List of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras people

This list of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras people includes alumni and faculty affiliated with UPRRP.

Notable alumni of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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Alumni	Notability
Juan Mari Brás	advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States; founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party
Norma Burgos	(B.A., M.P.A.) State Senator, Puerto Rico Senate (2001–present)
Sila M. Calderón	(M.P.A.) 7th governor of Puerto Rico (2001–2005); Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico (1997–2001)
Rafael Hernández Colón	4th Governor of Puerto Rico, first term 1973–1977, second term 1985–1993; State Senator, Puerto Rico Senate (1969–1973)
Julia de Burgos	(B.A. Education 1933) considered by many to be the greatest poet born in Puerto Rico and one of the greatest female poets of Latin America
José Andreu García	(B.A. Economics 1958, J.D. 1961) jurist; former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Hans Hertell	former United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
Enrique Laguerre	writer, poet, teacher and critic
Luz Martinez-Miranda	Physicist and professor at the University of Maryland; first female president of the National Society of Hispanic Physicists
Kenneth McClintock	Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, fulfilling the role of Lieutenant Governor (first-in-line of succession) in the U.S. territory
Edwin Irizarry Mora	economist, Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate for governor of Puerto Rico in the 2008. Professor, Department of Economics, UPRM
Jesús T. Piñero	first native Puerto Rican to be appointed governor of Puerto Rico by the Government of the United States
Nellys Pimentel	Miss Earth 2019
Tania Ramos González	Lecturer, poet, and columnist
Luisa R. Seijo Maldonado	(M.S.W. 1972) university professor, activist and social worker
Nydia Velázquez	(B.A. 1974) U.S. representative, D-New York (1993–present)
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	(B.A. 1982, J.D. 1985) 8th governor of Puerto Rico (2005–2009); U.S. representative (Resident Commissioner), D-Puerto Rico (2001–2004); State Representative, Puerto Rico House of Representatives (1992–1999)
Luis Castro Rivera	Olympian and men's high jump coach. Participated in the 2016 Rio and 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.
José Miguel Agrelot	(B.A. 1949) Puerto Rican comedian and television host. His program, Su Alegre Despertar, won the Guiness World Record recognition for the longest running daily radio program. One of the most important event venues in Puerto Rico bears his name in his honor (José Miguel Agrelot Colsieum, “El Choliseo”)
Ada Monzón	(B.S. 1986) She is the first female meteorologist in Puerto Rico and serves as the Founder and President of the Board of Directors of Eco Exploratorio: Museo de Ciencias de PR. Additionally, she holds the position of chief meteorologist at WAPA-TV, Noticentro al Amanecer, WKAQ-580 am Univisión Radio, and Noticel. Prior to this, she worked as a professor at UPR, Río Piedras, and in the field of Mitigation at FEMA. She has also served as chief meteorologist at Univision PR and WIPR-TV.

Notable faculty

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Faculty	Notability
Luis López Álvarez	poet and writer; author of Los Comuneros
Ruben Berrios	current president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party; former state senator; Law Professor at the University of Puerto Rico's Law School
Juan Ramon Jimenez	Spanish poet and writer, received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956
Luce López-Baralt	professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the university
Fernando Picó	historian and Jesuit priest, leading expert on the history of Puerto Rico
Pedro Juan Soto	writer
Rexford Tugwell	served as the last appointed American governor of Governor of Puerto Rico, 1941-1946; former Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico