100 Notable alumni of
University of Granada
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The University of Granada is 489th in the world, 178th in Europe, and 11th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Granada sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Federico García Lorca
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- In 1915 studied literary studies
- Occupations
- theatrical directorplaywrightlyricistpoet
- Biography
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Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements (such as symbolism, futurism, and surrealism) into Spanish literature.
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Joaquín Sabina
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- Studied Romance studies
- Occupations
- composermusicianpoetsingersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat love, heartbreaks and society with significant use of literary figures as in the baroque-literature style.
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Frederick Forsyth
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- spyscreenwriterwriterforeign correspondentnovelist
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Frederick McCarthy Forsyth CBE is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List. Forsyth's works frequently appear on best-sellers lists and more than a dozen of his titles have been adapted to film. By 2006, he had sold more than 70 million books in more than 30 languages.
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Dani Rovira
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- humoristmonologistactorcomedian
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Daniel Rovira de Rivas is a Spanish comedian and actor.
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Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
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- politicianjuristlawyerdiplomat
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Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served, briefly, as the first prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then—from 1931 to 1936—as its president.
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Blas Infante
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- politicianwriterjuristjournalist
- Biography
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Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas was an Andalusian socialist politician, Georgist, writer, historian and musicologist. He is considered the "father of Andalusia" by Andalusian nationalists.
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Antonio Muñoz Molina
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- Studied art history
- Occupations
- writerauthornovelistjournalist
- Biography
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Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer and, since 8 June 1995, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.
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Gata Cattana
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- rappermusicianpoet
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Ana Isabel García Llorente, known as Gata Cattana and Ana Sforza, was a Spanish rapper, poet and feminist.
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Carolina Bescansa
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianpolitical scientistsociologist
- Biography
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Carolina Bescansa is a Spanish politician and political scientist who co-founded the political party Podemos. She was a representative for Madrid in the Spanish Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019.
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Luis García Montero
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- university teacherwriterpoetliterary critic
- Biography
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Luis García Montero is a Spanish poet, literary critic and academic. He is a professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Granada.
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Jorge Guillén
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- university teacherwriterpoetliterary critic
- Biography
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Jorge Guillén Álvarez was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic.
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Miguel Blesa
- Occupations
- bankerfinanciercivil servant
- Biography
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Miguel Blesa de la Parra was a Spanish banker, the chairman of the Spanish bank Caja Madrid from 1996 to 2009.
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Sacha Houlié
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- Graduated with French masters degree
- Occupations
- professions libérales et assimiléspolitician
- Biography
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Sacha Houlié is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Vienne.
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Juan Eslava Galán
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- writerprofessor
- Biography
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Juan Eslava Galán, is a Spanish writer of historic genre, both fiction and non-fiction. He has published some of his works under the pen name Nicholas Wilcox.
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Magdalena Biejat
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- In 2006 studied sociology
- Occupations
- politiciantranslatorhispanistsocial activist
- Biography
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Magdalena Agnieszka Biejat is a Polish politician and translator of Spanish-language literature. She was a member of the Sejm for Warsaw I between 2019 and 2023, when she was elected to Senate for the 45th district (Western Warsaw). Since 13 November 2023, she has served as a Deputy Marshal of the Senate. She is currently one of the leaders of The Left coalition, and was one of the co-leaders of Left Together until her departure from the party in October 2024.
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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
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- politicianjournalistdiplomatplaywrightpoet
- Biography
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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village life in Alarcón's native region of Andalusia. It was the basis for Hugo Wolf's opera Der Corregidor (1897); for Riccardo Zandonai's opera La farsa amorosa (1933); and Manuel de Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (1919).
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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
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- aristocrathistoriandiplomatpoetwriter
- Biography
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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist, poet, diplomat and historian, born in Granada in late 1503 or early 1504.
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Nicolás Salmerón
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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Nicolás Salmerón Alonso was a Spanish politician, president of the First Spanish Republic.
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Pablo Heras-Casado
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Pablo Heras-Casado is a Spanish conductor.
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Francisco Giner de los Ríos
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- university teacherwriterjuristphilosopher
- 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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Ángel Ganivet
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- sociologistpoetwriterdiplomatjournalist
- Biography
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Ángel Ganivet García was a Spanish writer and diplomat. He was considered a precursor to the Generation of '98.
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Santi Rodríguez
- Occupations
- actorcomedianphilanthropist
- Biography
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Santiago Rodríguez Ramiro, professionally known as Santi Rodríguez, in a Spanish actor and comedian.
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Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo
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- politicianwriterplaywrighthistorianuniversity teacher
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Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Cornejo was a Spanish statesman and dramatist and the first prime minister of Spain to receive the title of President of the Council of Ministers.
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Fernando de los Ríos Urriti
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- politiciandiplomatprofessorjuristwriter
- Biography
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Fernando de los Ríos Urruti was a Spanish professor of political law and socialist politician who was in turn Minister of Justice, Minister of Education and Foreign Minister between 1931 and 1933. in the early years of the Second Spanish Republic. During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), he was Spanish Ambassador to France and then to the United States.
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Carlos Fabra
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- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Carlos Fabra Carreras is a Spanish politician and businessman. He was president of the Provincial Council of Castellón from 1995 to 2011 and one of the leaders of the Partido Popular in the province. He was president of the public company that manages Castellón airport until 22 March 2013, when he resigned after learning that he would be tried in court. He was prosecuted for various offences of influence peddling, bribery and five tax offences, and was sentenced in November 2013 to four years in prison for defrauding the tax authorities of 700,000 euros.
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Joaquín Navarro-Valls
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- physicianwriterpsychiatristjournalist
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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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Manuel Altolaguirre
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- screenwriterplaywrightpoetwritertranslator
- Biography
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Manuel Altolaguirre was a Spanish poet, an editor, publisher, and printer of poetry, and a member of the Generation of '27.
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Juanjo Guarnido
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- layout artistcoloristcharacter animatorcomics artistillustrator
- Biography
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Juanjo Guarnido is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series Blacksad.
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Efraín Alegre
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Pedro Efraín Alegre Sasiain is a Paraguayan politician, lawyer, and university professor, who served as president of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party from 2016 to 2023. For ten years he was the most prominent leader of the opposition to the Colorado Party, running unsuccessfully against its candidates in the presidential elections of 2013, 2018 and 2023.
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Gabriel Miró
- Occupations
- civil servantwriter
- Biography
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Gabriel Miró Ferrer, known as Gabriel Miró, was a Spanish modernist writer. In 1900 he finished his studies in law at the University of Granada and the University of Valencia. He focused mainly on writing novels, but also collaborated to a large number of newspapers such as: El Heraldo, Los Lunes de El Imparcial, ABC and El Sol. He was among the contributors of the Madrid-based avant-garde magazine Prometeo between 1908 and 1912. The rich and poetic language, the philosophical and theological ideas, and the subtle irony are some of the main characteristics of his works. Gabriel Miró preferred to focus on the intimate world of his characters and its development, in the inner relations between everything in their surrounding and the way they evolve in time.
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Andrés Neuman
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- writertranslatorpoetjournalist
- Biography
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Andrés Neuman is an Argentine writer, poet, translator, columnist and blogger.
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Américo Castro
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- university teacherliterary historianhistoriandiplomatphilologist
- Biography
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Américo Castro Quesada was a Spanish cultural historian, philologist, and literary critic who challenged some of the prevailing notions of Spanish identity, raising controversy with his conclusions that Spaniards did not become the distinct group that they are today until after the Islamic conquest of Hispania of 711, an event that turned them into an Iberian caste co-existing among Moors and Jews, and that the history of Spain and Portugal was adversely affected with the success in the 11th to the 15th centuries of the "Reconquista" or Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula and with the Spanish expulsion of the Jews (1492).
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Juan Fernando López Aguilar
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- caricaturistpoliticianjuristuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Juan Fernando López Aguilar is a Spanish jurist and politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2009. He served as Minister of Justice in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He also represented Las Palmas in the Congress of Deputies between 1996 and 2007 and between 2008 and 2009.
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José de Salamanca, 1st Count of los Llanos
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- entrepreneurpolitician
- Biography
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José de Salamanca y Mayol, 1st Marquess of Salamanca, 1st Count of Llanos, GE was a Spanish businessman and politician. He served as Finance Minister of Spain and briefly as de facto prime minister in 1847.
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María José Rienda
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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María José Rienda Contreras is a former World Cup alpine ski racer. She served as the President of the Consejo Superior de Deportes and Secretary of State for Sports of Spain from June 2018 to January 2020.
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Eduardo de Castro González
- Occupations
- politicianmayor
- Biography
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Eduardo de Castro González is a Spanish public servant and politician who served as the Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Melilla from 2019 until 2023. He was a member of the Assembly of Melilla from 2015 to 2023.
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Mireia Vehí i Cantenys
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- In 2010 graduated with licentiate in sociology
- Occupations
- women's rights activistpoliticianactivistsociologist
- Biography
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Mireia Vehí i Cantenys is a Spanish sociologist and politician from Catalonia, who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. She was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
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Carlos Jiménez Villarejo
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- prosecutorpoliticianlawyerwriterjurist
- Biography
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Carlos Jiménez Villarejo is a former Spanish anti-corruption public prosecutor in office between 2000 and 2004. As a left-wing democrat jurist, he is specialized in the struggle against tax havens. He collaborates with ATTAC's struggle to abolish money-laundering centers.
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Cristina Morales
- Occupations
- writerprose writer
- Biography
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Cristina Morales is a Spanish writer. She was born in Granada in 1985. She studied law, political science and international relations at university.
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Francisco Villaespesa
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- writerplaywrightpoet
- Biography
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Francisco Villaespesa Martín was a Spanish writer. He was born in Láujar de Andarax, Province of Almería, which marked him all his life. He is probably the most notable writer of the province, thus, both the capital and his hometowns libraries have his name.
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Pío Cabanillas Gallas
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- politicianjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Pío Cabanillas Gallas was a Spanish jurist and politician, who held different cabinet posts and served as a deputy in the European Parliament.
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Pedro Antonio Sánchez
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- politician
- Biography
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Pedro Antonio Sánchez López is a Spanish politician and member of the right People's Party (PP) political party in the southern Region of Murcia. He has served as the 6th democratically elected President of the Region of Murcia since July 3, 2015, following the PP's victory in the May 2015 Murcian parliamentary election.
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Miguel Ayuso Guixot
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- In 2000 graduated with doctorate in systematic theology
- Occupations
- Catholic priestmissionaryarabisttheologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church and a historian of Islam. He was an official of the Roman Curia since 2012 and an archbishop since 2016.
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Francisco Cuenca
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- politician
- Biography
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Francisco Cuenca Rodríguez is a Spanish politician, member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and mayor of Granada from 2016 to 2019. He became mayor after his predecessor, José Torres Hurtado from the opposing Partido Popular, resigned amid a corruption scandal. He is the current mayor of Granada since 2021.
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Manuel Martín Cuenca
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- screenwriterfilm directorcasting directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Manuel Martín Cuenca is a Spanish film director. He directed more than ten films since 1990.
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Alejandro Sawa
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- writerjournalistpoet
- Biography
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Alejandro Sawa Martínez was a Spanish bohemian novelist, poet, and journalist.
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José Antonio Pérez Tapias
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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José Antonio Pérez Tapias is a Spanish politician, author and university professor. He was a member of the 8th and 9th terms of the Congress of Deputies.
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Ángela Vallvey
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- Graduated with licentiate in contemporary history
- Occupations
- writerchildren's writerpoetnovelist
- Biography
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Ángela Vallvey Arévalo is a Spanish writer.
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Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez
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- historianarchaeologistprehistorianwriterart historian
- Biography
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Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez, was a Spanish archaeologist and historian.
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Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis
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- politicianmilitary personnelcivil servant
- Biography
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Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis was a Spanish government official and soldier whose work in Cuba during the American Revolutionary War laid the foundations for the defeat of British forces in Florida and at Yorktown.
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Marifrán Carazo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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María Francisca Carazo Villalonga is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician, elected mayor of Granada in 2023. She was previously a city councillor in Granada (2007–2012), member of the Parliament of Andalusia (2012–2023) and Minister of Development, Infrastructures and Territory Planning in the Regional Government of Andalusia (2019–2023).
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Luis Miguel Salvador García
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- politician
- Biography
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Luis Miguel Salvador García is a Spanish politician of the Citizens party. He was mayor of Granada from 2019 to 2021, and was in the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2019. Before switching parties in 2013, he was in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and was in the Senate from 2004 to 2011.
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Francisco Alonso
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- composer
- Biography
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Francisco Alonso López was a Spanish composer of popular theatre music and zarzuelas.
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Mai al-Kaila
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- gynecologistuniversity teacherpoliticiandiplomatnurse
- Biography
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Mai Al-Kaila is a Palestinian doctor, diplomat and politician, and the first woman to hold the position of Health Minister of Palestine. She holds a PhD in public health and health administration. She chaired the Palestinian Medical Council in her capacity as Health Minister. She is also part of the Palestinian Authority headed by current prime minister Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh.
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Juan del Río Martín
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Juan del Río Martín was a Spanish archbishop, Military Ordinary of Spain from 2008 until his death in 2021.
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Inmaculada Nieto Castro
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- politicianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Inmaculada Nieto Castro is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). She has been a deputy in the Parliament of Andalusia since 2012, and spokesperson of her party in parliament since 2019, within the coalitions of Adelante Andalucía (2018), Unidas Podemos and Por Andalucía.
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Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas
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- politiciandiplomatjurist
- Biography
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Antonio de los Ríos Rosas was a Spanish politician.
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Manuel Jiménez de Parga
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerdiplomatjurist
- Biography
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Manuel Jiménez de Parga y Cabrera was a Spanish lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was president of the Constitutional Court of Spain between 2001 and 2004.
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Marta Bosquet
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marta Bosquet Aznar is a Spanish politician of the Citizens party. She was a member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 2015 to 2022, serving as its president from 2018.
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Jakob Kellenberger
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Jakob Kellenberger is a former Swiss diplomat and former president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Since 2013 he has been the president of swisspeace.
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José Antonio Rodríguez Salas
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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José Antonio Rodríguez Salas is a Spanish politician from the Spanish Socialist Party. He was the Mayor of Jun, a town in the Metropolitan Area of Granada, from March 2005 to September 2018, and one of the candidates running for the first primary elections held in Andalusia by the PSOE in 2013. Since September 2018 he has been a senior advisor at the Presidency of the Government of Spain.
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Emiliano Aguirre
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- In 1959 graduated with Licentiate of Theology
- Occupations
- paleontologist
- Biography
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Emiliano Aguirre Enríquez was a Spanish paleontologist, known for his works at archaeological site of Atapuerca, whose excavations he directed from 1978 until his retirement in 1990. He received the Prince of Asturias Award in 1997.
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Silvia Calzón
- Occupations
- politicianepidemiologist
- Biography
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Silvia Calzón Fernández is a Spanish epidemiologist and politician who is currently serving as Director of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency since 2024. Previously, she served as Secretary of State for Health from 2020 to 2023.
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Juan Francisco Casas
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Juan Francisco Casas is a Spanish artist and poet. Casas recreates photographs he's taken as large scale oil paintings on canvas, as well as similarly scaled drawings using only blue ballpoint pens. The drawings and paintings are created in photo realistic style most of them as large as 10 feet.
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Lola Sánchez Caldentey
- Occupations
- sociologistpoliticianteacher
- Biography
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María Dolores "Lola" Sánchez Caldentey is a Spanish politician, and a former Member of the European Parliament, one of the five MEPs elected by Podemos in the 2014 European Parliament election.
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Miguel Ángel Martínez-González
- Occupations
- university teacherphysiciannutritionistepidemiologist
- Biography
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Miguel Ángel Martínez-González is a Spanish medical doctor, epidemiologist, professor, and nutrition researcher He has been often a visiting scholar at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Dept. Nutrition).
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Julio Rodríguez Martínez
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianpharmacistchemist
- Biography
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Julio Rodríguez Martínez was a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Education and Science of Spain in 1973, during the Francoist dictatorship.
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Julieta Brodsky
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- Studied social anthropology and cultural anthropology
- Occupations
- anthropologistpolitician
- Biography
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Julieta Brodsky Hernández is a Chilean politician and anthropologist who has served as the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage since 2022.
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José Gálvez Ginachero
- Occupations
- politicianphysiciangynecologist
- Biography
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José Gálvez Ginachero was a Spanish Roman Catholic doctor. Gálvez Ginachero studied in Granada and Madrid in medicine where he obtained excellent results before doing additional studies in Berlin and Paris. His return to his hometown saw him implement practices he learnt in Europe that not all doctors followed in terms of sanitation in order to reduce patient deaths. He was a distinguished doctor noted for his care for the poor and his meticulous attention to medical practices. This earned him accolades in recognition of his importance to the Málaga social arena and earn him praise from the nation's monarchs.
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José María Sánchez Carrión
- Occupations
- university teacherwritersociologistlinguist
- Biography
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José María Sánchez Carrión is a Spanish linguist, specialised in Basque language, sociolinguistics and historical linguistics. He is an associate member of Euskaltzaindia since 1983. Despite being arguably the best known local academic proponent of reversing language shift measures, he has never held a stable university post in the Basque Country.
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Rafael Rebolo López
- Occupations
- astrophysicist
- Biography
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Rafael Rebolo López is a Spanish astrophysicist. In October 2013 he became the director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands; IAC). He is a professor at the Spanish National Research Council. In 2002 Rebolo became an external professor at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and a member of the Max Planck Society.
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José Carlos Ibarra Jerez
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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José Carlos Ibarra Jeréz is a Spanish chess grandmaster.
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Pedro Lombardía
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterjuristcanon law jurist
- Biography
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Pedro Lombardía was a Spanish canonist and pioneer of the Study of State Ecclesiastical Law in Spain. He held the chairs of Canon Law and State Ecclesiastical Law at the University of Navarra and the Complutense University of Madrid.
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Narciso Fernández de Heredia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Narciso Fernández de Heredia y Begines de los Ríos, iure uxoris Count of Ofalia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola, 1st Marquess of Heredia, GE was a Spanish nobleman, politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Spain and as Minister of State from 16 December 1837 to 6 September 1838, in the reign of Isabella II.
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Gregorio Salvador
- Occupations
- philologistwriterdialectologistlinguistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Gregorio Salvador Caja was a Spanish linguist specialized in structural semantics. Salvador was born in Cúllar, Granada, and studied at the University of Granada and Complutense University. He was one of the most important disciples of Manuel Alvar. He wrote for the Spanish newspaper ABC.
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Elisa Pérez Vera
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherjurist
- Biography
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Elisa Pérez Vera is a Spanish jurist, a professor of Private International Law at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) and magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain from 2001 to 2012. In 1982 she was appointed Rector of the UNED, becoming the first woman rector at a Spanish public university. The UNED has instituted the Elisa Pérez Vera Award to recognize research work on gender or feminism.
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Francisco Garrido Peña
- Occupations
- writerpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Francisco Garrido Peña is a Spanish politician and member of the Green Party, which has previously supported the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
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Antonio Flores de Lemus
- Occupations
- economistuniversity teacherpoliticianwriterjurist
- Biography
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Antonio Flores de Lemus was a Spanish politician and economist.
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Juan José Cuadros Pérez
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Juan José Cuadros Perez was a Spanish writer of poetry and prose. His father, Juan José Cuadros, was a native of Beas de Segura (Jaén), which, in the 1920s met and married Josefa Perez Palencia. John Joseph was the oldest of four children.
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Antonio Lafuente
- Occupations
- social scientist
- Biography
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Antonio Lafuente García is research scientist at the Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CSIC) in the area of science studies.
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Diego de Astorga y Céspedes
- Occupations
- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Diego de Astorga y Céspedes was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He also served as Bishop of Barcelona, Archbishop of Toledo and Grand Inquisitor.
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Elisa Valero
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- university teacherauthorarchitect
- Biography
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Elisa Valero Ramos is a Spanish architect and professor at the High Technical Architecture School of the University of Granada. Her work has been recognized in 2018 with the Swiss Architectural Award.
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Juan José Bonel y Orbe
- Occupations
- Catholic priestpoliticianCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Juan José Bonel y Orbe was a Spanish Catholic ecclesiastic, bishop, archbishop, and cardinal in various dioceses.
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Antonio Jara Andreu
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Antonio Jara Andréu is a Spanish professor of law and former politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was the mayor of Granada (1979–1991), a member of the Parliament of Andalusia (1982–1986) and a member of the Congress of Deputies (1989–1992). He was the president of the Caja Granada savings bank from 2010 to 2017.
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Estefanía Torres
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- Graduated with undergraduate degree
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Estefanía Torres Martínez is a Spanish politician. She served as Member of the European Parliament between 2015 and 2019.
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Pauliina May
- Occupations
- singermusic teacher
- Biography
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Pauliina May is a Finnish–Dutch vocalist and a voice teacher. She is currently resident in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands.
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Eugenio Sellés
- Occupations
- aristocratpoliticianwriterjournalistplaywright
- Biography
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Eugenio Sellés y Ángel, Marquess of Gerona and Viscount of Castro and Orozco was a Spanish writer, journalist, playwright and politician.
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Rafael Rodríguez Méndez
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianphysicianacademic
- Biography
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Rafael Rodríguez Méndez was a Spanish doctor, author, and politician. He was rector of the University of Barcelona from 1902 to 1905. He was also director of the San Baudilio de Llobregat asylum, where he stood out for the application of Music Therapy. He is the author of several medical treatises, including the very first medical statistics done in Catalonia.
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José Vida Soria
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterjurist
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José Vida Soria was a Spanish jurist and politician.
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Cándida Martínez López
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterhistorianpolitician
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Cándida Martínez López is a Spanish historian, university professor, expert in women's history and studies, and politician. From 2000 to 2008 she was Councilor of Education of the Regional Government of Andalusia, and from 2008 to 2011 a deputy of the 9th Legislature of Spain. She is co-director of Arenal, Journal of Women's History.
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Antonio Vidal-Puig
- Occupations
- physicianscientist
- Biography
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Antonio Vidal-Puig is a Spanish medical doctor and scientist who works as a Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism at the University of Cambridge (UK), best known for advancing the concept that pharmacological targeting of brown fat may serve to treat overweight and obesity in affected individuals, as well as for introducing the concept of adipose tissue "expandability" as an important factor in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in the context of positive energy balance. His published work focuses on areas such as adipose tissue metabolism and lipotoxicity, regulation of insulin secretion, and the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. In April 2024, he was granted the rank of doctor honoris causa from the King Juan Carlos University, Madrid.
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Josefa Masegosa Gallego
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- astronomer
- Biography
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Josefa Masegosa Gallego is a Spanish astronomer and scientific researcher. She is a winner of both the Granada, City of Science and Innovation award and the Mariana Pineda Award of Equality.
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Mohamed Salama Badi
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- diplomatpolitician
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Mohamed Salama Badi is the current Sahrawi ambassador to Timor-Leste. He speaks Hassaniya (a variety of Arabic), and Spanish.
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José Antonio Carrillo
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- In 1996 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in mathematics
- Occupations
- researcher
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José Antonio Carrillo de la Plata is a Spanish mathematician primarily known for his contributions in applied partial differential equations, numerical analysis, many particle systems and kinetic theory. His works make use of methods from functional analysis, calculus of variations, optimal transport, gradient descent and entropy methods. Currently he is Professor of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford where he started in April 2020. He is also Tutorial Fellow at The Queen's College Oxford in Applied Mathematics. He was previously Chair in Applied and Numerical Analysis at the Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, a position he held from October 2012 till March 2020. He served as Chair of the Applied Mathematics Committee of the European Mathematical Society during the period 2014–2017. He was formerly ICREA Research Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, during the period 2003–2012, and held positions at the University of Granada, Spain, and the University of Texas at Austin, United States during the years 1992–2003. He was recognized with the SeMA prize (2003) and the GAMM Richard Von-Mises prize (2006) for young researchers. He was a holder of the Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship during the period 2012–2017.
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José de Castro y Orozco
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- poetuniversity teacherpoliticianwriterplaywright
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José de Castro y Orozco was a Spanish politician, poet and playwright whose literary work is associated with the Romantic movement. He was a senator for life from 1853, and briefly Minister of Justice in 1853.
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Antonio Marín Muñoz
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- poet lawyerwriterhistorianjournalistanthropologist
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Antonio Marín Muñoz born in Lopera, Province of Jaen, Spain, 1970 is a writer and historian. He specializes in the contemporary history of Spain.
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Carmen Castillo García
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- writeruniversity teacherclassical philologist
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Carmen Castillo García is a Spanish Professor Emeritus of Classical Philology at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. She is the second woman to obtain a Latin Philology Chair in Spain. She is an expert on the Roman province of Baetica in southern Iberia.
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María José Frápolli
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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María José Frápolli Sanz is a Spanish philosopher. As of 2022, she is professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Granada. Her work is focused on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of logic.
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Rakel Rodríguez
- Enrolled in the University of Granada
- Graduated with licentiate in pedagogy
- Occupations
- choreographerdancerteacheractor
- Biography
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Rakel Rodríguez Ruiz is a Spanish dancer, choreographer and actress.
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Louis Joachim Munoz
- Years
- 1933-2013 (aged 80)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Louis Joachim Munoz, MFR was a Spanish priest. He lived in Nigeria for 47 years where, alongside his duties as an Opus Dei priest, he lectured on political science and French.
