13 Notable alumni of
University of Zulia
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The University of Zulia is 2014th in the world, 86th in Latin America, and 4th in Venezuela by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from the University of Zulia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Osmariel Villalobos
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- television presenterbeauty pageant contestantmodel
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Osmariel Maholi Villalobos Atencio is a Venezuelan TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth Venezuela in 2011. She represented Venezuela in Miss Earth 2012 in the Philippines and won the "Miss Earth-Water" (2nd runner up) title and Miss Photogenic Awards, gathering 28,000 votes combined through social media and the Miss Earth website.
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Gilberto Correa
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- announcerpresenterjournalist
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Gilberto Emiro Correa Romero is a Venezuelan television personality known for hosting De Fiesta Con Venevision from 1969–1983 and Súper Sábado Sensacional from 1988 to 1996. Correa is also best known for his deep voice on Venevision's commercial bumpers and promos during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Enrique Márquez
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- engineerpolitician
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Enrique Octavio Márquez Pérez is a Venezuelan opposition leader and was a candidate in Venezuela's 2024 presidential election. On January 7, 2025, he was arrested by security forces and accused of planning a coup. He was released during the 2026 political prisoner release in Venezuela.
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Juan Pablo Guanipa
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- lawyerpolitician
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Juan Pablo Isidoro Guanipa Villalobos is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as deputy and First Vice President of the National Assembly, and leader of the Justice First political party. His 2017 election as governor of Zulia was controversially annulled by the national government after Guanipa refused to take an oath imposed on candidates after the election. He was a presidential candidate in the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election until the opposition decided to boycott the election. Guanipa was also the regional coordinator of the Justice First party in Zulia and chair of the Maracaibo Posible foundation. After months of harassment by the government, Guanipa was detained by the Maduro government in May 2025. He was released in 8 February 2026, but hours later, he was kidnapped by armed men and an order of house arrest was filed by Venezuelan authorities. After house arrest at his residence in Maracaibo, he was released under a general amnesty law on February 19, 2026.
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Douglas Bravo
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- partisanwriterpolitician
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Douglas Ignacio Bravo Mora was a Venezuelan politician and guerrilla fighter.
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Oswaldo Álvarez Paz
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- lawyerpolitician
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Oswaldo Álvarez Paz is a Venezuelan politician. He was born in Maracaibo, Zulia and graduated in law from the University of Zulia. He was a Member of the Republic's Congress for over 20 years (periods from 1966 to 1993), president of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies (1975 to 1979) and participated/directed the most important commissions of the Venezuelan Parliament.
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Lolita Aniyar de Castro
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- university teacherwriterlawyerdiplomatpolitician
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Lolita Aniyar de Castro was a Venezuelan teacher, lawyer, politician, and criminologist.
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Adriana Vasini
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- physicianbeauty pageant contestantmodel
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Adriana Cristina Vasini Sánchez, is a Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Miss World Venezuela 2009 and Reina Hispanoamericana 2009. She represented Venezuela in the Miss World 2010 on October 30, 2010 in Sanya, China and placed 2nd Runner-Up.
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Pablo Pérez Álvarez
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- lawyerpolitician
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Pablo Martín Pérez Álvarez is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as the 35th Governor of Zulia from 2008 to 2012.
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Alejandro Hernández
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- film directortelevision directortelevision producersinger-songwritersinger
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Alejandro Manrique Hernández Reinoso is a Venezuelan filmmaker. He achieved popularity in Latin America thanks to The Alejandro Hernández Show, a comedy web series which satirizes Venezuelan and Hispanic culture. Most of the content is in Spanish, although some sketches are recorded in English. Since 2009, his videos have reached a total of over 8 million views, which includes only those on his YouTube account. In 2011 Hernández signed a contract with PlanetaUrbe.Tv. Since then, all of his episodes were uploaded to PlanetaUrbe's website instead of YouTube. After the contract ended, he returned to YouTube through elmostacho.com. Hernández is currently at number 148 on the most followed Twitter users in Venezuela, and is the most followed user in the state of Zulia. He won the Celebrity award at the 2011 Twitter Awards held by El Nacional.
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Eduardo López Bustamante
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- poetlawyerjournalist
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Eduardo López Bustamante was a Venezuelan journalist, lawyer and poet. He was a leading intellectual of the Zulia State, Venezuela, and a figure within Venezuelan jurisprudence.
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Paúl Moreno
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- 1992-2017 (aged 25)
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- activistparamedicuniversity student
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Paúl René Moreno Camacho was a Venezuelan student and Green Cross volunteer killed during the 2017 Venezuelan protests.
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Fernando Antonio Bermúdez Arias
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- cardiologist
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Fernando Antonio Bermúdez Arias is one of Venezuela's most prolific doctor, cardiologist, scientist, writer, teacher, historian, artist and social defender. Born in San Cristobal – Tachira State, he spent most of his life in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela.
