60 Notable alumni of El Rosario University
Updated: May 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
El Rosario University is ranked #1,251 in the world and #6 in Colombia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 60 notable alumni from El Rosario University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with El Rosario University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Néstor Osorio Londoño
1947-. (aged 79)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
Néstor Osorio Londoño is a Colombian diplomat who was the former Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He has been President of both the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
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2. Elíseo Arango Ramos
1900-1977 (aged 77)
diplomat
politician
Elíseo Arango Ramos was a Colombian lawyer and diplomat who served as the fourth Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and as Minister of Foreign Affairs. A Conservative Party ideologue and politician, he was part of the far-right group known as "Los Leopardos" (The Leopards).
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3. José María García de Toledo
1769-1816 (aged 47)
lawyer
José María García de Toledo y de Madariaga was a Neogranadine lawyer and politician, who fought against the Royalist forces during the Patria Boba period that preceded the Colombian War of Independence.
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4. José Telésforo Paúl
1831-1889 (aged 58)
Catholic priest
rhetorician
José Telésforo Paúl y Vargas, SJ was a Colombian Catholic bishop and Jesuit who worked in Panama and Colombia. Born in Bogotá, he served as bishop of Panamá from 1876 to 1884 and as archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (now the Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia) from 1884 until his death in 1889.
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5. Salvador Camacho
1827-1900 (aged 73)
economist
lawyer
sociologist
politician
journalist
Salvador Camacho Roldán was a Colombian lawyer, businessman and politician who, as Presidential Designate, served as President of Colombia ad interim in 1868 and again in 1871. He also served as Congressman in both houses, Governor of Panama, and Secretary Foreign Affairs, of Finance and Development, and of Treasury and Public Credit.
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6. Luis Antonio Robles Suárez
1849-1899 (aged 50)
lawyer
politician
Luis Antonio Robles Suárez also known as "El Negro Robles", was a Colombian lawyer and politician. He was the first Afro-Colombian to hold a cabinet-level ministry in Colombia serving as Secretary of the Treasury and Public Credit during the administration of President Aquileo Parra Gómez, as well as being the first Afro-Colombian Congressperson as Member of the Chamber of Representatives...
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7. Carlos Arango Vélez
1897-1974 (aged 77)
lawyer
Carlos Arango Vélez, was a Colombian Jurist and Liberal Party Politician.
8. Fernando Serrano
1779-1819 (aged 40)
lawyer
politician
Manuel Fernando Serrano Uribe was a Neogranadine statesman, lawyer, and officer who became Governor of the Province of Pamplona and wrote its Constitution in 1815. He also served as the last President of the United Provinces of the New Granada before its dissolution and complete Reconquista.
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9. Joaquín Acosta
1800-1852 (aged 52)
scientist
explorer
geographer
historian
geologist
Tomás Joaquín de Acosta y Pérez de Guzmán was a Colombian explorer, historian, chorographer, and geologist.
10. Mauricio Gómez Amín
1981-. (aged 45)
lawyer
politician
Mauricio Gómez Amín is a Colombian lawyer, politician and a member of the Liberal Party.
11. Nicolás Esguerra
1838-1923 (aged 85)
civil servant
lawyer
politician
Nicolás Esguerra was a Colombian lawyer and statesman.
12. Diego Uribe Vargas
1931-2022 (aged 91)
docent
lawyer
diplomat
politician
Diego Uribe Vargas was a Colombian diplomat and politician. A member of the Colombian Liberal Party, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1978 to 1981.
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13. Gloria María Borrero
1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer
politician
Gloria María Borrero is a Colombian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2018 to 2019.
14. Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero
politician
economist
Beatriz Elena Uribe Botero is a Colombian economist and politician currently serving as the 1st President of the National Mining Agency Colombia.
15. Liborio Zerda
1830-1919 (aged 89)
anthropologist
physician
Liborio Zerda was a Colombian physician and Muisca scholar. Zerda has been important in the natural sciences of the late 19th and early 20th century in Colombia, publishing many articles about various topics, from medicine to chemical analysis, radioactivity and the popular drink chicha.
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16. Tulio Botero Salazar
1904-1981 (aged 77)
Latin Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M., was a Colombian ecclesiastic of the Catholic Church, belonging to the Congregation of the Mission. He was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Cartagena, first bishop of the Diocese of Zipaquirá and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Medellín.
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17. Juan Agustín Uricoechea Navarro
1824-1883 (aged 59)
politician
Juan Agustín Uricoechea Navarro was a Colombian lawyer and politician, interim president of the United States of Colombia temporarily replacing Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera during the war with ecuador
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18. Katherine Miranda
1985-. (aged 41)
political scientist
Luvi Katherine Miranda Peña is a Colombian political scientist and political activist with studies in identity and conflict and with academic immersion in Culture of Peace, Social Cohesion and Intercultural Dialogue from the University of Barcelona, Spain. She participated in Antanas Mockus' presidential campaign in 2010 and for years she dedicated himself to defending the peace process between the Colombian...
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19. Jaime Castro Castro
1938-. (aged 88)
statesperson
lawyer
diplomat
politician
Jaime Castro Castro is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Mayor of Bogotá from 1992 to 1994. A Liberal Party politician, he served as Minister of Government under President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, and as Minister of Justice under President Misael Pastrana Borrero.
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20. Santos Acosta
1828-1901 (aged 73)
politician
Manuel María de los Santos Acosta Castillo was a Colombian General and political figure. He served as the president of Colombia from 1867 until 1868.
21. Carlos Antonio Mendoza
1856-1916 (aged 60)
lawyer
politician
Carlos Antonio Mendoza Soto was a Panamanian politician who served in 1908 and 1909 as the second presidential designate in the government of José Domingo de Obaldía. After the death of the first presidential designate José Agustín Arango in 1909 he was first in line to the presidency. In that capacity, Mendoza became President of Panama from 1 March 1910...
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22. Luis Vidales
1904-1990 (aged 86)
writer
poet
journalist
art critic
Luis Vidales was a Colombian poet, writer, statistician and politician. Born in Calarcá, Quindío, Colombia. In Bogotá, he was a founding member of the literary group Los Nuevos, where he participated in various literary and political gatherings with Luis Tejada, Ricardo Rendon, León de Greiff, José Mar and others.
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23. Joaquín Camacho
1766-1816 (aged 50)
historian
lawyer
journalist
politician
José Joaquín Justo Camacho y Rodriguez de Lago was a Neogranadine statesman, lawyer, journalist and professor, who worked for the Independence of the New Granada, what is now Colombia, and participated in the Open Cabildo which declared the Act of Independence, of which he was also a signer. He was executed during the Reign of Terror of Pablo Morillo after...
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24. María del Rosario Guerra
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
economist
María del Rosario Guerra de La Espriella is a Colombian economist, professor and politician who has served as Senator since 2014. She was elected under a newly created political party, the Democratic Center, which is led by former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Guerra was the Minister of Communications under President Uribe from July 2006 until January 2010. In March 2017,...
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25. José Eusebio Otalora
1826-1884 (aged 58)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
José Eusebio Otálora Martínez was a Colombian statesman and General who became President of the United States of Colombia in 1882 in his capacity as the Second Presidential Designate following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa, and the non-acceptance of the office by the First Designate Rafael Núñez.
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26. Manuel Rodríguez Torices
1788-1816 (aged 28)
lawyer
politician
journalist
Manuel Rodríguez Torices was a Neogranadine statesman, lawyer, journalist, and Precursor of the Independence of Colombia. He was part of the Triumvirate of the United Provinces of New Granada in 1815, and served as Vice President of the United Provinces after the triumvirate. He was executed during the Reign of Terror of Pablo Morillo in 1816.
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27. Guillermo Reyes
1965-. (aged 61)
lawyer
academic
writer
Guillermo Francisco Reyes González is a Colombian lawyer, writer and academic. Since August 11, 2022, he has held the position of Minister of Transport of his country, under the government of Gustavo Petro. Previously he was Deputy Minister of Justice, Counselor Minister of the Colombian Embassy before the United Nations and President of the National Electoral Council.
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28. Clímaco Calderón
1852-1913 (aged 61)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
Clímaco Calderón Reyes was a Colombian lawyer and politician, who became 15th President of Colombia for one day, following the death of President Francisco Javier Zaldúa.
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29. José María del Castillo y Rada
1776-1833 (aged 57)
economist
lawyer
politician
José María del Castillo y Rada was a neo-granadine politician, President of the United Provinces of the New Granada from October 5, 1814, until January 21, 1815. Castillo y Rada also served as Vice President of the Republic of Colombia from June 6, 1821, until October 3, 1821.
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30. Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen
1953-. (aged 73)
engineer
politician
Cecilia Álvarez-Correa Glen is an Industrial Engineer and Colombian politician who served as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Álvarez-Correa is credited as the second woman to hold this post in Colombian history. Previously, Álvarez-Correa served as the 12th Minister of Transport of Colombia.
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31. José Domingo de Obaldía
1845-1910 (aged 65)
politician
José Domingo de Obaldía Gallegos was President of Panama from October 1, 1908 to March 1, 1910.
32. José Fernández Madrid
1789-1830 (aged 41)
politician
writer
diplomat
journalist
physician
José Luis Álvaro Alvino Fernández Madrid was a Neogranadine statesman, physician, scientist and writer, who was President of the interim triumvirate of the United Provinces of New Granada in 1814, and President of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816. After the Spanish retook New Granada, he was barred from the country and was exiled in Havana, where...
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33. Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez
1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer
politician
Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez Castañeda is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She served as Senator of Colombia and Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, having served in both chambers as president.
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34. Domingo Caycedo
1783-1843 (aged 60)
politician
soldier
Domingo de Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría was a Colombian statesman who served as the vice president of Gran Colombia and the Republic of New Granada. He served as acting President of Colombia a total of eleven times, the most terms any president has served to date. He is also credited for creating the Republic of New Granada after the...
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35. Viviane Morales Hoyos
1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer
politician
Viviane Aleyda Morales Hoyos was the 6th Attorney General of Colombia and the first woman to hold that post. She was elected by the Supreme Court of Justice out of a list of three candidates presented by President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón that also included Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero and Carlos Gustavo Arrieta Padilla. On 2 March 2012, she resigned...
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36. Ramón González Valencia
1851-1928 (aged 77)
military personnel
politician
Ramón González Valencia was a Colombian conservative, military officer and statesman. He participated in the civil wars of 1876, Colombian Civil War of 1895, and the Thousand Days War.
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37. Joaquín Mosquera
1787-1878 (aged 91)
diplomat
politician
Joaquín Mariano de Mosquera-Figueroa y Arboleda-Salazar was a Colombian statesman and a Founding Father of Colombia who served as the 3rd and 5th President of Gran Colombia. Mosquera also served as Vice President of the Republic of New Granada. During the administration of President Simón Bolívar, he was named as the 1st Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the nascent...
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38. David Luna Sánchez
1975-. (aged 51)
lawyer
politician
David Luna Sánchez is a Colombian lawyer, politician, and former Minister of Information Technologies and Communications. He represented Bogotá in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia between 2006 and 2010 and was a member of the Senate of Colombia from 2021 to 2025.
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39. José Manuel Restrepo Abondano
1969-. (aged 57)
economist
Alfonso de Alemcastre
journalist
José Manuel Restrepo Abondano is a Colombian academic, economist, journalist and politician who served as the Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 3 May 2021 to 7 August 2022, he also served as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia since 7 August 2018 until 3 May 2021.
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40. Diego Molano
1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Diego Andrés Molano Aponte is a Colombian politician and business administrator who served as the Minister of National Defense from February 2021 to August 2022 under president Ivan Duque.
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41. Antonio Villavicencio
1775-1816 (aged 41)
military personnel
politician
Antonio Villavicencio y Verástegui was a statesman and soldier of New Granada, born in Quito, and educated in Spain. He served in the Battle of Trafalgar as an officer in the Spanish Navy with the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was sent as a representative of the Spanish Crown to New Granada, where his arrival was used as an excuse...
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42. Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo Martínez
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo Martínez is a Colombian politician and surgeon, graduated from the Universidad del Rosario, with specializations in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery from the University of Lund, and in pediatric cardiac surgery from the University of Uppsala, both in Sweden. He was elected governor of the department of Tolima on two occasions, one by presidential appointment and the other...
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43. Juan Gabriel Vásquez
1973-. (aged 53)
novelist
short story writer
writer
journalist
translator
Juan Gabriel Vásquez is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator. He has written many novels, short stories, literary essays, and numerous articles of political commentary.
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44. Clara Reds
1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer
politician
Clara Leticia Rojas González is a Colombian lawyer, university lecturer, and campaign manager for former senator and presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. She was kidnapped along with Betancourt by the FARC guerrilla group near San Vicente del Caguán on February 23, 2002, while Betancourt was campaigning for the presidency. After the kidnapping, Rojas was named as Betancourt's vice-presidential candidate.
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45. Samuel Moreno Rojas
1960-2023 (aged 63)
lawyer
politician
Samuel Gustavo Moreno Rojas was a Colombian lawyer and politician, son of former congressman Samuel Moreno Díaz and former presidential candidate María Eugenia Rojas Correa, grandson of former Colombian political-military authoritarian leader and ex-president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. His brother Iván Moreno Rojas is a former Mayor of Bucaramanga, minister and senator. On 28 October 2007, Moreno Rojas was elected Mayor...
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46. Jorge Tadeo Lozano
1771-1816 (aged 45)
journalist
chemist
botanist
politician
Jorge Tadeo Lozano de Peralta, Viscount of Pastrana was a Neogranadine (now Colombian) scientist, journalist, and politician who presided over the Constituent College of Cundinamarca and was elected President of Cundinamarca in 1811.
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47. Miguel Abadía Méndez
1867-1947 (aged 80)
writer
lawyer
diplomat
politician
Miguel Abadía Méndez was the 12th President of Colombia (1926–1930). A Conservative party politician, Abadía was the last president of the period known as the Conservative Hegemony, running unopposed and forming a one party Cabinet.
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48. Roy Barreras
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
physician
Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre is a Colombian politician and 2018 presidential candidate, he had served as senator from 2010 to 2023 and President of the Senate of Colombia from July 2022 to May 2023. In addition to senator, Barreras served as chairman of former governing party, the Union Party for the People. He entered politics in 2006 when he was...
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49. Eduardo Santos
1888-1974 (aged 86)
lawyer
journalist
diplomat
politician
Eduardo Santos Montejo was a Colombian publisher and politician who was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942.
50. Andrés Pastrana Arango
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
lawyer
diplomat
journalist
businessperson
Andrés Pastrana Arango is a Colombian politician who was the 31st President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002, following in the footsteps of his father, Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was president from 1970 to 1974.
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51. Rafael Pombo
1833-1912 (aged 79)
writer
diplomat
journalist
translator
poet
José Rafael de Pombo y Rebolledo was a Colombian poet born in Bogotá. Trained as a mathematician and an engineer in a military school, Rafael Pombo served in the army and he traveled to the United States of America as Secretary of the Legation in Washington. After completing his diplomatic assignment, he was hired by D. Appleton & Company in...
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52. Alfonso López Michelsen
1913-2007 (aged 94)
lawyer
diplomat
university teacher
politician
Alfonso López Michelsen was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. He was nicknamed "El Pollo" (The Chicken), a popular Colombian idiom for people with precocious careers.
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53. Germán Vargas Lleras
1962-. (aged 64)
lawyer
politician
Germán Vargas Lleras is a Colombian politician who recently served as Vice President of Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. A member of the Radical Change political party, he served four consecutive terms in the Senate, having been elected in 1994. German Vargas also served in the Cabinet as the Minister of Interior and then as the Minister of...
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54. Rafael Uribe Uribe
1859-1914 (aged 55)
military personnel
politician
lawyer
diplomat
journalist
Rafael Victor Zenón Uribe Uribe was a Colombian lawyer, journalist, and general in the liberal party rebel army.
55. Martha Peralta Epieyú
1988-. (aged 38)
jurist
lawyer
politician
Martha Isabel Peralta Epieyú is a Colombian lawyer, specialist in environmental law and indigenous leader of the Wayuu people belonging to the Epinayú Epieyú clan. She is president of the political party Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social (Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement). Peralta was elected to the Senate in the 2022 legislative election within the coalition of the Historical Pact...
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56. Mauricio Lizcano
1976-. (aged 50)
lawyer
politician
Óscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango is a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Information Technologies and Communications from 2023 to 2025 under President Gustavo Petro. Lizcano has served as General Director of Administrative Department of the Presidency and President of the Senate.
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57. Alberto Lleras Camargo
1906-1990 (aged 84)
diplomat
politician
journalist
Alberto Lleras Camargo was President of Colombia twice (1945–1946, 1958–1962), and the 1st Secretary General of the Organization of American States (1948–1954). A journalist and liberal party politician, he also served as Minister of Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and as Minister of National Education in the administrations of President Alfonso López Pumarejo. He briefly attended the National University of...
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58. Camilo Torres Tenorio
1766-1816 (aged 50)
lawyer
politician
José Camilo Clemente de Torres Tenorio was a Neogranadine independence leader and lawyer who also served as president of the United Provinces of New Granada. He is credited as being an early founder of the nation due to his role in early struggles for independence from Spain.
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59. Francisco José de Caldas
1768-1816 (aged 48)
military engineer
botanist
lawyer
astronomer
engineer
Francisco José de Caldas was a Neogranadine lawyer, military engineer, self-taught naturalist, mathematician, geographer and inventor (he created the first hypsometer), who was executed by orders of General Pablo Morillo during the Spanish American Reconquista for being a forerunner of the fight for the independence of New Granada (modern day Colombia). Arguably the first Colombian scientist, he is often nicknamed...
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60. Sandra Urrutia
1978-. (aged 48)
lawyer
Sandra Milena Urrutia Pérez is a Colombian lawyer specializing in telecommunications and administrative law from 2022 to 2023 as the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies.
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