100 Notable alumni of
University of Barcelona
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The University of Barcelona is 91st in the world, 31st 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
- actorprofessional athletebasketball player
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Pau Gasol Sáez is a Spanish former professional basketball player. 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, both with the Los Angeles Lakers back-to-back in 2009 and 2010. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, being the first non-American player to have won that award. He is regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is also considered as one of the greatest European players of all time. He is the older brother of former NBA player Marc Gasol.
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Antonio Luna
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- military officer
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Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino pharmacist and army general who fought in the Philippine–American War before his assassination on June 5, 1899 at the age of 32.
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Lluís Companys
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in law
- Occupations
- trade unionistpoliticianlawyer
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Lluís Companys i Jover was a Catalan politician who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.
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Joan Laporta
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- lawyerbusinesspersonpoliticianteacher
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Joan Laporta Estruch is a Spanish politician and current president of FC Barcelona.
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Ada Colau
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- politiciansocial activist
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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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Carme Chacón
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with Licentiate
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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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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Salvador Illa Roca
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1989 graduated with Licentiate in philosophy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Salvador Illa Roca is a Spanish politician who 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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Manuel Castells
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- writerteacherministersociologistphilosopher
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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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- historianwriteruniversity teacherpoliticianscreenwriter
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Oriol Junqueras i Vies is a Catalan politician and historian. 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 entered prison 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
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Clara Ponsatí i Obiols is a Catalan economist and politician from Spain. 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. Since February 2020, she is a Member of the European Parliament within the Junts i Lliures per Europa grouping.
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Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- political scientistpoliticianpolitical activist
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Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol is a Spanish political activist from Catalonia, who was president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) between May 2015 and November 2017.
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Federico Jiménez Losantos
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctorate in Spanish philology
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacheropinion journalistentrepreneurjournalist
- Biography
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Federico Jorge Jiménez Losantos, also known by his initials FJL, is a Spanish radio presenter and right-wing pundit, being most known for his successful radio talk show Es la mañana de Federico. He is also a TV host and literary and non-fiction author. A member of extreme-left organizations and participant in Barcelona's counter-cultural scene in the 1970s, he experienced a radical rightward drift, eventually becoming a journalistic guru for a far-right audience.
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Artur Mas
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- economistpolitician
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Artur Mas i Gavarró is a Catalan politician. 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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Jorge Javier Vázquez
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- actortheatrical producertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jorge Javier Vázquez Morales is a Spanish television presenter, writer and actor.
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Joan Enric Vives Sicília
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- professorparochusLatin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília is a Spanish cleric, who has served as Bishop of Urgell since 2003, and is therefore the Co-Prince of Andorra. This makes him a joint-head-of-state (alongside the President of France) and one of the two Catholic religious figures in the world who also leads a country, the other such prelate being the Pope himself (who leads Vatican City).
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Jordi Pujol
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1946-1952 graduated with Doctor of Medicine in medicine
- Occupations
- bankerpolitician
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Jordi Pujol Soley is a 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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Julio Anguita
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- politicianteacher
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Julio Anguita González was a Spanish politician and historian. 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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Julia Otero
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- television presenterjournalisttelevision producer
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Julia María Otero Pérez is a Spanish journalist.
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Isabel Coixet
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- writerfilm directorscreenwriterexecutive producertranslator
- 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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Andrew Divoff
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- television actorstunt performerfilm actoractor
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Andrew Daniel Divoff is a Venezuela-born Russian 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 (short for as 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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Pilar Rahola
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- writerpoliticianYouTuberTV debaterjournalist
- Biography
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Pilar Rahola i Martínez is a Spanish journalist, writer, and former politician and MP.
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Margarita Robles
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- 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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Javier Cercas
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Javier Cercas Mena is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain.
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Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
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- writeruniversity teacherpoetjournalistpolitician
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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 a FC Barcelona supporter.
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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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Mireia Lalaguna Royo
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- beauty pageant contestantmodel
- Biography
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Mireia Lalaguna Royo is a Spanish model, actress 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 adviserpoliticianlawyer
- 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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Pere Aragonès
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- university teacherpoliticianjurist
- Biography
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Pere Aragonès i Garcia is a Catalan lawyer and politician, and the President of the Government of Catalonia since 22 May 2021. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia, as well as Acting President since 28 September 2020. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.
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Fernando Arrabal
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- painterwriteractorfilm directorplaywright
- Biography
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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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Carmen Laforet
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- writer
- Biography
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Carmen Laforet was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela with his novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte. She received the Premio Nadal in 1944.
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Pasqual Maragall i Mira
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participantteacher
- Biography
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Pasqual Maragall i 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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Laura Borràs i Castanyer
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1993 graduated with Licentiate in Catalan philology
- In 1997 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- university teacherwritercolumnistresearcherpolitician
- 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 until her suspension as member of the Parliament of Catalonia under allegations of corruption.
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Juan Goytisolo
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1948-1954 studied law
- Occupations
- novelistwriterscreenwriteressayistliterary editor
- 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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Josep Piqué
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- politicianprofessoreconomist
- 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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Francesc Pi i Margall
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- ministereconomistjuristphilosopherhistorian
- 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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Luis Fernando Camacho
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- university teacherbusinesspersonlawyer
- 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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- politicianprofessorarchitect
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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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Jaime Gil de Biedma
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- writerpoet
- Biography
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Jaime Gil de Biedma y Alba was a Spanish post-Civil War poet.
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Manuel Pardo
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- economistpolitician
- 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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Josep Pla
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1913-1919 studied law and medicine
- Occupations
- journalistwriterliterary critic
- 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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Xavier Trias
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- physicianpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera is a Spanish 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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Juan Carlos Girauta
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- writerlawyerpoliticiandub actorjournalist
- Biography
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Juan Carlos Girauta is a Spanish politician formerly serving 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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Francina Armengol
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1995 graduated with pharmacy
- Occupations
- politicianpharmacist
- 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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Lluís Homar
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- theatrical directoractor
- 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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Jaume Balagueró
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- screenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Jaume Balagueró Bernat is a Spanish film director widely known for his horror films, most notably the acclaimed REC series.
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Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras
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- writerpoliticianuniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras is a Catalan philosopher, professor and politician from Spain. He was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Republican Left of Catalonia in the 2014 European Parliament election.
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Alicia Giménez Bartlett
- Occupations
- philologistwriter
- 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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Javier Nart
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- writerlawyertelevision presenterjournalistwar correspondent
- 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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Muriel Casals
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- economistactivistpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Muriel Casals i Couturier was a Catalan economist with both Spanish and French nationalities.
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Ernest Lluch
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- economistwriterpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Ernest Lluch Martín was a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). He was Minister of Health and Consumption 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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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctorate in law
- Graduated with Licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyermilitary personnelcomposerpolitician
- 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. Cespedes, 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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Dolors Montserrat i Montserrat
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- politicianlawyer
- 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 has 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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María Teresa Fernández de la Vega
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- politicianjudgelawyer
- 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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Raimon Panikkar
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- writertheologianCatholic priestuniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Raimon Panikkar Alemany, also known as Raimundo Panikkar and Raymond Panikkar, was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and a proponent of Interfaith dialogue. As a scholar, he specialized in comparative religion.
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Salvador Espriu
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- playwrightwriterpoet
- Biography
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Salvador Espriu i Castelló was a Catalan poet from Spain.
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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
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- historianwriteruniversity teacherbiographerliterary critic
- 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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Albert Boadella
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- film directorwritertheatrical directoractor
- Biography
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Albert Boadella Oncins is a Spanish actor and playwright. Until 2012,he was the director of the Els Joglars theatre company.
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Enric Prat de la Riba
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1893 graduated with law
- Occupations
- journalistlawyerpoliticianessayist
- Biography
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Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà was a Catalan 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 died in 1917 and is interred in the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona.
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Abel Matutes
- Occupations
- businesspersonlawyerdiplomatpoliticianassociation football player
- Biography
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Abel Matutes y Juan is a Spanish politician who served as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 6 May 1996 to 2000. Matutes was born in Ibiza on 31 October 1941 and his early political life was in that region. He was Mayor of Ibiza in 1970 and 1971 and became Senator for Ibiza and Formentera in 1977. In 1982 Matutes left the Senate and became a member of the Congress of Deputies the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, representing the Balearic Islands until 1985.
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Pepe Rubianes
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied philosophy
- Occupations
- film actorstage actortheatrical director
- 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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Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas
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- writerlawyeruniversity teacherpoliticianeconomist
- 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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Eugeni d'Ors
- Occupations
- art criticprofessorwriterart historianphilosopher
- Biography
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Eugeni d'Ors Rovira 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
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- writerpoet
- 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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Francisco Giner de los Ríos
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- juristwriteruniversity teacherphilosopher
- 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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- university teacherlibrettistwriterpoliticianscreenwriter
- 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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José Luis Pérez Díez (alias Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira)
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticiansociologistphilologist
- Biography
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Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira is a Spanish 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
- writerlawyerteacherpoliticianactivist
- 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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Francesc Cambó
- Occupations
- lawyerfinancierjuristpolitician
- 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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Elisenda Paluzie
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- In 1999 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- economistpoliticianuniversity teacherpolitical activist
- 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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Bernardo Atxaga
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied humanities and philosophy
- Occupations
- poetchildren's writerwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Bernardo Atxaga, pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.
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Jaume Collboni Cuadrado
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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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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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Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
- Occupations
- businesspersonjournalistinventorengineersubmariner
- Biography
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Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol was a Spanish inventor, artist and engineer born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. He was the inventor of the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven submarine.
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Joan Oliver i Sallarès
- Occupations
- playwrightwriterpoet
- 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 Agustín Goytisolo
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- translatorlawyerpoetwriterlinguist
- 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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Javier Lambán
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Francisco Javier Lambán Montañés is a Spanish politician member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and President of the Government of Aragon from 5 July 2015 to 11 August 2023.
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Ernest Urtasun
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Ernest Urtasun i Domènech is a Spanish ecosocialist politician and economist, serving as Minister of Culture of Spain since 2023. He served as Member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2023, integrated within the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) political group.
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José María Gay de Liébana
- Occupations
- university teacherwritereconomist
- 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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Laia Palau
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Laia Palau Altés is a Spanish professional basketball player, currently playing for Spanish team Spar CityLift Girona. 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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Manuel Delgado Ruiz
- Occupations
- anthropologistethnologistprofessor
- Biography
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Manuel Delgado Ruiz is a Catalan anthropologist.
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Teresa Forcades
- Occupations
- anti-vaccine activistinternisttheologianwomen's rights activistpolitical activist
- Biography
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Teresa Forcades i Vila is a Catalan physician, Benedictine nun and social activist. Forcades i Vila is known for her outspoken and sometimes controversial views on the church, public health and Catalan independence, and for her vaccine skepticism.
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Miquel Roca
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Miquel Roca i 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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Montserrat Roig
- Occupations
- journalistwriterprogram director
- Biography
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Montserrat Roig i Fransitorra was a Catalan writer of novels, short stories and articles.
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Josep Maria Espinàs
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- 1945-1949 graduated with law degree
- Occupations
- juristeditorbusinesspersonwriterlawyer
- Biography
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Josep Maria Espinàs i Massip was a Catalan writer, journalist and publisher known for his novels, travel writing and newspaper articles.
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Alba Vergés i Bosch
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- Occupations
- engineering technicianeconomistgestorpolitician
- 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 since 2022.
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Xavier Antich
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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Xavier Antich i Valero is a Spanish philosopher, writer and university professor from 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 Feb 2022 he is the President of Catalan Civil Association Òmnium Cultural.
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Manuel Cruz
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianphilosopher
- 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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Care Santos
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied in 1990-1994
- Occupations
- journalistchildren's writerliterary criticwriter
- 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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Josep Vallverdú
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied humanities
- Occupations
- writerhigh school teacherdrawertranslatorphilologist
- Biography
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Josep Vallverdú i Aixalà is a Catalan poet, novelist, playwright, linguist and essayist.
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Maria Mercè Marçal
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- poettranslatorwriterlinguist
- Biography
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Maria Mercè Marçal i Serra was a Catalan poet, professor, writer and translator from Spain.
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Yosef Ben-Jochannan
- Years
- 1918-2015 (aged 97)
- Occupations
- archaeologisthistorian
- Biography
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Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan, 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, while most mainstream scholars, such as Mary Lefkowitz, dismissed him because of the basic historical inaccuracies in his work, as well as disputes about the authenticity of his educational degrees and academic credentials.
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Agustí Villaronga
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Studied geography and history
- Occupations
- film actorfilm directorscreenwriter
- 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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Narcís Serra
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Narcís Serra i Serra 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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Valentín Fuster Carulla
- Occupations
- cardiologistphysicianwriter
- Biography
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Valentín Fuster Carulla, 1st Marquess of Fuster is a Spanish cardiologist and aristocrat.
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Oriol Mitjà Villar
- Enrolled in the University of Barcelona
- Graduated with doctorate in medicine
- Occupations
- scientistphysician
- 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, Mitjà is conducting research on SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and strategies to control the infection at a community level.
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Toni Soler i Guasch
- Occupations
- television directorwriterscreenwriterhistorianjournalist
- Biography
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Toni Soler i Guasch is a Spanish journalist, television producer and writer.
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Anna Erra i Solà
- Occupations
- authorschool teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Anna Erra i Solà is a Spanish teacher and politician, President of the Parliament of Catalonia since June 9, 2023. 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 Carrasco Formiguera
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- lawyerprofessorpoliticianCatholic propagandist
- Biography
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Manuel Carrasco i Formiguera, was a Spanish lawyer and Christian democrat Catalan nationalist politician. His execution, by order of Francisco Franco, provoked protests from Catholic journalists such as Joseph Ageorges, the President of the International Federation of Catholic Journalists. Ageorges wrote, "Even more than the death of the Duke of Enghien stained the memory of Napoleon, the death of Carrasco has stained the reputation of Franco". Such protests, in turn, provoked the anger of the Francoist press. His funeral in Paris on 27 April 1938 was attended by many notable people, including Joan Miró, Ossorio y Gallardo, Josep M. de Sagarra, Joaquim Ventalló and Jacques Maritain and his wife Raissa.
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Joaquín Navarro-Valls
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- journalistpsychiatristwriterphysician
- 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 July 11, 2006 and was replaced by Father Federico Lombardi. On January 20, 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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Alicia Sánchez-Camacho
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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.
