best Soloist 2019.

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95. Emmanuel Mounier

1905-1950 (aged 45)

teacher chef writer journalist philosopher

Emmanuel Mounier was a French philosopher, Catholic theologian, teacher and essayist.

96. Mario Vargas Llosa

1936-2025 (aged 89)

opinion journalist literary critic essayist prose writer philosopher

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a more substantial international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of...

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97. Alan García

1949-2019 (aged 70)

politician lawyer writer jurist sociologist

Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), and its only member to serve as president. Mentored by the APRA's founder, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, he...

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98. Luisa González

1977-. (aged 49)

lawyer politician

Luisa Magdalena González Alcivar is an Ecuadorian politician and lawyer. She has been the President of the Citizen Revolution Movement since 2023 and was the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 general election and 2025 general election. She previously was a member of the National Assembly between 2021 and 2023.

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99. Cesar Acuña

1952-. (aged 74)

educator businessperson politician

Cesar Acuña Peralta is a Peruvian politician and entrepreneur in the field of education. A controversial figure in Peruvian politics, he is the founder and leader of the Alliance for Progress party, which has achieved recognition for being the first party of provincial origin to gain electoral popularity at national level since its foundation in 2001.

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100. Enrique Dussel

1934-2023 (aged 89)

theologian university teacher church historian historian philosopher

Enrique Domingo Dussel Ambrosini was an Argentine-Mexican academic, philosopher, historian and theologian. He served as the interim rector of the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México from 2013 to 2014.

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