100 Notable alumni of
University of Barcelona
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The University of Barcelona is 89th in the world, 28th in Europe, and 2nd in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Barcelona sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Pau Gasol
- Occupations
- actorbasketball playerprofessional athlete
- Biography
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Pau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 18 seasons, primarily as a power forward. He was a six-time NBA All-Star and a four-time All-NBA team selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. Gasol won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, the first non-American to win that award. He is regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and one of the greatest European players of all time. He is the older brother of former NBA player Marc Gasol.
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Joan Laporta
- Occupations
- businesspersonlawyerteacherpolitician
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Joan Laporta i Estruch is a Spanish businessman, politician and president of Barcelona between 2003–2010 and 2021–2026.
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Lluís Companys
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticiantrade unionist
- Biography
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Lluís Companys i Jover was a Catalan politician from Spain who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.
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Antonio Luna
- Occupations
- military officer
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Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino army general and a pharmacist who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899, at the age of 32.
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Ada Colau
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- LGBTQ rights activistsocial activistpolitician
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Ada Colau Ballano is a Spanish activist and politician who was Mayor of Barcelona between 2015 and 2023. On 13 June 2015 she was elected Mayor of Barcelona, the first woman to hold the office, as part of the citizen municipalist platform, Barcelona En Comú. Colau was one of the founding members and spokespeople of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (Platform for People Affected by Mortgages), which was set up in Barcelona in 2009 in response to the rise in evictions caused by unpaid mortgage loans and the collapse of the Spanish property market in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Salvador Illa Roca
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1984-1989 graduated with licentiate in philosophy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Salvador Illa i Roca is a Spanish politician serving as the President of the Government of Catalonia since 2024. He also served as Minister of Health of Spain from 2020 to 2021. He has been the Secretary for Organization of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia since 2016, and the candidate for the presidency of Catalonia for this party. Previously, Illa served as Mayor of La Roca del Vallès from 1995 to 2005.
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Carme Chacón
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate
- Occupations
- university teacherlawyerpolitician
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Carme Maria Chacón Piqueras was a Spanish lawyer, lecturer and politician who was minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 in the cabinet led by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
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Manuel Castells
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- ministerteacherwriterphilosophersociologist
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Manuel Castells Oliván is a Spanish sociologist. He is well known for his authorship of a trilogy of works, entitled The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. He is a scholar of the information society, communication and globalization.
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Oriol Junqueras
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- politicianuniversity teacherwriterhistorianscreenwriter
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Oriol Junqueras i Vies is a Catalan politician and historian from Spain. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts in Catalonia, Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017, when he was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence and was imprisoned until June 2021 for his role in organizing the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. He is president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). Born in 1969 in Barcelona, Junqueras grew up in the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts. After graduating from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he taught history at the university.
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Clara Ponsatí i Obiols
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Clara Ponsatí i Obiols is a Catalan economist and politician. She was appointed Minister of Education of the Government of Catalonia by President Carles Puigdemont on 14 July 2017, and was dismissed by the Spanish Government pursuant to Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution on 27 October 2017, due to the organisation of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum and the subsequent declaration of independence. On 30 October 2017, she went into exile in Brussels together with Carles Puigdemont and three other members of his government, Lluís Puig, Antoni Comín and Meritxell Serret. In May 2018, she returned to the University of St Andrews (Scotland) as a professor. In the 2019 Spanish municipal elections, she was placed last on the list of the candidacy Barcelona és capital - Primàries, led by Jordi Graupera. From February 2020 to July 2024 she was a Member of the European Parliament within the Junts i Lliures per Europa grouping.
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Andrew Divoff
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- stunt performertelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Andrew Daniel Divoff is an American actor and producer. Divoff has played many villains in film and on television, including drug cartel leaders, terrorists, and organized crime bosses, though he is best known for playing the evil Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest in the first two Wishmaster films. Other noteworthy film and television roles include the villains Luis Cali in Toy Soldiers, Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Ernesto Mendoza in A Low Down Dirty Shame, Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, M (Mephistopheles) in Faust: Love of the Damned, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami, Mikhail Bakunin in Lost, and Karakurt in The Blacklist.
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Robert Moreno
- Occupations
- association football coach
- Biography
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Robert Moreno González is a Spanish football manager.
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Joan Enric Vives Sicília
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- Latin Catholic priestprofessorCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília is a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Urgell and ex officio episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra from 2003 to 2025.
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Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- political scientistpolitical activistpolitician
- Biography
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Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol is a Spanish former politician and activist from Catalonia, who was president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) between May 2015 and November 2017.
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Jordi Pujol
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1946-1952 graduated with licentiate in medicine
- Occupations
- politicianbanker
- Biography
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Jordi Pujol i Soley is a retired Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003, and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003.
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Jorge Javier Vázquez
- Occupations
- theatrical produceractortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jorge Javier Vázquez Morales is a Spanish television presenter, writer and actor.
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Javier Cercas
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- translatorjournalistuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Javier Cercas Mena is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. Awards he has won for his novels include the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Soldiers of Salamis (translated by Anne McLean), and the European Book Prize for The Impostor (translated by Frank Wynne).
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Julio Anguita
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Julio Anguita González was a Spanish politician. He was Mayor of Córdoba from 1979 to 1986, coordinator of United Left (IU) between 1989 and 1999, and Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1988 to 1998. Due to his enormous influence and his absolute majorities in the Córdoba city council, he was nicknamed el califa rojo (the red Caliph).
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Margarita Robles
- Occupations
- judgepolitician
- Biography
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María Margarita Robles Fernández is a Spanish judge and politician, currently serving as Minister of Defence since June 2018. From November 2019 to January 2020, she served as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Julia Otero
- Occupations
- television producerfilm directortelevision presenterannouncer
- Biography
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Julia María Otero Pérez is a Spanish journalist.
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Isabel Coixet
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorwritertranslatorexecutive producer
- Biography
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Isabel Coixet Castillo is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.”
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Artur Mas
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Artur Mas i Gavarró is a Catalan politician from Spain. He was president of the Government of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 and acting president from September 2015 to 12 January 2016.
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Pilar Rahola
- Occupations
- YouTuberpoliticianwriterjournalistTV debater
- Biography
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Pilar Rahola i Martínez is a Spanish journalist, writer, and former politician and MP.
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Pere Aragonès
- Occupations
- juristbusinesspersonuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Pere Aragonès i Garcia is a Catalan lawyer and former politician who served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia, as well as Acting President between September 2020 and May 2021. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.
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Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
- Occupations
- politicianwriterliterary criticpoetrestaurateur
- Biography
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Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona supporter.
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Fernando Arrabal
- Occupations
- playwrightfilm directoractorwriterpainter
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Fernando Arrabal Terán is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterrado", or "half-expatriate, half-exiled".
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Mireia Lalaguna Royo
- Occupations
- modelbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Mireia Lalaguna Royo is a Spanish actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2015, becoming the first woman from Spain to win Miss World. She was previously crowned Miss World Spain 2015.
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Andrea Levy Soler
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- communications adviserlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Andrea Levy Soler is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the Parliament of Catalonia from 2015 to 2019, and on the City Council of Madrid from 2019.
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Pasqual Maragall i Mira
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Pasqual Maragall Mira is a Spanish retired politician and former President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He had previously been Mayor of Barcelona, from 1982 to 1997, and helped run the city's successful Olympic bid.
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Joaquim Forn
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate in legal science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joaquim Forn i Chiariello is a Spanish politician and lawyer from Catalonia. A former deputy mayor of the city of Barcelona in north-eastern Spain, Forn served as Minister of the Interior from July 2017 to October 2017 when he was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence.
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Laura Borràs i Castanyer
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1993 graduated with licentiate in Catalan philology
- In 1997 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- researchercolumnistwriteruniversity teacherphilologist
- Biography
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Laura Borràs i Castanyer is a Spanish philologist, academic and politician from Catalonia who was the President of the Parliament of Catalonia between 2021 and 2022, when she was suspended as member of the Parliament of Catalonia under allegations of corruption.
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Francina Armengol
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1995 graduated with pharmacy
- Occupations
- pharmacistpolitician
- Biography
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Francesca Lluc Armengol Socias, known as Francina Armengol Socias, is a Spanish politician from the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands. She currently serves as president of the Congress of Deputies since 2023 and as member of the Congress of Deputies from the Balearic Islands since 2023.
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Juan Goytisolo
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1948-1954 studied law
- Occupations
- novelistjournalistpoetliterary editoressayist
- Biography
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Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s. On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
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Francisco Pi y Margall
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- lawyerjournalistphilosopheroratorwriter
- Biography
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Francesc Pi i Margall was a Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist who served as president of the short-lived First Spanish Republic in 1873. He was also a historian, philosopher, romanticist writer, and was also the leader of the Federal Democratic Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Pi was turned into a sort of secular saint in his time.
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Josep Piqué
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- economistprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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Josep Piqué Camps was a Spanish politician of the conservative People's Party (PP). He served in ministerial departments under the José María Aznar government. He also helmed the People's Party of Catalonia from 2003 to 2007.
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Luis Fernando Camacho
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- university teacherlawyerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca is a Bolivian activist, businessman, lawyer, and politician serving as the 2nd governor of Santa Cruz since 2021. He is the leader of Creemos, opposition bench in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and was the chair of the Santa Cruz Civic Committee in 2019.
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Lluís Domènech i Montaner
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- architectprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Catalan architect who was very much involved in and influential for the Catalan Modernisme català, the Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician.
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Josep Pla
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1913-1919 studied medicine and law
- Occupations
- writernovelistliterary criticjournalist
- Biography
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Josep Pla i Casadevall was a Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan and Spanish.
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Alicia Giménez Bartlett
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- writerphilologist
- Biography
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Alicia Giménez Bartlett is a Spanish writer particularly known for her series of detective novels with protagonist Petra Delicado.
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Jaime Gil de Biedma
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- poetwriter
- Biography
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Jaime Gil de Biedma y Alba was a Spanish post-Civil War poet.
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Jordi Fernández
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Jordi Fernández Torres is a Spanish professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Jaume Balagueró
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Jaume Balagueró Bernat is a Spanish film director and screenwriter known for his horror films, most notably the acclaimed REC series.
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Juan Carlos Girauta
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1979-1985 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyerwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal is a Spanish politician who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies in the 2016–2019 legislature. Previously, he has served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2016, representing Spain for the Citizens political party.
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Lluís Homar
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- actortheatrical director
- Biography
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Lluís Homar i Toboso is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona. He is best known for his roles in Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education (2004) and Broken Embraces (2009), in Emilio Aragón's Paper Birds (2010), and for his portrayal of the robot Max in Kike Maíllo's film Eva (2011).
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Xavier Trias
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera is a Catalan politician, member of Together for Catalonia and was Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. Among other responsibilities to the Government of Catalonia, he was Minister of Health and of the Presidency for various Jordi Pujol Governments.
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Manuel Pardo
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Manuel Justo Pardo y Lavalle was a Peruvian politician who served as the 20th President of Peru. He was the first civilian President in Peru's history.
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctorate in law
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- composermilitary personnellawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo was a Cuban revolutionary hero and First President of Cuba in Arms in 1868. Céspedes, who was a plantation owner in Cuba, freed his slaves and made the declaration of Cuban independence in 1868 which started the Ten Years' War (1868–1878). This was the first of three wars of independence, the third of which, the Cuban War of Independence led to the end of Spanish rule in 1898 and Cuba's independence in 1902.
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Javier Nart
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- lawyerwriterpoliticianwar correspondentjournalist
- Biography
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Javier Nart Peñalver is a Spanish journalist and politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014, currently taking part in the Renew Europe group. From 2012 until 2019, he was a member of Citizens (Cs).
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Ernest Lluch
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- writereconomistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Ernest Lluch Martín, OC3, OCS, was a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). He was Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs from 1982 to 1986 in the first Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government of Felipe González. He was assassinated in 2000 by the Basque separatist organisation, ETA.
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Dolors Montserrat i Montserrat
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with postgraduate education in mediation and negotiation
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Dolors Montserrat i Montserrat is a Spanish lawyer and politician who serves as Member of the European Parliament. Previously, she served as Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain from 2016 to 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted the government.
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Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras
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- writerphilosopheruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras was a Spanish philosopher, academic and politician. He was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Republican Left of Catalonia in the 2014 European Parliament election. Terricabras was born in Calella on 12 July 1946, and died on 16 April 2024, at the age of 77.
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María Teresa Fernández de la Vega
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- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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María Teresa Fernández de la Vega Sanz is a Spanish politician and magistrate of the Socialist Party. During her political career, she served as first deputy prime minister, minister of the Presidency and government spokesperson under prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero from 2004 to 2010 and as president of the Council of State from 2018 to 2022, being the first first female deputy prime minister and the first female president of the advisory council.
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Jaume Collboni Cuadrado
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jaume Collboni Cuadrado is a Spanish politician, lawyer by profession and civil servant of the local administration. He became the Mayor of Barcelona on 17 June 2023.
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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
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- literary historianliterary criticbiographeruniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the history of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, translation and philosophy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
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Raimon Panikkar
- Occupations
- missionarywriterCatholic priestuniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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Raimon Panikkar Alemany, also known as Raimundo Panikkar and Raymond Panikkar, was a Spanish Catholic priest and a proponent of interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in comparative religion.
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Javier Lambán
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate in study of history
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés was a Spanish politician who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and served as President of the Government of Aragon from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.
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Abel Matutes
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinesspersonbankerassociation football playerpolitician
- Biography
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Abel Matutes y Juan is a Spanish former politician who served as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 6 May 1996 to 2000. He was also a European commissioner from 1986 to 1994 and a Member of the European Parliament.
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Pepe Rubianes
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied philosophy
- Occupations
- film actortheatrical directorstage actor
- Biography
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José Rubianes Alegret, better known as Pepe Rubianes was a Galician actor and theater director, born in Galicia and brought up in Catalonia, specializing in mime, imitation and monologues. He was known for his irony, his sharp sense of humor and verbal torrents sprinkled with swear words, and rigorously dressing in black clothes when acting in dramatic scenes. He defined himself as a "Galician-Catalan actor: Galician because I was born in Galicia although I hardly ever lived there, and Catalan because I have always lived in Catalonia although I was never born here."
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Muriel Casals
- Occupations
- activisteconomistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Muriel Casals i Couturier was a Catalan economist with both Spanish and French nationalities.
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Salvador Espriu
- Occupations
- playwrightpoetwriter
- Biography
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Salvador Espriu i Castelló was a Catalan poet from Spain.
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Eugeni d'Ors
- Occupations
- professorart criticjournalistliterary criticphilosopher
- Biography
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Eugenio d'Ors Rovira, also known as Eugeni d'Ors, was a Spanish writer, essayist, journalist, philosopher and art critic. He wrote in both Catalan and Spanish, sometimes under the pseudonym of Xènius ( pronounced [ˈʃɛnius]).
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Leopoldo María Panero
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Leopoldo María Panero was a Spanish poet and member of the Novísimos group. His work is included in many works of literary history, anthologies, and academic programs across Spain. Much of his work is considered autobiographical.
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Albert Boadella
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- writerfilm directoractortheatrical director
- Biography
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Albert Boadella Oncins is a Spanish actor and playwright. He was one of the founding members of the Els Joglars theatre company, and its director from 1962 to 2012.
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Enric Prat de la Riba
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1893 graduated with law
- Occupations
- lawyerjournalistessayistpolitician
- Biography
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Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer. He was a member of the Centre Escolar Catalanista, where one of the earliest definitions of Catalan nationalism was formulated. He became the first President of the Commonwealth of Catalonia on 6 April 1914 and retained this office until his death. He wrote the book and political manifesto La nacionalitat catalana in which greater autonomy to Catalonia was advocated. He was one of the main architects of the resurgence of Catalan national consciousness in the 19th century. He also took part in the drafting and approval of the Bases de Manresa, a foundational document of Catalan regionalist politics that laid out a proposed framework for self-government in Catalonia in 1892. He died in 1917 and is interred in the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona.
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Fernando Ocáriz
- Occupations
- Latin Catholic priest
- Biography
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Fernando Ocáriz Braña is a priest of the Catholic Church who has been the prelate of Opus Dei since 2017. Ocáriz is the fourth person to head Opus Dei since its founding in 1928. He is widely published in philosophy and has been a consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 1986.
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Francisco Giner de los Ríos
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- writerjuristphilosopheruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Francisco Giner de los Ríos was a philosopher, educator, and one of the most influential Spanish intellectuals at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
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Jaume Cabré
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- librettistuniversity teacherphilologistliterary criticscreenwriter
- Biography
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Jaume Cabré i Fabré is a Catalan philologist, novelist and screenwriter. He was one of the founders of the Catalan literary collective, Ofèlia Dracs.
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Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1984 graduated with licentiate in law
- In 1990 graduated with Doctor in law
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerwritereconomist
- Biography
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Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol is a Spanish academic, lawyer and politician from Catalonia who currently serves as Member of the Parliament of Catalonia for the pro-independence party Together for Catalonia and as Second Secretary of the Parliament of Catalonia. He previously served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain between May 2019 and March 2021.
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Francesc Cambó
- Occupations
- juristfinancierlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Francesc Cambó i Batlle was a conservative Spanish politician from Catalonia, founder and leader of the autonomist party Lliga Regionalista. He was a minister in several Spanish governments. He supported a number of artistic and cultural endeavours, especially, the translation of Greek and Latin classical texts to Catalan.
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Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
- Occupations
- journalistphilologistsociologistpolitician
- Biography
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Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira is a Catalan politician. He was the vice-president of the Catalan Government from 2006 to 2010. From 1996 to 2008 he was the leader of the Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, ERC). ERC campaigns for Catalonia's independence from Spain and, secondarily, extend it to other Catalan Countries, the whole Catalan linguistic domain.
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Lidia Falcón
- Occupations
- politicianteacherlawyerwriteractivist
- Biography
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Lidia Falcón O'Neill is a Spanish politician and writer. With a degree in law, dramatic art, and journalism, and a PhD in philosophy, she has stood out for her defense of feminism in Spain, especially during the Transition.
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Bernardo Atxaga
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied philosophy and humanities
- Occupations
- poetscreenwriterwriterchildren's writernovelist
- Biography
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Bernardo Atxaga, pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.
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Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
- Occupations
- engineershipbuilderjournalistinventorpolitician
- Biography
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Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol was a Spanish lawyer, artist, journalist, newspaper publisher and engineer born in Figueres, Catalonia. He was the inventor of the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven submarine.
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Miquel Roca
- Occupations
- juristlawyeruniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Miquel Roca Junyent is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Democratic Convergence of Catalonia. He is one of the Fathers of the Constitution in Spain.
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Elisenda Paluzie
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1999 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- economistpolitical activistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Elisenda Paluzie i Hernández is a Catalan economist, politician, and professor from Spain. Since 24 March 2018 she is president of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana, a Catalan independence organization. She has served as Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona since 2001, is the director of the Centro de Análisis Económico y de las Políticas Sociales ("Center for Economic Analysis and Social Policy") there, which is integrated into the Research Institute of the Barcelona Economic Analysis Team.
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Valentín Fuster Carulla
- Occupations
- writerresearchercardiologistphysician
- Biography
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Valentín Fuster Carulla, 1st Marquess of Fuster is a Spanish cardiologist and aristocrat.
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Montserrat Roig
- Occupations
- program directorwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Montserrat Roig i Fransitorra was a Catalan writer of novels, short stories and articles.
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Joan Oliver i Sallarès
- Occupations
- playwrightpoetwriter
- Biography
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Joan Oliver i Sallarès, also known by his pseudonym Pere Quart, (1899 in Sabadell – 1986 in Barcelona) was a Catalan poet, playwright, literary manager, translator, narrator, and journalist. He is considered one of the most important twentieth-century writers of Catalonia.
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José María Gay de Liébana
- Occupations
- university teachereconomistwriter
- Biography
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José María Gay de Liébana y Saludas was a Spanish economist, lawyer, and university professor, popular as an economic commentator on several television programs.
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José Agustín Goytisolo
- Occupations
- writerpoetlawyertranslatoressayist
- Biography
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José Agustín Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, scholar and essayist. He was the brother of Juan Goytisolo and Luis Goytisolo, also writers.
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Espen Barth Eide
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitical scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Espen Barth Eide is a Norwegian politician and political scientist. He is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Jonas Gahr Støre's government, having previously done so under Jens Stoltenberg. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for Oslo from 2017 to 2025, representing the Labour Party. He was elected to this seat in the 2017 election, and reelected in the 2021 election. From 2017 to 2021, Eide was the Labour Party's spokesperson for Energy, Climate and Environment. He also served as Minister of Climate and the Environment between 2021 and 2023.
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Laia Palau
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Laia Palau Altés is a former Spanish professional basketball player. At 314, she is the most capped player in the Spain women's national basketball team, after being in the senior team for two decades (2002-2021). With 12 medals in final tournaments, she is also the top medallist.
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Narcís Serra
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Narcís Serra i Serra (( Catalan pronunciation: [nəɾˈsis ˈsɛrə]; born 30 May 1943) is a Spanish economist and politician, serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 1991 to 1995. Born in Barcelona in 1943, he was one of the leading figures of Catalan socialism during the Spanish transition to democracy, and he was one of the founders of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, the Catalan branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
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David Jiménez
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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David Jiménez is a Spanish journalist and author, who worked as long-term reporter and war correspondent before becoming editor-in-chief of El Mundo. He has written several books, including the bestseller El director.
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Maria Mercè Marçal
- Occupations
- translatorpoetlinguistwriter
- Biography
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Maria Mercè Marçal i Serra was a Catalan poet, professor, writer and translator from Spain.
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Agustí Villaronga
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied geography and history
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Agustí Villaronga Riutort was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed several feature films, a documentary, three projects for television and three shorts. His film Moon Child was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.
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Joaquín Navarro-Valls
- Occupations
- writerpsychiatristjournalistphysician
- Biography
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Joaquín Navarro-Valls, M.D. was a Spanish journalist, physician and academic who served as the director of the Holy See Press Office from 1984 to 2006. His role as the press liaison between the Vatican and the world press corps gave him perhaps the highest visibility of any one person in the Vatican during the long reign of Pope John Paul II, with the exception of the Pope himself. He resigned his post 11 July 2006 and was replaced by Father Federico Lombardi. On 20 January 2007, he was named president of the board of advisers of the Biomedical University of Rome, an office he occupied until his death.
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Manuel Delgado Ruiz
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctor of anthropology in history of art
- Occupations
- professorethnologistanthropologist
- Biography
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Manuel Delgado Ruiz is a Spanish anthropologist.
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Teresa Forcades
- Occupations
- women's rights activisttheologianinternistanti-vaccine activistnun
- Biography
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Teresa Forcades i Vila OSB is a Catalan physician, Benedictine nun and social activist. Forcades i Vila is known for her controversial views on the church, public health and Catalan independence, and for her vaccine skepticism.
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Josep Maria Espinàs
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1945-1949 graduated with law degree
- Occupations
- editorjuristjournalistpoetlawyer
- Biography
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Josep Maria Espinàs Massip was a Spanish writer, journalist and publisher known for his novels, travel writing and newspaper articles.
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Yosef Ben-Jochannan
- Years
- 1918-2015 (aged 97)
- Occupations
- historianarchaeologist
- Biography
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Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan, commonly referred to as "Dr. Ben", was an American writer and historian. He was considered to be one of the more prominent Afrocentric scholars by some Black Nationalists. Conversely, mainstream scholars, such as Mary Lefkowitz, dismissed him citing historical inaccuracies in his work, and disputes about his academic credentials.
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Alba Vergés i Bosch
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- Occupations
- economistengineering technicianpoliticiangestor
- Biography
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Alba Vergés i Bosch is a Catalan economist and politician who is current serving as the First Vice President of the Parliament of Catalonia since 2021 and as Acting President of the Parliament of Catalonia from July 2022 until June 2023, when she was succeeded by Anna Erra.
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Xavier Antich
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopherwriter
- Biography
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Xavier Antich i Valero is a Catalan philosopher, writer, and university professor in Catalonia. He is a professor of aesthetics at the University of Girona. He chaired the board of the Tàpies Foundation between 2011 and 2022. Since February 2022, he has been the President of Catalan Civil Association Òmnium Cultural.
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Anna Erra i Solà
- Occupations
- authorpoliticianschool teacher
- Biography
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Anna Erra i Solà is a Spanish teacher and politician who served as President of the Parliament of Catalonia between June 2023 and June 2024. She is also a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia for Junts per Catalunya. Between 2015 and 2023 she was Mayor of Vic, representing Junts per Catalunya.
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Manuel Cruz
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopherpolitician
- Biography
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Manuel Cruz Rodríguez is a Spanish philosopher and politician who served as the 60th President of the Senate from May to December 2019. Prior to this, between 2016 and 2019, Cruz served as member of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Barcelona. He is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia.
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Josep Vallverdú
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied humanities
- Occupations
- secondary school teacherwriterphilologisttranslatordraftsperson
- Biography
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Josep Vallverdú i Aixalà is a Catalan poet, novelist, playwright, linguist and essayist.
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Toni Soler i Guasch
- Occupations
- screenwriterwritertelevision directortelevision presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Toni Soler i Guasch is a Spanish journalist, television producer and writer.
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Care Santos
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied in 1990-1994
- Occupations
- writerliterary criticchildren's writerjournalist
- Biography
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Macarena Santos i Torres, is a Spanish writer who writes under the name "Care Santos". She writes in both Catalan and Spanish languages, for both young and adult readers.
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Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Alicia Sánchez-Camacho Pérez is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She served as the President of the People's Party in Catalonia from 2008 to 2017.
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Oriol Mitjà Villar
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctorate in medicine
- Occupations
- physicianscientist
- Biography
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Oriol Mitjà i Villar is a Catalan-born Spanish researcher and consultant physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases with expertise in poverty-related tropical diseases. He has conducted research at the Lihir Medical Centre in Papua New Guinea since 2010 on new diagnostic and therapeutic tools to eradicate yaws. He was awarded the Princess of Girona Award in the scientific research category. Currently at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Mitjà is conducting research on SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and strategies to control the infection at a community level.
