100 Notable alumni of
Complutense University of Madrid
Updated:
The Complutense University of Madrid is 41st in the world, 14th in Europe, and 1st in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Complutense University of Madrid sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
-
Julio Iglesias
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with Licentiate in law
- Occupations
- businesspersoncomposersingerassociation football playerrecording artist
- Biography
-
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record sellers in music history, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide in 14 languages. It is estimated that during his career he has performed in more than 5,000 concerts, for over 60 million people in five continents. In April 2013, Iglesias was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.
-
Mario Vargas Llosa
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- 1958-1971 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- essayistopinion journalistpoliticianplaywrightprose writer
- Biography
-
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa, more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa, is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a larger international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." He also won the 1967 Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the 1986 Prince of Asturias Award, the 1994 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1995 Jerusalem Prize, the 2012 Carlos Fuentes International Prize, and the 2018 Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit. In 2021, he was elected to the Académie française.
-
José Rizal
- Occupations
- poetophthalmologistwritersurgeonrevolutionary
- Biography
-
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered a national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.
-
Queen Letizia of Spain
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- 1990-1995 studied journalism
- Occupations
- journalistaristocratwar correspondenttelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano is Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe VI.
-
Pedro Sánchez
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with Llicenciate in Business Management and Economic Sciences
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
-
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón is a Spanish politician who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since June 2017, having previously held that office from 2014 to 2016, and was elected President of the Socialist International in November 2022.
-
Luis Buñuel
- Occupations
- directorscreenwriterphotographerpoetcomposer
- Biography
-
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel’s works were known for their avant-garde surrealism which were also infused with political commentary.
-
Seo Yea-ji
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- actormodel
- Biography
-
Seo Yea-ji is a South Korean actress. She began her acting career in the sitcom Potato Star 2013QR3 (2013–2014). This was followed by major roles in period drama Diary of a Night Watchman (2014), thriller Last (2015), and fantasy Moorim School: Saga of the Brave (2016). Her notable lead roles in television series include Save Me (2017) and Lawless Lawyer (2018). She rose to prominence with the romantic comedy It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020).
-
Miguel de Unamuno
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherpoetnovelistpolitician
- Biography
-
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca.
-
Pablo Iglesias Turrión
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical pundituniversity teachertelevision presenterpolitical scientist
- Biography
-
Pablo Iglesias Turrión is a Spanish political scientist and former politician. During his political career, he served as Second Deputy Prime Minister and as Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda of the Government of Spain from 2020 to 2021. He also served as Member of the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2021, representing Madrid. Iglesias is a co-founder of Podemos, a left-wing political party that he led from 2014 until his resignation in 2021.
-
Isabel Díaz Ayuso
- Occupations
- communications adviserpolitician
- Biography
-
Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso is a Spanish politician and journalist serving as the president of the Community of Madrid since 2019. She is the president of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid.
-
Francisco Quevedo
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
-
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo. This style existed in stark contrast to Góngora's culteranismo.
-
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with Licentiate in journalism
- Occupations
- writertelevision presenterjournalistwar correspondenteditor-in-chief
- Biography
-
Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in 1986.
-
Antonio Luna
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
-
Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino pharmacist and army general who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899 at the age of 32.
-
Alan García
- Occupations
- writerlawyerpoliticiansociologistjurist
- Biography
-
Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party and to date the only party member ever to have served as President. Mentored by the founder of the APRA, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, he served in the Constituent Assembly of 1978–1979. Elected to the Peruvian Congress in 1980, he rose to the position of General Secretary of the APRA in 1982, and was subsequently elected to the presidency in 1985 in a landslide victory at the age of 35 years.
-
Josep Borrell
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- 1967-1972 graduated with Bachelor in Economics
- In 1976 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- engineereconomisttrade unionistpolitician
- Biography
-
Josep Borrell Fontelles is a Spanish politician serving as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy since 1 December 2019. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2019.
-
Adolfo Suárez
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez was a Spanish lawyer and politician. Suárez was Spain's first democratically elected prime minister since the Second Spanish Republic and a key figure in the country's transition to democracy after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
-
José María Aznar
- Occupations
- statespersonpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
-
José María Alfredo Aznar López is a Spanish politician who was the prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People's Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in Spain.
-
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Occupations
- neurologistprofessorpathologistchemistanatomist
- Biography
-
Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. Ramón y Cajal was the first person of Spanish origin to win a scientific Nobel Prize. His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer of modern neuroscience.
-
Manuel Azaña
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlawyer
- Biography
-
Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He was the most prominent leader of the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.
-
Alejandro Amenábar
- Occupations
- film directorfilm producercomposerfilm score composerscreenwriter
- Biography
-
Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer. He has won nine Goyas—including a Goya Award for Best Director for his 2001 film The Others— two European Film Awards and one Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Sea Inside among other honors. He has written (or co-written) the screenplays to all seven of his films and composed almost all of their soundtracks.
-
Sara Carbonero
- Occupations
- journalistpresentersports journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Sara Carbonero Arévalo is a Spanish sports journalist. Since early 2000, she was a TV presenter for Telecinco, until she moved to Porto, in Portugal, when her ex-husband Iker Casillas joined Porto in July 2015.
-
Julio Iglesias Jr
- Occupations
- modelguitaristfashion modelsingeractor
- Biography
-
Julio Iglesias Jr. is a Spanish singer. In 2008, he was declared the winner of the CMT competition Gone Country.
-
Íñigo Errejón
- Occupations
- political scientistpolitician
- Biography
-
Íñigo Errejón Galván is a Spanish political scientist and politician, serving as member of the 14th Congress of Deputies.
-
Infanta Cristina of Spain
- Occupations
- sailor
- Biography
-
Infanta Cristina is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after her brother King Felipe VI's children, her sister Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Elena's children.
-
Ana Obregón
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwriteractorsingertelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Ana Victoria García Obregón, better known as Ana Obregón, is a Spanish actress, television presenter, and socialite. Obregón has appeared in European and American films but she is best known for her high-profile personal life and her career as a television presenter –hosting shows such as ¿Qué apostamos?–, and as a television actress –starring in television series such as Ana y los 7 and A las once en casa –.
-
Almudena Grandes
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied geography and study of history
- Occupations
- journalistnovelistwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
-
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her "one of the most important writers of our time."
-
Ramón Serrano Suñer
- Occupations
- diplomatlawyerpoliticianfalangistState lawyer
- Biography
-
Ramón Serrano Suñer, was a Spanish politician during the first stages of the Francoist dictatorship, between 1938 and 1942, when he held the posts of President of the FET y de las JONS caucus (1936), and then Interior Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister. A neofalangist originally from the CEDA, Serrano Suñer came to embody the most totalitarian impetus within the regime. Serrano Suñer was known for his pro-Third Reich stance during World War II, when he supported the sending of the Blue Division to fight along with the Wehrmacht on the Russian front. He was also the brother-in-law of Francisco Franco's wife Carmen Polo, for which he was informally nicknamed Cuñadísimo or the "most brother-in-law" (in comparison, the dictator himself was styled as generalísimo).
-
Santiago Segura
- Occupations
- writerdirectoractorcomics artisttelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books.
-
Pablo Casado Blanco
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Pablo Casado Blanco is a Spanish former politician. He was a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid until 4 April 2022, having previously represented Ávila between 2011 and 2019. From 2015 to 2018, he also served as vice secretary general of communication of the People's Party (PP). From July 2018 until April 2022, he was the president of the PP.
-
Antonio García Ferreras
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalistprofessor
- Biography
-
Antonio García Ferreras is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.
-
Javier Marías
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied English studies
- Occupations
- translatorwriterprofessorjournalisteditor
- Biography
-
Javier Marías Franco was a Spanish author, translator, and columnist. Marías published fifteen novels, including A Heart So White (Corazón tan blanco, 1992) and Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, 1994). In addition to his novels, he also published three collections of short stories and various essays. As one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, his books have been translated into forty-six languages and were sold close to nine million times internationally. He received several awards for his work, such as the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1995), the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1997), the International Nonino Prize (2011), and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2011).
-
Javier Ambrossi
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm directorstage actor
- Biography
-
Francisco Javier García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi, better known as Javier Ambrossi, is a Spanish actor, stage, film and television director, and writer. He is best known for creating and directing the musical La llamada and its film adaptation together with Javier Calvo, as well as the television series Paquita Salas, Veneno and La mesías.
-
Cristina Cifuentes
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianlawyercivil servant
- Biography
-
María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas is a former Spanish politician of the People's Party. She was the President of the Community of Madrid from 24 June 2015 to her 25 April 2018 resignation. From 16 January 2012 to 13 April 2015, she served as the Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid.
-
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
- Occupations
- chemistsenior lecturerpolitician
- Biography
-
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba was a Spanish statesman, politician and chemist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2010 to 2011, and previously as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993, as Minister of the Presidency from 1993 to 1996, as Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2011 and as acting Minister of Defence between May and June 2008.
-
Ana Rosa Quintana
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
-
Ana Rosa Quintana Hortal is a Spanish journalist and television presenter.
-
Javier Solana
- Occupations
- university teacherprofessorinternational forum participantdiplomatphysicist
- Biography
-
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga CYC is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), leading the alliance during Operation Allied Force, he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009.
-
Fernando Rey
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
-
Fernando Casado Arambillet, best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Viridiana, 1961; Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as the drug lord Alain Charnier in The French Connection (1971) and French Connection II (1975), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century.
-
Fernando Savater
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianprofessor of philosophyactivistphilosopher
- Biography
-
Fernando Fernández-Savater Martín is a Spanish philosopher, essayist and author.
-
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- journalistannounceractortelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish actress, journalist and TV presenter.
-
Carlos Arias Navarro
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Carlos Arias Navarro, 1st Marquess of Arias Navarro was the prime Minister of Spain during the final years of the Francoist dictatorship and the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy.
-
Nadia Calviño Santamaría
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- In 1991 graduated with Bachelor in Economics
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
-
Nadia María Calviño Santamaría is a Spanish economist and civil servant serving as the President of the European Investment Bank since January 2024. She previously served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from July 2021 and Minister of Economy from 2018 to December 2023 under prime minister Pedro Sánchez. In 2020, the post was renamed as Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. In the 15th legislature, which began in November 2023, she was part of the government as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise.
-
Severo Ochoa
- Occupations
- biochemistwriterphysicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
-
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".
-
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianwriter
- Biography
-
Manuel Fraga Iribarne was a Spanish professor and politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who was also one of the founders of the People's Party. Fraga was Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962 and 1969, Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975, Minister of the Interior in 1975, Second Deputy Prime Minister between 1975 and 1976, President of the People's Alliance/People's Party between 1979 and 1990 and President of the Regional Government of Galicia between 1990 and 2005. He was also a Member of the Congress of Deputies and a Senator.
-
Alberto Garzón
- Occupations
- ministerpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
-
Alberto Carlos Garzón Espinosa is a Spanish former politician and economist. He was the Minister of Consumer Affairs from 2020 to 2023. He has been a member of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and United Left (Izquierda Unida, IU) since 2003. In the 2011 general election, he was elected as an MP within that coalition. He has been the Secretary of Constituent Process in IU from 2014 to 2016, and in 2015, he was elected as an IU candidate for that year's general election. He is a researcher at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville.
-
Carlos Mesa
- Occupations
- journalisthistorianwriterpolitician
- Biography
-
Carlos Diego de Mesa Gisbert is a Bolivian historian, journalist, and politician who served as the 63rd president of Bolivia from 2003 to 2005. As an independent politician, he previously served as the 37th vice president of Bolivia from 2002 to 2003 under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and was the international spokesman for Bolivia's lawsuit against Chile in the International Court of Justice from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Revolutionary Left Front, he has served as leader of Civic Community, the largest opposition parliamentary group in Bolivia, since 2018.
-
Eduard Punset
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterlawyereconomisttelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Eduard Punset i Casals was a Spanish politician, lawyer, economist, and science popularizer.
-
Margarita Salas
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with Licentiate
- Occupations
- university teachermolecular geneticistmolecular biologistgeneticistscientist
- Biography
-
Margarita Salas Falgueras, 1st Marchioness of Canero was a Spanish scientist, medical researcher, and author in the fields of biochemistry and molecular genetics.
-
Rita Barberá Nolla
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
-
María Rita Barberá Nolla was a Spanish politician who was the mayor of Valencia from 1991 until 2015.
-
Esperanza Aguirre
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerjurist
- Biography
-
Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma is a Spanish politician. As member of the People's Party (PP), she served as President of the Senate between 1999 and 2002 (becoming the first female politician to have held the post), as President of the Community of Madrid between 2003 and 2012 and as Minister of Education and Culture (1996–1999). She also chaired the People's Party of the Community of Madrid between 2004 and 2016.
-
Fernando Trueba
- Occupations
- film directordirectorscreenwriteractorfilm producer
- Biography
-
Fernando Rodríguez Trueba, known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish filmmaker, writer, producer and book editor.
-
Iker Jiménez
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- YouTubermusiciantelevision presenterufologistwriter
- Biography
-
Iker Jiménez Elizari is a Spanish journalist and television host. He is a graduate in sciences of information from the Complutense University of Madrid and the European University of Madrid, and gained prominence directing and presenting, along with his wife and collaborator Carmen Porter, mystery investigation program Milenio 3 in Cadena SER, after which they moved to television with the program Cuarto Milenio in Cuatro. In 2020 he created the YouTube podcast La Estirpe de los Libres, and the same year started presenting the divulgation program Horizonte, initially in Telecinco and later in Cuatro.
-
Mario Conde
- Occupations
- bankerpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
-
Mario Antonio Conde Conde is a Spanish businessman, former banker, state lawyer and politician. He served as chairman of Banesto from November 1987 to December 1993, when he was dismissed and the firm intervened by the Bank of Spain, in what would become the first major interference of a government in a financial institution. At the peak of his career in 1987, a 38-year-old Conde controlled over 1% of Spain's GDP.
-
Brays Efedra
- Occupations
- screenwriteractor
- Biography
-
Brays Fernández Vidal, best known by the stage name Brays Efe, is a Spanish actor and television personality. He became popular for his role in the comedy web series Paquita Salas.
-
Enrique Dussel
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with doctorate in philosophy
- Occupations
- historianchurch historianuniversity teachertheologianphilosopher
- Biography
-
Enrique Domingo Dussel Ambrosini was an Argentine-Mexican academic, philosopher, historian and theologian. He served as the interim rector of the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México from 2013 to 2014.
-
Miguel Boyer
- Occupations
- businesspersoneconomistpoliticiansocialite
- Biography
-
Miguel Boyer was a Spanish economist and politician, who served as minister of economy, treasury and commerce from 1982 to 1985.
-
Jorge Verstrynge Rojas
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- In 1972 graduated with Licentiate in political science and sociology
- In 1976 graduated with doctorate in political science and sociology
- Occupations
- political analystpoliticianuniversity teachersociologist
- Biography
-
Jorge Verstrynge Rojas is a Spanish former politician, activist and political scientist, professor in the Complutense University of Madrid. Close to neofascist movements in his youth and Secretary-General of People's Alliance in the 1980s, he experimented along his political career an ideological switch towards leftist positions.
-
David Trueba
- Occupations
- film actorwriterscreenwriteractorjournalist
- Biography
-
David Rodríguez Trueba is a Spanish filmmaker and author.
-
Josep Pedrerol
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- 1983-1987 graduated with Licentiate in communication science
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
-
Josep Pedrerol Alonso is a Spanish sports journalist who, within the Atresmedia group, presents the sports news program Jugones on La Sexta and the sports talk show El chiringuito de Jugones on Mega.
-
Infante Carlos of Spain
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
-
Don Carlos María Alfonso Marcelo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón-Parma, Infante of Spain, Duke of Calabria was, at his death, the last male infante of Spain during the reigns of his cousins King Juan Carlos I and King Felipe VI.
-
Victoria Kent
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerjurist
- Biography
-
Victoria Kent Siano was a Spanish lawyer and republican politician.
-
Jacinto Benavente
- Occupations
- film directorplaywrightwriterpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
-
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama".
-
Antonio Muñoz Molina
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- journalistnovelistauthorwriter
- Biography
-
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.
-
Eduardo Chillida
- Occupations
- visual artistgraphic artistdrawersculptorillustrator
- Biography
-
Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque, was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works.
-
Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde
- Occupations
- military personnelsurgeon
- Biography
-
Don Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Ortega, 10th Marquess of Villaverde was a Spanish aristocrat, the son-in-law of dictator Francisco Franco, and a heart surgeon. In Spanish, his peerage is written El X Marqués de Villaverde (English: The 10th Marquess of Villaverde).
-
Juan Carlos Monedero
- Occupations
- politicianprofessorpolitical scientist
- Biography
-
Juan Carlos Monedero Fernández-Gala is a Spanish political scientist and writer. He is a professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and a host of La Tuerka. He was one of the leading members of Podemos until he resigned in April 2015.
-
Iván Redondo
- Occupations
- political adviser
- Biography
-
Iván Redondo Bacaicoa is a Spanish political advisor who served as the 11th Moncloa Chief of Staff from 2018 to 2021.
-
Carolina Bescansa
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teachersociologistpolitical scientist
- Biography
-
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.
-
Elvira Lindo
- Occupations
- writerscreenwriteractorchildren's writerjournalist
- Biography
-
Elvira Lindo is a Spanish journalist and writer.
-
Rita Maestre
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Rita Maestre Fernández is a Spanish political scientist and politician. A member of the Madrid City Council since 2015, she served as Spokesperson of the municipal government board presided by Manuela Carmena from 2015 to 2019.
-
Lorenzo Silva
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with Licentiate in law
- Occupations
- novelistwriterlawyer
- Biography
-
Lorenzo Manuel Silva Amador is a Spanish award-winning writer. After earning a law degree at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, he worked as a lawyer from 1992 to 2002.
-
Lucía Etxebarria
- Occupations
- poetwriterscreenwriterbiographer
- Biography
-
Lucía Etxebarria de Asteinza is a Spanish writer, winner of Premio Nadal in 1998 and Premio Planeta de Novela in 2004.
-
Dolores Delgado
- Occupations
- prosecutorpoliticianjurist
- Biography
-
Dolores Delgado García is a Spanish prosecutor who served as Attorney General of Spain from 2020 to 2022. Previously, she served as Minister of Justice and First Notary of the Kingdom from 2018 to 2020, in the first Pedro Sánchez administration.
-
Emmanuel Mounier
- Occupations
- writerchefteacherphilosopherjournalist
- Biography
-
Emmanuel Mounier was a French philosopher, theologian, teacher and essayist.
-
Miriam Díaz Aroca
- Occupations
- writerstage actortelevision presenterfilm actorjournalist
- Biography
-
Margarita Miriam Díaz Aroca is a Spanish actress and television presenter.
-
María Dueñas
- Occupations
- university teacherwriter
- Biography
-
María Dueñas Vinuesa is a Spanish writer and professor. She rose to fame in 2009 with El tiempo entre costuras, her first novel, which became one of the best-selling works of Spanish literature in recent years and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
-
Pablo Isla
- Occupations
- entrepreneurlawyer
- Biography
-
Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera is a Spanish businessman and a State lawyer who served as chairman and CEO of Inditex, a large Spanish corporation and the world's largest fashion group, from 2005 to 2022.
-
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
-
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós, 4th Marquess of Valtierra is a Spanish peer, executive and civil servant. He is the father of politician Iván Espinosa de los Monteros.
-
Antonio Maura
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
Antonio Maura Montaner was Prime Minister of Spain on five separate occasions.
-
Lidia San José
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with Licentiate in history
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
-
Lidia San José Segura is a Spanish television and theatre actress.
-
Juan José Millás
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
-
Juan José Millás is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad Complutense.
-
Adolfo Nicolás
- Occupations
- university teacherCatholic priest
- Biography
-
Adolfo Nicolás Pachón was a Spanish Jesuit priest of the Catholic Church. He was the 30th Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 2008 to 2016. Before being elected Superior General, he worked primarily in Japan; he taught at Sophia University in Tokyo for twenty years and then headed educational institutions in Manila from 1978 to 1984 and in Tokyo from 1991 to 1993. He led the Jesuits in Japan from 1993 to 1996 and, after four years of pastoral work in Tokyo, led the Jesuits in Asia from 2004 to 2008.
-
Cristina Almeida
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
-
María Cristina Almeida Castro is a Spanish lawyer and politician.
-
Ratinho Júnior
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersondeputy
- Biography
-
Carlos Roberto Massa Júnior, best known as Ratinho Júnior, is a Brazilian politician and the son of television host and former politician Ratinho. Ratinho Júnior is the current governor of the state of Paraná, having won the 2018 election.
-
Umaro Sissoco Embaló
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- military officerpolitician
- Biography
-
Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló is a Bissau-Guinean politician serving as the president of Guinea-Bissau since February 2020. He is a political scientist and military officer who previously served as prime minister between November 2016 and January 2018.
-
Ana Botella
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantcivil servant
- Biography
-
Ana Botella Serrano is a Spanish politician who served as the Mayor of Madrid from the end of 2011 until 2015 and the Spouse of the Prime Minister when her husband José María Aznar. She was the first female Mayor of Madrid.
-
Dámaso Alonso
- Occupations
- romanisttranslatorwriteruniversity teacherlinguist
- Biography
-
Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.
-
Fernando León de Aranoa
- Occupations
- caricaturistproducerdocumentariantelevision writerfilm director
- Biography
-
Fernando León de Aranoa is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.
-
Manuel Rivas
- Occupations
- journalistfilm directorwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
-
Manuel Rivas Barrós is a Galician writer, poet and journalist.
-
Ismael Serrano
- Occupations
- writerguitaristsingerrecording artistcomposer
- Biography
-
Ismael Serrano is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Spain, popular in Spain and Latin America, known for his often political lyrics and eclectic musical influences. During his creative career he has been influenced by other Spanish singer-songwriters such as Joaquín Sabina, Joan Manuel Serrat and the Cuban Silvio Rodríguez amongst others. His music also shows influences from renowned poets such as Luis García Montero and Mario Benedetti.
-
Teresa Ribera
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristinternational forum participantpolitician
- Biography
-
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez is a Spanish jurist, university professor, and politician who has served as the Minister for the Ecological Transition of Spain since 2018, after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez coming into power following the successful no-confidence motion against Mariano Rajoy. In 2020, she was appointed Fourth Deputy Prime Minister and in 2021 she was promoted to Third Deputy Prime Minister.
-
Santiago Auserón
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Graduated with doctorate in philosophy
- Occupations
- translatorrecord producersingerguitarist
- Biography
-
Santiago Auserón, also known as Juan Perro is a Spanish singer and lyricist. He was songwriter and vocalist of Spanish rock's Radio Futura. Auserón has been recognized with the Aragón Music Prize for Career Trajectory in 2017, Cubadisco Prize for the Best International Album in 2017 and Aragón Music Prize for the Best Soloist 2019.
-
Mónica García Gómez
- Occupations
- anesthesiologistpoliticianwriter
- Biography
-
Mónica García Gómez is a Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, current coordinator and spokesperson of the political party Más Madrid in the Madrilenian Assembly. She was an elected deputy during the X legislature of the Madrilenian Assembly under the Spanish political party Podemos, and is currently a deputy in the XI legislature as part of Más Madrid. Since 2015, García has combined her political work with her job in health care, with a 50% reduction in working hours. She was appointed Minister of Health in the third government of Pedro Sánchez following the 2023 Spanish general elections.
-
Eduardo Dato
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
-
Eduardo Dato e Iradier was a Spanish political leader during the Spanish Restoration period. He served three times as Spanish prime minister: from 27 October 1913 to 9 December 1915, from 11 June 1917 to 3 November 1917, and from 28 April 1920 until his assassination by Catalan anarchists. Also he held eleven cabinet ministries, and was four times president of the Spanish Congress of Deputies (a role akin to that of parliamentary speaker).
-
José Ramón de la Morena
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- In 1981 graduated with Licentiate in journalism
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
-
José Ramón de la Morena Pozuelo is a Spanish journalist. Holding a bachelor's degree in information science, he is the director and presenter of the radio program El Transistor of the Onda Cero radio network.
-
Javier Sierra
- Occupations
- journalistresearcherwritertelevision presenter
- Biography
-
Javier Sierra Albert is a journalist, writer and researcher who studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid.
-
Pedro Paterno
- Occupations
- writerpoliticiannovelistpoetautobiographer
- Biography
-
Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio was a Filipino politician infamous for being a turncoat. He was also a poet and a novelist.
-
María Villalón
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
-
María Villalón Sánchez, is a Spanish singer and most notably the winner of the first series of the Spanish version of The X Factor in 2007.
-
Pedro Piqueras
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- Studied in 1972-1977
- Occupations
- television presenternews presentereditor-in-chiefannouncer
- Biography
-
Pedro María Piqueras Gómez is a Spanish journalist and newscaster. After rising to fame as a newcaster on TVE's Telediario, in 2006 he swapped to the relaunched Informativos Telecinco.
-
Íñigo Méndez de Vigo Montojo
- Enrolled in the Complutense University of Madrid
- In 1978 graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
-
Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo, 9th Baron of Claret is a Spanish aristocrat and politician. He served as Minister of Education, Culture and Sport between 26 June 2015 and 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted the government. He was also the Spokesperson of the Government from 4 November 2016 until his departure on 1 June 2018.
-
Javier Santaolalla
- Occupations
- science communicatorphysicisttelecommunications engineer
- Biography
-
Javier Santaolalla Camino is a Spanish physicist, engineer, doctor in particle physics and scientific popularizer. He has worked at the National Center for Space Studies in France, CIEMAT and the European Organization for Nuclear Research, where he was part of the team that discovered the Higgs boson through the Large Hadron Collider from CMS Experiment.
