Social Scientists
- Martín de Azpilicueta (1492–1586), economist, member of the School of Salamanca, precursor of the quantitative theory of money.
- Manuel Castells (born 1942), sociologist, author of the well-known trilogy The Information Age.
- Salvador Giner (born 1934), sociologist, he had researched on social theory, sociology of culture and modern industrial society.
- Jesús Huerta de Soto (born 1956), major Austrian School economist.
- Juan José Linz (born 1926), Sterling Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale; Prince of Asturias Award (1987) and Johan Skytte Prize (1996) Laureate.
- Xavier Sala-i-Martín (born 1963), economist, professor at Yale, Harvard, and Columbia.
- Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz (1893–1984), historian, prominent specialist in medieval Spanish history.
- Joseph de la Vega (1650–1692), businessman, wrote Confusion of Confusions (1688), first book on stock markets.
- Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1480/86 – 1546), member of the School of Salamanca, precursor of international law theory.
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