# List of University of San Carlos of Guatemala people

This article is an annex to Universidad de San Carlos. For information on the university, see: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
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* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
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* Z

## A

| Name | Occupation |
| Aceña Durán, Ramón [es] (1895-1945) | pharmacist, poet, playwright and journalist |
| Aguilar Batres, Raúl (1910-1964) | civil engineer |
| Arenales Catalán, Emilio (1922-1969) | lawyer and diplomat |
| Arévalo Martínez, Rafael | writer, journalist and historian |
| Arjona, Ricardo | musician, singer and composer |
| Asturias, Miguel Angel (1899-1974) | lawyer, sociologist and Nobel prize winner writer |
| Aycinena y Piñol, Juan José (1792-1865) | conservative thinker, faculty member, politician, Catholic priest and bishop |
| Aycinena y Piñol, Mariano de (1789-1855) | conservative politician and entrepreneur |

## B

| Name | Occupation |
| Batres Jáuregui, Antonio [es] (1847-1929) | lawyer, faculty member, politician and diplomat |
| Batres Montúfar, José (1809-1844) | poet, military officer and engineer |
| Bauer Paiz, Alfonso [es] (1918-2011) | faculty member, lawyer and politician |
| Bianchi, Julio [es] (1879-1958) | physician and surgeon, politician and diplomat |

## C

| Name | Occupation |
| Cáceres Lehnhoff, Eduardo [es] (1906-1980) | lawyer, faculty member, phylinatropist and politician |
| Carranza Ramírez, Ramón [es] (1819-1895) Costa Rica | lawyer and faculty member |
| Carrillo, Hugo [es] (1929-1994) | playwright |
| Castañeda Heuberger, Aldo [es] (1930- ) | physician and surgeon |
| Castañeda de León, Oliverio (1955-1978) | student leader |
| Castillo, Otto René | guerrilla poet |
| Cerna, Ismael (1856-1901) | poet and army lieutenant |
| Colom Argueta, Manuel (1932-1979) | sociologist and politician |
| Coronado Aguilar, Manuel [es] | lawyer, numismatist and historian |

## D

| Name | Occupation |
| David Hu | IIG cofounder, chief investment officer, jailed for running a Ponzi scheme |
| del Valle, José Cecilio | journalist and intellectual |
| Delgado and de León, José Matías El Salvador (1767-1832) | Catholic priest and politician |
| Díaz-Gomar, Roberto [es] (1946- ) | movie, theater and television actor |

## F

| Name | Occupation |
| Fernández-Hall Zúñiga, Francisca (1921-2002) | first female engineer in Central America, first female diplomat |
| Figueroa, Rodulfo [es] Mexico (1866-1899) | poet and physician |
| Flores, José Felipe [es] (1751-1814) | physician |
| Fortuny, José Manuel (1916-2005 ) | Líder comunista |
| Fuentes Mohr, Alberto | economist and politician |

## G

| Name | Occupation |
| Galich, Manuel [es] (1913-1984) | lawyer and playwright |
| Gómez Carrillo, Agustín [es] | attorney, historian and intellectual |
| Gómez, Ignacio (1813-1879) El Salvador | diplomat, jurista, writer and journalist |
| González Palma, Luis (1957-) | professional photographer |
| Guerrero, José Gustavo (1876-1958) El Salvador | lawyer, diplomat and politician |
| Gutiérrez and Lizaurzábal, Agustín [es] Costa Rica | lawyer |
| Guzmán-Böckler, Carlos [es] | lawyer, historian and sociologist |

## H

| Name | Occupation |
| Herrera, Flavio | novel writer, journalist, and lawyer |

## I

| Name | Occupation |
| Irías Midence, José Nicolás [es] (1774-1842) | Catholic priest |

## L

| Name | Occupation |
| Landívar, Rafael [es] | poet, professor and Jesuit priest |
| Lanuza, Luigi | filmmaker |
| La Rue, Frank William | human rights activist |
| Larrazábal and Arrivillaga, Antonio [es] (1769-1853) | Catholic priest, politician and diplomat |
| López, Carlos [es] (1954-) | poet |

## M

| Name | Occupation |
| Maldonado Aguirre, Alejandro (1936-) | politician and lawyer |
| Marroquín Rojas, Clemente | lawyer, writer, journalist and historian |
| Martínez Peláez, Severo [es] | faculty member, sociologist and historian |
| Marure, Alejandro [es] (1806-1851) | faculty member, lawyer and historian |
| Mazariegos, Fernando [es] | pharmacist |
| Mejía Colindres, Vicente Honduras | physician, surgeon, politician and broadcaster |
| Méndez, Francisco Alejandro [es] (1964-) | writer and faculty member |
| Méndez de Penedo, Lucrecia [es] (1943-) | ensayista and catedrática |
| Mijángos López, Adolfo [es] (-1971) | lawyer, politician and faculty member |
| Milla and Vidaurre, José (1822-1882) | novel writer, historian and diplomat |
| Molina Mazariegos, Pedro (1777-1854) | physician, founding father and professor |
| Molina Orantes, Adolfo [es] | lawyer, faculty member, phylinatropist |
| Monteforte Toledo, Mario (1911-2003) | writer, sociologist and politician |
| Montúfar, Lorenzo | historian, diplomat, lawyer and faculty member |

## O

| Name | Occupation |
| Orantes, Alfonso [es] (1896-1985) | poet and lawyer |
| Orellana Pinto, José María (1872-1926) | engineer, military officer and politician |
| Osorio Paz, Saúl [es] | economist, communist intellectual and university president |

## P

| Name | Occupation |
| Payeras, Mario (1940-1995) | guerilla leader and poet |
| Pontaza, Georgina (1976-) | actress, singer, choreographer, theater director and producer |

## Q

| Name | Occupation |
| Quintana Rodas, José B. Epaminondas [es] (1896-1995) | writer and physician |

## R

| Name | Occupation |
| Ramirez de León, Ricardo Arnoldo (1929-1998) | lawyer and guerilla leader |
| Recinos, Adrián (1886-1962) | politician, historian, writer, diplomat and translator |
| Recinos, Efraín | architect, engineer and artist |
| Rosa Soto, Ramón (1848–1893) | lawyer, journalist, politician, liberal writer and thinker |

## S

| Name | Occupation |
| Soto Martínez, Marco Aurelio (1846-1908) | liberal politician and lawyer |
| Spínola, Rafael (1866-1901) | physician, public speaker, journalist and politician |

## U

| Name | Occupation |
| Urrutia Mendoza, Claudio [es] | lieutenant colonel and civil engineer |

## V

| Name | Occupation |
| Vela, Francisco [es] | lieutenant colonel and engineer |
| Vela Salvatierra, David [es] | writer and journalist |
| Vian Morales, Oscar Julio [es] (1947-) | Catholic priest and bishop |
| Villagrán Kramer, Francisco | lawyer and politician |
| Viñals, Jaime | mountaineer |

## Z

| Name | Occupation |
| Zavala, José Víctor | lawyer and military officer |

## Presidents of Guatemala and other Central America countries

| Name | Occupation | Country |
| Aycinena and Piñol, Mariano de | Governor of the State of Guatemala from 1827 to 1829 | Guatemala |
| Aycinena, Pedro de | Acting president in 1865 | Guatemala |
| Bográn, Luis (1849-1895) | President | Honduras |
| Cerezo, Vinicio | President from 1986 to 1991 | Guatemala |
| Colom Caballeros, Alvaro | President from 2008 to 2012 | Guatemala |
| José Matías Delgado | Head of State | El Salvador |
| Díaz Cabeza de Vaca, Alejandro [es] El Salvador | First governor of the State of Guatemala from 1822 to 1824 | Guatemala |
| Dueñas, Francisco | President | El Salvador |
| Escobar, José Bernardo | President from 1848 to 1849 | Guatemala |
| Estrada Cabrera, Manuel | President from 1898 to 1920 | Guatemala |
| Herrera y Díaz del Valle, Justo Vicente José de [es] (1786-1856) | Head of State | Honduras |
| Fernández Oreamuno, Próspero | President | Costa Rica |
| Gálvez, Mariano | Governor of the State of Guatemala from 1831 to 1838 | Guatemala |
| Méndez Montenegro, Julio César | President from 1966 to 1970 | Guatemala |
| Rivera Paz, Mariano | Governor of the State of Guatemala from 1838 to 1844 | Guatemala |
| Palma, Baudilio | Acting president in 1930 | Guatemala |
| Salazar Castro, Carlos (1800 - 1867) | Acting head of State (1834, 1839) | El Salvador Guatemala |
| Serrano Elías, Jorge | President from 1991 to 1993 | Guatemala |
| Soto, Marco Aurelio | President from 1876 to 1880 and from 1881 to 1883 | Honduras |
| del Valle, Andrés | President from January to May 1876 | Honduras |