List of Basques
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This is a list of famous Basque people. It includes people born or resident in the Basque Country and people born elsewhere with significant Basque ancestry.
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Artists
- Jean Anouilh, dramatist
- Imanol Arias, actor
- Bernardo Atxaga, writer
- Pío Baroja, writer
- Eduardo Chillida, sculptor
- Chumy Chúmez, cartoonist
- Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican poet
- Hector Elizondo, Puerto Rican actor
- Álex de la Iglesia, filmmaker
- Alfredo Landa, actor
- Robert Laxalt, writer
- Jesús Mari Lazkano, painter
- Julio Medem, filmmaker
- Leopoldo María Panero, poet
- Jorge Perugorría, Cuban actor
- Miguel de Unamuno, writer
- Benjamin Urrutia, writer
- Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran, painter
- Ignacio Zuloaga, painter
- Jorge Oteitza Enbil, sculptor
- Rafael Moneo, architect
- Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, architect
Roberto Matta Echaurren, Painter
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Historians
- Ignacio Jose Urrutia, Cuban historian
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Journalists
- Cristina Saralegui, Cuban television journalist
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Musicians
- Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, composer
- Julián Gayarre, singer
- Jesús Guridi, composer
- Mikel Laboa, singer and songwriter
- Luis Mariano, singer
- Fermin Muguruza, singer and songwriter
- Maurice Ravel, composer
- Domingo Samuido, from Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
- Jorge Urrutia, Chilean composer
- Pablo Sarasate, composer
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Business people
- Dominique Amestoy, Farmers and Merchants Bank
- Karlos Arguiñano, cook and entertainer
- José María Arizmendiarrieta, founder of the Mondragón cooperatives.
- Robert Goizueta, Coca-Cola Company
- José Ignacio López de Arriortúa, automotive industry
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Clergy
- Pedro Arrupe
- Martín de Azpilicueta
- Valentín de Berrio-Ochoa
- Ignacio Ellacuría
- Roger Cardinal Etchegaray
- Michel Garicoïts
- Ignatius of Loyola
- Francisco de Vitoria
- Francis Xavier
- Juan de Zumárraga
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Explorers and conquistadors
- Lope de Aguirre
- Juan Bautista de Anza
- Juan Sebastián de Elcano
- Alonso de Ercilla
- Juan de Garay
- Martin de Hoyarçabal
- Miguel López de Legaspi
- Catalina de Erauso
- Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza
- Some of the Basque clergymen can be included in this explorers' chapter.
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Politics
- Abd-al-Rahman Sanchuelo
- Jose Antonio Aguirre, leader of Basque Nationalist Party during 1930s
- Sabino Arana, founder of the Basque Nationalist Party.
- Xabier Arzalluz, PNV leader.
- Eugene Biscaluz sheriff of Los Angeles County, California
- Fernando Buesa
- Peter Cenarrusa, secretary of State of Idaho
- Luis Echeverría, president of Mexico
- Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish politician
- Che Guevara, revolutionary
- Hisham II, caliph of Cordoba
- Dolores Ibárruri, Communist leader
- Maria Soledad Iparraguirre, ETA leader.
- Agustín de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico
- Paul Laxalt, governor of Nevada
- Telesforo de Monzón, founder of Ertzaina regional police and Herri Batasuna party
- Arnaldo Otegi leader of Batasuna party
- Ron Parraguirre, Nevada Supreme Court Justice
- Eva Peron, Argentine first lady
- Augusto Pinochet, dictator of Chile
- Emilio Garrastazu Medici, president of Brazil
- Indalecio Prieto, Socialist politician
- María San Gil, San Sebastian councilor
- Carlos Luis de Urrutia, governor of Santo Domingo
- Francisco Jose Urrutia, Panamanian diplomat and statesman
- Manuel Urrutia, President of Cuba
- Máxima Zorreguieta, wife of the heir of the Dutch throne
- Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Carlist general
- Harriet Agirre, (alleged) ETA leader
- Simón Bolívar, South American revolutionary
John Garamendi See also Kings of Navarre
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Sports
- Luis Arconada, footballer
- Xabi Alonso, footballer
- Mikel Arteta, footballer
- Joseba Beloki, cyclist
- Josune Bereziartu, climber
- Serge Blanco, rugby player (Basque mother)
- Jean Borotra, tennis player
- Didier Deschamps, footballer
- Pierre Etchebaster
- Joseba Etxeberria, footballer
- José Eulogio Gárate, footballer
- Julen Guerrero López, footballer
- Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, footballer
- Imanol Harinordoquy, rugby player
- Miguel Induráin, cyclist
- José Ángel Iribar, footballer
- Roberto Laiseka, cyclist
- Bixente Lizarazu, footballer
- Iban Mayo, cyclist
- Abraham Olano, cyclist
- Miguel de la Quadra Salcedo, athlete, journalist and adventurer
- Joane Somarriba, cyclist
- Iñaki Urdagarín, handball player and aristocrat
- José Ibar Urtain, boxer
- Paulino Uzcudun, boxer
- Telmo Zarraonaindía, also known as "Zarra", footballer
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Scientists
- Louis Daguerre, inventor of photography
- Fausto Elhuyar and José Elhuyar, first to isolate wolfram/tungsten.
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Nobel Prize of Medicine. He was born by sheer chance in a Navarrese enclave in Aragon, but from any other point of view he was Aragonese.
- Pedro Migel Etxenike, scientist
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