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100 Notable alumni of University of Valladolid

Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Valladolid is ranked #606 in the world and #21 in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Valladolid 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 Valladolid won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Ángel Ceña

1. Ángel Ceña

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Ángel Ceña Tutor is a Spanish civil servant and politician. As the lead candidate for the party Soria ¡Ya! (SY) within the coalition Empty Spain (EV), he was elected to the Cortes of Castile and León in the 2022 elections.
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José Antonio de Santiago-Juárez

2. José Antonio de Santiago-Juárez

1951-. (aged 75)
politician
José Antonio de Santiago-Juárez is a Spanish politician and psychologist. He is a member of the People's Party of Castile and León, and was the ministry of the presidency of the Junta of Castile and León from 2015 to 2019. He is the current Councilor of the Valladolid, in office from 15 June 2015. He was elected for the first...
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Trinidad Arroyo

3. Trinidad Arroyo

1872-1959 (aged 87)
physician ophthalmologist
Trinidad Arroyo Villaverde was a Spanish ophthalmologist. She was the first woman ophthalmologist in Spain and the third to receive a doctorate degree, obtaining her doctorate in 1896. She was a teacher and researcher at the University of Madrid, and she operated an ophthalmology practice with her husband Manuel Márquez. They were forced to flee the country in 1939 due...
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Benita Asas

4. Benita Asas

1873-1968 (aged 95)
suffragist journalist pedagogue editor
Benita Asas Manterola was a Spanish teacher, journalist, and suffragist. She was a key figure in the early feminist movement in Spain, advocating for women's rights and suffrage during the early 20th century.
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Mara Santos

5. Mara Santos

1969-. (aged 57)
teacher canoeist
Mara Santos García is a Spanish marathon canoeist who has competed since 1985 to 2012. Competing in Canoe Marathon World Championships, she has won five gold medals, two silvers and two bronzes. She holds the record for victories in the International Sella River Descent, in Ribadesella (Asturias).
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Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe

6. Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe

1739-1820 (aged 81)
jurist philosopher
Manuel Miguel de Lardizábal y Uribe was a Novohispanic penologist who was an academician of the Real Academia Española de la Lengua from 1775 to 1820. He seems to have been the successor to chair C of his father in law, Academician from 1746 to 1775 Francisco Antonio de Angulo.
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Rafael Santos Torroella

7. Rafael Santos Torroella

1914-2002 (aged 88)
critic linguist visual artist art critic poet
Rafael Santos Torroella was a Spanish art critic, translator and poet.
Lorenzo Arrazola y García

8. Lorenzo Arrazola y García

1795-1873 (aged 78)
magistrate university teacher minister diplomat lawyer
D. Lorenzo Arrazola y García was a Spanish lawyer, politician and statesman best known for being Prime Minister of Spain, a six term Minister of Justice and two-time President of the Supreme Court.
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Maria Luz Martínez Seijo

9. Maria Luz Martínez Seijo

1968-. (aged 58)
politician
María Luz Martínez Seijo is a Spanish politician serving as a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2016. She has been a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2022.
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Pedro Calvo Asensio

10. Pedro Calvo Asensio

1821-1863 (aged 42)
writer translator publisher politician pharmacist
Pedro Calvo Asensio was a Spanish playwright, journalist, left-wing politician and Spanish deputy of the 19th century. He was one of the most important Spanish politicians of his time. He owned and managed the newspaper La Iberia, one of the most important newspapers of the middle century in Spain.
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Fernando Vázquez Menchaca

11. Fernando Vázquez Menchaca

1512-1569 (aged 57)
university teacher jurist Renaissance humanist
Fernando Vázquez de Menchaca was a Spanish jurist.
Milagros Marcos

12. Milagros Marcos

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Milagros Marcos Ortega is a Spanish politician and civil servant. She is a member of the People's Party of Castile and León, and was the minister of agriculture and livestock of the Junta of Castile and León from 2011 to 2019. Milagros Marcos also elected deputy of the XIII and XIV legislatures. She was councilor for family and equality and...
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Luis de la Puente

13. Luis de la Puente

1554-1624 (aged 70)
Catholic priest theologian
Luis de la Puente SJ was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and ascetic writer. He was one of the most esteemed ascetical writer of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A few years after his death, the Sacred Congregation of Rites admitted the cause of his beatification and canonization.
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Marcos de Torres y Rueda

14. Marcos de Torres y Rueda

1588-1649 (aged 61)
Latin Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Marcos de Torres y Rueda was bishop of Yucatan (1646–1649), interim viceroy of New Spain, and president of the Audiencia of New Spain. He served in office from May 13, 1648, to April 22, 1649. His name is sometimes given as Marcos Torres y Rueda.
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Antonio Rosón Pérez

15. Antonio Rosón Pérez

1911-1986 (aged 75)
lawyer politician
Antonio Rosón Pérez was a Spanish politician and the first president of the pre-autonomic community of Galicia before reaching its Statute of Autonomy in 1981.
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Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré

16. Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré

1945-2023 (aged 78)
jurist politician
Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré was a Spanish jurist, labour inspector and professor of labour law. He was the Solicitor General of Spain from 1986 to 1990 and a magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain from 2012 to 2020.
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Tania Hermida

17. Tania Hermida

1968-. (aged 58)
screenwriter film director film producer politician
Tania Hermida is an Ecuadorian movie director and screenwriter. She wrote and directed the internationally recognized and lauded films Qué tan lejos and In the Name of the Girl and has collaborated with other filmmakers, like Sebastián Cordero. From 2007 to 2008, she was a member of the Ecuadorian National Assembly.
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Gabriel Cañellas i Fons

18. Gabriel Cañellas i Fons

1941-. (aged 85)
politician
Gabriel Cañellas Fons is a Spanish politician. He was President of the Balearic Islands from 1983 to 1995.
Tomás Villanueva

19. Tomás Villanueva

1953-2017 (aged 64)
politician
Tomás Félix Villanueva Rodríguez was a Spanish politician. He was born in Valladolid and held several positions in the Junta of Castile and León. He was involved in various corruption scandals, and was set to appear before court in late 2017. However, on 7 September 2017, at the age of 64, Villanueva died suddenly of a heart attack.
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Carlos Casado del Alisal

20. Carlos Casado del Alisal

1833-1899 (aged 66)
businessperson
Carlos Casado del Alisal was a Spanish Argentine businessman.
Isaura Leal

21. Isaura Leal

1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Isaura Leal Fernández is a Spanish politician and a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party who currently serves as a deputy and Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies. Between 2018 and 2019 she was the second and last Government Commissioner in front of the Demographic Challenge of the Government of Spain.
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Pedro Cevallos

22. Pedro Cevallos

1759-1838 (aged 79)
diplomat
Pedro Cevallos Guerra was a Spanish statesman and diplomat who served as Chief Minister from 1799 to 1808 during the Napoleonic Wars, although Manuel Godoy, a personal favourite of the Spanish King, had a vast influence over political affairs.
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Juan Valverde de Amusco

23. Juan Valverde de Amusco

1525-1587 (aged 62)
anatomist physician biologist
Juan Valverde de Amusco was born in the Crown of Castille in what is now Spain c. 1525 and studied medicine in Padua and Rome under Realdo Columbo and Bartolomeo Eustachi. He published several works on anatomy, including De animi et corporis sanitate tuenda libellus (Paris, 1552).
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Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva

24. Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva

1515-1578 (aged 63)
politician
Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva was the first president of the New Kingdom of Granada, appointed in 1564.
Olvido García Valdés

25. Olvido García Valdés

1950-. (aged 76)
essayist poet translator
Olvido García Valdés is a Spanish poet, essayist, translator, and professor. She is married to the poet Miguel Casado.
Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

26. Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

1949-. (aged 77)
jurist lawyer politician musician
Gustavo Suárez Pertierra is a Spanish jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Education and as Minister of Defence during the governments of Felipe González.
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Tomás Burgos Gallego

27. Tomás Burgos Gallego

1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Tomás Burgos Gallego is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (PP).
Germán Gamazo y Calvo

28. Germán Gamazo y Calvo

1840-1901 (aged 61)
politician
Germán Gamazo y Calvo was a Spanish politician and lawyer who was a minister several times in the 1880s and the 1890s.
Isaac Puente Amestoy

29. Isaac Puente Amestoy

1896-1936 (aged 40)
general practitioner politician trade unionist anarcho-syndicalist physician
Isaac Puente Amestoy, born in Las Carreras near Biscay, was a Basque physician and Spanish anarchist of a strong anarchist communist bent, who adhered to concerns around birth control, hygiene and sexuality. He promoted anarcho-naturism, and was active in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).
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William David Butler-Adams

30. William David Butler-Adams

1974-. (aged 52)
chief executive officer
William David Butler-Adams OBE FRGS is the managing director of Brompton Bicycle Limited a manufacturer based in the United Kingdom and Brompton Bike Hire Limited a provider of bicycle-sharing systems.
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Manuel Fernández Álvarez

31. Manuel Fernández Álvarez

1921-2010 (aged 89)
historian university teacher
Manuel Fernández Álvarez was a Spanish historian, academic and writer.
Francisco Javier León de la Riva

32. Francisco Javier León de la Riva

1945-. (aged 81)
gynecologist politician
Francisco Javier León de la Riva is a Spanish politician and doctor. He was a member of the People's Alliance (AP) from 1982 to 1989, and the People's Party (PP) since 1989. He was the mayor of Valladolid from 1995 to 2015, and vice president of Caja Duero from 1996 to 2008. He was a member of the Cortes of...
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Juan Carlos Aparicio

33. Juan Carlos Aparicio

1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Juan Carlos Aparicio Pérez is a Spanish politician and chemist. He served as Minister of Labour and Social of Spain from February 2000 to July 2002.
Alejandro Blanco

34. Alejandro Blanco

1950-. (aged 76)
judoka sports executive
Alejandro Blanco Bravo is the current President of the Spanish Olympic Committee.
Andrés Manjón

35. Andrés Manjón

1846-1923 (aged 77)
university teacher Catholic priest writer jurist pedagogue
Andrés Manjón y Manjón was a Spanish priest and educator who founded the Escuelas del Ave-María (Schools of Ave Maria) in Granada. He was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1886.
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Jesús María de Leizaola

36. Jesús María de Leizaola

1896-1989 (aged 93)
lawyer politician
Jesús María de Leizaola Sánchez was a Spanish politician and was named President of the Basque Government in exile after José Antonio Aguirre's death in 1960.
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Modesto Lafuente

37. Modesto Lafuente

1806-1866 (aged 60)
historian writer journalist
Modesto Lafuente y Zamalloa was a Spanish critic and historian. In 1861 he was elected Vice President of the Congress of Deputies and, in February 7, 1862, he assumed the office of acting president of the Congress due to the death in office of Francisco Martínez de la Rosa until February 18, 1862.
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Ignacio Diego

38. Ignacio Diego

1960-. (aged 66)
engineer politician
Juan Ignacio Diego Palacios is a Spanish politician and member of the Partido Popular. He has served as the President of Cantabria, one of Spain's seventeen autonomous regions, from 2011 to 2015. Diego's PP political party obtained an absolute majority in the Parliament of Cantabria in the regional elections held on 22 May 2011.
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Florentino Asensio Barroso

39. Florentino Asensio Barroso

1877-1936 (aged 59)
Latin Catholic priest Roman Catholic cleric Latin Catholic bishop Catholic bishop transitional deacon
Florentino Asensio Barroso was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Barbastro. He served as a chaplain of both the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Servants of Jesus as a priest. He was made a bishop in 1935 and killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.
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Bartolomé Carranza

40. Bartolomé Carranza

1503-1576 (aged 73)
university teacher friar Catholic priest
Bartolomé Carranza was a Navarrese priest of the Dominican Order, theologian and Archbishop of Toledo. He is notable for having been persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition. He spent much of his later life imprisoned on charges of heresy. He was first denounced in 1530, and imprisoned during 1558–1576. The final judgement found no proof of heresy but secluded him to...
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Diego de Vargas

41. Diego de Vargas

1643-1704 (aged 61)
politician
Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras, commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (currently covering the modern US states of New Mexico and Arizona). He was the title-holder in 1690–1695, and effective governor in 1692–1696 and 1703–1704. He is known...
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Luis Suárez Fernández

42. Luis Suárez Fernández

1924-2024 (aged 100)
university teacher medievalist politician
Luis Suárez Fernández was a Spanish historian, originally a medievalist, who has extended his studies to include modern and recent history. He belonged to a line of Spanish historians that are in full agreement with Francoism and by some is named a revisionist.
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José Jiménez Lozano

43. José Jiménez Lozano

1930-2020 (aged 90)
essayist novelist writer journalist poet
José Jiménez Lozano was a Spanish writer. In 2002 he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize.
Melchor Cano

44. Melchor Cano

1509-1560 (aged 51)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop philosopher university teacher
Melchor Cano O.P. was a Spanish Scholastic theologian. Cano's most important theological work was his posthumously published De locis theologicis (Salamanca, 1563), a major contribution to the New Scholasticism of the Salamanca school.
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Pío del Río Hortega

45. Pío del Río Hortega

1882-1945 (aged 63)
neuroscientist physician
Pío del Río Hortega was a Spanish neuroscientist who discovered microglia.
Jesús Julio Carnero

46. Jesús Julio Carnero

1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Jesús Julio Carnero García is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician.
Santiago Alba y Bonifaz

47. Santiago Alba y Bonifaz

1872-1949 (aged 77)
lawyer politician journalist
Santiago Alba y Bonifaz was a Spanish politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of the Navy, Minister of Education and Science, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Housing, and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
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Ana Redondo García

48. Ana Redondo García

1966-. (aged 60)
university teacher politician
Ana Carmen Redondo García is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party appointed as minister of Equality since November 2023.
Cristóbal Vaca de Castro

49. Cristóbal Vaca de Castro

1492-1566 (aged 74)
explorer military personnel judge politician
Cristóbal Vaca de Castro was a Spanish colonial administrator in Peru.
Soraya Rodríguez

50. Soraya Rodríguez

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer politician
María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos is a Spanish lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Ciudadanos since 2019. She previously was a Deputy of the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies.
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Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla

51. Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla

1833-1895 (aged 62)
military personnel politician
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla was a Spanish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Spain for a little over ten weeks, in the summer of 1871, and again for eight months, between June 1872 and February 1873.
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José María Benegas

52. José María Benegas

1948-2015 (aged 67)
lawyer politician
José María "Txiki" Benegas Haddad was a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). His nickname "Txiki" is Basque for "small".
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Santiago Brouard

53. Santiago Brouard

1919-1984 (aged 65)
politician physician
Santiago Brouard or Santi Brouard was a doctor and Basque politician. He was one of the leaders of Herri Batasuna, and deputy mayor of Bilbao. He was killed by the Spanish government's death squad, the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL), in one of its highest-profile acts. Broaurd was shot by GAL gunmen Luis Morcillo and Rafael López Ocaña as he...
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Fernando Méndez-Leite

54. Fernando Méndez-Leite

1944-. (aged 82)
screenwriter film director film critic
Fernando Méndez-Leite Serrano is a Spanish film critic, lecturer and filmmaker. He has also worked in theatre and television. He became the president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain in 2022.
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Luis de Granada

55. Luis de Granada

1504-1588 (aged 84)
theologian writer Catholic priest
Louis of Granada, in some sources Luis of Granada,, was a Dominican friar who was noted as theologian, writer and preacher. His beatification process has been long open with the Holy See, with his current status being venerable.
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José Solís

56. José Solís

1913-1990 (aged 77)
military personnel lawyer politician
José Solís Ruiz was a Spanish politician, known for his role in Francoist Spain, during which he occupied a number of important posts.
José María Calleja

57. José María Calleja

1955-2020 (aged 65)
television presenter writer journalist
José María Fernández Calleja was a Spanish journalist, political prisoner during the Francisco Franco era and anti-ETA activist.
Isabel García Tejerina

58. Isabel García Tejerina

1968-. (aged 58)
economist jurist lawyer politician
Isabel García Tejerina is a Spanish politician of the PP.
Iratxe García

59. Iratxe García

1974-. (aged 52)
social worker politician
Iratxe García Pérez is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She has served as Member of the European Parliament since 2004, and has served as the Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group since 2019.
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Isabel Carrasco

60. Isabel Carrasco

1955-2014 (aged 59)
politician
Isabel Carrasco Lorenzo was a Spanish politician of the People's Party. Carrasco served in the Senate of Spain between 2003 and 2007. At the time of her death, Carrasco was the head of the government in the northwestern Province of León, and the head of the People's Party in the province. She was murdered in May 2014 as she walked...
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Leopoldo Panero

61. Leopoldo Panero

1909-1962 (aged 53)
writer poet censor lecturer
Leopoldo Panero was Spanish poet, born in Astorga in 1909 and deceased in 1962. He was the father of the poets Leopoldo María Panero and Juan Luis Panero and the brother of the early-died poet Juan Panero.
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Luis Garicano

62. Luis Garicano

1967-. (aged 59)
university teacher economist politician
Luis Garicano Gabilondo is a Spanish economist and politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022. He was also vice president of Renew Europe and vice president of the European political party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE Party). Before entering politics, he was a professor of strategy and economics at IE...
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Félix María de Samaniego

63. Félix María de Samaniego

1745-1801 (aged 56)
writer politician
Félix María Serafín Sánchez de Samaniego y Zabala was a Spanish neoclassical fabulist.
Francisco Igea Arisqueta

64. Francisco Igea Arisqueta

1963-. (aged 63)
politician physician
Francisco Igea Arisqueta is a Spanish politician who was a member of the Citizens party between 2016 and 2023.
Andreu Mas-Colell

65. Andreu Mas-Colell

1944-. (aged 82)
university teacher economist politician
Andreu Mas-Colell is an economist, an expert in microeconomics and a prominent mathematical economist. He is the founder of the Barcelona School of Economics and a professor in the department of economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He has also served several times in the cabinet of the Catalan government. Summarizing his and others' research in general...
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Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola

66. Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola

1831-1888 (aged 57)
rock art specialist jurist lawyer anthropologist archaeologist
Don Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y Pedrueca or Marcelino de Sautuola was a Spanish jurist and amateur archaeologist who owned the land where the Altamira cave was found.
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Miriam González Durántez

67. Miriam González Durántez

1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
Miriam González Durántez, Lady Clegg is a Spanish international trade lawyer, vice chair of UBS Europe, and founder of Inspiring Girls. She is married to Nick Clegg, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015.
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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

68. Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

1856-1912 (aged 56)
literary historian literary critic biographer university teacher writer
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the history of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, translation and philosophy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
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Reyes Maroto

69. Reyes Maroto

1973-. (aged 53)
university teacher economist politician
María Reyes Maroto Illera is a Spanish economist and politician who served as minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism in the government of prime minister Pedro Sánchez from 2018 to 2023.
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Onésimo Redondo

70. Onésimo Redondo

1905-1936 (aged 31)
falangist politician trade unionist
Onésimo Redondo Ortega was a Spanish Falangist politician. He founded the Juntas Castellanas de Actuación Hispánica, a political group that merged with Ramiro Ledesma's Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista and José Antonio Primo de Rivera's Falange Española.
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Juan de Herrera

71. Juan de Herrera

1530-1597 (aged 67)
mathematician architect
Juan de Herrera was a Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician.
Antonio Mercero

72. Antonio Mercero

1936-2018 (aged 82)
film director screenwriter
Antonio Mercero Juldain was a Spanish director of the television series Verano azul and Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, which won an Emmy Award. His 1998 film A Time for Defiance was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special...
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Andrés Trapiello

73. Andrés Trapiello

1953-. (aged 73)
novelist editor writer translator poet
Andrés Trapiello is a noted Spanish poet and writer. He was born in Manzaneda de Torío, León, and studied at the University of Valladolid. He moved to Madrid in 1975, and has lived in the capital ever since.
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Miguel Delibes

74. Miguel Delibes

1920-2010 (aged 90)
novelist lawyer writer journalist poet
Miguel Delibes Setién MML was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat. Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper...
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Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente

75. Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente

1928-1980 (aged 52)
biophilia hypothesis
Félix Samuel Rodríguez de la Fuente was a Spanish naturalist and broadcaster. He is best known for the highly successful and influential television series El Hombre y la Tierra (1974–1980). A graduate in medicine and self-taught in biology, he was a multifaceted charismatic figure whose influence has endured despite the passing years.
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José Zorrilla

76. José Zorrilla

1817-1893 (aged 76)
playwright poet writer
José Zorrilla y Moral was a Spanish poet and dramatist, who became National Laureate.
Eva Hache

77. Eva Hache

1971-. (aged 55)
television presenter actor film director
Eva María Hernández Villegas, better known as Eva Hache, is a Spanish choreographer, comedian, actress and television show hostess. Among other performances, she is known for her late night show Noche hache, and for hosting two successive Goya Awards ceremonies (2012 and 2013).
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín

78. Leandro Fernández de Moratín

1760-1828 (aged 68)
translator playwright poet writer
Leandro Fernández de Moratín ORE was a Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet. He was a major poet, dramatist and man of letters whose writings promoted the reformist ideas associated with the Spanish Enlightenment.
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Óscar Puente

79. Óscar Puente

1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer politician
Óscar Puente Santiago is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who has served as Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility since 2023. He served as a city councillor in Valladolid from 2007 to 2023 and as the city's mayor from 2015 to 2023.
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Antonio Vallejo-Nájera

80. Antonio Vallejo-Nájera

1889-1960 (aged 71)
physician psychiatrist university teacher military physician
Antonio Vallejo-Nájera was a Spanish psychiatrist. He was interested in eugenics and proposed a link between Marxism and intellectual disability, something he sought to prove through experimenting on Republican prisoners. His ideas led to the thefts of many Spanish newborns and young children from their left-wing parents in Francoist Spain; as many as 30,000 children were taken from leftist families...
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Pedro Arrupe

81. Pedro Arrupe

1907-1991 (aged 84)
Catholic priest regular cleric university teacher writer
Pedro Arrupe y Gondra, SJ was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983. He has been called a second founder of the Society, which he led in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the...
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Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría

82. Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría

1971-. (aged 55)
university teacher politician
María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón is a Spanish former politician of the People's Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of the Presidency from 2011 to 2018. She was member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid from 2004 until 2018.
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Manuel Belgrano

83. Manuel Belgrano

1770-1820 (aged 50)
economist jurist lawyer military personnel politician
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano ( Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel βelˈɣɾano]), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and designed what became the flag of Argentina. Argentines regard him as one of the main Founding Fathers of the...
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Sam Wanamaker

84. Sam Wanamaker

1919-1993 (aged 74)
theatrical director stage actor film director television actor film actor
Samuel Wanamaker was an American actor and director, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He began his career on Broadway, but spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom, where he emigrated after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist views in the 1950s.
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Jesús Cardenal Fernández

85. Jesús Cardenal Fernández

1930-2018 (aged 88)
jurist prosecutor
Jesús Cardenal Fernández was a Spanish lawyer who served as Attorney General from 1997 to 2004.
Joaquín Díaz González

86. Joaquín Díaz González

1947-. (aged 79)
writer musicologist folklorist musician
Joaquin Diaz González is a Spanish ethnomusicologist, folklorist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his work researching and collecting Spanish folk songs and folk lore, and for his extensive recording and performing of this literature as a musician. In 1980 he founded the monthly journal Revista de folklore and created the Centro Castellano de Estudios Folklóricos at the University...
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Elena Herraiz

87. Elena Herraiz

1992-. (aged 34)
television presenter linguist YouTuber
Elena Herraiz Medina, known online as Linguriosa ( pronounced [liŋɡuˈɾjosa]), is a Spanish YouTuber, linguistic popularizer and Spanish-language teacher. Since 2024, she has appeared on the TV programme Cifras y letras.
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Agustín de Cazalla

88. Agustín de Cazalla

1510-1559 (aged 49)
canon theologian
Agustín de Cazalla was a Spanish clergyman, with humanist and Erasmist tendencies, who was prosecuted for founding a Protestant sect in Valladolid. The son of a royal accountant, Pedro de Cazalla, and Leonor de Vibero (or Vivero) - both were of 'converso' families - the nephew of Bishop Juan de Cazalla and the brother of María de Cazalla (of the...
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Julián Sánchez Melgar

89. Julián Sánchez Melgar

1955-. (aged 71)
magistrate
Julián Artemio Sánchez Melgar, is a Spanish judge and prosecutor currently serving as magistrate of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court. He was the 90th Attorney General of Spain from December 2017 to June 2018. Because of being attorney general he was also member of the Council of State. He is considered a Magistrate with a conservative profile.
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Alfredo Sáenz Abad

90. Alfredo Sáenz Abad

1942-. (aged 84)
banker economist
Alfredo Sáenz Abad is a Spanish businessman who was the CEO and vice-chairman of the Spanish bank Santander Group, the largest bank in the Eurozone and one of the largest banks in the world in terms of market capitalisation. He obtained his degree in law from the University of Valladolid, and in Economics from the Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao.
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Carlos Dívar

91. Carlos Dívar

1941-2017 (aged 76)
magistrate
José Carlos Dívar Blanco was a Spanish magistrate. He served as the 46th President of the Supreme Court and 6th President of the General Council of the Judiciary from September 2008 to June 2012.
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Ángel Herrera Oria

92. Ángel Herrera Oria

1886-1968 (aged 82)
Catholic bishop lawyer Catholic priest Catholic deacon politician
Ángel Herrera Oria was a Spanish journalist and Roman Catholic politician and later a cardinal. He established the Instituto Social León XIII (later renamed Fundación Pablo VI) to promote the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church and named it in honor of Pope Paul VI who elevated him to the rank of cardinal in 1965.
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Emilio Botín

93. Emilio Botín

1934-2014 (aged 80)
businessperson banker
Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, iure uxoris Marquess of O'Shea was a Spanish banker. He was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank absorbed Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), and in 1999 it merged with Banco Central Hispano creating Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH), which became Spain's largest bank, of which he...
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Isabel Celaá

94. Isabel Celaá

1949-. (aged 77)
diplomat politician secondary school teacher
María Isabel Celaá Diéguez is a Spanish politician. In June 2018, she was appointed Minister of Education and Vocational Training and Spokesperson of the Government of Spain. Since 2022, she serves as Ambassador to the Holy See.
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Turibius of Mongrovejo

95. Turibius of Mongrovejo

1538-1606 (aged 68)
Catholic priest inquisitor
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death.
José Manuel Losada

96. José Manuel Losada

1962-. (aged 64)
literary theorist university teacher
José Manuel Losada is a Spanish literary theorist with a specialization in the fields of myth criticism and comparative literature. Within these fields he has published several books in Spanish, French and English.
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Jean-Marie Klinkenberg

97. Jean-Marie Klinkenberg

1944-. (aged 82)
university teacher linguist
Jean-Marie Klinkenberg is a Belgian linguist and semiotician, professor at the State University of Liège, born in Verviers (Belgium) in 1944. Member of the interdisciplinary Groupe μ. President of the International Association for visual Semiotics.
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Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde

98. Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde

1949-. (aged 77)
lawyer politician
Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde, is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action and a former Congressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2019. He was president of the Popular Action from 2004 to 2009.
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Diego Uribe Vargas

99. 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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Jan Emanuel Abras

100. Jan Emanuel Abras

1975-. (aged 51)
musicologist conductor composer
Juan Manuel Abras Contel is a classical music composer, conductor, musicologist and historian from Sweden. Born in Stockholm to a European family (French, Italian, etc.) that moved around the world, Abras became a cosmopolitan artist and scientist.
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