List of people with Basque ancestors
This article is about people of Basque ancestry. For Basque people by birth, language or self-identification, see List of Basques.
This is a list of famous people which are of Basque ancestry. For this purpose, people considered are those with ancestors –either fully or partially– from the extended Basque Country (including the Basque Autonomous Community, the French Basque Country and Navarre).
It does not include people
- born or resident in the Basque Country, unless self-identifying as not Basque (e.g. Galician immigrants, French immigrants etc.)
- people born outside the Basque Country of Basque ancestry that either speak Basque or self-identify as being of Basque stock.
For notable Basques, please see List of Basques.
Artists
Iconic U.S. artist Frederic Remington was of Basque descent on his mother's side
- Jean Anouilh, dramatist
- Joe Ansolabehere, animation screenwriter and producer
- Earl W. Bascom, American artist and sculptor
- Maitena Burundarena, Argentinian cartoonist
- Hector Elizondo, Puerto Rican actor
- María Félix, Mexican actress
- Galen Gering, movie actor
- Frederic Remington, American western artist and sculptor
- Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor and film producer
- Benjamin Urrutia, writer
Athletes
- Javier Aguirre, footballer.
- Frenchy Bordagaray, Major League baseball player.
- Sergio Goycochea, footballer.
- Valeri Kharlamov, ice hockey player
- Julio Olarticoechea, footballer. World cup winner.
- Ted Williams, former Major League baseball player.
- Rupert de Larrinaga, skier.
- John Jaso, major league baseball player
Business people
- Dominique Amestoy, founder of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
- John Arrillaga,[1] real estate.
- Emilio Azcarraga Vidaurreta, television.
- Roberto Goizueta, former president, chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company
- Joseph A. Unanue, businessman.
- Zobel de Ayala family. Real estate, banking, and telecommunications.
Clergy
Explorers
- Juan Bautista de Anza I
- Sebastian Vizcaino
- Felipe de Salcedo
- Juan de Salcedo
- Juan de Oñate
- Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
- Jedediah Smith
Journalists
Military figures
Musicians
Famous opera singer, Plácido Domingo, is the son of Basque soprano Pepita Embil
- David Archuleta, singer.
- Cecilia Arizti, Cuban composer.
- Manu Chao.
- Plácido Domingo, singer.
- Andrea Echeverri.[2]
- Juan Esteban Aristizabal Vásquez (known as "Juanes"), Colombian singer.[3]
- Rocio Igarzábal, Argentine singer, actress, model.
- José Iturbi, composer, conductor and pianist.
- Carlos Jean Arriaga, singer and DJ.
- Roland Orzabal.
- Maurice Ravel, composer.
Patrons of the Arts
Philosophers
- John Etchemendy[4]
- Luce Irigaray, Belgian-born French feminist philosopher and linguist
Political figures
- Doroteo Arango (Pancho Villa), revolutionary.
- José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
- David H. Bieter, mayor of Boise, Idaho.
- Simón Bolívar
- Domingo Bordaberry, Uruguayan politician.
- Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay.
- Pedro Bordaberry, from Uruguay.
- Pete T. Cenarrusa, secretary of State of Idaho.
- Luis Echeverría, President of Mexico implicated in charges of genocide for the Tlatelolco Massacre
- Manuel Fraga, Founder of the Spanish Partido Popular.
- John Garamendi, Lt. Governor of California.
- Emílio Garrastazu Médici, president of Brazil.
- Che Guevara, revolutionary.
- Agustín de Iturbide, Emperor of Mexico.
- Jorge Larrañaga, from Uruguay.
First Lady of Argentina, Eva Perón, better known as "Evita," was primarily of Basque descent; her husband, President Juan Perón, was also of partial Basque heritage
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, former Governor New Mexico.
- Paul Laxalt, U.S. Governor and Senator.
- José Mujica, president of Uruguay
- José F. Ozámiz
- Eva Duarte de Perón, Argentinian leader and politician. Wife of Juan Domingo Perón
- Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, Chilean dictator
- Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry.
- Étienne de Silhouette, Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV; namesake of the term silhouette
- Zenón de Somodevilla y Bengoechea, Marquis of Ensenada, former Prime Minister of Spain.
- Rafael Urdaneta, last president of the Republic of Great Colombia.
- Ben Ysursa, Secretary of State of Idaho.
- Rosario Ybarra, Mexican human rights activist and presidential candidate.
- Máxima Zorreguieta, Argentinian Queen of the Netherlands.
- Marcelo de Azcárraga y Palmero, prime minister of Spain.
Scientists
- Florence Bascom, geologist.
- Louis Daguerre, inventor of photography.
- Hugo Arechiga Urtuzuastegui, biophysics
Writers
- Gloria E. Anzaldua, Chicana feminist writer and activist
- Alexandre Dumas fils
- José de Echegaray Eizaguirre, Nobel Prize Laureate
- Gabriela Mistral, Nobel Prize Laureate
- Benjamin Urrutia
- William Carlos Williams, American poet and medical doctor, Pulitzer Prize laureate
References
- ↑ "Basque Studies Debut" (March/April 2007) Stanford Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ↑ "Fémina Rock: Mujeres de Armas Tomar" El Mundo (25 July 2001) Retrieved 5 June 2010
- ↑ http://canales.diariovasco.com/ocio/meca/juanes-euskera-kepa-junkera-200911091001.php
- ↑ "Basque Studies Debut" (March/April 2007) Stanford Magazine. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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