100 Notable alumni of
University of Valladolid
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The University of Valladolid is 483rd in the world, 174th in Europe, and 10th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Valladolid sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Manuel Belgrano
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- politicianjournalisteconomistjuristlawyer
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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.
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Sam Wanamaker
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- film actortheatrical directorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
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Samuel Wanamaker was an American actor and director, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He began his career on Broadway, but spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom, where he emigrated after becoming fearful of being blacklisted in Hollywood due to his communist views in the 1950s.
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Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón is a Spanish former politician of the People's Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of the Presidency from 2011 to 2018. She was member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid from 2004 until 2018.
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Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- 1946-1953 graduated with licentiate of Medicine
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- biophilia hypothesis
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Félix Samuel Rodríguez de la Fuente was a Spanish naturalist and broadcaster. He is best known for the highly successful and influential TV series, El Hombre y la Tierra (1974–1980). A graduate in medicine and self-taught in biology, he was a multifaceted charismatic figure whose influence has endured despite the passing years.
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Miguel Delibes
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- poetnovelistlawyerwriterjournalist
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Miguel Delibes Setién MML was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat. Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels.
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José Zorrilla
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- writerplaywrightpoet
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José Zorrilla y Moral was a Spanish poet and dramatist, who became National Laureate.
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Emilio Botín
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- businesspersonbanker
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Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola García de los Ríos, iure uxoris Marquess of O'Shea was a Spanish banker. He was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank absorbed Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), and in 1999 it merged with Banco Central Hispano creating Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH), which became Spain's largest bank, of which he was co-president with Central Hispano's José María Amusategui, until Amusategui retired in 2002. In 2004, BSCH acquired the British bank Abbey National, making BSCH the second largest bank in Europe by market capitalisation. He was known for his obsession with growth and performance as well as regularly visiting branches.
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Eva Hache
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- film directortelevision presenteractor
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Eva María Hernández Villegas, better known as Eva Hache, is a Spanish choreographer, comedian, actress and television show hostess. Among other performances, she is known for her late night show Noche hache, and for hosting two successive Goya Awards ceremonies (2012 and 2013).
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín
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- writertranslatorplaywrightpoet
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín ORE was a Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet.
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Isabel Celaá
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- politicianhigh-school teacherteacherdiplomat
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María Isabel Celaá Diéguez is a Spanish politician. In June 2018, she was appointed Minister of Education and Vocational Training and Spokesperson of the Government of Spain. Since 2022, she serves as Ambassador to the Holy See.
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Antonio Vallejo-Nájera
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- In 1909 studied medicine
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- military physicianphysicianpsychiatristuniversity teacher
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Antonio Vallejo-Nájera was a Spanish psychiatrist. He was interested in eugenics and proposed a link between Marxism and intellectual disability, something he sought to prove through experimenting on Republican prisoners. His ideas led to the thefts of many Spanish newborns and young children from their left-wing parents in Francoist Spain; as many as 30,000 children were taken from leftist families and placed with nationalist families. Vallejo-Nájera was rewarded for his assistance during the Spanish Civil War and he became a leading figure in Spanish psychiatry.
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Óscar Puente Santiago
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- In 1993 graduated with law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Óscar Puente Santiago is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who has served as Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility since 2023. He served as a city councillor in Valladolid from 2007 to 2023 and as the city's mayor from 2015 to 2023.
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Pedro Arrupe
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacherwriter
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Pedro Arrupe Gondra, SJ was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983. He has been called a second founder of the Society, which he led in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor.
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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
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- politicianlibrarianliterary historianliterary criticbiographer
- Biography
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Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the history of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, translation and philosophy. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
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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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Reyes Maroto
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with Bachelor in Economics
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teachereconomist
- Biography
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María Reyes Maroto Illera is a Spanish economist and politician who served as minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism in the government of prime minister Pedro Sánchez from 2018 to 2023.
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Miriam González Durántez
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- lawyer
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Miriam González Durántez, Lady Clegg is a Spanish international trade lawyer, vice chair of UBS Europe, and founder of Inspiring Girls. She is married to Nick Clegg, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015.
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Onésimo Redondo
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- politiciantrade unionistfalangist
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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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Juan de Herrera
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- mathematicianarchitect
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Juan de Herrera was a Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician.
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Antonio Mercero
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Antonio Mercero Juldain was a Spanish director of the television series Verano azul and Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, which won an Emmy Award. His 1998 film A Time for Defiance was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver St. George. In 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Goya Award (Goya de Honor). He died on 12 May 2018 in Madrid at the age of 82 after a battle against Alzheimer's.
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Isabel García Tejerina
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- politicianeconomistjuristlawyer
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Isabel García Tejerina is a Spanish politician of the PP.
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José María Calleja
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- writerjournalisttelevision presenter
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José María Fernández Calleja was a Spanish journalist, political prisoner during the Francisco Franco era and anti-ETA activist.
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Andrés Trapiello
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- In 1975 studied humanities
- Occupations
- translatorpoetnovelisteditorwriter
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Andrés Trapiello is a noted Spanish poet and writer. He was born in Manzaneda de Torío, León, and studied at the University of Valladolid. He moved to Madrid in 1975, and has lived in the capital ever since.
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Luis Garicano
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- politicianuniversity teachereconomist
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Luis Garicano Gabilondo is a Spanish economist and politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022. He was also vice president of Renew Europe and vice president of the European political party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE Party). Before entering politics, he was a professor of strategy and economics at IE Business School in Madrid and at the London School of Economics (LSE). After leaving the European Parliament he has returned to academia as a visiting professor at Columbia Business School and at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2023, returned to LSE as full professor at the School of Public Policy.
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Iratxe García
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- social workerpolitician
- Biography
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Iratxe García Pérez is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She has served as Member of the European Parliament since 2004, and has served as the Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group since 2019.
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Leopoldo Panero
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- writerpoetcensorlecturer
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Leopoldo Panero was Spanish poet, born in Astorga in 1909 and deceased in 1962. He was the father of the poets Leopoldo María Panero and Juan Luis Panero and the brother of the early-died poet Juan Panero.
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Isabel Carrasco
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- politician
- Biography
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Isabel Carrasco Lorenzo was a Spanish politician of the People's Party. Carrasco served in the Senate of Spain between 2003 and 2007. At the time of her death, Carrasco was the head of the government in the northwestern Province of León, and the head of the People's Party in the province. She was murdered in May 2014 as she walked from her home to a political party meeting.
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José María Benegas
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- lawyerpolitician
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José María "Txiki" Benegas Haddad was a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). His nickname "Txiki" is Basque for "small".
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Félix María de Samaniego
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- poetpolitician
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Félix María Serafín Sánchez de Samaniego y Zabala was a Spanish neoclassical fabulist.
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Andreu Mas-Colell
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- politicianuniversity teachereconomist
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Andreu Mas-Colell is an economist, an expert in microeconomics and a prominent mathematical economist. He is the founder of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a professor in the department of economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He has also served several times in the cabinet of the Catalan government. Summarizing his and others' research in general equilibrium theory, his monograph gave a thorough exposition of research using differential topology. His textbook Microeconomic Theory, co-authored with Michael Whinston and Jerry Green, is the most used graduate microeconomics textbook in the world.
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Francisco Igea Arisqueta
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- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Francisco Igea Arisqueta is a Spanish politician who was a member of the Citizens party between 2016 and 2023.
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Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
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- military personnelpolitician
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Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla was a Spanish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Spain for a little over ten weeks, in the summer of 1871, and again for eight months, between June 1872 and February 1873.
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Santiago Brouard
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- politicianphysician
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Santiago Brouard or Santi Brouard was a doctor and Basque politician. He was one of the leaders of Herri Batasuna, and deputy mayor of Bilbao. He was killed by the Spanish government's death squad, the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL), in one of its highest-profile acts. Broaurd was shot by GAL gunmen Luis Morcillo and Rafael López Ocaña as he left his paediatric clinic in Bilbao.
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Soraya Rodríguez
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- lawyerpolitician
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María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos is a Spanish lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Ciudadanos since 2019. She previously was a Deputy of the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies.
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Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde, is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action and a former Congressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2019. He was president of the Popular Action from 2004 to 2009.
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Fernando Méndez-Leite
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- film directorfilm criticscreenwriter
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Fernando Méndez-Leite Serrano is a Spanish film critic, lecturer and filmmaker. He has also worked in theatre and television. He became the president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain in 2022.
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Luis de Granada
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- Catholic priesttheologianwriter
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Louis of Granada, was a Dominican friar who was noted as theologian, writer and preacher. His beatification process has been long open with the Holy See, with his current status being venerable.
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José Solís
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- politicianmilitary personnellawyer
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José Solís Ruiz was a Spanish politician, known for his role in Francoist Spain, during which he occupied a number of important posts.
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Cristóbal Vaca de Castro
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- judgepoliticianexplorermilitary personnel
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Cristóbal Vaca de Castro was a Spanish colonial administrator in Peru.
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Joaquín Díaz González
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- musicianwritermusicologistfolklorist
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Joaquin Diaz González is a Spanish ethnomusicologist, folklorist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his work researching and collecting Spanish folk songs and folk lore, and for his extensive recording and performing of this literature as a musician. In 1980 he founded the monthly journal Revista de folklore and created the Centro Castellano de Estudios Folklóricos at the University of Valladolid where he is a professor. He was elected a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de la Purísima Concepción in 1982, and served as the vice president of the Sociedad Ibérica de Etnomusicología in 1993–1994. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes Diaz González as having a "prominent place as a Spanish folklorist".
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Diego de Vargas
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- politician
- Biography
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Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras, commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (currently covering the modern US states of New Mexico and Arizona). He was the title-holder in 1690–1695, and effective governor in 1692–1696 and 1703–1704. He is known for leading the reconquest of the territory in 1692 following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. This reconquest is commemorated annually during the Fiestas de Santa Fe in the city of Santa Fe.
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Bartolomé Carranza
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- Catholic priestuniversity teacher
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Bartolomé Carranza was a Navarrese priest of the Dominican Order, theologian and Archbishop of Toledo. He is notable for having been persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition. He spent much of his later life imprisoned on charges of heresy. He was first denounced in 1530, and imprisoned during 1558–1576. The final judgement found no proof of heresy but secluded him to the Dominican cloister of Santa Maria sopra Minerva where he died seven days later.
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Luis Suárez Fernández
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- professormedievalistuniversity teacherpoliticianhistorian
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Luis Suárez Fernández was a Spanish historian, originally a medievalist, who has extended his studies to include modern and recent history. He belonged to a line of Spanish historians that are in full agreement with Francoism and by some is named a revisionist.
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José Jiménez Lozano
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- poetessayistnovelistwriterjournalist
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José Jiménez Lozano was a Spanish writer. In 2002 he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize.
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Melchor Cano
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- university teacherCatholic priestCatholic bishopphilosopher
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Melchor Cano O.P. was a Spanish Scholastic theologian. Cano's most important theological work was his posthumously published De locis theologicis (Salamanca, 1563), a major contribution to the New Scholasticism of the Salamanca school.
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Pío del Río Hortega
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- neuroscientistphysician
- Biography
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Pío del Río Hortega was a Spanish neuroscientist who discovered microglia.
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Julián Sánchez Melgar
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- magistrate
- Biography
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Julián Artemio Sánchez Melgar, is a Spanish judge and prosecutor currently serving as magistrate of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court. He was the 90th Attorney General of Spain from December 2017 to June 2018. Because of being attorney general he was also member of the Council of State. He is considered a Magistrate with a conservative profile.
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Alejandro Blanco
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- judokasports executive
- Biography
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Alejandro Blanco Bravo is the current President of the Spanish Olympic Committee.
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Alfredo Sáenz Abad
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- In 1965 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- bankereconomist
- Biography
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Alfredo Sáenz Abad is a Spanish businessman who was the CEO and vice-chairman of the Spanish bank Santander Group, the largest bank in the Eurozone and one of the largest banks in the world in terms of market capitalisation. He obtained his degree in law from the University of Valladolid, and in Economics from the Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao.
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Andrés Manjón
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- pedagogueuniversity teacherwriterpriestjurist
- Biography
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Andrés Manjón y Manjón was a Spanish priest and educator who founded the Escuelas del Ave-María (Schools of Ave Maria) in Granada. He was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1886.
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Santiago Alba y Bonifaz
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistlawyer
- Biography
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Santiago Alba y Bonifaz was a Spanish politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of the Navy, Minister of Education and Science, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Housing, and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
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Modesto Lafuente
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- writerjournalisthistorian
- Biography
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Modesto Lafuente y Zamalloa was a Spanish critic and historian. In 1861 he was elected Vice President of the Congress of Deputies and, in February 7, 1862, he assumed the office of acting president of the Congress due to the death in office of Francisco Martínez de la Rosa until February 18, 1862.
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Ignacio Diego
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- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Juan Ignacio Diego Palacios is a Spanish politician and member of the Partido Popular. He has served as the President of Cantabria, one of Spain's seventeen autonomous regions, from 2011 to 2015. Diego's PP political party obtained an absolute majority in the Parliament of Cantabria in the regional elections held on 22 May 2011.
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Jesús María de Leizaola
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- In 1915 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jesús María de Leizaola Sánchez was a Spanish politician and was named President of the Basque Government in exile after José Antonio Aguirre's death in 1960.
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Jesús Julio Carnero
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jesús Julio Carnero García is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician.
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Ana Redondo García
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Graduated with Doctor in constitutional law
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Ana Carmen Redondo García is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party appointed as minister of Equality since November 2023.
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Manuel Fernández Álvarez
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- university teacherhistorianauthor
- Biography
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Manuel Fernández Álvarez was a Spanish historian, academic and writer.
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Florentino Asensio Barroso
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- Catholic bishoptransitional deaconLatin Catholic priestRoman Catholic clericLatin Catholic bishop
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Florentino Asensio Barroso was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Barbastro. He served as a chaplain of both the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Servants of Jesus as a priest. He was made a bishop in 1935 and killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.
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Francisco Javier León de la Riva
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- gynecologistpolitician
- Biography
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Francisco Javier León de la Riva is a Spanish politician and doctor. He was a member of the People's Alliance (AP) from 1982 to 1989, and the People's Party (PP) since 1989. He was the mayor of Valladolid from 1995 to 2015, and vice president of Caja Duero from 1996 to 2008. He was a member of the Cortes of Castile and León from 1987 to 1999, where he was the PP spokesperson.
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Juan Carlos Aparicio
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- politician
- Biography
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Juan Carlos Aparicio Pérez is a Spanish politician and chemist. He served as Minister of Labour and Social of Spain from February 2000 to July 2002.
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Juan Valverde de Amusco
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- anatomistbiologist
- Biography
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Juan Valverde de Amusco was born in the Crown of Castille in what is now Spain c. 1525 and studied medicine in Padua and Rome under Realdo Columbo and Bartolomeo Eustachi. He published several works on anatomy, including De animi et corporis sanitate tuenda libellus (Paris, 1552).
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Carlos Dívar
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- magistrate
- Biography
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José Carlos Dívar Blanco was a Spanish magistrate. He served as the 46th President of the Supreme Court and 6th President of the General Council of the Judiciary from September 2008 to June 2012.
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Elena Herraiz
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Studied translation and interpretation
- Occupations
- linguistYouTuber
- Biography
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Elena Herraiz Medina, known online as Linguriosa ( pronounced [liŋɡuˈɾjosa]), is a Spanish YouTuber, linguistic popularizer and Spanish-language teacher. Since 2024, she has appeared on the TV programme Cifras y letras.
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Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva
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- politician
- Biography
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Andrés Díaz Venero de Leiva was the first president of the New Kingdom of Granada, appointed in 1564.
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Olvido García Valdés
- Occupations
- translatoressayistpoet
- Biography
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Olvido García Valdés is a Spanish poet, essayist, translator, and professor. She is married to the poet Miguel Casado.
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Jean-Marie Klinkenberg
- Occupations
- university teacherlinguist
- Biography
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Jean-Marie Klinkenberg is a Belgian linguist and semiotician, professor at the State University of Liège, born in Verviers (Belgium) in 1944. Member of the interdisciplinary Groupe μ. President of the International Association for visual Semiotics.
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Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
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- politicianmusicianjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Gustavo Suárez Pertierra is a Spanish jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Education and as Minister of Defence during the governments of Felipe González.
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Tomás Burgos Gallego
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tomás Burgos Gallego is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (PP).
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Isaac Puente Amestoy
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Studied in 1918
- Occupations
- physiciangeneral practitionerpoliticiantrade unionistanarcho-syndicalist
- Biography
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Isaac Puente Amestoy, born in Las Carreras near Biscay, was a Basque physician and Spanish anarchist of a strong anarchist communist bent, who adhered to concerns around birth control, hygiene and sexuality. He promoted anarcho-naturism, and was active in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).
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Germán Gamazo y Calvo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Germán Gamazo y Calvo was a Spanish politician and lawyer who was a minister several times in the 1880s and the 1890s.
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William David Butler-Adams
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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William David Butler-Adams OBE FRGS is the managing director of Brompton Bicycle Limited a manufacturer based in the United Kingdom and Brompton Bike Hire Limited a provider of bicycle-sharing systems.
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José Manuel Losada
- Occupations
- literary theoristuniversity teacher
- Biography
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José Manuel Losada is a university professor and literary theorist with a specialization in the fields of myth criticism and comparative literature. Within these fields he has published several books in Spanish, French and English.
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Gabriel Cañellas i Fons
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- politician
- Biography
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Gabriel Cañellas Fons is a Spanish politician. He was President of the Balearic Islands from 1983 to 1995.
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Carlos Casado del Alisal
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Carlos Casado del Alisal was a Spanish Argentine businessman.
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Tomás Villanueva
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tomás Félix Villanueva Rodríguez was a Spanish politician. He was born in Valladolid and held several positions in the Junta of Castile and León. He was involved in various corruption scandals, and was set to appear before court in late 2017. However, on 7 September 2017, at the age of 64, Villanueva died suddenly of a heart attack.
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Marcos de Torres y Rueda
- Occupations
- Latin Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Marcos de Torres y Rueda was bishop of Yucatan (1646–1649), interim viceroy of New Spain, and president of the Audiencia of New Spain. He served in office from May 13, 1648, to April 22, 1649. His name is sometimes given as Marcos Torres y Rueda.
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Pedro Cevallos
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Pedro Cevallos Guerra was a Spanish statesman and diplomat who served as Chief Minister from 1799 to 1808 during the Napoleonic Wars, although Manuel Godoy, a personal favourite of the Spanish King, had a vast influence over political affairs.
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Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré was a Spanish jurist, labour inspector and professor of labour law. He was the Solicitor General of Spain from 1986 to 1990 and a magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain from 2012 to 2020.
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Tania Hermida
- Occupations
- politicianscreenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Tania Hermida is an Ecuadorian movie director and screenwriter. She wrote and directed the internationally recognized and lauded films Qué tan lejos and In the Name of the Girl and has collaborated with other filmmakers, like Sebastián Cordero. From 2007 to 2008, she was a member of the Ecuadorian National Assembly.
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Antonio Rosón Pérez
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Antonio Rosón Pérez was a Spanish politician and the first president of the pre-autonomic community of Galicia before reaching its Statute of Autonomy in 1981.
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Fernando Vázquez Menchaca
- Occupations
- Renaissance humanistuniversity teacherjurist
- Biography
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Fernando Vázquez de Menchaca was a Spanish jurist.
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Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe
- Years
- 1744-1820 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- writerphilosopher
- Biography
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Manuel Miguel de Lardizábal y Uribe was a Novohispanic penologist who was an academician of the Real Academia Española de la Lengua from 1775 to 1820. He seems to have been the successor to chair C of his father in law, Academician from 1746 to 1775 Francisco Antonio de Angulo.
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Isaura Leal
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Isaura Leal Fernández is a Spanish politician and a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party who currently serves as a deputy and Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies. Between 2018 and 2019 she was the second and last Government Commissioner in front of the Demographic Challenge of the Government of Spain.
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Rafael Santos Torroella
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- translatorwritercriticlinguistvisual artist
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Rafael Santos Torroella was a Spanish art critic, translator and poet.
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Pedro Calvo Asensio
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- In 1832 studied philosophy
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- pharmacistjournalistwritertranslatorpublisher
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Pedro Calvo Asensio was a Spanish playwright, journalist, left-wing politician and Spanish deputy of the 19th century. He was one of the most important Spanish politicians of his time. He owned and managed the newspaper La Iberia, one of the most important newspapers of the middle century in Spain.
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Lorenzo Arrazola y García
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- judgepoliticianmagistrateuniversity teacherminister
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D. Lorenzo Arrazola y García was a Spanish lawyer, politician and statesman best known for being Prime Minister of Spain, a six term Minister of Justice and two-time President of the Supreme Court.
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Agustín de Cazalla
- Years
- 1510-1559 (aged 49)
- Occupations
- canontheologian
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Agustín de Cazalla was a Spanish clergyman, with humanist and Erasmist tendencies, who was prosecuted for founding a Protestant sect in Valladolid. The son of a royal accountant, Pedro de Cazalla, and Leonor de Vibero (or Vivero) - both were of 'converso' families - the nephew of Bishop Juan de Cazalla and the brother of María de Cazalla (of the group of illuminati in Guadalajara in 1525), he studied at the University of Valladolid with Bartolomé Carranza (who was also tried by the Spanish Inquisition) and at the University of Alcalá de Henares, where his uncle Juan was the former chaplain to Cardinal Cisneros and was also a renowned humanist and Erasmist. His classmate in Alcalá, Diego Laínez, was a founding member of the Society of Jesus.
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Maria Luz Martínez Seijo
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- politician
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María Luz Martínez Seijo is a Spanish politician serving as a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2016. She has been a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2022.
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Jan Emanuel Abras
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- composermusicologistconductor
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Juan Manuel Abras Contel is a classical music composer, conductor, musicologist and historian from Sweden. Born in Stockholm to a European family (French, Italian, etc.) that moved around the world, Abras became a cosmopolitan artist and scientist.
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José Antonio de Santiago-Juárez
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- politician
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José Antonio de Santiago-Juárez is a Spanish politician and Psychologist. He is a member of the People's Party of Castile and León, and was the ministry of the presidency of the Junta of Castile and León from 2015 to 2019. He is the current Councilor of the Valladolid, in office from 15 June 2015. He was elected for the first time, to the Councilor of the Valladolid. He was elected procurator of the Cortes of Castile and León from 2011 to 2015, who was re-elected to the current Councilor of the Valladolid, in office from 22 June 2015. He was president of the electoral committee of the popular party of castile and león from 2012 to 2015.
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Jesús Cardenal Fernández
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Graduated with licentiate degree in law
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- juristprosecutor
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Jesús Cardenal Fernández was a Spanish lawyer who served as Attorney General from 1997 to 2004.
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Diego Uribe Vargas
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- politiciandocentlawyerdiplomat
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Diego Uribe Vargas was a Colombian diplomat and politician. A member of the Colombian Liberal Party, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1978 to 1981.
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Milagros Marcos
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- politician
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Milagros Marcos Ortega is a Spanish politician and civil servant. She is a member of the People's Party of Castile and León, and was the minister of agriculture and livestock of the Junta of Castile and León from 2011 to 2019. Milagros Marcos also elected deputy of the XIII and XIV legislatures. She was councilor for family and equality and manager of social services.
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Trinidad Arroyo
- Enrolled in the University of Valladolid
- Studied in 1888-1895
- Occupations
- physicianophthalmologist
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Trinidad Arroyo Villaverde was a Spanish ophthalmologist. She was the first woman ophthalmologist in Spain and the third to receive a doctorate degree, obtaining her doctorate in 1896. She was a teacher and researcher at the University of Madrid, and she operated an ophthalmology practice with her husband Manuel Márquez. They were forced to flee the country in 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War, and they resumed their practice in Mexico City, where they lived for the rest of their lives.
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Mara Santos
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- teachercanoeist
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Mara Santos García is a Spanish marathon canoeist who has competed since 1985 to 2012. Competing in Canoe Marathon World Championships, she has won five gold medals, two silvers and two bronzes. She holds the record for victories in the International Sella River Descent, in Ribadesella (Asturias).
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Benita Asas
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- editorsuffragistjournalistpedagogue
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Benita Asas Manterola was a Spanish teacher, journalist, and suffragist.
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Ángel Ceña
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- politician
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Ángel Ceña Tutor is a Spanish civil servant and politician. As the lead candidate for the party Soria ¡Ya! (SY) within the coalition Empty Spain (EV), he was elected to the Cortes of Castile and León in the 2022 elections.
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Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta
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- politician
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Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta is a politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was a city councillor in Palencia from 1987 to 2015, and the mayor from 1991 to 1995 and 1999 to 2011. He also sat in the Senate of Spain from 1986 to 2000. He led the PSOE in the Province of Palencia from 1988 to 2008, and was president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) for 21 months from February 2006.
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Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze
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- politicianwriterlawyerdiplomatmagistrate
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Manuel Silvela y Le Vielleuze KStJ was a Spanish politician, lawyer, writer and journalist who held several importante governmental offices, such as Minister of State and Councillor of State.
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Jesús Quijano González
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- politicianuniversity teacherjurist
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Jesús Quijano González is a Spanish university professor, jurist and politician who has carried out a large part of his political activity in Castile and León.
