7 Notable alumni of University of Guanajuato
Updated: May 21, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Guanajuato is ranked #1,422 in the world and #11 in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 7 notable alumni from University of Guanajuato 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 Guanajuato won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Juan Carlos Romero Hicks is a Mexican politician and elected official, member of the National Action Party (PAN), and a Federal Senator since 29 August 2012. He was the director general of the National Science and Technology Council (CONACyT) from 2006 to 2011. He served as governor of Guanajuato from 2000 to 2006. From 1991 to 1999 he served as...
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2. Yulma Rocha Aguilar
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Yulma Rocha Aguilar is a Mexican politician. She has been affiliated with both the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and, more recently, the Citizens' Movement (MC). In the 2015 mid-terms, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the PRI to represent Guanajuato's 9th district during the 63rd session of Congress.
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3. Merle Greene Robertson
1913-2011 (aged 98)
archaeologist
Merle Greene Robertson was an American artist, art historian, archaeologist, lecturer and Mayanist researcher, renowned for her extensive work towards the investigation and preservation of the art, iconography, and writing of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Central America. She is most famous for her rubbings of Maya carved stelae, sculpture, and carved stone, particularly at the Maya sites of Tikal...
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4. Verónica Cruz Sánchez
1971-. (aged 55)
human rights defender
Verónica Cruz Sánchez is a Mexican human rights defender. She was the first Mexican to be awarded the Defender of Human Rights award from Human Rights Watch. In 2006, she was awarded the honor for her work with women's right to access legal and medical services. She brings public awareness to the situation of predominantly uneducated, indigenous and impoverished women...
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5. Vanessa Ponce de León
1992-. (aged 34)
model
Silvia Vanessa Ponce de León Sánchez, known simply as Vanessa Ponce, is a Mexican model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2018. She is the first Mexican to be crowned as Miss World. In the history of the Miss World competition, she holds the record for being the oldest winner thus far.
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6. Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba
1956-. (aged 70)
physician
politician
surgeon
Éctor Jaime Ramírez Barba is a Mexican surgeon and politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN).
7. Daniel Rojas Pachas
1983-. (aged 43)
novelist
editor
researcher
poet
essayist
Daniel Francisco Rojas Pachas is a Chilean novelist, editor, poet, and academic. He currently lives and works in Belgium, where he is developing a research on the work of Enrique Lihn and Roberto Bolaño at KU Leuven university. Rojas Pachas is known for his novel Random and his academic work dedicated to Latin-American authors. His 2008 academic work Realidades Dialogantes...
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