100 Notable alumni of
University of Salamanca
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The University of Salamanca is 178th in the world, 60th in Europe, and 3rd in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Salamanca sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Miguel de Cervantes
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- playwrighttax collectorwriterpoetnovelist
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature".
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Gustavo Petro
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Studied in 1995
- Occupations
- partisanpoliticianwriterenvironmentalisteconomist
- Biography
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Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego ODB ODSC Odie is a Colombian politician and economist who has served as the 35th president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.
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Manuel Belgrano
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- economistjuristlawyermilitary personnelpolitician
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Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano, usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano ( Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnwel βelˈɣɾano]), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and designed what became the flag of Argentina. Argentines regard him as one of the main Founding Fathers of the country. He was also a supporter of free trade.
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David Muir
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- journalist
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David Jason Muir is an American journalist and anchor for ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City. Muir previously served as the weekend anchor and primary substitute anchor on ABC's World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer before succeeding her on September 1, 2014.
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Bartolomé de Las Casas
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- writerhistorianjuristfriarmissionary
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Bartolomé de las Casas, OP; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands. He described and railed against the atrocities committed by the conquistadores against the Indigenous peoples.
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Alexander Payne
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- screenwriterdirectorfilm directorwriterfilm producer
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Constantine Alexander Payne is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.
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Cardinal Mazarin
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- Catholic priestpoliticiandiplomatart collectorCatholic bishop
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Jules Mazarin, from 1641 known as Cardinal Mazarin, was an Italian Catholic prelate, diplomat and politician who served as the chief minister to the Kings of France Louis XIII and Louis XIV from 1642 to his death. He was made a cardinal in 1641.
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Tomás de Torquemada
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- Catholic priestinquisitorfriarpolitician
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Tomás de Torquemada OP, anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Spanish Dominican friar and the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition. In that role, he led a group of ecclesiastical prelates created in 1478 to uphold Catholic religious orthodoxy within the newly formed union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, presently known as the Kingdom of Spain.
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John of the Cross
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- Catholic priestpoetfriarwriter
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St. John of the Cross OCD was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and Carmelite friar. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the 38 Doctors of the Church.
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Studied in 1615
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- military personnelCatholic priestwriterplaywrightpoet
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre. Calderón has been termed "the Spanish Shakespeare", the national poet of Spain, and one of the greatest poets and playwrights in the history of world literature.
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Xavier Becerra
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- lawyerpolitician
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Xavier Becerra is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services, a position he held from March 19, 2021, to January 20, 2025. He is the first Latino to hold the position. Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California from January 2017 until March 2021. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Becerra was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus from 2013 to 2017.
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Luis de Góngora
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- writerplaywrightpoetpriest
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Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic prebendary for the Church of Córdoba. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent Spanish poets of all time. His style is characterized by what was called culteranismo, also known as Gongorismo. This style apparently existed in stark contrast to Quevedo's conceptismo, though Quevedo was highly influenced by his older rival from whom he may have isolated "conceptismo" elements.
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Abd el-Krim
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- presidentjournalistresistance fighterqaditranslator
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Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Khaṭṭābī, better known as Abd el-Krim (Arabic: عبد الكريم; 12 January 1882 – 6 February 1963), was a Moroccan revolutionary, religious, political and military leader and the president of the Republic of the Rif. He and his brother M'Hammad led a large-scale revolt by a coalition of Riffian tribes against the Spanish and French Protectorates of the Rif and the rest of Morocco. His guerrilla tactics, which included the first-ever use of tunneling as a technique of modern warfare, directly influenced Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara. He also became one of the major figures of Arab nationalism, which he actively supported.
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Anne Spiegel
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- politician
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Anne Spiegel is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 8 December 2021; she announced her resignation on 11 April and was dismissed by the President on 25 April 2022
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Miguel López de Legazpi
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- explorermilitary personnelconquistadorpolitician
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Don Miguel López de Legazpi, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish and Basque conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in the mid-16th century. He was joined by Guido de Lavezares, relative Martin de Goiti, friar Andrés de Urdaneta, and his grandsons Juan and Felipe de Salcedo, in the expedition. Legazpi established the first Spanish settlement in the East Indies after his expedition crossed the Pacific Ocean, arriving in Cebu in 1565.
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Fernando de Rojas
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- alcaldelawyerwriter
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Fernando de Rojas was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina (originally titled Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), first published in 1499. It is variously considered "the last work of the Spanish Middle Ages or the first work of the Spanish Renaissance".
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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
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- friarCatholic priestinquisitorpoliticiantranslator
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Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, OFM was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman. Starting from humble beginnings he rose to the heights of power, becoming a religious reformer, twice regent of Spain, Cardinal, Grand Inquisitor, promoter of the Crusades in North Africa, and founder of the Alcalá University. Among his intellectual accomplishments during the Renaissance in Spain, he is best known for funding the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, the first polyglot version of the entire Bible, which was mass produced using Johannes Gutenberg's printing press. He also edited and published the first printed editions of the missal (in 1500) and the breviary (in 1502) of the Mozarabic Rite, and established a chapel with a college of thirteen priests to celebrate the Mozarabic Liturgy of the Hours and Eucharist each day in the Toledo Cathedral.
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Fabio Caressa
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- writersports commentatorjournalisttelevision presenter
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Fabio Caressa is an Italian journalist and football commentator, broadcasting for Sky Italia.
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Gil Vicente
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- writerplaywrightpoetactor
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Gil Vicente, called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights. Also noted as a lyric poet, Vicente worked in Spanish as much as he worked in Portuguese and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama.
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Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares
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- military personnelpolitician
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Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, 3rd Count of Olivares, GE, known as the Count-Duke of Olivares, was a Spanish royal favourite (Spanish: valido) of Philip IV and minister. He was appointed as Grandee on 10 April 1621, a day after the ending of the Twelve Years' Truce, and was a key figure that shaped state policy in Spain until January 1643. During his rule, he over-exerted Spain in foreign affairs and unsuccessfully attempted domestic reform. His policy of committing Spain to recapture Holland led to a renewal of the Eighty Years' War while Spain was also embroiled in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). In addition, his attempts to centralise power and increase wartime taxation led to revolts in Catalonia and in Portugal, which brought about his downfall.
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
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- historianexplorermilitary personnelconquistador
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as Ximénez and De Quezada, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the territory named by him, New Kingdom of Granada, and founded its capital, Santafé de Bogotá. As a well-educated lawyer he was one of the intellectuals of the Spanish conquest. He was an effective organizer and leader, designed the first legislation for the government of the area, and was its historian. He was governor of Cartagena between 1556 and 1557, and after 1569 he undertook explorations toward the east, searching for the elusive El Dorado. The campaign didn't succeed and Jiménez then returned to New Granada in 1573. He has been suggested as a possible model for Cervantes' Don Quixote.
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Sister Souljah
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- songwriterwriterautobiographerfilm producerrapper
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Lisa Williamson, known as Sister Souljah, is an American author, activist, rapper, and film producer.
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Antonio de Nebrija
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- philologistlinguistuniversity teacherBible translatortranslator
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Antonio de Nebrija was a Spanish humanist. He wrote poetry, commented on literary works, and encouraged the study of classical languages and literature, but his most important contributions were in the fields of grammar and lexicography. Nebrija was the author of the Spanish Grammar (Gramática de la lengua castellana, 1492) and the first dictionary of the Spanish language (1495). His grammar is the first published grammar study of any modern European language.
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Luis de León
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- friarpoetwritertranslatoruniversity teacher
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Luis de León OESA, was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic.
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Bernardino de Sahagún
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- missionaryteachergrammarianmesoamericanistethnographer
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Bernardino de Sahagún OFM was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering ethnographer who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico). Born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1499, he journeyed to New Spain in 1529. He learned Nahuatl and spent more than 50 years in the study of Aztec beliefs, culture and history. Though he was primarily devoted to his missionary task, his extraordinary work documenting indigenous worldview and culture has earned him the title as "the first anthropologist." He also contributed to the description of Nahuatl, the imperial language of the Aztec Empire. He translated the Psalms, the Gospels, and a catechism into Nahuatl.
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Pedro Salinas
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- university teacherwriterlinguisttranslatorpoet
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Pedro Salinas y Serrano was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic. In 1937, he delivered the Turnbull lectures at Johns Hopkins University. These were later published under the title Reality and the Poet in Spanish Poetry.
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José Martínez Ruiz
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- playwrightnon-fiction writernovelistjournalistliterary critic
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José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruiz, better known by his pseudonym Azorín, was a Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic.
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Francisco de Vitoria
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- university teacherwriterphilosopherjuristeconomist
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Francisco de Vitoria OP, also known as Francisco de Victoria, was a Spanish Catholic philosopher, theologian, and jurist of Renaissance Spain. He is the founder of the tradition in philosophy known as the School of Salamanca, which laid the groundwork for early free-market economics and individual rights, influencing the development of libertarian thought. Vitoria's work on natural law and the freedom of exchange contributed to later Austrian School economists' emphasis on the moral basis for voluntary commerce. Although less known than others of his kind, he has been considered one of the most influential humanists of the Renaissance.
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Francisco Suárez
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- university teacherCatholic priesttheologianphilosopherjurist
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Francisco Suárez SJ was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement. His work is considered a turning point in the history of second scholasticism, marking the transition from its Renaissance to its Baroque phases. According to Christopher Shields and Daniel Schwartz, "figures as distinct from one another in place, time, and philosophical orientation as Leibniz, Grotius, Pufendorf, Schopenhauer and Heidegger, all found reason to cite him as a source of inspiration and influence."
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
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- writerplaywright
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón was a New Spanish writer of the Golden Age who cultivated different variants of dramaturgy. His works include the comedy La verdad sospechosa (es), which is considered a masterpiece of Latin American Baroque theater.
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Carmen Martín Gaite
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- novelistwritertranslatorpoettelevision writer
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Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for Entre visillos; in 1988 she won the Prince of Asturias Award;in 1992 she received the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras, and she also was awarded the Premio Acebo de Honor for her life's work.
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Miguel Ángel Mancera
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- lawyerpolitician
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Miguel Ángel Mancera Espinosa is a Mexican lawyer and politician who has represented the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He served as the head of government of Mexico City from 2012 to 2018.
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Ana Pastor Julián
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery
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- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Ana María Pastor Julián is a Spanish doctor and politician for the People's Party who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 19 July 2016 to 20 May 2019. Previously she was Minister of Health from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of Public Works from 2011 to 2016. Since 20 May 2019 is the Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies.
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Alfonso Durazo Montaño
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- lawyercivil engineerpolitician
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Francisco Alfonso Durazo Montaño is a Mexican politician who served as chief spokesman and private secretary of President Vicente Fox. Representing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), he is the current governor of Sonora.
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John Lloyd Young
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- singerstage actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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John Lloyd Mills Young is an American actor. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut. Young sang lead vocals on the Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys cast album, certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Young reprised his role as Frankie Valli in Warner Brothers' film adaptation of Jersey Boys, directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and released June 20, 2014.
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José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
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- juristlawyerwriteruniversity teacherpolitician
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José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones de León was a Spanish politician, leader of the CEDA, Spain's first mass and modern right-wing party, and a prominent figure in the period leading up to the Spanish Civil War. Under his leadership at the age of 34, CEDA became the largest political party in the second republican Cortes (1933–1935) with just over one quarter of the seats.
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Gerardo Diego
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- pianistpoetwriter
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Gerardo Diego Cendoya was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.
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Jaime Gil de Biedma
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- poetwriter
- Biography
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Jaime Gil de Biedma y Alba was a Spanish post-Civil War poet.
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Alejandro Fantino
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- In 2023 studied scholasticism
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Alejandro Fantino is an Argentine radio and TV host.
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Alfonso Fernando Fernández Mañueco
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Alfonso Fernández Mañueco is a Spanish politician who has served as the President of the Junta of Castile and León since 2019. He is also the chairman of the People's Party of Castile and León since 2017. He served as Mayor of Salamanca between 2011 and 2018.
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Pedro Paterno
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- novelistpoliticianwriterautobiographerpoet
- Biography
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Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera-Ignacio was a Filipino politician. He was also a poet and a novelist.
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Juan del Encina
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- composerplaywrightpoetwriter
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Juan del Encina was a Spanish composer, poet, priest, and playwright, often credited as the joint-father (even "founder" or "patriarch") of Spanish drama, alongside Gil Vicente. His birth name was Juan de Fermoselle. He spelled his name Enzina, but this is not a significant difference; it is two spellings of the same sound, in a time when "correct spelling" as we know it barely existed.
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Benito Jerónimo Feijoo
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- essayistuniversity teacherwriterphilosopherphysician
- Biography
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Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Spanish Enlightenment. He was an energetic popularizer noted for encouraging scientific and empirical thought in an effort to debunk myths and superstitions.
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Francisco de la Torre Prados
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Studied in 1961-1965
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- agricultural engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Francisco de la Torre Prados is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician who has been the mayor of Málaga since 2000. He has also been president of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga (1971–1975), a member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1982) and Senate (2011–2014).
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Peter of Alcantara
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- presbyterreligiousasceticmystic
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Peter of Alcántara, OFM was a Spanish Franciscan friar who was canonized in 1669.
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Juan Donoso Cortés
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- writeruniversity teacherphilosopherpoliticianjournalist
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Juan Francisco María de la Salud Donoso Cortés y Fernández Canedo, marqués de Valdegamas was a Spanish counter-revolutionary author, diplomat, politician, and Catholic political theologian.
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Turibius of Mongrovejo
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- Catholic priestinquisitor
- Biography
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Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death.
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Onésimo Redondo
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- falangistpoliticiantrade unionist
- Biography
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Onésimo Redondo Ortega was a Spanish Falangist politician. He founded the Juntas Castellanas de Actuación Hispánica, a political group that merged with Ramiro Ledesma's Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista and José Antonio Primo de Rivera's Falange Española.
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Vasco de Quiroga
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- Catholic bishopjuristCatholic priest
- Biography
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Vasco de Quiroga was the first bishop of Michoacán, Mexico, and one of the judges (oidores) in the second Real Audiencia of Mexico – the high court that governed New Spain – from January 10, 1531, to April 16, 1535.
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John of Ávila
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- Catholic priestwriter
- Biography
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John of Ávila was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church. He is called the "Apostle of Andalusia", for his extensive ministry in that region.
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Óscar González-Quevedo Bruzón
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Óscar González-Quevedo Bruzón SJ was a Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest. He was an investigator in the field of parapsychology.
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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
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- poetwriterambassadoraristocrathistorian
- Biography
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Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist, poet, diplomat and historian.
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Nunes Marques
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with PhD in Law
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Kássio Nunes Marques is a Brazilian magistrate, currently a Justice at the Supreme Federal Court.
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José Vicente Rangel
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- lawyerjournalistdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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José Vicente Rangel Vale was a Venezuelan politician. He ran for president three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, as Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2002, and as the vice president from 2002 to 2007.
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Antonio Pérez
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- diplomatwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Antonio Pérez del Hierro was a Spanish statesman and secretary of king Philip II of Spain.
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Federico Trillo
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- military personnelcivil servantlawyerlegal adviser of the Council of Statepolitician
- Biography
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Federico Trillo-Figueroa Martínez-Conde is a former Spanish Politician of the People's Party, who has served as President of the Congress of Deputies, Minister of Defense and Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom.
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José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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José Moñino y Redondo, 1st Count of Floridablanca was a Spanish statesman. He was the reformist chief minister of King Charles III of Spain, and also served briefly under Charles IV. He was arguably Spain's most effective statesman in the eighteenth century. In Spain, he is simply known as Conde de Floridablanca.
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Frank-Markus Barwasser
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- writercabaret performerjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Frank-Markus Barwasser is a German political satirist and journalist. On stage, he almost always acts as the character of Erwin Pelzig, wearing a corduroy hat.
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Sara García Alonso
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Studied in 2013-2018
- Occupations
- researchermolecular biologistastronaut
- Biography
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Sara García Alonso is a Spanish cancer researcher and reserve ESA astronaut. Since 2019, she has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre. In 2022, she was chosen as a reserve astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps.
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Pedro Nunes
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Studied in 1517-1523
- Occupations
- cartographermathematicianphilosopherastronomerphysician
- Biography
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Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.
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Sara Escudero
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- television presenterfilm directortelevision actorcomedianactor
- Biography
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Sara Escudero Rodríguez is a comedian, actress, TV presenter and Spanish radio broadcaster.
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Clara López
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- economistlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Clara Eugenia López Obregón is a Colombian politician who was the Minister for Employment. She also served as Acting Mayor of Bogotá from 2011 to 2012. A Harvard-trained economist, she was the Alternative Democratic Pole's nominee for President of Colombia in the 2014 election.
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Pedro González de Mendoza
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- Latin Catholic priestpolitician
- Biography
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Pedro González de Mendoza was a Spanish cardinal, statesman and lawyer. He served on the council of King Henry IV of Castile and in 1467 fought for him at the Second Battle of Olmedo. In 1468 he was named bishop of Sigüenza and in 1473 he became cardinal and archbishop of Seville and appointed chancellor of Castile.
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Manuel da Nóbrega
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- Catholic priestmissionaryphilosopherwriter
- Biography
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Manuel da Nóbrega, SJ was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and the first provincial of the Society of Jesus in colonial Brazil. Together with José de Anchieta, he was very influential in the early history of Brazil. He participated in the founding of several cities, such as Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, as well as many Jesuit colleges and seminaries.
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William Lamport
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- journalistwriter
- Biography
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William Lamport was an Irish Catholic adventurer, known in Mexico as "Don Guillén de Lamport (or Lombardo) y Guzmán". He was tried by the Mexican Inquisition for sedition and sentenced to death in 1659. He claimed to be a bastard son of King Philip III of Spain and therefore the half-brother of King Philip IV.
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Jorge Volpi
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- writeressayistlawyerdiplomat
- Biography
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Jorge Volpi is a Mexican novelist and essayist, best known for his novels such as In Search of Klingsor (En busca de Klingsor). Trained as a lawyer, he gained notice in the 1990s with his first publications and participation in the pronouncement of the "Crack Manifesto" with several other young writers to protest the state of Mexican literature and promote their own work. Volpi's novels are distinct from magical realism and other trends of Latin American literature as they focus on the actions of characters and research into academic topics, especially history and science, and do not always focus on Latin American characters and settings. His work has been translated into twenty five languages and recognized with awards such as Biblioteca Breva Award and the Debate-Casa de América as well as a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation. In addition to his writing he has worked as a cultural attaché, the director of Canal 22 in the State of Mexico and is currently the director of the Festival Internacional Cervantino.
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Luis de Molina
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- university teachertheologianphilosopherjuristeconomist
- Biography
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Luis de Molina SJ was a Spanish Jesuit priest, jurist, economist and theologian renowned for his contributions to philosophy and economics within the framework of the second scholasticism.
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Francisco J. Ayala
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- university teacherdipterologistbiologistphilosophergeneticist
- Biography
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Francisco José Ayala Pereda was a Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher who was a longtime faculty member at the University of California, Irvine, and University of California, Davis.
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Gaspar Sanz Celma
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- classical guitaristguitaristpresbytercomposermusic educator
- Biography
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Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma, better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He studied music, theology and philosophy at the University of Salamanca, where he was later appointed Professor of Music. He wrote three volumes of pedagogical works for the baroque guitar that form an important part of today's classical guitar repertory and have informed modern scholars in the techniques of baroque guitar playing.
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Mateo Alemán
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- writernovelist
- Biography
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Mateo Alemán y del Nero was a Spanish novelist and writer.
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Alberto Rodríguez Saá
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- lawyerpolitician
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Alberto José Rodriguez-Saá is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He was Governor of San Luis Province on two separate occasions. He was presidential candidate for the center-right peronism, Orthodox and Federal Peronism, in 2007 and 2011.
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Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
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- State lawyerlawyerpolitician
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Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel y Nebreda was a Spanish falangist politician and State lawyer, who served in important positions during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
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Claudia Stamm
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- politician
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Claudia Stamm is a German politician.
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Juan de Mena
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- poetwriter
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Juan de Mena was one of the most significant Spanish poets of the fifteenth century. He was highly regarded at the court of Juan II de Castilla, who appointed him veinticuatro (one of twenty-four aldermen) of Córdoba, secretario de cartas latinas (secretary of Latin letters) and cronista real (royal chronicler). His works show the influence of Renaissance humanism and place him in the period of transition in Spain from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
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Margarita Cedeño
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- lawyerpolitician
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Margarita María Cedeño Lizardo, formerly known as Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, is a Dominican politician who served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 2012 to 2020. She was married to former president, Leonel Fernández and served as the First Lady of the Dominican Republic from 2004 to 2012.
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Abraham Zacuto
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- historianmathematicianrabbiastrologerauthor
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Abraham Zacuto was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian. Born in Castile, he served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal before fleeing to Tunis.
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Antonio de Morga
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- historiancivil servantlawyer
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Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay was a Spanish soldier, lawyer and a high-ranking colonial official for 43 years, in the Philippines (1594 to 1604), New Spain and Peru, where he was president of the Real Audiencia for 20 years.
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Maria de Maeztu Whitney
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- humanistfeministpedagoguepolitician
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María de Maeztu Whitney was a Spanish educator, feminist, founder of the Residencia de Señoritas and the Lyceum Club in Madrid. She was sister of the writer, journalist and occasional diplomat, Ramiro de Maeztu and the painter Gustavo de Maeztu.
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Corina Yoris
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with magister degree in logic and philosophy of science
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- literary scholaruniversity teacherlogicianphilosopherpolitician
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Corina Yoris Villasana is a Venezuelan philosopher and professor, who was the Unitary Platform candidate in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, as the replacement for María Corina Machado, who was politically disqualified. Yoris was unable to register and was replaced by Edmundo González Urrutia.
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Luis Martín-Santos
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- psychiatristnovelistjournalistpoetphysician
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Luis Martín-Santos Ribera was a Spanish psychiatrist and author of Time of Silence, often cited as one of the most important Spanish novels of the twentieth century.
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Ángel Acebes
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ángel Acebes Paniagua is a Spanish politician.
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Garcia de Orta
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- university teacherphysicianherbalistbotanistnaturalist
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Garcia de Orta was a Portuguese physician, herbalist, and naturalist, who worked primarily in Goa and Bombay in Portuguese India.
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José de Gálvez
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- lawyerpolitician
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José de Gálvez y Gallardo, 1st Marquess of Sonora was a Spanish lawyer and Visitador general (inspector general) in New Spain (1764–1772); later appointed to the Council of the Indies (1775–1787). He was one of the prime figures behind the Bourbon Reforms. He belonged to an important political family that included his brother Matías de Gálvez and nephew Bernardo de Gálvez.
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Juan Meléndez Valdés
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- poetwriterpolitician
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Juan Meléndez Valdés was a Spanish neoclassical poet.
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Agustín García Calvo
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- playwrightuniversity teacherpoetphilologisttranslator
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Agustín García Calvo was a Spanish philologist, philosopher, poet, and playwright.
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Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Juan de Palafox y Mendoza was a Spanish politician, administrator, and Catholic clergyman in 17th century Spain and a viceroy of Mexico.
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Hernando de Talavera
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- Latin Catholic priestLatin Catholic monkCatholic bishop
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Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H. was a Spanish clergyman and councilor to Queen Isabel of Castile. He began his career as a monk of the Order of Saint Jerome, was appointed the queen's confessor and with her support and patronage, became the Archbishop of Granada.
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Dalo Bucaram
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- association football coachsports executivepoliticianassociation football player
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Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Pulley Jr. is an Ecuadorian political figure and former footballer. He is the son of former President Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz.
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Xerardo Fernández Albor
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with Doctor of Medicine
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- politicianphysician
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Gerardo Fernández Albor, also Xerardo Fernández Albor, was a Spanish physician and president of the autonomous community of Galicia. He lost a motion of no confidence in 1987. He was a member of People's Alliance, and later the People's Party.
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Efraín Alegre
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- lawyerpolitician
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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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Ignacio Aldecoa
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- writerpoetnovelistshort story writer
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José Ignacio Aldecoa e Isasi was a Spanish writer. He was the nephew of the painter Adrián Aldecoa.
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José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado
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- juristlawyeruniversity teacherpolitician
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José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado was a Spanish lawyer and politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999.
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Antonio Piñero
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- historianphilologistuniversity teacherwriter
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Antonio Piñero Sáenz is a Spanish philologist, writer, and historian, specializing in the Judaism before Christianity, the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the founding of Christianity, and language and literature of the New Testament and early Christianity from a scientific perspective. He is especially known in the Spanish-speaking world for the authorship of numerous books and research articles, and for his active outreach efforts.
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Pedro de la Gasca
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- economistCatholic bishopdiplomatLatin Catholic priest
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Pedro de la Gasca was a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second (acting) viceroy of Peru, from 10 April 1547 to 27 January 1550.
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Ángel Herrera Oria
- Enrolled in the University of Salamanca
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- Catholic bishoplawyerCatholic priestCatholic deaconpolitician
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Ángel Herrera Oria was a Spanish journalist and Roman Catholic politician and later a cardinal. He established the Instituto Social León XIII (later renamed Fundación Pablo VI) to promote the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church and named it in honor of Pope Paul VI who elevated him to the rank of cardinal in 1965.
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Juan Bravo Murillo
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- writereconomistlawyerpolitician
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Juan Bravo Murillo was a Spanish politician, jurist and economist. He was prime minister of Spain from 14 January 1851 to 14 December 1852 during the reign of Isabella II.
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Domingo de Soto
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- university teacherCatholic priestphysicistwriterjurist
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Domingo de Soto O.P. was a Spanish Dominican priest and Scholastic theologian and naturalist born in Segovia (Spain), and died in Salamanca (Spain), at the age of 66. He is best known as one of the founders of international law and of the Spanish Thomistic philosophical and theological movement known as the School of Salamanca.
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José Antonio Monago
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- firefighterlawyerpolitician
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José Antonio Monago Terraza is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (PP) who served as President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, the Extremaduran regional administration, from 2011 to 2015. Outside of political life, Monago received a Doctorate in Law from the University of Salamanca He became Extremaduran regional leader of the PP in 2007 and served as a city councillor in Badajoz and as a PP deputy in the Extremaduran Assembly. The Extremaduran Assembly appointed him to the Spanish Senate in 2008.
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Koldo Mitxelena
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- university teacherwriterphilologistlinguistsociolinguist
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Koldo Mitxelena Elissalt was an eminent Spanish Basque linguist. He taught in the Department of Philology at the University of the Basque Country, and was a member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language.
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José María de Areilza, Count of Motrico
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- ambassadorindustrial engineerdiplomatpolitician
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José María de Areilza y Martínez-Rodas, Count of Motrico was a Spanish politician, engineer and diplomat.
