List of Complutense University of Madrid alumni explained
This list of Complutense University of Madrid alumni includes notable graduates of Complutense University of Madrid
Government
Pre–20th century
- Don John of Austria – Victor of the Battle of Lepanto, Spanish Governor of the Netherlands, Grandee of Spain, the last Knight of Europe.
- Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
- Cardinal Mazarin – 2nd Prime Minister of France (1642–1661), successor of Cardinal Richelieu.
- Gaspar de Borja y Velasco – Served as Primate of Spain, Archbishop of Seville, Archbishop of Toledo and viceroy of Naples.
- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos – Prime Minister of Spain, theorist behind the Constitution of 1812
- Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso – President of the First Spanish Republic
- Emilio Castelar y Ripoll – Journalist, Essayist, Minister during the First Spanish Republic
II Spanish Republic
Transition and Contemporary Administrations
Foreign Government Figures
Royalty
Journalism and literature
- Antonio de Nebrija – writer, grammarian
- Antonio Machado – poet, member of the Generación del '98 literary movement
- Basilio Rodríguez Cañada – writer, president of the PEN Club of Spain
- Camilo José Cela – writer, poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (1989), Miguel de Cervantes Prize Recipient, member of the Generación del '50 literary movement
- Concepción Arenal – journalist, essayist, political figure
- Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas – writer, poet, philologist, member of the Generación del '27 literary movement, Miguel de Cervantes Prize Recipient
- Enrique Tierno Galván – writer, politician
- Elísabet Benavent – romance writer
- Federico García Lorca – poet, playwright
- Paloma García Ovejero – journalist, news broadcaster, first woman vice director of the Holy See Press Office
- Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio – Spanish playwright
- Fermín Caballero – early journalist / publisher, Congressional Deputy
- Francisco Ayala – writer, Nobel Prize for Literature Candidate, Principe de Asturias Award for Literature, Miguel de Cervantes Prize Recipient
- Francisco de Quevedo – classical writer
- Gerardo Diego – writer, poet, Member of the Spanish Royal Academy, Member of the Generación del '27 literary movement, Miguel de Cervantes Prize Recipient
- Giannina Braschi – author of Empire of Dreams, Yo–Yo Boing!, and United States of Banana
- Jacinto Benavente – playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature (1922)
- Javier Marías – writer, translator, member of the Spanish Royal Academy
- José Echegaray y Eizaguirre – writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1904)
- José Rodríguez Carracido – writer, pharmacist, chemist
- María Zambrano – writer, philosopher
- Mario Vargas Llosa – Peruvian writer (naturalized Spaniard), Principe de Asturias Award, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature (2010)
- Mercedes Gallego – journalist and author[1]
- Miguel de Unamuno – writer, member of the Generación del '98 literary movement, Neo–Humanist Philosopher
- Mónica Martínez, journalist, television presenter[2]
- Pío Baroja – writer, member of the Generación del '98 literary movement
- Ramiro Ledesma Ramos – writer, politician
- Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez–Ossorio – journalist, founder of ABC
- Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena – journalist, playwright, diplomat
- Vicente Aleixandre – writer, poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (1970)
- Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín – writer
- José Ortega Spottorno – journalist, founder of Alianza Editorial, co–founder of El País
- Jesús de Polanco – journalist, co–founder of El País, founder of Editorial Santillana, Grupo PRISA and Cadena SER
- Juan Luis Cebrián – journalist, co–founder and former editor–in–chief of El País, member of the Real Academia Española, head of Grupo PRISA
- Ribhi Kamal, Palestinian writer, teacher, and radio broadcaster.
Philosophy
- Antonio de Nebrija – Renaissance Humanist, Philologist
- Domingo de Soto – Philosopher, Theologian, Theorist at the Council of Trent
- Fernando Savater – Philosopher
- José Gaos y González Pola – Neo–Humanist Philosopher
- Jose Luis López Aranguren – Philosopher
- José Ortega y Gasset – Neo–Humanist Philosopher, Founder of Ratio–Vitalism, Writer, Journalist, Deputy during the Second Spanish Republic
- Julián Marías – Philosopher
- Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola – Philosopher, Law Theorist, Political Theorist
- María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda – First woman to earn a doctorate in Spain, Philosopher
- Raimon Panikkar – Philosopher, Theologian, Scholar of Comparative Philosophy of Religion
- Tomás de Villanueva – Roman Catholic Saint, Archbishop of Valencia, Theologian
- Xavier Zubiri Apalategui – Philosopher, Philologist
- María Zambrano – Philosopher
History
Medicine
Mathematics and sciences
- Albert Einstein – Doctor of Science degree Honoris Causa (first one he accepted from a European University)
- Antonia Ferrín Moreiras mathematician, professor, and the first Galician woman astronomer[4]
- Ángel Martín Municio – chemist/pharmacist/President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
- Antonio Luna – Philippine General, Commanding General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army (Philippine–American War), Doctorate in Pharmacy (1890)
- Blas Cabrera y Felipe – physicist/President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, member of the Solvay Conference
- Bruno Brandão Fischer – Brazilian professor
- Carlos Sánchez del Río – physicist/President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
- Eduardo Torroja Caballé – mathematician, disciple of Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
- Enrique Moles Ormella – physicist
- Federico Mayor Zaragoza – pharmacist/Director–General of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999
- Juan Manuel Rodríguez Parrondo – physicist
- Javier Fernández Aguado – Economics PhD, author and management expert[5]
- José Cuatrecasas – botanist
- José Rodríguez Carracido – chemist/pharmacist/Dean at the Faculty of Pharmacy/Rector of the Complutense University of Madrid /President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
- Juan Luis Arsuaga – biologist/paleontologist
- Julio Rey Pastor – mathematician
- Margarita Salas – scientist/President of the Instituto de España
- Miguel Catalán Sañudo – scientist
- Germán Sierra – theoretical physicist
- Myriam Gorospe – scientist
- Samer Hassan – computer scientist
- Sixto Ríos – mathematician/statistician
- Jesús Huerta de Soto – economist, law scholar
- Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain – quantum physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics 2013
- Vicente Lopez Ibor Mayor – solar energy
- Jimena Quirós – Oceanographer, scientist of the Spanish Institute for Oceanography (IEO).
- María Teresa Miras Portugal – Spanish scientist, pharmacist, biochemist, molecular biologist and Emeritus professor.
Film
Other
References
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- News: Jiménez. Roberto. Mónica Martínez se incorpora a Intereconomía para presentar los deportes. Mónica Martínez joins Intereconomy to present sports. El Periódico de Catalunya. es. 23 September 2013. 19 April 2022.
- Web site: Microorganización de la Corteza Cerebral Normal y Alteraciones de los Circuitos . 2023-02-07 . www.cajal.csic.es.
- Web site: Antonia Ferrín Moreiras. La primera astrónoma gallega. 28 June 2016. es.
- Web site: Author search results - Javier Fernández Aguado . Sistema Bibliotecario de la Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (SIBIUNI) . 19 May 2023.
- Web site: Tal cual lo cuenta, Cristina Lasvignes. As it is told, Cristina Lasvignes. Formula TV. es. 6 November 2009. 21 April 2022.
