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University of Salamanca alumni

  • Luis de MolinaLuis de Molina was born into a noble family in Castile on the 29th of September 1535, and he died in Madrid on the 12th of October 1600, the very year his…
  • Tomás de MercadoTomás de Mercado entered the world between 1525 and 1575, though historians debate whether he was born in Seville or Mexico.
  • Pedro MexíaPedro Mexía entered the world between the 17th of January and the 6th of September 1497 in Seville. He spent most of his life within that city walls before…
  • John of the CrossJohn of the Cross was born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez on the 24th of June 1542, in Fontiveros, a small Castilian town of around 2,000 people, into a family of…
  • Bartolomé de las CasasBartolomé de las Casas stood on the shores of Hispaniola in 1502 as a slave owner and land holder, his encomienda rich with gold and Indigenous labor.
  • Gil VicenteThe year 1465 stands as the commonly accepted date for Gil Vicente's birth, though scholars have argued fiercely over this number for centuries.
  • Juan del EncinaJuan del Encina was born on the 12th of July 1468 near Salamanca, the son of a shoemaker named Juan de Fermoselle. He died sometime in late 1529 or early…
  • Antonio de NebrijaAntonio de Nebrija published a grammar book in 1492 that no one had written before. Not for Spanish, not for French, not for Italian, not for any living…
  • Abraham ZacutoAbraham Zacuto was born in Salamanca on the 12th of August 1452, into a family that had lived on the Iberian peninsula since the expulsion of Jews from…
  • Fernando de RojasFernando de Rojas died in Talavera de la Reina in April 1541, a respected lawyer who had served as the city's mayor, and left behind exactly one piece of…
  • Luis de LeónBelmonte, a small town in the province of Cuenca, was the birthplace of Luis de León in 1527. His father Lope de León practiced law and moved the family to…
  • Pedro NunesPedro Nunes was born in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, in 1502, and by the time he died in Coimbra on the 11th of August 1578, he had reshaped how human beings…