100 Notable alumni of
University of Saragossa
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The University of Saragossa is 642nd in the world, 232nd in Europe, and 15th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Saragossa sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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José Martí
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- essayistmilitary personnelpoettranslatorwriter
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José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature. He was very politically active and is considered an important philosopher and political theorist. Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol of Cuba's bid for independence from the Spanish Empire in the 19th century, and is referred to as the "Apostle of Cuban Independence". From adolescence on, he dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty, political independence for Cuba, and intellectual independence for all Spanish Americans; his death was used as a cry for Cuban independence from Spain by both the Cuban revolutionaries and those Cubans previously reluctant to start a revolt.
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- 1870-1873 studied medicine
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- neurologistprofessorpathologistchemistanatomist
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specializing in neuroanatomy and the central nervous system. He and Camillo Golgi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. Ramón y Cajal was the first person of Spanish origin to win a scientific Nobel Prize. His original investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain made him a pioneer of modern neuroscience.
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Manuel Azaña
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianwriterlawyer
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Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He was the most prominent leader of the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939.
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Fernando Simón
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Graduated with Licentiate in medicine
- Occupations
- epidemiologist
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Fernando Simón Soria is a Spanish epidemiologist serving as Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health. He came to public prominence as spokesman for the special committee on Ebola virus disease in Spain in 2014, and a similar role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Simón tested positive for coronavirus on 30 March 2020.
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Josemaría Escrivá
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- Latin Catholic priestwriterlawyer
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Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and to discover sanctity in their ordinary lives. He was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, who declared Josemaría should be "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity."
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Pablo Echenique
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- politicianphysicist
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Pablo Echenique Robba is an Argentine-born Spanish physicist and politician. As a scientist, he holds a position at the Spanish National Research Council in Zaragoza (CSIC).
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José Calvo Sotelo
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- university teacherlawyerjuristState lawyereconomist
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José Calvo Sotelo, 1st Duke of Calvo Sotelo, GE was a Spanish jurist and politician. He was the minister of finance during the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera and a leading figure during the Spanish Second Republic. During this period. he became an important part of Spanish Renovation, a monarchist movement. Calvo Sotelo's assassination in July 1936 by the bodyguard of PSOE party leader Indalecio Prieto was an immediate prelude to the triggering of the Spanish military coup of July 1936 that was plotted since February 1936, the partial failure of which marked the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
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Javier Tebas
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- lawyer
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Javier Tebas Medrano is a Spanish lawyer and the president of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, the association responsible for administering Spain's two highest-tier professional football leagues. First elected in April 2013, he was re-elected for a third term in December 2019.He resigned in November 2023 to stand for re-election.
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Gustavo Bueno
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- university teacherhigh school teacherphilosopher
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Gustavo Bueno Martínez was a Spanish philosopher, founder of a philosophical doctrine dubbed by himself as "philosophical materialism".
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José Antonio Labordeta
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- teachertelevision presentersinger-songwriterwriterpolitician
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José Antonio Labordeta Subías was a Spanish (Aragonese) singer, songwriter, poet, writer and political activist. He was described by The Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa 2000 (Great Aragonese Encyclopedia) as "The most important Aragonese singer-songwriter". He began singing in an attempt to give more relevance to his poetry; his songs are well-known and beloved anthems in Aragón. Poetic songs such as "Aragón", "Canto a la Libertad" (Song for Freedom) or "Me dicen que no quieres" (They tell me you don't want to) were also sung all around Spain.
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Teresa Perales
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Studied physiotherapy
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- politicianswimmer
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Teresa Perales Fernández is an S5, SB4, SM5 classified Spanish swimmer, politician and motivational speaker who has won a total of 27 Paralympic medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics. She is the most decorated Spanish Paralympian in history.
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María Moliner
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- linguistlexicographerarchivist
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María Moliner was a Spanish librarian and lexicographer. She is perhaps best known for her Diccionario de uso del español, first published in 1966–1967, when she completed the work started in 1952.
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Pascual Madoz
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- In 1821 studied law
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- writerlawyergeographerjournalistpolitician
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Pascual Madoz Ibáñez was a Spanish politician and statistician.
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Pilar Alegría Continente
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- politician
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María del Pilar Alegría Continente is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician from Zaragoza who has been minister of Education and Vocational Training since 12 July 2021.
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Xabier Arzalluz
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- politicianlawyer
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Xabier Arzalluz Antia was a Basque politician, leader of the Basque Nationalist Party from 1979 until 2004. He was a nationalist and a Christian Democrat, considered during the period one of the most powerful politicians in the Basque Autonomous Community, making also all strategic decisions in the party he led from 1986 onwards.
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Juan Alberto Belloch
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- judgepolitician
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Juan Alberto Belloch is a Spanish judge and socialist politician, who served in different cabinet posts. He served as the mayor of Zaragoza between June 2003 and 13 June 2015.
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Manuel Vilas
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Graduated with Licentiate in Spanish philology
- Occupations
- poet
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Manuel Vilas is a Spanish writer. He has achieved distinction in several genres, including poetry, essays, short stories and novels. His novel Alegría was a finalist for the Premio Planeta while an earlier book Ordesa won the Prix Femina Étranger.
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Miguel Pardeza
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Graduated with doctorate in Spanish philology
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- association football player
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Miguel Pardeza Pichardo is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Irene Vallejo
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- philologistwriter
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Irene Vallejo Moreu, born in Zaragoza in 1979, is a Spanish philologist, historian, and writer.
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César Alierta
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- businesspersonlawyer
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César Alierta Izuel was a Spanish businessman, who was the chief executive officer and chairman of Telefónica S.A. from 26 July 2000, until replaced by José María Álvarez-Pallete in 2016. He guided the company through a significant Latin American expansion. Alierta earned a bachelor's degree in law at the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain) in 1967. Three years after his degree, he earned a master's degree in Business Administration at Columbia University in New York, United States.
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Pedro Laín Entralgo
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- university teacherwritermedical historianphysicianpolitician
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Pedro Laín Entralgo was a Spanish physician, historian, author and philosopher. He worked, fundamentally, on medical history and anthropology.
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Ignacio Martínez de Pisón
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Graduated with Licentiate
- Occupations
- journalistwriterscreenwriter
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Ignacio Martínez de Pisón is a Spanish writer. He is the author of more than a dozen books, among which the most notable are:
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Pedro Santisteve
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- lawyerpoliticianuniversity teachersinger
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Pedro Santisteve Roche is a Spanish criminal lawyer, social activist and university professor. He was the mayor of Zaragoza from 13 June 2015 until 15 June 2019.
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Paula Ortiz
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- film directorwriterscreenwriteruniversity teacher
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Paula Ortiz Álvarez is a Spanish director, screenwriter and producer who works for Get in the Pictures Productions and Amapola Films, teaches Audiovisual Communication at the University of Barcelona, and collaborates with the University of San Jorge in Zaragoza.
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Landelino Lavilla Alsina
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- politicianjurist
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Landelino Lavilla Alsina was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as the minister of justice from 1976 to 1979. He also served as member of parliament and as senator. His most important role was as President of the Congress of Deputies during the coup d'état of 23-F in 1981. Jurist Eduardo García de Enterría called him the "principal architect of the transition to democracy".
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Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda
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- politician
- Biography
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Luisa Fernanda Rudi Úbeda is a Spanish politician currently serving as Senator from Teruel in Aragón since 2015. She served as the 175th president of the Congress of Deputies, being the first woman to hold the position in Spanish history. From 2011 to 2015 she served as president of the Government of Aragon.
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Jorge Azcón
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Graduated with Licentiate
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jorge Antonio Azcón Navarro is a Spanish politician, serving as the President of the Government of Aragon since 2023. He is the president of the People's Party of Aragon. He was also city councillor (2000–2007; 2011–2023) and the mayor (2019–2023) of Zaragoza.
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Fidel Pagés
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- inventorphysicianmilitary physicianorganizational founder
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Fidel Pagés Miravé was a Spanish military surgeon, known for developing the technique of epidural anesthesia.
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Mingote
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- painterhumoristcaricaturistwritercomics artist
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Ángel Antonio Mingote Barrachina, 1st Marquess of Daroca, also simply known as Mingote, was a Spanish cartoonist, writer and journalist. He drew a daily cartoon in ABC since 1953 until his death in 2012.
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Concha Andreu
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- politicianoenologist
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Concepción "Concha" Andreu Rodríguez is a Spanish oenologist and politician who served as the President of La Rioja from 2019 to 2023. Since 2011 she has been a member of the Parliament of La Rioja.
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Fernando Lázaro Carreter
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- university teacherlinguistromanistwriterphilologist
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Fernando Lázaro Carreter was a Spanish linguist, journalist and literary critic.
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Julio Rey Pastor
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Studied in 1904
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- historian of mathematicswritermathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Julio Rey Pastor was a Spanish mathematician and historian of science.
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Juan Antonio Llorente
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- historianpoliticianwriter
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Juan Antonio Llorente, ORE was a Spanish historian.
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Celestino Aós Braco
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- Catholic priesttheologianpsychologistCatholic bishop
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Celestino Aós Braco OFMCap is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago in Chile from 2019 to 2023, after being apostolic administrator there for nine months. He was previously Bishop of Copiapó in Chile from 2014 to 2019. He was made a cardinal in 2020.
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Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz
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- writerlawyerdiplomatpoliticianphilosopher
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Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz was a Spanish politician, diplomat, lawyer and writer who served as Prime Minister of Spain and was appointed three times ambassador to France.
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Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arría
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- politician
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Francisco Tadeo Calomarde y Arría, 1st Duke of Santa Isabel was a Spanish statesman.
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Fernando Álvarez de Miranda y Torres
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- lawyerjuristpoliticiandiplomat
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Fernando Álvarez de Miranda y Torres was a Spanish politician, lawyer, and university professor of Procedural Law. He was president of the Congress of Deputies from 1977 to 1979, the first after Spain's transition to democracy. From 1994 to 1999 he was Ombudsman of Spain.
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Juan Antonio Quintana
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- actor
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Juan Antonio Quintana was a Spanish actor.
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Pilar Palomero
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Pilar Palomero is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
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Javier Moscoso
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- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Javier Moscoso del Prado y Muñoz is a Spanish politician who served as Minister of the Presidency from December 1982 to July 1986 and as Attorney General of the State from September 1986 to January 1990.
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José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán
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- Catholic bishopmissionaryCatholic priestfriar
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José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., is a Spanish-born Panamanian friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of David from 1999 to 2024.
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Susana Sumelzo Jordán
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- politician
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Susana Sumelzo Jordán is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as member of the Congress of Deputies since 2011.
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Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola
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- statespersonwriterpoethistorianpolitician
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Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola was a Spanish dramatist and poet.
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Ana Santos Aramburo
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- librarian
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Ana Santos Aramburo is a Spanish librarian who has been the director of the National Library of Spain since February 2013.
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José Luis Soro
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- politician
- Biography
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José Luis Soro Domingo is a Spanish politician from Chunta Aragonesista who serves as Regional Minister of Territorial Planning, Mobility and Housing since July 2015. He has been the president of CHA since February 2012.
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Fernando Sáenz Lacalle
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- Catholic bishopLatin Catholic priest
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Fernando Sáenz Lacalle was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, 10th Bishop and sixth Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. He was the successor of Arturo Rivera y Damas. Sáenz held the post once held by Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980.
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Fermín Caballero
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- journalistwriterpolitician
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Fermín Caballero y Morgáez was a Spanish geographer, journalist, writer, and liberal politician.
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Miguel A. Catalán
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- physicistuniversity teacherbaccalaureate tenured teacherchemist
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Miguel Antonio Catalán y Sañudo was a Spanish spectroscopist.
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Jesús Comín Sagüés
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- lawyeremployeepoliticianrequeté soldier
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Jesús Comín y Sagüés was a Spanish Carlist politician and soldier. He has been twice elected deputy to the Republican Cortes. He is also recognized for his role during early days of the Civil War, when he decisively contributed to Nationalist seizure of Zaragoza and large part of Aragón.
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Mariano Lagasca
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- physicianagronomistbotanist
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Mariano Lagasca y Segura, also known as Mariano la Gasca, was a Spanish botanist, writer and doctor. He was the director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid (Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid).
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Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
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- politicianphysicist
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Pedro Arrojo-Agudo is a Spanish physicist, economist, environmentalist, and a professor at the University of Zaragoza. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003, for his contributions to conservation of water. He was made the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation in October 2020.
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Sara Giménez Giménez
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- politicianlawyer
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Sara Giménez Giménez is a Spanish Roma lawyer who stands out for her fight for the integration of the gitano community into society. She also fights against the inequalities suffered by minorities based on race or sexual orientation. She became a member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance in 2018 and joined the board of Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) the following year.
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Eusebio Bardají y Azara
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Eusebio Bardají y Azara was a Spanish politician and diplomat who served as the Prime Minister of Spain in 1837 and held other offices such as Minister of State.
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Teresa Rodrigo Anoro
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- university teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Teresa Rodrigo Anoro was a Spanish scientist who worked in particle physics. She worked at CERN, Fermilab and the Instituto de Física de Cantabria and was professor at the University of Cantabria. Whilst at CERN, Rodrigo worked on the Compact Muon Solenoid and research for the Higgs boson.
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José María Albareda
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- politicianCatholic priestuniversity teachernaturalistgeologist
- Biography
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José María Albareda Herrera was a Spanish soil scientist and science administrator. From its 1939 creation by Francoist Spain to his 1966 death, he was the secretary general and head of the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), the main Spanish scientific institution.
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Ignacio Jordan de Asso del Rio
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- naturalistuniversity teacherlegal historianbotanistentomologist
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Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Río was a Spanish diplomat, naturalist, lawyer and historian. He sometimes used the pseudonym of Melchor de Azagra.
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José Atarés
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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José Atarés Martínez was a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was a city councillor (1991–2007) and the mayor of Zaragoza (2000–2003). He was also a senator representing the Province of Zaragoza from 2004 until his death.
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Antoni Morell Mora
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- diplomatlawyerhistorianwriterpoet lawyer
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Antoni Morell Mora was a Spanish-born Andorran diplomat, civil servant, writer and lawyer.
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Jordi Cervós i Navarro
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- anatomistuniversity teacherneuropathologistpathologistphysician
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Jorge Cervós-Navarro was a Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist.
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Ana Díez
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- screenwriterfilm director
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Ana Diez is a Spanish director and screenwriter, who was born in Tudela, Navarre. She spent time in Mexico, where she received her degree in cinema. One of her best-known films is Ander eta Yul, which was in the Basque language. She has been referred to as "the first woman director in the New Basque Cinema." She received the Goya Award for Best New Director for the film.
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Zoel García de Galdeano
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- taxi driverjournalist
- Biography
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Zoel García de Galdeano y Yanguas was a Spanish mathematician. He was considered by Julio Rey Pastor as "The apostle of modern mathematics".
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Chesús Bernal Bernal
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- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Chesús Gregorio Bernal Bernal was a Spanish academic and politician. He was a professor at the University of Zaragoza, specialising in Romance languages. In 1986, he co-founded the Chunta Aragonesista (CHA), and served in the Cortes of Aragon from 1995 to 2011.
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Ana Alós
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- politicianbusinesspersoneconomist
- Biography
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Ana Isabel Alós López is a Spanish politician and senator. She sits on the Spanish senate committee for monitoring and evaluating the agreements of senate reports on strategies against gender-based violence. She is also a member of the Permanent Deputation of Spain. She was elected member of the Cortes Generales on January 8, 2016.
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Mercedes de la Merced
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- politician
- Biography
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Mercedes de la Merced Monge was a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She was a councillor on Madrid City Council from 1991 to 2003, and a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999.
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Francisco José Ynduráin
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- university teacherphysicisttheoretical physicist
- Biography
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Francisco José Ynduráin Muñoz was a Spanish theoretical physicist. He founded the particle physics research group that became the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he was a Professor. He was described by his colleagues as "a scientist that always searched for excellence in research".
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Carmen Magallón
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- university teacherphysicisthistorian of science
- Biography
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Carmen Magallón-Portolés is a PhD, a physicist, and Master in Philosophy of Science by University of Zaragoza, Spain, committed with the advancement of women through researching their contributions to two important fields: science and peace. Her thinking is an important reference in the Spanish studies of Women in Science and Feminist Pacifism. Among her works in this field: Mujeres en pie de paz, Madrid, Siglo XXI, 2006 and Contar en el mundo. Una mirada sobre las relaciones internacionales desde las vidas de las mujeres, Madrid, Horas y horas, 2012.
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Eloy Fernández Clemente
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- economisthistorian
- Biography
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Eloy Fernández Clemente was a Spanish economist and historian.
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Eduardo Barriobero y Herrán
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- translatorlawyerwritertrade unionistlatinist
- Biography
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Eduardo Barriobero y Herrán was a lawyer and activist in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo.
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Jesús Romeo Gorría
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- politicianbusinesspersonjurist
- Biography
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Jesús Romeo Gorría was a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Labour of Spain between 1962 and 1969, during the Francoist dictatorship.
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Emilio Eiroa
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- politician
- Biography
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Emilio Eiroa García was a Spanish politician and lawyer. Eiroa served as the President of the Government of Aragon from 1991 until 1993. He was also one of the founding members of the Aragonese Party. He later became the President of the Aragonese Corts from 1995 to 1999.
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José Canga-Argüelles
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- statespersoneconomistpoliticianarchivist
- Biography
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José Canga Argüelles was a Spanish statesman.
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Pablo Artal Soriano
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- university teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Pablo Artal is a Spanish physicist and full professor specialized in optics at the University of Murcia, as well as in the development and application of new techniques in human vision research. He received the Rey Jaime I Award for New Technologies in 2015. His main research topics are the optics of the eye and the retina and the development of optical and electronic imaging techniques in the field of biomedicine, ophtalmology and vision. He has contributed to the advance of methods for the study of the optics of the eye and contributed to the understanding of the factors that limit the resolution of the human vision. Moreover, his discoveries and ideas have been applied to instruments and devices used in the clinical practice of ophthalmology.
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José Luis Meilán Gil
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- university teacherpoliticianjurist
- Biography
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José Luis Meilán Gil was a Spanish lawyer, university professor and politician. He was a member of parliament, participated in the making of the Spanish constitution, and was rector of Universidade da Coruña.
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Ramón Tejedor
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- politician
- Biography
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Ramón Aurelio Tejedor Sanz is a Spanish politician who belongs to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and who previously served as acting President of the Government of Aragon in early 1995.
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Cirilo de Alameda y Brea
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- Latin Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Cirilo de Alameda y Brea O.F.M. Obs. was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was archbishop of Toledo 1857–1867.
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José Barluenga
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- chemistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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José Joaquín Barluenga Mur was a Spanish chemist known for his research in organometallic chemistry. He was a professor of chemistry at Oviedo University until his retirement in 2014.
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Luis Oro
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- chemist
- Biography
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Luis Antonio Oro Giral has been professor of chemistry at the University of Zaragoza since 1982. His main research interests are in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis with a special interest in reaction mechanisms. He has coauthored well over 500 scientific papers being co-author or co-editor of several books. He has received numerous national and international awards and honors, and is member of several international scientific academies. He has been President of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (2008–2011) and President of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (2000–2005). He has also served in high-level positions in the Spanish public administration with responsibilities for science.
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Violeta Barba
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Violeta Barba Borderías is a Spanish lawyer and former politician of the Podemos party. Formerly the leader of the youth sector of the United Left of Aragon, she joined Podemos and was elected to the Cortes of Aragon in the 2015 election, becoming president of the Cortes (speaker) the following year; she was the first woman and youngest person in the office. She ran for mayor in the 2019 Zaragoza City Council election but resigned days after only winning two seats, and returned to the legal profession.
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Manuel Mindán Manero
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- priestprofessorphilosopher
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Manuel Mindán Manero was an Aragonese philosopher and priest. Doctor of Philosophy in 1951, from the University of Madrid, he served as professor and civil servant at the Ramiro de Maeztu Institute in Madrid, being secretary of the Luis Vives Institute of Philosophy of the CSIC and director for 25 years of the Spanish Journal of Philosophy.
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María José Pueyo
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- marathon runner
- Biography
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María José Pueyo Bergua is a Spanish marathon runner. At age thirty-eight, Pueyo made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's marathon, along with her compatriots Alessandra Aguilar and Cuban-born Yesenia Centeno. She finished the race in sixty-fourth place by thirty-one seconds ahead of Hungary's Petra Teveli, with a time of 2:48:01.
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Salvador Minguijón Adrián
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- legal historianjuristhistorianpoliticianphilosopher
- Biography
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Salvador Minguijón Adrián was a Spanish law scholar, political theorist and politician. As a lawyer he is known mostly as a longtime academic in the University of Zaragoza and briefly member of the Spanish constitutional court. As a theorist he is considered one of key representatives of Traditionalism. As a politician he is recognized as associated with Carlism, Christian Democracy, Primoderiverismo, Social Catholicism and early Francoism.
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Ignacio Javier Gomara Granada
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Javier Gómara was a Spanish politician who served as a Deputy.
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Juan Palarea y Blanes
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- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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Juan Palarea Blanes, also known by his alias el Médico, was a Spanish medical practitioner, politician and guerrillero commander during the Peninsular War. He was appointed Captain General of Valencia and Murcia in 1836.
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Luis Vázquez Martínez
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- mathematician
- Biography
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Luis Vázquez Martínez is a Spanish applied mathematician. He is a professor of applied mathematics in the faculty of informatics of the Complutense University of Madrid.
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José María Marxuach Echavarría
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Dr. José María Marxuach Echavarría, was a Puerto Rican medical doctor and politician who served twice as Mayor of the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico. His first administration was before the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico and his second administration was under United States colonial rule.
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Francisco Codera Zaidin
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- historianprofessorarabistnumismatistphilologist
- Biography
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Francisco Codera y Zaidín was a Spanish historian, philologist and Arabist scholar. Among his students, known in the academic field as the Beni Codera, were Arabists Rafael Altamira and José Deleito.
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Ramon Torrecillas
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- physicist
- Biography
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Ramon Torrecillas is a Spanish physicist and materials scientist internationally recognized for his research in the fields of nanomaterials and biomaterials. Since December 2019 he is Head of the Brussels' Office of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), which holds the institutional representation of the CSIC before the institutions of the EU and other relevant organizations and forums.
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Victor Lobo Escolar
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- cross-country skierbiathlete
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Victor Lobo Escolar is a Spanish biathlete. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, in sprint and individual.
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Manuel Marraco Ramón
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Manuel Marraco Ramón was a Spanish businessman and politician. He was a deputy for Zaragoza in 1918–19) during the Spanish Restoration, and was again deputy for Zaragoza from 1931 to 1933 during the Second Spanish Republic. He was Governor of the Bank of Spain in 1933–34. Between 1934 and 1935 he was in turn Minister of Finance, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and Minister of Public Works.
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Carlos Forcadell Álvarez
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- university teacherhistorian
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Carlos Forcadell Álvarez is a Spanish historian, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary History of the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR). The scope of his academic research includes the history of the labor movement in Spain, the public use of history, political cultures in Spain, historiography as well as the history of Aragon.
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Fermín Abella y Blave
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- writer
- Biography
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Fermín Abella y Blave was a Spanish jurist, writer, editor and civil servant.
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Jesús Elizalde
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- politicianrequeté soldier
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Jesús Elías Francisco Elizalde Sainz de Robles was a Spanish Carlist politician. He served in the Cortes in two separate strings: during the Second Republic in 1936 and during Francoism in 1954-1958. In 1938-1939 he was a member of Junta Política of Falange Española Tradicionalista, and in 1954-1958 he was a member of FET's Consejo Nacional. In 1942-1944 he headed the regional Carlist Navarrese organization. Politically he sided with the Carlist branch which opted for conciliatory policy towards the Franco regime and leaned towards a monarchist dynastical alliance.
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María Esther Herranz García
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- politician
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María Esther Herranz García is a Spanish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament with the People's Party, part of the European People's Party, from 2002 until 2019.
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Félix Ynduráin Muñoz
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- university teacherphysicist
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Félix Ynduráin Muñoz is a Spanish condensed matter physicist and Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has more than 120 research papers published. Some of the centers where he has worked are the University of Cambridge, the University of California, Berkeley, the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Paris-Sud and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research.
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Felix Latasa Ortin
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- historiantheologianCatholic priestscholarbibliographer
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Felix de Latassa y Ortin was Aragonese bibliographer responsible for compiling (in several works) a chronological index of Aragonese writers from the time of the birth of Christ up to his own time.
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María Teresa Lozano Imízcoz
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- mathematician
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María Teresa Lozano Imízcoz is a Spanish emeritus professor and mathematician. She studies topology principally in three dimensions. She has been awarded a Royal Spanish Mathematical Society (RSME) medal for her career and as a trailblazer for women to be involved in mathematical research.
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Julia Pavón
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- historianuniversity teacherwriter
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Julia Pavón or Julia Pavón Benito is a Spanish historian and Professor of Medieval History at the University of Navarra in Pamplona.
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José Manterola
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- editorwriter
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Don José Manterola Beldarrain, born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain, was a Basque writer who founded one of the most influential movements for cultivating the Basque language. As a member of the Navarrese movement, he was best known for founding the bilingual magazine Euskal-Erria (meaning the country of the Basques) in 1880, and editing it until 1884. Between 1877 and 1880 he published a three volume collection of Basque songs, Cancionero Vasco, complete with biographical, bibliographical, and critical notes. They are generally regarded as being the first anthology of Basque poetry.
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María Concepción García Gaínza
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- historianwriteruniversity teacherart historian
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María Concepción García Gainza is a Spanish art historian, educator, and writer. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Navarre. She is also a corresponding academic at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and the Academy de Santa Isabel de Hungary in Seville.
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Rafael Royo-Torres
- Enrolled in the University of Saragossa
- 1991-2006 graduated with doctorate
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- researcherpaleontologist
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Dr. Rafael Royo-Torres is a Spanish Paleontologist. He works in Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis, in Teruel, Spain. He is one of the discoverers of Turiasaurus riodevensis, together with Luis Alcalá and Alberto Cobos.
