24 Notable alumni of
University of Alcala
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The University of Alcala is 1533rd in the world, 529th in Europe, and 25th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from the University of Alcala sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Javier Ortega Smith-Molina
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnellawyer
- Biography
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Francisco Javier Ortega Smith-Molina is a Spanish lawyer and politician. He served as Secretary-General of Vox between 2014 and 2022, making him the second most prominent person in the party after its president Santiago Abascal. He serves as a member of both the Congress of Deputies and the Madrid City Council since 2019.
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Tirso de Molina
- Occupations
- writerhistorianplaywrightpoet
- Biography
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Gabriel Téllez, O. de M., also known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist and poet, as well as a Mercedarian friar, and Catholic priest. He is primarily known for writing The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, the play from which the character Don Juan originates. His work also includes female protagonists and the exploration of sexual issues.
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Rafael Hernando Fraile
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- 1979-1984 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Rafael Antonio Hernando Fraile is a Spanish attorney and politician who represents Almería Province in the Spanish Congress of Deputies. He was the spokesperson of the People's Party in Congress between 2014 and 2018. He has also been the President of New Generations.
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Henar Álvarez
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- Graduated with master's degree in communication
- Occupations
- journalistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Henar Álvarez Díaz is a Spanish scriptwriter and comedian who co-hosts the Cadena SER radio show Buenismo bien. She was a scriptwriter and collaborator on the Movistar+ platform's #0, Las que faltaban.
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Mateo Alemán
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Mateo Alemán y del Nero was a Spanish novelist and writer.
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Macarena Santelices
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Macarena Eugenia Santelices Cañas is a Chilean politician and journalist.
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Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- Studied in 1625
- Occupations
- philosopherCatholic bishoptheologianlinguistmathematician
- Biography
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Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz OCist was a Spanish Catholic scholastic philosopher, ecclesiastic, mathematician, polyglot, and writer. He is believed to be a great-grandson of Jan Popel y Lobkowicz.
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Belén Garijo
- Occupations
- physicianbusiness executivemanagerchief executive officer
- Biography
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Belén Garijo is a Spanish business executive. Since May 2021, she has been the CEO and chair of the executive board of Merck Group.
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Jaime Castro Castro
- Occupations
- politicianstatespersonlawyerdiplomat
- Biography
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Jaime Castro Castro is a Colombian lawyer and politician, who served as Mayor of Bogotá from 1992 to 1994. A Liberal Party politician, he served as Minister of Government under President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, and as Minister of Justice under President Misael Pastrana Borrero.
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Iñaki Piñuel
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Iñaki Piñuel y Zabala is a Spanish psychologist, essayist, researcher and professor of Organization and Human Resources at the Faculty of Business and Labour Sciences in the University of Alcalá, Madrid. He is an expert in Management and Human Resources and one of the leading European specialists in research and divulgation of mobbing or psychological harassment in the workplace and education.
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Carla García Barber
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- Graduated with master's degree in aesthetic medicine
- Occupations
- modelphysicianbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Carla Barber Garcia is a Spanish medical doctor, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Spain 2015 and Miss World Spain 2011. She represented her country at both Miss Universe 2015 and Miss World 2011.
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Agustín Moreto y Cavana
- Occupations
- writerplaywright
- Biography
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Agustín Moreto y Cavana, was a Spanish Catholic priest and dramatist.
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Manuela Roka
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- Graduated with teaching method
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Manuela Roka Botey is an Equatorial Guinean politician who served as prime minister of Equatorial Guinea from 1 February 2023 to 17 August 2024. She is the first woman to fill this role. Her appointment to prime minister by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema was announced on January 31, 2023. She succeeded Francisco Pascual Obama Asue in the office. She had previously served as the minister for education in 2020. She is the vice dean of the National University of Equatorial Guinea's faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda
- Occupations
- translator
- Biography
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María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda was a Spanish noble and scholar. She is regarded to be the first woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy in Spain.
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Elena Herraiz
- Enrolled in the University of Alcala
- Graduated with master's degree in second language education
- Occupations
- linguistYouTuber
- Biography
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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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Chenta Tsai Tseng
- Occupations
- singerLGBTQ rights activist
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Chenta Tsai Tseng, better known as Putochinomaricón (stylized as PUTOCHINOMARICÓN), is a Taiwanese-born Spanish musician and architect. They began in the Spanish alternative music scene in 2018. Their name was created from the insults they would be referred to on the streets. They released their debut album Corazón de cerdo con ginseng al vapor in 2018, followed by Jájá Éqúísdé in 2022, the latter being described as an album of "relief after only knowing resistance".
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Paúl Granda López
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paúl Andrés Granda López is an Ecuadorian politician who occupied the mayorship of Cuenca between 2009 and 2014.
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Agustín de Cazalla
- Years
- 1510-1559 (aged 49)
- Occupations
- canontheologian
- Biography
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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 group of illuminati in Guadalajara in 1525), he studied at the University of Valladolid with Bartolomé Carranza (who was also tried by the Spanish Inquisition) and at the University of Alcalá de Henares, where his uncle Juan was the former chaplain to Cardinal Cisneros and was also a renowned humanist and Erasmist. His classmate in Alcalá, Diego Laínez, was a founding member of the Society of Jesus.
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Alberto Rojo Blas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alberto Rojo Blas is a Spanish politician, Mayor of Guadalajara since June 2019. He previously served as Mayor of Hita from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
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Aitzole Araneta
- Occupations
- sexologistLGBTQ rights activist
- Biography
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Aitzole Araneta Zinkunegi is a Spanish sexologist and transfeminist activist.
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César Bianchi
- Occupations
- writerjournalistpresenter
- Biography
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César Bianchi is a Uruguayan communicator, presenter, journalist, teacher and writer.
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José Carlos Martínez
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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José Carlos Martínez was an Argentine politician, formerly of ARI. He sat in the Argentine Senate representing Tierra del Fuego Province.
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Mariam Budia
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherplaywright
- Biography
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Mariam Budia Spanish writer, researcher, and playwright.
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Scipione Pannocchieschi d'Elci
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic deaconCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Scipione Pannocchieschi d’Elci was a Catholic cardinal who served as Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Venice and as Archbishop of Pisa.
