Universidad de Buenos Aires Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of UBA

• Cesare Lombroso (1852) - Italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology.
• Ernesto Sabato (1938) - Argentine writer, painter and physicist, known for his novels 'The Tunnel' and 'On Heroes and Tombs'.
• Carlos Saúl Menem (1955) - Former President of Argentina, known for his economic reforms.
• Mario Bunge (1952) - Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist, known for his work in philosophy of science.
• Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1968) - Argentine activist and sculptor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1980.
• Ricardo Piglia (1961) - Argentine author, critic, and scholar, known for his novels and essays.
• Julio Cortázar (1932) - Argentine novelist and short story writer, known for his innovative literature.
• René Favaloro (1949) - Argentine cardiac surgeon, known for developing the coronary bypass surgery.
• Alberto Ginastera (1938) - Argentine composer, one of the most important Latin American classical composers.
• Luis Federico Leloir (1932) - Argentine biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate in 1970.