12 Notable alumni of Santo Tomas University
Updated: May 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Santo Tomas University is ranked #3,129 in the world and #26 in Colombia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Santo Tomas 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 Santo Tomas University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Santiago Castro-Gómez
1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher
philosopher
writer
Santiago Castro-Gómez is a Colombian philosopher, a professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the former director of the Pensar Institute in Bogotá.
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2. Alexandra Moreno Piraquive
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
politician
Alexandra Moreno Piraquive is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Senator of Colombia from 2002 to 2014.
3. Custodio García Rovira
1780-1816 (aged 36)
lawyer
painter
José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira was a Neogranadine general, statesman and painter, who fought for the independence of New Granada from Spain, and became President of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816. He was executed a month later during the Reconquista, at the hands of Pablo Morillo.
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4. Juan Manuel Corzo Román
1961-. (aged 65)
lawyer
politician
Juan Manuel Corzo Román is a Colombian lawyer and politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2002. A Conservative party politician, he was first elected to Congress as Representative for the Department of North Santander in 1998. He ran and was elected Senator of Colombia in 2002, continuing to be re-elected in 2006 and 2010; he forms part of...
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5. Gerardo Reyes
1958-. (aged 68)
journalist
writer
Gerardo Reyes Copello is an investigative journalist. He works as director of the investigative unit of Univision Network. He worked at El Nuevo Herald in Miami, Florida. In The Miami Herald, he won a shared Pulitzer prize in 1999.
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6. Olga Duque de Ospina
1930-2019 (aged 89)
politician
Olga Duque de Ospina was a Colombian lawyer and politician, a member of the Conservative party, having served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives representing Bogotá, D.C. from 1970 to 1974. She later served as Governor of Huila and later served as Senator of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 and again from 1986 to 1990. She would finally...
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7. Isabel Agatón Santander
1969-. (aged 57)
lawyer
poet
Isabel Agatón Santander is a Colombian poet, lawyer, writer and feminist. Promoter of the Rosa Elvira Cely Law (Law 1761 of 2015) which defines femicide as a crime in Colombia, she integrated the editorial commission of Law 1257 of 2008 about violence against women. She was a judge in the Tribunales de Conciencia de Justicia Para las Mujeres in Nicaragua...
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8. Atanasio Girardot
1791-1813 (aged 22)
military officer
Manuel Atanasio Girardot Díaz was a Neogranadine military officer and one of the heroes of the Colombian and Venezuelan wars of Independence. He is famous for having died during the Battle of Bárbula, trying to plant the republican flag on Bárbula Hill.
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9. Rafael María Baralt
1810-1860 (aged 50)
writer
literary critic
poet
journalist
Rafael María Baralt y Pérez was a Venezuelan diplomat and one of the country's most famed writers, philologists, and historians. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española.
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10. Francisco de Paula Santander
1792-1840 (aged 48)
military personnel
politician
Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña was a Neogranadine military and political leader who served as Vice-President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and was later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837. Santander played a pivotal role in the Colombian War of Independence being one of the main...
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11. 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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12. 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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