This list of Complutense University of Madrid alumni includes notable graduates of Complutense University of Madrid
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Pre–20th century
John of Austria
Alexander Farnese
Cardinal Mazarin
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
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
Josep Borrell
José María Aznar
Javier Solana
Rodrigo Rato
Teresa Ribera
Foreign Government Figures
Royalty
Lope de Vega
Francisco de Quevedo
Federico García Lorca
Jacinto Benavente
Mario Vargas Llosa
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
Concepción Arenal
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.
Antonio de Nebrija teaching grammar in the presence of D. Juan de Zúñiga
José Ortega y Gasset
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
Margarita Salas
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Severo Ochoa
Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain
Juan Luis Arsuaga
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 .