98 Notable alumni of University of Granada

Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Granada is 273st in the world, 1st in North America, and 5st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 98 notable alumni from University of Granada sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Granada won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Louis Joachim Munoz

1. Louis Joachim Munoz

1933-2013 (aged 80)
academic
Louis Joachim Munoz, MFR was a Spanish priest. He lived in Nigeria for 47 years where, alongside his duties as an Opus Dei priest, he lectured on political science and French.
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Josefa Masegosa Gallego

2. Josefa Masegosa Gallego

1957-. (aged 69)
astronomer
Josefa Masegosa Gallego is a Spanish astronomer and scientific researcher. She is a winner of both the Granada, City of Science and Innovation award and the Mariana Pineda Award of Equality.
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Cándida Martínez López

3. Cándida Martínez López

1951-. (aged 75)
historian politician university teacher writer
Cándida Martínez López is a Spanish historian, university professor, expert in women's history and studies, and politician. From 2000 to 2008 she was Councilor of Education of the Regional Government of Andalusia, and from 2008 to 2011 a deputy of the 9th Legislature of Spain. She is co-director of Arenal, Journal of Women's History.
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José Antonio Carrillo

4. José Antonio Carrillo

1969-. (aged 57)
researcher
José Antonio Carrillo de la Plata is a Spanish mathematician primarily known for his contributions in applied partial differential equations, numerical analysis, many particle systems and kinetic theory. His works make use of methods from functional analysis, calculus of variations, optimal transport, gradient descent and entropy methods. Currently he is Professor of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations at the Mathematical Institute...
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Mohamed Salama Badi

5. Mohamed Salama Badi

1966-. (aged 60)
diplomat politician
Mohamed Salama Badi is the current Sahrawi ambassador to Timor-Leste. He speaks Hassaniya (a variety of Arabic), and Spanish.
María José Frápolli

6. María José Frápolli

1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher philosopher
María José Frápolli Sanz is a Spanish philosopher. As of 2022, she is professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Granada. Her work is focused on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of logic.
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José de Castro y Orozco

7. José de Castro y Orozco

1808-1869 (aged 61)
university teacher politician writer playwright poet
José de Castro y Orozco was a Spanish politician, poet and playwright whose literary work is associated with the Romantic movement. He was a senator for life from 1853, and briefly Minister of Justice in 1853.
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Carmen Castillo García

8. Carmen Castillo García

1932-. (aged 94)
university teacher classical philologist writer
Carmen Castillo García is a Spanish Professor Emeritus of Classical Philology at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. She is the second woman to obtain a Latin Philology Chair in Spain. She is an expert on the Roman province of Baetica in southern Iberia.
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Antonio Marín Muñoz

9. Antonio Marín Muñoz

1970-. (aged 56)
poet lawyer writer historian journalist anthropologist
Antonio Marín Muñoz born in Lopera, Province of Jaen, Spain, 1970 is a writer and historian. He specializes in the contemporary history of Spain.
Rakel Rodríguez

10. Rakel Rodríguez

1977-. (aged 49)
choreographer dancer teacher actor
Rakel Rodríguez Ruiz is a Spanish dancer, choreographer and actress.
Juan José Bonel y Orbe

11. Juan José Bonel y Orbe

1782-1857 (aged 75)
Catholic bishop Catholic priest politician
Juan José Bonel y Orbe was a Spanish Catholic ecclesiastic, bishop, archbishop, and cardinal in various dioceses.
Rafael Rodríguez Méndez

12. Rafael Rodríguez Méndez

1845-1919 (aged 74)
university teacher physician politician
Rafael Rodríguez Méndez was a Spanish doctor, author, and politician. He was rector of the University of Barcelona from 1902 to 1905. He was also director of the San Baudilio de Llobregat asylum, where he stood out for the application of Music Therapy. He is the author of several medical treatises, including the very first medical statistics done in Catalonia.
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Antonio Jara Andreu

13. Antonio Jara Andreu

1946-. (aged 80)
university teacher politician
Antonio Jara Andréu is a Spanish professor of law and former politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was the mayor of Granada (1979–1991), a member of the Parliament of Andalusia (1982–1986) and a member of the Congress of Deputies (1989–1992). He was the president of the Caja Granada savings bank from 2010 to 2017.
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Pauliina May

14. Pauliina May

1967-. (aged 59)
singer music teacher
Pauliina May is a Finnish–Dutch vocalist and a voice teacher. She is currently resident in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands.
Eugenio Sellés

15. Eugenio Sellés

1842-1926 (aged 84)
aristocrat politician writer journalist playwright
Eugenio Sellés y Ángel, Marquess of Gerona and Viscount of Castro and Orozco was a Spanish writer, journalist, playwright and politician.
José Vida Soria

16. José Vida Soria

1937-2019 (aged 82)
writer jurist university teacher politician
José Vida Soria was a Spanish jurist and politician.
Antonio Vidal-Puig

17. Antonio Vidal-Puig

physician scientist
Antonio Vidal-Puig is a Spanish medical doctor and scientist who works as a Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of Cambridge (UK), best known for advancing the concept that pharmacological targeting of brown fat may serve to treat overweight and obesity in affected individuals, as well as for introducing the concept of adipose tissue "expandability" as an...
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Gregorio Salvador

18. Gregorio Salvador

1927-2020 (aged 93)
linguist university teacher journalist literary critic philologist
Gregorio Salvador Caja was a Spanish linguist specialized in structural semantics. Salvador was born in Cúllar, Granada, and studied at the University of Granada and Complutense University. He was one of the most important disciples of Manuel Alvar. He wrote for the Spanish newspaper ABC.
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Elisa Pérez Vera

19. Elisa Pérez Vera

1940-. (aged 86)
university teacher jurist writer
Elisa Pérez Vera is a Spanish jurist, a professor of Private International Law at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) and magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain from 2001 to 2012. In 1982 she was appointed Rector of the UNED, becoming the first woman rector at a Spanish public university. The UNED has instituted the Elisa Pérez Vera...
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Pedro Lombardía

20. Pedro Lombardía

1930-1986 (aged 56)
writer jurist canon law jurist university teacher
Pedro Lombardía was a Spanish canonist and pioneer of the Study of State Ecclesiastical Law in Spain. He held the chairs of Canon Law and State Ecclesiastical Law at the University of Navarra and the Complutense University of Madrid.
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Francisco Garrido Peña

21. Francisco Garrido Peña

1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher writer politician
Francisco Garrido Peña is a Spanish politician and member of the Green Party, which has previously supported the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
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Diego de Astorga y Céspedes

22. Diego de Astorga y Céspedes

1666-1734 (aged 68)
Catholic priest
Diego de Astorga y Céspedes was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He also served as Bishop of Barcelona, Archbishop of Toledo and Grand Inquisitor.
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Elisa Valero

23. Elisa Valero

1971-. (aged 55)
university teacher author architect
Elisa Valero Ramos is a Spanish architect and professor at the High Technical Architecture School of the University of Granada. Her work has been recognized in 2018 with the Swiss Architectural Award.
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Juan José Cuadros Pérez

24. Juan José Cuadros Pérez

1927-1990 (aged 63)
poet writer
Juan José Cuadros Perez was a Spanish writer of poetry and prose. His father, Juan José Cuadros, was a native of Beas de Segura (Jaén), which, in the 1920s met and married Josefa Perez Palencia. John Joseph was the oldest of four children.
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Antonio Lafuente

25. Antonio Lafuente

1953-. (aged 73)
social scientist
Antonio Lafuente García is research scientist at the Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CSIC) in the area of science studies.
Narciso Fernández de Heredia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola

26. Narciso Fernández de Heredia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola

1775-1843 (aged 68)
diplomat politician
Narciso Fernández de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, iure uxoris Count of Ofalia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola, 1st Marquess of Heredia, GE was a Spanish nobleman, politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Spain and as Minister of State from 16 December 1837 to 6 September 1838, in the reign of Isabella II.
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Emiliano Aguirre

27. Emiliano Aguirre

1925-2021 (aged 96)
paleontologist
Emiliano Aguirre Enríquez was a Spanish paleontologist, known for his works at archaeological site of Atapuerca, whose excavations he directed from 1978 until his retirement in 1990. He received the Prince of Asturias Award in 1997.
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José Antonio Rodríguez Salas

28. José Antonio Rodríguez Salas

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
José Antonio Rodríguez Salas is a Spanish politician from the Spanish Socialist Party. He was the Mayor of Jun, a town in the Metropolitan Area of Granada, from March 2005 to September 2018, and one of the candidates running for the first primary elections held in Andalusia by the PSOE in 2013. Since September 2018 he has been a senior...
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Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

29. Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

1957-. (aged 69)
physician nutritionist epidemiologist university teacher
Miguel Ángel Martínez-González is a Spanish medical doctor, epidemiologist, professor, and nutrition researcher He has been often a visiting scholar at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Dept. Nutrition).
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Juan Francisco Casas

30. Juan Francisco Casas

1976-. (aged 50)
painter
Juan Francisco Casas is a Spanish artist and poet. Casas recreates photographs he's taken as large scale oil paintings on canvas, as well as similarly scaled drawings using only blue ballpoint pens. The drawings and paintings are created in photo realistic style most of them as large as 10 feet.
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José Carlos Ibarra Jerez

31. José Carlos Ibarra Jerez

1985-. (aged 41)
chess player
José Carlos Ibarra Jeréz is a Spanish chess grandmaster.
Julio Rodríguez Martínez

32. Julio Rodríguez Martínez

1928-1979 (aged 51)
pharmacist chemist university teacher politician
Julio Rodríguez Martínez was a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Education and Science of Spain between 1973 and 1974, during the Francoist dictatorship.
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José Gálvez Ginachero

33. José Gálvez Ginachero

1866-1952 (aged 86)
physician gynecologist politician
José Gálvez Ginachero was a Spanish Roman Catholic doctor. Gálvez Ginachero studied in Granada and Madrid in medicine where he obtained excellent results before doing additional studies in Berlin and Paris. His return to his hometown saw him implement practices he learnt in Europe that not all doctors followed in terms of sanitation in order to reduce patient deaths. He...
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Francisco Alonso

34. Francisco Alonso

1887-1948 (aged 61)
composer
Francisco Alonso López was a Spanish composer of popular theatre music and zarzuelas.
Mai al-Kaila

35. Mai al-Kaila

1955-. (aged 71)
gynecologist university teacher politician diplomat nurse
Mai Salem Hanna al-Kaila is a Palestinian physician, diplomat and politician, and the first woman to hold the position of Minister of Health. She holds a PhD in public health and health administration. She chaired the Palestinian Medical Council in her capacity as health minister. She is also part of the Palestinian Authority headed by current prime minister Dr. Mohammad...
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Juan del Río Martín

36. Juan del Río Martín

1947-2021 (aged 74)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Juan del Río Martín was a Spanish archbishop, Military Ordinary of Spain from 2008 until his death in 2021.
Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas

37. Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas

1812-1873 (aged 61)
diplomat jurist politician
Antonio de los Ríos Rosas was a Spanish politician.
Manuel Jiménez de Parga

38. Manuel Jiménez de Parga

1929-2014 (aged 85)
politician university teacher lawyer diplomat jurist
Manuel Jiménez de Parga y Cabrera was a Spanish lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Spain between 2001 and 2004.
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Marta Bosquet

39. Marta Bosquet

1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Marta Bosquet Aznar is a Spanish politician of the Citizens party. She was a member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 2015 to 2022, serving as its president from 2018.
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Jakob Kellenberger

40. Jakob Kellenberger

1944-. (aged 82)
diplomat
Jakob Kellenberger is a former Swiss diplomat and former president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Since 2013 he has been the president of swisspeace.
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Lola Sánchez Caldentey

41. Lola Sánchez Caldentey

1978-. (aged 48)
teacher sociologist politician
María Dolores "Lola" Sánchez Caldentey is a Spanish politician, and a former Member of the European Parliament, one of the five MEPs elected by Podemos in the 2014 European Parliament election.
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Luis Miguel Salvador García

42. Luis Miguel Salvador García

1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Luis Miguel Salvador García is a Spanish politician of the Citizens party. He was mayor of Granada from 2019 to 2021, and was in the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019. Before switching parties in 2013, he was in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and was in the Senate from 2004 to 2011.
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Pedro Antonio Sánchez

43. Pedro Antonio Sánchez

1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Pedro Antonio Sánchez López is a Spanish politician and member of the right People's Party (PP) political party in the southern Region of Murcia. He has served as the 6th democratically elected President of the Region of Murcia since July 3, 2015, following the PP's victory in the May 2015 Murcian parliamentary election.
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Marifrán Carazo

44. Marifrán Carazo

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
María Francisca Carazo Villalonga is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician, elected mayor of Granada in 2023. She was previously a city councillor in Granada (2007–2012), member of the Parliament of Andalusia (2012–2023) and Minister of Development, Infrastructures and Territory Planning in the Regional Government of Andalusia (2019–2023).
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Francisco Cuenca

45. Francisco Cuenca

1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Francisco Cuenca Rodríguez is a Spanish politician who served as mayor of Granada from 2016 to 2019 and from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Cuenca first became mayor after his predecessor, José Torres Hurtado from the opposing Partido Popular (PP), resigned amid a corruption scandal.
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Alejandro Sawa

46. Alejandro Sawa

1862-1909 (aged 47)
poet writer journalist
Alejandro Sawa Martínez was a Spanish bohemian novelist, poet, and journalist.
Manuel Martín Cuenca

47. Manuel Martín Cuenca

1964-. (aged 62)
screenwriter film director casting director film producer
Manuel Martín Cuenca is a Spanish film director. He directed more than ten films since 1990.
Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis

48. Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis

1746-1819 (aged 73)
military personnel civil servant politician
General Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis was a Spanish Army officer and politician who served as the prime minister of Spain from 1798 to 1799.
José Antonio Pérez Tapias

49. José Antonio Pérez Tapias

1955-. (aged 71)
writer philosopher university teacher politician
José Antonio Pérez Tapias is a Spanish politician, author and university professor. He was a member of the 8th and 9th terms of the Congress of Deputies.
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Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez

50. Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez

1870-1970 (aged 100)
prehistorian writer art historian university teacher historian
Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez, was a Spanish archaeologist and historian.
José de Salamanca, 1st Count of los Llanos

51. José de Salamanca, 1st Count of los Llanos

1811-1883 (aged 72)
entrepreneur politician
José de Salamanca y Mayol, 1st Marquess of Salamanca, 1st Count of Llanos, GE was a Spanish businessman and politician. He served as Finance Minister of Spain and briefly as de facto prime minister in 1847.
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Miguel Ayuso Guixot

52. Miguel Ayuso Guixot

1952-2024 (aged 72)
arabist theologian university teacher historian Islamicist
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church and a historian of Islam. He was an official of the Roman Curia since 2012 and an archbishop since 2016.
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María José Rienda

53. María José Rienda

1975-. (aged 51)
alpine skier
María José Rienda Contreras is a former World Cup alpine ski racer. She served as the President of the Consejo Superior de Deportes and Secretary of State for Sports of Spain from June 2018 to January 2020.
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Eduardo de Castro González

54. Eduardo de Castro González

1957-. (aged 69)
politician mayor
Eduardo de Castro González is a Spanish public servant and politician who served as the Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Melilla from 2019 until 2023. He was a member of the Assembly of Melilla from 2015 to 2023.
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Cristina Morales

55. Cristina Morales

1985-. (aged 41)
writer prose writer
Cristina García Morales is a Spanish writer. She was born in Granada in 1985. She studied law, political science and international relations at university.
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Pío Cabanillas Gallas

56. Pío Cabanillas Gallas

1923-1991 (aged 68)
jurist lawyer politician
Pío Cabanillas Gallas was a Spanish jurist and politician, who held different cabinet posts and served as a deputy in the European Parliament.
Carlos Jiménez Villarejo

57. Carlos Jiménez Villarejo

1935-. (aged 91)
prosecutor politician lawyer writer jurist
Carlos Jiménez Villarejo is a former Spanish anti-corruption public prosecutor in office between 2000 and 2004. As a left-wing democrat jurist, he is specialized in the struggle against tax havens. He collaborates with ATTAC's struggle to abolish money-laundering centers.
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Francisco Villaespesa

58. Francisco Villaespesa

1877-1936 (aged 59)
playwright poet writer
Francisco Villaespesa Martín was a Spanish writer. He was born in Láujar de Andarax, Province of Almería, which marked him all his life. He is probably the most notable writer of the province, thus, both the capital and his hometowns libraries have his name.
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Américo Castro

59. Américo Castro

1885-1972 (aged 87)
university teacher literary historian historian diplomat philologist
Américo Castro Quesada was a Spanish cultural historian, philologist, and literary critic who challenged some of the prevailing notions of Spanish identity, raising controversy with his conclusions that Spaniards did not become the distinct group that they are today until after the Islamic conquest of Hispania of 711, an event that turned them into an Iberian caste co-existing among Moors...
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Santi Rodríguez

60. Santi Rodríguez

1965-. (aged 61)
actor comedian philanthropist
Santiago Rodríguez Ramiro, professionally known as Santi Rodríguez, in a Spanish actor and comedian.
Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo

61. Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo

1787-1862 (aged 75)
playwright historian university teacher poet diplomat
Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Cornejo was a Spanish statesman and dramatist and the first prime minister of Spain to receive the title of President of the Council of Ministers.
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Fernando de los Ríos Urriti

62. Fernando de los Ríos Urriti

1879-1949 (aged 70)
politician university teacher writer diplomat jurist
Fernando de los Ríos Urruti was a Spanish professor of political law and socialist politician who was in turn Minister of Justice, Minister of Education and Foreign Minister between 1931 and 1933. in the early years of the Second Spanish Republic. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), he was Spanish Ambassador to France and then to the United States.
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Carlos Fabra

63. Carlos Fabra

1945-. (aged 81)
businessperson politician
Carlos Fabra Carreras is a Spanish politician and businessman. He was president of the Provincial Council of Castellón from 1995 to 2011 and one of the leaders of the Partido Popular in the province. He was president of the public company that manages Castellón airport until 22 March 2013, when he resigned after learning that he would be tried in...
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Manuel Altolaguirre

64. Manuel Altolaguirre

1905-1959 (aged 54)
playwright poet writer translator printer
Manuel Altolaguirre Bolín was a Spanish poet, an editor, publisher, and printer of poetry, and a member of the Generation of '27.
Juanjo Guarnido

65. Juanjo Guarnido

1967-. (aged 59)
colorist character animator comics artist illustrator layout artist
Juanjo Guarnido is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series Blacksad.
Gabriel Miró

66. Gabriel Miró

1879-1930 (aged 51)
civil servant writer
Gabriel Miró Ferrer, known as Gabriel Miró, was a Spanish modernist writer. In 1900 he finished his studies in law at the University of Granada and the University of Valencia. He focused mainly on writing novels, but also collaborated to a large number of newspapers such as: El Heraldo, Los Lunes de El Imparcial, ABC and El Sol. He was...
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Andrés Neuman

67. Andrés Neuman

1977-. (aged 49)
translator poet journalist writer
Andrés Neuman is an Argentine writer, poet, translator, columnist and blogger.
Juan Eslava Galán

68. Juan Eslava Galán

1948-. (aged 78)
writer professor
Juan Eslava Galán, is a Spanish writer of historic genre, both fiction and non-fiction. He has published some of his works under the pen name Nicholas Wilcox.
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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

69. Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

1833-1891 (aged 58)
playwright poet writer politician journalist
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village life in Alarcón's native region of Andalusia. It was the basis for Hugo Wolf's opera Der Corregidor (1897); for Riccardo Zandonai's opera La farsa amorosa (1933); and...
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Nicolás Salmerón

70. Nicolás Salmerón

1838-1908 (aged 70)
writer philosopher university teacher politician
Nicolás Salmerón Alonso was a Spanish politician and president of the First Spanish Republic.
Pablo Heras-Casado

71. Pablo Heras-Casado

1977-. (aged 49)
conductor
Pablo Heras-Casado is a Spanish conductor.
Francisco Giner de los Ríos

72. Francisco Giner de los Ríos

1839-1915 (aged 76)
writer jurist philosopher university teacher
Francisco Giner de los Ríos was a philosopher, educator, and one of the most influential Spanish intellectuals at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
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Ángel Ganivet

73. Ángel Ganivet

1865-1898 (aged 33)
writer diplomat journalist sociologist poet
Ángel Ganivet García was a Spanish writer and diplomat. He was considered a precursor to the Generation of '98.
Jorge Guillén

74. Jorge Guillén

1893-1984 (aged 91)
writer poet literary critic university teacher
Jorge Guillén Álvarez was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic.
Blas Infante

75. Blas Infante

1885-1936 (aged 51)
writer jurist journalist politician
Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas was an Andalusian socialist politician, Georgist, writer, historian and musicologist. He is considered the "father of Andalusia" by Andalusian nationalists.
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Antonio Muñoz Molina

76. 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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Gata Cattana

77. Gata Cattana

1991-2017 (aged 26)
poet rapper musician
Ana Isabel García Llorente, known as Gata Cattana and Ana Sforza, was a Spanish rapper, poet and feminist.
Luis García Montero

78. Luis García Montero

1958-. (aged 68)
writer poet literary critic university teacher
Luis García Montero is a Spanish poet, literary critic and academic. He is a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Granada and since 2018 director of the Instituto Cervantes.
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Carolina Bescansa

79. 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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Miguel Blesa

80. Miguel Blesa

1947-2017 (aged 70)
banker financier civil servant
Miguel Blesa de la Parra was a Spanish banker, the chairman of the Spanish bank Caja Madrid from 1996 to 2009.
Federico García Lorca

81. Federico García Lorca

1898-1936 (aged 38)
playwright theatre manager composer lyricist poet
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements (such as symbolism, futurism, and surrealism) into Spanish literature.
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Joaquín Sabina

82. Joaquín Sabina

1949-. (aged 77)
singer singer-songwriter composer musician poet
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat love, heartbreaks and society with significant use of literary figures as in the baroque-literature style.
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Dani Rovira

83. Dani Rovira

1980-. (aged 46)
comedian vegan actor humorist monologist
Daniel Rovira de Rivas is a Spanish comedian and actor.
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

84. Niceto Alcalá-Zamora

1877-1949 (aged 72)
jurist lawyer diplomat politician
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served, briefly, as the first prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then—from 1931 to 1936—as its president.
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Magdalena Biejat

85. Magdalena Biejat

1982-. (aged 44)
translator hispanist social activist politician
Magdalena Agnieszka Biejat is a Polish politician, social activist, and translator of Spanish-language literature. She has served as Deputy Marshal of the Senate and as a senator for the Western Warsaw constituency since 2023. Previously, she was a member of the Sejm from 2019 to 2023.
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Juan Ignacio Zoido

86. Juan Ignacio Zoido

1957-. (aged 69)
lawyer judge politician
Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez is a Spanish former judge and politician of the People's Party, who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. In Parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

87. Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

1504-1575 (aged 71)
poet writer ambassador aristocrat historian
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist, poet, diplomat and historian.
Silvia Calzón

88. Silvia Calzón

1975-. (aged 51)
politician epidemiologist
Silvia Calzón Fernández is a Spanish epidemiologist and politician who is currently serving as commissioner of the Nuclear Safety Council. She is also known for serving as secretary of state for health from 2020 to 2023 and, briefly, as director of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency in 2024.
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Mireia Vehí i Cantenys

89. Mireia Vehí i Cantenys

1985-. (aged 41)
activist sociologist women's rights activist politician
Mireia Vehí i Cantenys is a Spanish sociologist and politician from Catalonia, who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. She was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
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Estefanía Torres

90. Estefanía Torres

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Estefanía Torres Martínez is a Spanish politician. She served as Member of the European Parliament between 2015 and 2019.
Antonio Flores de Lemus

91. Antonio Flores de Lemus

1876-1941 (aged 65)
university teacher politician writer jurist economist
Antonio Flores de Lemus was a Spanish politician and economist.
Joaquín Navarro-Valls

92. Joaquín Navarro-Valls

1936-2017 (aged 81)
writer psychiatrist journalist physician
Joaquín Navarro-Valls, M.D. was a Spanish journalist, physician and academic who served as the director of the Holy See Press Office from 1984 to 2006. His role as the press liaison between the Vatican and the world press corps gave him perhaps the highest visibility of any one person in the Vatican during the long reign of Pope John Paul...
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Rafael Rebolo López

93. Rafael Rebolo López

1961-. (aged 65)
astrophysicist
Rafael Rebolo López is a Spanish astrophysicist. In October 2013 he became the director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands; IAC). He is a professor at the Spanish National Research Council. In 2002 Rebolo became an external professor at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and a member of the Max Planck...
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Ángela Vallvey

94. Ángela Vallvey

1964-. (aged 62)
writer children's writer poet novelist
Ángela Vallvey Arévalo is a Spanish writer.
Inmaculada Nieto Castro

95. Inmaculada Nieto Castro

1971-. (aged 55)
politician political scientist
Inmaculada Nieto Castro is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). She has been a deputy in the Parliament of Andalusia since 2012, and spokesperson of her party in parliament since 2019, within the coalitions of Adelante Andalucía (2018), Unidas Podemos and Por Andalucía.
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Sacha Houlié

96. Sacha Houlié

1988-. (aged 38)
professions libérales et assimilés politician
Sacha Houlié is a French lawyer and politician of former member La République En Marche! (LREM 2017-2024) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Vienne.
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Efraín Alegre

97. Efraín Alegre

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer politician
Pedro Efraín Alegre Sasiain is a Paraguayan politician, lawyer, and university professor, who served as president of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party from 2016 to 2023. For ten years he was the most prominent leader of the opposition to the Colorado Party, running unsuccessfully against its candidates in the presidential elections of 2013, 2018 and 2023.
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Julieta Brodsky

98. Julieta Brodsky

1983-. (aged 43)
anthropologist politician
Julieta Brodsky Hernández is a Chilean politician and anthropologist who has served as the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage since 2022.