98 Notable alumni of
Technical University of Madrid

Updated:

EduRank

The Technical University of Madrid is 536th in the world, 199th in Europe, and 12th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 98 notable alumni from the Technical University of Madrid sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Juan Mata

    Juan Mata
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    Juan Manuel Mata García is a Spanish professional footballer. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, but can also play as a winger. Currently a free agent, he most recently played for J1 League club Vissel Kobe.

  2. Rafa Benítez

    Rafa Benítez
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    association football managerassociation football player
    Biography

    Rafael Benítez Maudes is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who manages La Liga club Celta Vigo.

  3. Florentino Perez

    Florentino Perez
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpoliticiancivil engineersports executive
    Biography

    Florentino Pérez Rodríguez is a Spanish businessman and the current president of football club Real Madrid, as well as Chairman and CEO of Grupo ACS, a civil engineering company.

  4. Josep Borrell

    Josep Borrell
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    1964-1969 studied Aviation engineering
    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.

  5. Rocío Monasterio

    Rocío Monasterio
    Born in
    Cuba Flag Cuba
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Studied in 1992-2009
    Occupations
    politicianarchitect
    Biography

    Rocío Monasterio San Martín is a Spanish–Cuban architect, businesswoman and politician. The leader of the Madrid branch of the Spanish political party Vox, she serves as a member of the 11th term of the Assembly of Madrid.

  6. Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo

    Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1926-2008 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    politicianengineer
    Biography

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

  7. Pedro Duque

    Pedro Duque
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    In 1986 graduated with Licentiate
    Occupations
    politicianastronautengineer
    Biography

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

  8. Enrique Cerezo

    Enrique Cerezo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    businesspersonwriterfilm producersports executive
    Biography

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

  9. Eduardo Chillida

    Eduardo Chillida
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1924-2002 (aged 78)
    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.

  10. Carolina Bang

    Carolina Bang
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    actormodelmanufacturer
    Biography

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

  11. Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

    Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1825-1903 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    politicianengineercivil engineer
    Biography

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

  12. Ildefons Cerdà

    Ildefons Cerdà
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1815-1876 (aged 61)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    1835-1841 graduated with engineering
    Occupations
    politiciancivil engineerengineerurban plannerarchitect
    Biography

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

  13. José Echegaray

    José Echegaray
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1832-1916 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    mathematicianeconomistcivil engineerplaywrightwriter
    Biography

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

  14. Rafael Moneo

    Rafael Moneo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1935-.. (age 89)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

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

  15. Leonardo Torres Quevedo

    Leonardo Torres Quevedo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1852-1936 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    computer scientistpoliticianinventorengineerEsperantist
    Biography

    Leonardo Torres Quevedo was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, and inventor of the late 19th century and early 20th century. A member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 1920, he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, among other institutions. Torres was a prolific and versatile innovator in various fields of engineering, including mechanics, aeronautics and automatics. One of his greatest achievements was El Ajedrecista (The Chess Player) of 1912, an electromagnetic device capable of playing a limited form of chess that demonstrated the capability of machines to be programmed to follow specified rules (heuristics) and marked the beginnings of research into the development of artificial intelligence.

  16. Eufemiano Fuentes Rodríguez

    Eufemiano Fuentes Rodríguez
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Graduated with Licentiate in Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte
    Occupations
    sports physiciangynaecologist
    Biography

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

  17. Félix Candela

    Félix Candela
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1910-1997 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    engineerpainterarchitectuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Félix Candela Outeriño was a Spanish and Mexican architect who was born in Madrid and at the age of 26, emigrated to Mexico, acquiring double nationality.

  18. Sandra Sánchez Jaime

    Sandra Sánchez Jaime
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    karateka
    Biography

    Sandra Sánchez Jaime is a retired Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the European Karate Championships in seven consecutive competitions (2015 – 2022). She is also recognised by Guinness World Records for winning the most medals in the Karate1 Premier League; she won 35 consecutive medals between January 2014 and February 2020.

  19. Forges

    Forges
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1942-2018 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    comics artisteditorial cartoonistfilm directorcaricaturist
    Biography

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

  20. Juan Miguel Villar Mir

    Juan Miguel Villar Mir
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1931-.. (age 93)
    Occupations
    highway engineerpoliticianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Juan-Miguel Villar Mir, 1st Marquess of Villar Mir is a Spanish billionaire, former politician, and the chairman and CEO of the construction company Obrascón Huarte Lain.

  21. Isabel García Tejerina

    Isabel García Tejerina
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    lawyerjuristeconomistpolitician
    Biography

    Isabel García Tejerina is a Spanish politician of the PP.

  22. Ángel Garrido

    Ángel Garrido
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Graduated with mining engineering
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

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

  23. Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo

    Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    businesspersonengineerinternational forum participant
    Biography

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

  24. Francisco Álvarez-Cascos

    Francisco Álvarez-Cascos
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    civil engineerpolitician
    Biography

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

  25. Álvaro del Portillo

    Álvaro del Portillo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1914-1994 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    lawyerLatin Catholic priestcivil engineerengineerCatholic bishop
    Biography

    Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano was a Spanish engineer and Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the prelate of Opus Dei between 1982 and 1994 as the successor to Josemaría Escrivá.

  26. Alfonso Sastre

    Alfonso Sastre
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1926-2021 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    translatorwriterplaywrightactorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Alfonso Sastre was a Spanish playwright, essayist, and critic associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was an outspoken critic of censorship during the reign of General Francisco Franco and the ensuing political regime arising from the 1978 Constitution altogether. His most noteworthy plays include Death Squad (1953), The Gag (1954), Death Thrust (1960), and Tragicomedy of the Gypsy Celestina (1984).

  27. Eduardo Torroja

    Eduardo Torroja
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1899-1961 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    engineerarchitectcivil engineer
    Biography

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

  28. Antonio Palacios Ramilo

    Antonio Palacios Ramilo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1874-1945 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    architecturban planner
    Biography

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

  29. Elena Salgado

    Elena Salgado
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

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

  30. Pío García-Escudero

    Pío García-Escudero
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    In 1979 studied architecture
    Occupations
    politicianarchitect
    Biography

    Pío García-Escudero Márquez, 4th Count of Badarán is a Spanish architect and politician who served as the 59th President of the Senate of Spain from 2011 to 2019. Since 21 May 2019, Escudero has served as the Second Vice President of the Senate.

  31. Alberto Campo Baeza

    Alberto Campo Baeza
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

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

  32. Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila

    Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila
    Born in
    Argentina Flag Argentina
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    karateka
    Biography

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

  33. Miguel Fisac

    Miguel Fisac
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1913-2006 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    urban plannerpainterarchitect
    Biography

    Miguel Fisac was a Spanish architect, urban planner, and painter. He was a member of Opus Dei.

  34. Jesús Posada

    Jesús Posada
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    engineereconomistpoliticiancivil engineer
    Biography

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

  35. Yayo Herrero

    Yayo Herrero
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    university teacheranthropologistwomen's rights activistenvironmentalistsocial educator
    Biography

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

  36. Ángel Cabrera

    Ángel Cabrera
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    manageracademiceconomist
    Biography

    Ángel Cabrera Izquierdo is the 12th and current President of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, he served as the President of George Mason University and of Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the former dean of IE Business School. His scholarship includes work on learning, management and leadership.

  37. Jaime Caruana

    Jaime Caruana
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    engineereconomistinternational forum participantpolitician
    Biography

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

  38. Pablo Abián

    Pablo Abián
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    Olympic competitoruniversity teacherbadminton playerphysical education teachernon-fiction writer
    Biography

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

  39. Elena García Armada

    Elena García Armada
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    engineerroboticistindustrial engineer
    Biography

    Elena Garcia Armada is a Spanish researcher, roboticist and business founder who has conducted research on prosthetic exoskeletons to aid people in walking.

  40. Fernando Higueras

    Fernando Higueras
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1930-2008 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Fernando de Higueras Díaz was a Spanish architect. He was one of the most famous architects in the world during the 1970s. He was born in Madrid. He graduated as an architect from the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid in 1959. His work is recognized worldwide as an original and interesting union of constructivist, rationalist and organic architecture. Higueras was also a musician, a painter and photographer. He died in Madrid, at the age of 77.

  41. Pedro Muguruza

    Pedro Muguruza
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1893-1952 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    politicianarchitect
    Biography

    Pedro Muguruza Otaño was a Spanish architect and Falangist politician.

  42. Antonio Lamela

    Antonio Lamela
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1926-2017 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Antonio Lamela Martínez was a Spanish architect.

  43. Alberto Cárdenas

    Alberto Cárdenas
    Born in
    Mexico Flag Mexico
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    ministerpolitician
    Biography

    Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (PAN). He is a former governor of Jalisco, (1995 – 2001). And Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón (1 December 2006 – 7 September 2009). In 2006 he was elected to the Senate for PAN, representing the state of Jalisco, with his term running until 2012.

  44. Alejandro Zaera-Polo

    Alejandro Zaera-Polo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Alejandro Zaera Polo is a Spanish architect, theorist and founder of Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Maider Llaguno Architecture. He was formerly dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture and of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam.

  45. Àngel Ros

    Àngel Ros
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Graduated with doctorate
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicistpolitician
    Biography

    Àngel Ros i Domingo is a Spanish politician and statesman. He was Mayor of Lleida from 2004 to 2018. He is the president of Socialists' Party of Catalonia since 25 July 2014 until 2019, and Ambassador of Spain to Andorra since 3 August 2018.

  46. Nuria Oliver

    Nuria Oliver
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    1990-1994 graduated with telecommunications engineering degree
    Occupations
    directorcomputer scientist
    Biography

    Nuria Oliver is a computer scientist. She is the director of the ELLIS Alicante Foundation, Chief Data Scientist at DataPop Alliance, and president of the board of trustees of UNED. Previously, she was an independent director on the board of directors of Bankia, Commissioner of the Presidency of Valencia for AI and COVID-19, Director of Data Science Research at Vodafone, Scientific Director at Telefónica and researcher at Microsoft Research. She holds a PhD from the Media Lab at MIT, and is an IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, a member of the board of ELLIS, and elected permanent member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain. She is one of the most cited female computer scientists in Spain, with her research having been cited by more than 24,000 publications. She is well known for her work in computational models of human behavior, human computer-interaction, mobile computing and big data for social good.

  47. Felip Puig Godes

    Felip Puig Godes
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politicianengineer
    Biography

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

  48. Francisco de Cubas

    Francisco de Cubas
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1826-1899 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    politicianarchitect
    Biography

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

  49. Ignacio Prendes

    Ignacio Prendes
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

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

  50. Pedro Martínez Losa

    Pedro Martínez Losa
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    association football manager
    Biography

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

  51. Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys

    Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Rafael de La-Hoz Castanys is a Spanish architect.

  52. José María Oriol

    José María Oriol
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1905-1985 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    politicianbusinesspersonindustrial engineer
    Biography

    José María de Oriol y Urquijo, 3rd Marquis of Casa Oriol was a Spanish entrepreneur and a Carlist and Francoist politician. During early Francoism a mayor of Bilbao, he is known mostly for his business activity, especially for his role in the Spanish energy industry, TALGO train development and the banking sector. He is counted among the most influential Spanish business managers of the 20th century.

  53. Andrés Jaque

    Andrés Jaque
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    architectdean
    Biography

    Andrés Jaque is an architect, writer and curator. In 2016, he was awarded with the 10th Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts. In 2014, he won the Silver Lion to the Best Project at the 14th Venice Biennale. His work explores architecture as a cosmopolitical practice. In 2003, he founded the Office for Political Innovation, a trandisciplinary agency working in the intersection of design, research and environmental activism.

  54. José Manuel López Rodrigo

    José Manuel López Rodrigo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianagricultural engineer
    Biography

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

  55. Luis Moreno Mansilla

    Luis Moreno Mansilla
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1959-2012 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    architectuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Luis M. Mansilla, was a Spanish architect. He graduated from the E.T.S.A.M. on 1982, and obtained the Ph. degree on 1998. In 1984 he was fellow of the Spanish Academy in Rome, and in 1987 obtained the Swedish Institute Scholarship in Stockholm. During the 1980s, he actively participated in the cultural scene of the so-called “La Movida”. A time when he developed enduring friendships with artists Sigfrido Martín Begué and Guillermo Pérez Villalta, that would strongly influence his own work. In 1992, Luis M. Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón establish the architecture firm Mansilla + Tuñón Architects, that would be operating until short after his passing. The office worked at the intersection of theory, pedagogy and practice. It received the Spanish Architecture Award in 2003 and 2017, and the Mies van der Rohe prize in 2007.

  56. Francisco Menéndez González

    Francisco Menéndez González
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1965-1999 (aged 34)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Graduated with telecommunications engineering degree
    Occupations
    software developergame programmertelecommunications engineer
    Biography

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

  57. Mateo Valero Cortés

    Mateo Valero Cortés
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Graduated with telecommunications engineering degree
    Occupations
    computer scientistuniversity teachertelecommunications engineer
    Biography

    Mateo Valero Cortés is a Spanish computer architect. His research encompasses different concepts within the field of computer architecture, a discipline in which he has published more than 700 papers in journals, conference proceedings and books. Valero has received numerous awards, including the Eckert–Mauchly Award in 2007, for "extraordinary leadership in building a world class computer architecture research center, for seminal contributions in the areas of vector computing and multithreading, and for pioneering basic new approaches to instruction-level parallelism." He is the director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, which hosts the MareNostrum supercomputer.

  58. Manuel Alonso

    Manuel Alonso
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1895-1984 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    highway engineertennis player
    Biography

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

  59. Soledad Núñez

    Soledad Núñez
    Born in
    Paraguay Flag Paraguay
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    politiciancivil engineer
    Biography

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

  60. Alonso José Puerta

    Alonso José Puerta
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    highway engineerpolitician
    Biography

    Alonso José Puerta Gutiérrez is a Spanish politician.

  61. Matilde Ucelay

    Matilde Ucelay
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1912-2008 (aged 96)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Studied in 1931-1936
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

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

  62. Isidoro Zorzano

    Isidoro Zorzano
    Born in
    Argentina Flag Argentina
    Years
    1902-1943 (aged 41)
    Occupations
    industrial engineer
    Biography

    Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma was a Spanish Roman Catholic member of Opus Dei. Zorzano was a naturalized Argentine due to being born in Buenos Aires though upon his relocating to Spain met and befriended Fr Josemaría Escrivá and soon joined the latter's embryonic foundation, which would later become the first personal prelature of the Catholic Church. He worked as an engineer and worked in several places though his compassion and love for the poor led people around him to name him as a saint due to his efforts in alleviating their suffering through various means; he aided priests and Opus Dei alike during the Spanish Civil War and he himself kept to himself for most of that period to avoid being targeted and killed.

  63. Juan Herreros

    Juan Herreros
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Juan Herreros is a Spanish architect.

  64. Jerome Guillen

    Jerome Guillen
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Biography

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

  65. Emilio Tuñón

    Emilio Tuñón
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    architectuniversity teacher
    Biography

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

  66. Irene de Miguel

    Irene de Miguel
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

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

  67. Narciso Pascual Colomer

    Narciso Pascual Colomer
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1808-1870 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

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

  68. Alejandro de Pinedo

    Alejandro de Pinedo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Graduated with telecommunications engineering degree
    Occupations
    record producercomposer
    Biography

    Alejandro Gil Pinedo, better known as Alejandro de Pinedo is a Spanish musician, composer, author, music producer, chill-out music artist and CEO of the record company AGP Music. His music is heard in more than 170 countries and there are more than 200 record productions in which he has participated in one or another way. He has 31 gold and platinum records so far, and his works are played millions of times on all digital platforms globally.

  69. Marta Tejedor

    Marta Tejedor
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

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

  70. Antonio Luque López

    Antonio Luque López
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterengineer
    Biography

    Antonio Luque López is a Spanish scientist and entrepreneur in the field of photovoltaic solar energy. In 1979 he founded the Institute of Solar Energy of the Technical University of Madrid (IES-UPM) and was its director till his retirement in 2017; he is currently its honorary president as well as professor emeritus in this university. He invented the bifacial solar cell in the late 1970s, today one of the mainstream solar cell technologies, and founded Isofoton in 1981 for its industrial production. He is, arguably, one of the fathers of the science and technology of concentrator photovoltaics and has been active in the research and development of high-efficiency photovoltaic conversion devices, inventing the intermediate band solar cell.

  71. Carlos Lamela

    Carlos Lamela
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

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

  72. Fuensanta Nieto

    Fuensanta Nieto
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    architectuniversity teacher
    Biography

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

  73. Joseph Muzquiz

    Joseph Muzquiz
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1912-1983 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    juristhistorianhighway engineerLatin Catholic priest
    Biography

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

  74. Daniel Peña

    Daniel Peña
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    university teacherstatisticianengineer
    Biography

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

  75. Jon de Cortina

    Jon de Cortina
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1934-2005 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    missionaryengineerCatholic priestuniversity teacher
    Biography

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

  76. Martín Domínguez Esteban

    Martín Domínguez Esteban
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1897-1970 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Martín Domínguez Esteban was a Spanish architect.

  77. Arturo Berned

    Arturo Berned
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Studied in 1993
    Occupations
    sculptor
    Biography

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

  78. José Luis López de Silanes

    José Luis López de Silanes
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    José Luis López de Silanes, Spanish businessman, holds a degree in industrial engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and followed the Management Development Programme at the IESE business school.

  79. Joaquín Yarza Luaces

    Joaquín Yarza Luaces
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1936-2016 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    historianwriteruniversity teachermedievalistart historian
    Biography

    Joaquín Yarza Luaces was a Spanish art historian. Professor Yarza began his professional career in Madrid. He began his work as a teacher in Barcelona in 1974, where he later died. Since then, he has been a guide to medieval studies with special prominence in Renaissance subjects.

  80. Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles

    Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1900-1967 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    highway engineercoastal engineer
    Biography

    Ramón Iribarren Cavanilles Ing.D was a Spanish Basque civil engineer and professor of ports at the School of Civil Engineering (Spanish: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, ETSICCP) in Madrid. He was chairman of the Spanish delegation to the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses (PIANC) and was elected as an academic at the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, although he did not take up the latter position. He made notable contributions in the field of coastal engineering, including methods for the calculation of breakwater stability and research which led to the development of the Iribarren number.

  81. Carmen Espegel

    Carmen Espegel
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    architectuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Carmen Espegel Alonso, is a Doctor of Architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (Spain), where she teaches Architectural Project classes representing the Espegel Teaching Unit. She has been working at her own studio since 1985 and in 2003 she founded the firm espegel-fisac arquitectos. Her reference work, "Heroines of Space. Women Architects in the Modern Movement" (Spanish: Heroínas del Espacio. Mujeres arquitectos en el Movimiento Moderno), is a theoretical and historical synthesis of the role of women in Architecture.

  82. Elena de la Cruz Martín

    Elena de la Cruz Martín
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1972-2017 (aged 45)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

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

  83. Marie André Destarac

    Marie André Destarac
    Born in
    Guatemala Flag Guatemala
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    electrical engineer
    Biography

    Marie André Destarac Eguizabal is a Guatemalan scientist who specializes in engineering, electronics and robotics. Her goal is to apply her engineering knowledge and expertise in medicine projects. In 2015, Destarac received an MIT award named "Innovators under 35 in Central America" an acknowledgement by the MIT Technology Review magazine. She was the only woman to get the award. It's an active member of the Organization For Women In Science For The Developing World, chapter Guatemala (OWSD GT) executing and planning events to decrease the gender gap, so girls and women can study careers in STEM.

  84. Arturo Azcorra

    Arturo Azcorra
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    computer scientist
    Biography

    Arturo Azcorra is a Spanish scientist and telecommunications engineer who is recognized as a pioneer of internet and network science research in Spain, as well as a promoter of telematics as a scientific and academic discipline born from the integration of telecommunications and informatics.

  85. Mario Gerardo Piattini Velthuis

    Mario Gerardo Piattini Velthuis
    Born in
    Argentina Flag Argentina
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Enrolled in the Technical University of Madrid
    Graduated with Computer Doctor
    Occupations
    computer scientistwriterteacher
    Biography

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

  86. Elisa Herrero Uceda

    Elisa Herrero Uceda
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1957-2020 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

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

  87. Miguel Herrero Uceda

    Miguel Herrero Uceda
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    writernaturalist
    Biography

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

  88. Agustín Maravall

    Agustín Maravall
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1944-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Agustín Maravall Herrero is a Spanish economist. He is known for his contributions to the analysis of statistics and econometrics, particularly in seasonal adjustment and the estimation of signals in economic time series. He created a methodology and several computer programs for such analysis that are used throughout the world by analysts, researchers, and data producers. Maravall retired in December 2014 from the Bank of Spain.

  89. Jerónimo de la Gándara

    Jerónimo de la Gándara
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1825-1877 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

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

  90. Juan Pavón

    Juan Pavón
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    computer scientistengineerartificial intelligence researcher
    Biography

    Juan Pavón is a Spanish computer scientist, full professor of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He is a pioneer researcher in the field of Software Agents, co-creator of the FIPA MESSAGE and INGENIAS methodologies, and founder and director of the research group GRASIA: GRoup of Agent-based, Social and Interdisciplinary Applications at UCM. He is known for his work in the field of Artificial Intelligence, specifically in agent-oriented software engineering. He has been often cited by mainstream media, as a reference in Artificial Intelligence.

  91. Sergio Castiglione

    Sergio Castiglione
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    photographer
    Biography

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

  92. Nerea Calvillo

    Nerea Calvillo
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    professorarchitect
    Biography

    Nerea Calvillo is a Spanish architect and researcher who investigates the intersection between architecture, science and technology, as well as feminist studies, new materials and urban political ecology. Specialized in the research of the visual representation of air in the atmosphere, she constructs graphic diagrams for the visualization of invisible microscopic agents in the air and thus influences the improvement of air quality. This project is called "In the Air". In 2023, Columbia university published the essay Aeropolis, Queering Air in Toxixpolluted Worlds.

  93. Gustavo Scheps

    Gustavo Scheps
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    architectpainter
    Biography

    Juan Gustavo Scheps Grandal is a Uruguayan architect and professor.

  94. Àngel Fabregat

    Àngel Fabregat
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Àngel Fabregat Morera is a Catalan writer.

  95. Marcos Ros Sempere

    Marcos Ros Sempere
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

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

  96. Pau Roselló

    Pau Roselló
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    fencer
    Biography

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

  97. Carlos Romero López

    Carlos Romero López
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    economistuniversity teacher
    Biography

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

  98. Fernando Pereira Soler

    Fernando Pereira Soler
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1930-2018 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    highway engineeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Fernando Pereira Soler, civil engineer, university professor and third dean of IESE Business School. His book "Accounting for Management", first published in 1970, is in its 25th edition.