Notable Alumni of Technical University of Madrid [Sorted List]

1. Jerónimo de la Gándara

1825-1877 (aged 52)

architect

Jerónimo de la Gándara was a Spanish architect who designed a number of public buildings during the reign of Isabella II of Spain.

2. Nerea Calvillo

1973-. (aged 53)

architect professor

Nerea Calvillo is a Spanish architect and researcher who investigates the intersection between architecture, science and technology, as well as feminist studies, new materials and urban political ecology. Specialized in the research of the visual representation of air in the atmosphere, she constructs graphic diagrams for the visualization of invisible microscopic agents in the air and thus influences the improvement...

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3. Juan Pavón

1962-. (aged 64)

computer scientist artificial intelligence researcher engineer

Juan Pavón is a Spanish computer scientist, full professor of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He is a pioneer researcher in the field of Software Agents, co-creator of the FIPA MESSAGE and INGENIAS methodologies, and founder and director of the research group GRASIA: GRoup of Agent-based, Social and Interdisciplinary Applications at UCM. He is known for his work in...

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4. Sergio Castiglione

1965-. (aged 61)

photographer

Sergio Castiglione is an Argentine photographer. He has exhibited his work in Argentina as well as abroad. He mainly focuses on urban exploration, travel, and architectural photography.

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5. Gustavo Scheps

1954-. (aged 72)

painter architect

Juan Gustavo Scheps Grandal is a Uruguayan architect and professor.

6. Àngel Fabregat

1965-. (aged 61)

poet writer

Àngel Fabregat Morera is a Catalan writer.

7. Pau Roselló

1990-. (aged 36)

fencer

Pau Roselló is a Spanish épée fencer, silver team medallist in the 2014 European Fencing Championships.

8. Carlos Romero López

1946-. (aged 80)

university teacher economist agronomist

Carlos Romero is a Spanish academic who specializes in the field of economic optimization chiefly by using multi-criteria programming methods, concretely goal programming methods. In 2006, the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making awarded him the Georg Cantor Medal.

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9. Fernando Pereira Soler

1930-2018 (aged 88)

university teacher highway engineer

Fernando Pereira Soler was a civil engineer, a university professor and third dean of IESE Business School. His book "Accounting for Management" was first published in 1970 and has gone through several editions.

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10. Miguel Herrero Uceda

1964-. (aged 62)

naturalist writer

Miguel Herrero Uceda is a writer, lecturer and natural scientist committed to the defence of the environment and the conservation of popular traditional culture. He has a PhD in artificial intelligence and was a professor at Universidad Complutense of Madrid. He is a promoter of the natural philosophy "arbotherapy", a therapy to combat the stress and the anxiety generated by...

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11. Agustín Maravall

1944-. (aged 82)

economist

Agustín Maravall Herrero is a Spanish economist. He is known for his contributions to the analysis of statistics and econometrics, particularly in seasonal adjustment and the estimation of signals in economic time series. He created a methodology and several computer programs for such analysis that are used throughout the world by analysts, researchers, and data producers. Maravall retired in December...

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12. Arturo Berned

1966-. (aged 60)

sculptor

Arturo Berned, is a Spanish sculptor whose works are conceived on the basis of mathematical laws and geometrical layouts charged with symbolism. In 1993 he graduated in Architecture, a profession that he exercised for several years and then combined with his love of sculpture. In the year 2000 he began to dedicate himself entirely to sculpture.

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13. Elena de la Cruz Martín

1972-2017 (aged 45)

politician

Elena de la Cruz Martín was the Minister of the Public Works of Castilla-La Mancha from July 2015 until her death on April 4, 2017.

14. Carmen Espegel

1960-. (aged 66)

university teacher architect

Carmen Espegel Alonso is a Doctor of Architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (Spain), where she teaches Architectural Project classes representing the Espegel Teaching Unit. She has been working at her own studio since 1985 and in 2003 she founded the firm espegel-fisac arquitectos. Her reference work, "Heroines of Space. Women Architects in the Modern Movement"...

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15. Marcos Ros Sempere

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Marcos Ros Sempere, is a Spanish politician, professor and architect, current Member of the European Parliament for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

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16. Mario Gerardo Piattini Velthuis

1966-. (aged 60)

computer scientist teacher writer

Mario Gerardo Piattini Velthuis. He is a computer scientist with diverse research in the field of systems and software engineering, founder of the Alarcos Research Group.

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17. Elisa Herrero Uceda

1957-2020 (aged 63)

writer

Elisa Herrero Uceda is a Spanish writer. She is committed to the defence of the environment and the conservation of folk culture. She has written articles and books on natural and folk culture.

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18. Marta Tejedor

1968-. (aged 58)

association football player association football coach

Marta Tejedor Munuera is a Spanish football coach who most recently managed Birmingham City of the FA Women's Super League.

19. Modesto López Otero

1885-1962 (aged 77)

teacher architect

Modesto López Otero was a Spanish architect. He taught for many years in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. He directed construction of the Madrid University City, much of which was damaged during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). He designed many houses, office buildings, monuments and churches. The Arco de la Victoria (1956) celebrates the victory of the...

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20. Fuensanta Nieto

1957-. (aged 69)

university teacher architect

Fuensanta Nieto de la Cierva is a Spanish architect. She is known for her work as a partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, a firm which she co-founded in 1984.

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21. Joseph Muzquiz

1912-1983 (aged 71)

historian jurist Latin Catholic priest highway engineer

Joseph Muzquiz was a Spanish Catholic priest who was an early member of Opus Dei. He worked to establish the movement around the world. The cause for his canonization was opened by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2011.

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22. Javier Perez-Tenessa

musician military flight engineer

Javier Pérez-Tenessa is a Mexican entrepreneur, businessman, investor, composer and producer based in Barcelona, Spain, who has founded several companies, including publicly traded eDreams and Venture Capital firm 4Founders Capital.

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23. Daniel Peña

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher engineer statistician

Daniel Peña Sánchez de Rivera is a Spanish engineer and statistician.

24. Martín Domínguez Esteban

1897-1970 (aged 73)

architect

Martín Domínguez Esteban was a Spanish architect.

25. Jon de Cortina

1934-2005 (aged 71)

Catholic priest engineer missionary university teacher

Jon Cortina Garaigorta, S.J. was a Jesuit priest, engineer, and activist, founder of Pro-Búsqueda, an organization dedicated to searching for the missing children of the Salvadoran Civil War. He was a professor at Central American University (UCA), the Jesuit university of El Salvador, and escaped the massacre of the Jesuit community at the university in November 1989.

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26. Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles

1900-1967 (aged 67)

coastal engineer highway engineer

Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles Ing.D was a Spanish civil engineer and professor of ports at the School of Civil Engineering (Spanish: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, ETSICCP) in Madrid. He was chairman of the Spanish delegation to the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses and was elected as an academic at the Spanish Royal Academy of...

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27. Lucas Mallada

1841-1921 (aged 80)

writer university teacher geologist mining engineer

Lucas Mallada y Pueyo was a Spanish geologist and mining engineer. He is considered the most important Spanish geologist of the second half of the 19th century and the founder of Spanish scientific paleontology.

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28. Irene de Miguel

1981-. (aged 45)

agricultural engineer politician

Irene de Miguel Pérez is a Spanish Podemos politician. She was elected to the Assembly of Extremadura in 2015, and has led Podemos Extremadura in the legislature since 2019.

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29. Isidoro Zorzano

1902-1943 (aged 41)

industrial engineer

Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma was a Spanish Catholic layman who was a member of Opus Dei.

30. Alonso José Puerta

1944-. (aged 82)

politician highway engineer

Alonso José Puerta Gutiérrez is a Spanish politician.

31. Emilio Tuñón

1959-. (aged 67)

university teacher architect

Emilio Tuñón Álvarez is a Spanish architect. In 2014, Mansilla + Tuñón Architects received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain) from the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

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32. Juan Herreros

1958-. (aged 68)

architect

Juan Herreros is a Spanish architect.

33. Narciso Pascual Colomer

1808-1870 (aged 62)

architect

Narciso Pascual Colomer, also known as Narciso Pascual y Colomer, was a Spanish architect. He was one of the most important of the reign of Isabella II, an exponent of the late Neoclassicism and historicist styles. He was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando along with Enrique María Repullés and Ricardo Velázquez Bosco.

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34. Carlos Lamela

1957-. (aged 69)

architect

Carlos Lamela de Vargas is a Spanish architect, owner and executive president of Estudio Lamela.

35. Alejandro de Pinedo

1965-. (aged 61)

composer record producer

Alejandro Gil Pinedo, better known as Alejandro de Pinedo, is a Spanish musician, composer, author and record producer. His work spans genres such as pop, EDM and chill-out music, and he has received 31 gold and platinum records. De Pinedo has contributed to over 250 musical productions and his music has been streamed millions of times on digital platforms worldwide.

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36. José María Oriol

1905-1985 (aged 80)

industrial engineer businessperson politician

José María de Oriol y Urquijo, 3rd Marquis of Casa Oriol was a Spanish entrepreneur and a Carlist and Francoist politician. During early Francoism a mayor of Bilbao, he is known mostly for his business activity, especially for his role in the Spanish energy industry, TALGO train development and the banking sector. He is counted among the most influential Spanish...

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37. Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys

1955-. (aged 71)

architect

Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys is a Spanish architect.

38. Mateo Valero Cortés

1952-. (aged 74)

computer scientist telecommunications engineer university teacher

Mateo Valero Cortés is a Spanish computer architect. His research encompasses different concepts within the field of computer architecture, a discipline in which he has published more than 700 papers in journals, conference proceedings, and books. Valero has received numerous awards, including the Eckert–Mauchly Award in 2007. As of 2024 he is the director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, which...

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39. Andrés Jaque

1971-. (aged 55)

dean architect

Andrés Jaque is a Spanish architect, scholar, writer and curator. In 2016, he was awarded with the 10th Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts., in 2024 he won the UNESCO Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, and in 2014, the Silver Lion to the Best Project at the 14th Venice Biennale. His work explores architecture as a cosmopolitical practice....

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40. Francisco Menéndez González

1965-1999 (aged 34)

software developer telecommunications engineer game programmer

Francisco "Paco" Menéndez was a Spanish computer game programmer who wrote games for 8-bit computers. His most famous work is La abadía del crimen, which is regarded as one of the best games made for the ZX Spectrum.

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41. Manuel Alonso

1895-1984 (aged 89)

tennis player highway engineer

Manuel Alonso de Areizaga was a Spanish tennis player. He was the first Spanish tennis player of international stature.

42. Luis Moreno Mansilla

1959-2012 (aged 53)

university teacher architect

Luis M. Mansilla, was a Spanish architect. He graduated from the E.T.S.A.M. on 1982, and obtained the Ph. degree on 1998. In 1984 he was fellow of the Spanish Academy in Rome, and in 1987 obtained the Swedish Institute Scholarship in Stockholm.

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43. Matilde Ucelay

1912-2008 (aged 96)

architect

Matilde Ucelay Maortúa was the first woman licensed in architecture in Spain. She was awarded the Premio Nacional de Arquitectura de España (National Architecture Award of Spain) in 2004.

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44. Felip Puig Godes

1958-. (aged 68)

engineer politician

Felip Puig Godes is a counselor for Enterprise and Employment who served in the past as the interior counselor of the region of Catalonia in Spain from 2010 to 2012. Previously, he had been environment counselor (1999–2001) and public works counselor (2001–2003). From 2002 to 2003 he also held the post of the regional government's spokesman. Earlier positions in the...

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45. Fernando Higueras

1930-2008 (aged 78)

architect

Fernando de Higueras Díaz was a Spanish architect. He was one of the most famous architects in the world during the 1970s.

46. Antonio Lamela

1926-2017 (aged 91)

architect

Antonio Lamela Martínez was a Spanish architect.

47. Pedro Muguruza

1893-1952 (aged 59)

architect politician

Pedro Muguruza Otaño was a Spanish architect and Falangist politician.

48. Alberto Cárdenas

1958-. (aged 68)

politician minister

Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (PAN). He is a former governor of Jalisco, (1995 – 2001). And Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón (1 December 2006 – 7 September 2009). In 2006 he was elected to the Senate for PAN, representing the state of Jalisco, with his term...

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49. Nuria Oliver

1967-. (aged 59)

computer scientist director

Nuria Oliver is a computer scientist. She is the director of the ELLIS Alicante Foundation, Chief Data Scientist at DataPop Alliance, and president of the board of trustees of UNED. Previously, she was an independent director on the board of directors of Bankia, Commissioner of the Presidency of Valencia for AI and COVID-19, Director of Data Science Research at Vodafone,...

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50. Alejandro Zaera-Polo

1963-. (aged 63)

architect

Alejandro Zaera Polo is a Spanish architect, theorist and founder of Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architecture. He was formerly dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture and of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. Prior to founding AZPML, he was co-founder of the London-based Foreign Office Architects, which operated between 1993 and 2011.

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51. Àngel Ros

1952-. (aged 74)

university teacher politician physicist

Àngel Ros Domingo is a Spanish politician and statesman. He was Mayor of Lleida from 2004 to 2018.

52. Pedro Martínez Losa

1976-. (aged 50)

association football coach

Pedro Martínez Losa is a Spanish football coach and sporting director, who is currently the manager of Liga MX Femenil club Tigres. Known primarily for his prominence within women's football, Martínez Losa has won major trophies in his native Spain with Rayo Vallecano Femenino, and in England with Arsenal Women.

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53. Francisco de Cubas

1826-1899 (aged 73)

architect

Francisco de Cubas y González-Montes was a Spanish architect and politician. He was also known as the Marquis of Cubas (Marqués de Cubas) after his noble title, the marquisate of Cubas. He was also from 1894 the Marquis of Fontalba.

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54. Miguel Fisac

1913-2006 (aged 93)

painter urban planner architect

Miguel Fisac Serna was a Spanish architect, urban planner, and painter. He was a member of Opus Dei from 1935 to 1955, but later publicly criticized that organization as well as the character of its founder, Mons. Josemaría Escrivá.

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55. Jesús Posada

1945-. (aged 81)

economist civil engineer politician

Jesús Posada Moreno is the former President of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Cortes Generales. He has worked as a civil engineer and economist.

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56. Ángel Cabrera

1967-. (aged 59)

university teacher economist manager

Ángel Cabrera Izquierdo is a Spanish-American academic. He is the 12th and current president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, he was the president of George Mason University and of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the former dean of IE Business School. His scholarship includes work on learning, management and leadership.

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57. Yayo Herrero

1965-. (aged 61)

women's rights activist anthropologist university teacher activist engineer

Yayo Herrero López is a Spanish anthropologist, engineer, professor and ecofeminist activist. She is one of the most influential researchers in ecofeminism and ecosocialism at European level.

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58. Elena García Armada

1971-. (aged 55)

industrial engineer roboticist engineer

Elena Garcia Armada is a Spanish researcher, roboticist, business founder and industrial engineer who leads the CSIC group at the Center for Automation and Robotics, (CAR) CSIC-UPM that has developed the first bionic exoskeleton for children with spinal muscular atrophy, for which she received the European Inventor Award Popular Prize in 2022.

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59. Jaime Caruana

1952-. (aged 74)

economist engineer politician

Jaime Caruana is a Spanish economist. He served as the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements from 1 April 2009 to 30 November 2017. He was also the Governor of the Bank of Spain from July 2000 to July 2006.

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60. Elena Salgado

1949-. (aged 77)

politician economist

Elena Salgado Méndez is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and held several ministerial portfolios during her political career.

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61. Valeria Castro

1999-. (aged 27)

singer songwriter

Valeria Castro Rodríguez is a Spanish singer and songwriter. In 2023, she was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Singer-Songwriter Song category for "La Raíz", a song composed for the island of La Palma after the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted in 2021. She was the winner of the award for Best Song of the Year at the...

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62. Alberto Campo Baeza

1946-. (aged 80)

architect

Alberto Campo Baeza is a Spanish architect and Full-Time Design Professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid from 1986 to 2017. He retired the same year. He has built a number of buildings that have received awards.

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63. Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo

1958-. (aged 68)

businessperson engineer

Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo is a Spanish billionaire businessman, the executive chairman of Ferrovial, the company founded in 1952 by his father Rafael del Pino Moreno.

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64. Ángel Garrido

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Ángel Garrido García is a Spanish politician who served as President of the Community of Madrid between April 2018 and April 2019. He was a member of the People's Party until 24 April 2019, only four days ahead of the 2019 Spanish general election, when he announced he was joining Citizens.

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65. Álvaro del Portillo

1914-1994 (aged 80)

Latin Catholic priest lawyer Catholic bishop engineer civil engineer

Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano was a Spanish Catholic bishop and engineer who served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994.

66. Alfonso Sastre

1926-2021 (aged 95)

television writer actor writer translator essayist

Alfonso Sastre was a Spanish playwright, essayist, and critic associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was an outspoken critic of censorship during the reign of General Francisco Franco and the ensuing political regime arising from the 1978 Constitution altogether. His most noteworthy plays include Death Squad (1953), The Gag (1954), Death Thrust (1960), and Tragicomedy of the Gypsy...

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67. Damián Quintero

1984-. (aged 42)

karateka

Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila is a Spanish karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time silver medalist in the individual kata event at the World Championships, a seven-time gold medalist in his event at the European Championships and a three-time gold medalist in this...

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68. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

1825-1903 (aged 78)

civil engineer engineer politician

Práxedes Mariano Mateo Sagasta y Escolar was a Spanish civil engineer and politician who served as Prime Minister on eight occasions between 1870 and 1902—always in charge of the Liberal Party—as part of the turno pacifico, alternating with the Conservative leader Antonio Cánovas. He was known as an excellent orator.

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69. Antonio Palacios Ramilo

1874-1945 (aged 71)

urban planner architect

Antonio Palacios Ramilo was a Spanish architect. Distinguished by the monumental eclecticism he left as imprint in many of his projects, he helped define the architectural identity of Madrid in the first half of the 20th century.

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70. Eduardo Torroja

1899-1961 (aged 62)

civil engineer architect engineer

Eduardo Torroja y Miret, 1st Marquess of Torroja was a Spanish structural engineer and a pioneer in the design of concrete shell structures.

71. Leonardo Torres Quevedo

1852-1936 (aged 84)

politician computer scientist Esperantist engineer inventor

Leonardo Torres Quevedo was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician and inventor, known for his numerous engineering innovations, including aerial trams, airships, catamarans, and remote control. He was also a pioneer in the field of computing and robotics. Torres was a member of several scientific and cultural institutions and held such important positions as the seat N of the Real Academia...

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72. Sandra Sánchez

1981-. (aged 45)

karateka

Sandra Sánchez Jaime is a retired Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the European Karate Championships...

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73. Félix Candela

1910-1997 (aged 87)

painter engineer university teacher architect

Félix Candela Outeriño was a Spanish and Mexican architect who was born in Madrid and at the age of 29, emigrated to Mexico, acquiring double nationality.

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74. Forges

1942-2018 (aged 76)

film director editorial cartoonist comics artist caricaturist

Antonio Fraguas de Pablo, better known as Forges, was a Spanish graphic humorist. His artistic name is based on the translation to Catalan of the word fraguas.

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75. Francisco Álvarez-Cascos

1947-. (aged 79)

politician civil engineer

Francisco Álvarez–Cascos Fernández is a Spanish politician. He was Secretary-General of the ruling Partido Popular from 1989 to 1999 and the President of the Principality of Asturias from 2011 to 2012.

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76. Carolina Bang

1985-. (aged 41)

model manufacturer film producer actor

Carolina Herrera Bang is a Spanish actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2010.

77. José Echegaray

1832-1916 (aged 84)

civil engineer economist mathematician engineer politician

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. He was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama".

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78. Ildefons Cerdà

1815-1876 (aged 61)

politician architect urban planner engineer civil engineer

Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer was a Spanish urban planner and civil engineer who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample. Because of his extensive theoretical and practical work, he is considered the founder of modern town planning as a discipline, having coined the word "urbanization".

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79. Rafael Moneo

1937-. (aged 89)

architect

José Rafael Moneo Vallés is a Spanish architect. He won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2003, and La Biennale's Golden Lion in 2021.

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80. Rafa Benítez

1960-. (aged 66)

association football player association football coach

Rafael Benítez Maudes is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Super League Greece club Panathinaikos.

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81. Sif Eddine

1947-. (aged 79)

businessperson sports executive civil engineer politician

Florentino Pérez Rodríguez is a Spanish businessman and the president of football club Real Madrid, as well as chairman and CEO of Grupo ACS, a civil engineering company. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest club presidents of all time.

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82. 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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83. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo

1926-2008 (aged 82)

engineer politician

Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, 1st Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo, usually known as Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, was Prime Minister of Spain from 1981 to 1982.

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84. Rocío Monasterio

1974-. (aged 52)

architect politician

Rocío Monasterio San Martín is a Spanish-Cuban architect, businesswoman and politician. She was the leader of the Madrid branch of the right-wing Spanish political party Vox, and served as a member of the 11th term of the Assembly of Madrid until 10 October 2024, when she resigned from all political positions after being removed from regional leadership by the party’s...

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85. Pedro Duque

1963-. (aged 63)

engineer astronaut politician

Pedro Francisco Duque Duque, OF, OMSE is a Spanish astronaut and aeronautics engineer who served as Minister of Science from 2018 to 2021 and member of the Congress of Deputies, representing Alicante, from May 2019 until February 2020.

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86. Enrique Cerezo

1948-. (aged 78)

writer businessperson sports executive film producer

Enrique Cerezo Torres [enˈrike θeˈɾeθo], is a Spanish film producer and the current president of Atlético Madrid, a position he has held since 2002.

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87. 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.

88. José Manuel López Rodrigo

1966-. (aged 60)

agricultural engineer politician

José Manuel López Rodrigo is a Spanish activist and politician. He has been a member of the 10th Assembly of Madrid in the Podemos parliamentary group.

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89. Ignacio Prendes

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

José Ignacio Prendes Prendes is a Spanish politician and member of Congress of the Deputies with the Citizens-Party of the Citizenry party (C's). Since 21 May 2019, he has been the Fourth Vice President of the Congress of Deputies.

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90. Arturo Azcorra

1962-. (aged 64)

computer scientist

Arturo Azcorra is a Spanish scientist and telecommunications engineer.

91. Isabel García Tejerina

1968-. (aged 58)

economist jurist lawyer politician

Isabel García Tejerina is a Spanish politician of the PP.

92. Luis Gallego

1968-. (aged 58)

chief officer aerospace engineer

Luis Gallego Martín is a Spanish engineer and businessman who succeeded Willie Walsh as the chief executive officer (CEO) of International Airlines Group in 2020. He is the former CEO of Iberia.

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93. Eufemiano Fuentes Rodríguez

1955-. (aged 71)

gynecologist sports physician

Eufemiano Fuentes is a Spanish sports doctor who was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case.

94. Imanol Pradales

1975-. (aged 51)

university teacher politician sociologist

Imanol Pradales Gil is a Basque sociologist, university teacher and politician from Spain who is serving as Lehendakari of the Basque Government since 2024. He is a member of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV).

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95. Juan Mata

1988-. (aged 38)

association football player

Juan Manuel Mata García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League Men club Melbourne Victory. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, but can also play as a winger.

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96. Pablo Abián

1985-. (aged 41)

badminton player university teacher Olympic competitor non-fiction writer physical education teacher

Pablo Abián Vicén is a Spanish badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalists at the 2015 European Games, 2018 and 2022 Mediterranean Games.

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97. Jerome Guillen

1972-. (aged 54)

Jérôme M. Guillen is a transport executive working in automotive manufacturing. He holds a Doctor of Engineering from the University of Michigan and has worked for Freightliner Trucks, Daimler AG and Tesla, Inc. Guillen previously studied in France at ENSTA Paris. Guillen worked at Tesla, Inc. for ten years between 2010 and 2021, including as President of Automotive, having previously...

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98. Soledad Núñez

1983-. (aged 43)

civil engineer politician

María Soledad Núñez Méndez is a Paraguayan civil engineer and politician. She was the candidate for vice president of Paraguay for the Concertación political alliance in the 2023 general elections as the running mate of Efraín Alegre, losing to both Santiago Peña and Pedro Alliana of the Colorado Party in an electoral landslide.

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99. Marie André Destarac

1981-. (aged 45)

electrical engineer

Marie André Destarac Eguizabal is a Guatemalan scientist who specializes in engineering, electronics and robotics. Her goal is to apply her engineering knowledge and expertise in medicine projects. In 2015, Destarac was recognized by MIT Technology Review with the "Innovators under 35 in Central America" award. She was the only woman to receive the award that year. She is an...

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