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University of Zaragoza The University of Zaragoza, sometimes referred to as Saragossa University () is a public university with teaching campuses and research centres spread over the three provinces of Aragon, Spain. Founded in 1542, it is one of the oldest universiti ...

people, including notable alumni and staff.

Notable alumni

Science/Math/Academics

Santiago Ramón y Cajal Santiago Ramón y Cajal (; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) 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 Med ...

, awarded the

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accord ...

in 1906 and is widely recognized as the father of modern

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

. A mention of his famous brain cell drawings was made in episode 16 of season 6, “The Tangible Affection Proof”, of

The Big Bang Theory ''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, all of whom also served as head writers. It premiered on CBS ...

television show * María Yzuel, Spanish physicist and

SPIE SPIE (formerly the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, later the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers) is an international not-for-profit professional society for optics and photonics technology, founded in 1955. It ...

President in 2009 *

Gaspar Lax Gaspar Lax (1487 – 23 February 1560) was a Spanish mathematician, logician, and philosopher who spent much of his career in Paris. Biography Lax was born in Sariñena, the son of Leonor de la Cueva and Gaspar Lax, a physician, and had two broth ...

, Spanish philosopher and mathematician *

Fidel Pagés Fidel Pagés Miravé (26 January 1886 – 21 September 1923) was a Spanish military surgeon, known for developing the technique of epidural anesthesia. He practised a wide range of traumatological and surgical techniques, both for war injuries an ...

, developer of the epidural anesthesia technique, he received his degree in Medicine and Surgery with honors in 1908 * Jerónimo Blancas, historian and scholar, published the treatise Aragonensium rerum commentarii

Business

César Alierta César Alierta Izuel (born May 5, 1945) is a Spanish businessman, who was the chief executive officer and chairman of Telefónica S.A. from July 26, 2000, until replaced by José María Álvarez-Pallete in 2016. He guided the company through a s ...

, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Telefónica S.A.

Artists/Writers

Antonio Mingote Ángel Antonio Mingote Barrachina, 1st Marquess of Daroca (17 January 19193 April 2012), 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. Biograph ...

, Spanish cartoonist and writer *

Dino Valls Dino Valls is a Spanish painter born in 1959 in Zaragoza. Building on a childhood passion for drawing, Valls taught himself to paint in oils beginning in 1975. After completing his degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1982, Valls devoted himself f ...

, Spanish Painter *

José Antonio Labordeta José Antonio Labordeta Subías (10 March 1935, in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain – 19 September 2010, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain) was a Spanish ( Aragonese) singer, songwriter, poet, writer and political activist. He was described by The ''Gran Enciclop ...

, singer/songwriter of “Aragón” and “Canto a la Libertad”, and the founder of the Andalán newspaper *

José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) 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 libera ...

, national Cuban hero, writer and recognized as one of the great Latin American intellects of the 1800s * Juan Loreno Palmireno, Spanish poet, author and playwright * Lupercio and Bartolomé de Argensola, brothers and Spanish poets *

Maria Moliner Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

, librarian and lexicographer, known for her ''Diccionario de uso del español'' (Dictionary of Spanish use) * Fernando Lázaro Carreter, President (1992–98) of the Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española), the official royal institution responsible for overseeing the Spanish language. *

Fernando Aramburu Fernando Aramburu ( San Sebastián, 1959) is a Spanish writer. Career He graduated in Spanish Philology from University of Zaragoza and has been living and working as a lecturer in Spanish language in Germany since 1985. His 2006 novel ''Fuego ...

, poet, narrator and essayist, awarded Premio de la Crítica to the best narrative in Spanish in 2017. He earned his degree in Hispanic Philology from the University of Zaragoza in 1982.

Politics/Law

* Jordan de Asso, jurist, historian and naturalist *

Manuel Azaña Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) 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 Repu ...

, 2nd President of the

Second Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII, and was di ...

, served as 55th and 63rd

Prime Minister of Spain The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of 1978 and it was first regula ...

. He earned his degree in Law in 1897 * Manuel de Roda, Ambassador in Rome under King Fernando VI and Ministry of "Grace and Justice" under

King Carlos III it, Carlo Sebastiano di Borbone e Farnese , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Elisabeth Farnese , birth_date = 20 January 1716 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain , death_d ...

of Spain *

Xabier Arzalluz Xabier Arzalluz Antia (24 August 1932 – 28 February 2019) 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 powe ...

, Spanish Basque nationalist politician * María Elósegui, Spanish professor and judge

Religion

* Pedro Apaolaza,

archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

(1635–1643)

Celebrity

Adriana Abenia Adriana Abenia Gracia (born 14 July 1984 in Zaragoza, Aragón), is a Spanish television presenter, model and actress. Early life and career Abenia began her career as a model in Milan, where she has worked with designers such as Armani and Pr ...

, model, actress and TV Personality

Notable emeritus faculty

* Pedro Simón Abril, Known for his translations of work by famous philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and others; also a primary figure in the Spanis
humanism
movement of the 16th century (1530–1595) * Matías Barrio y Mier, historian of law, chair of Geografia Historica 1874,

Carlist Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalism (Spain), Traditionalist and Legitimists (disambiguation), Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the House of Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty ...

political leader (1844–1909) * Salvador Minguijón Adrián, historian of law, chair of Historia General del Derecho Español 1911–1933, 1936–1938 (1874–1959)

References

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