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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.
1 Artists
- Jean Anouilh, dramatist
- Imanol Arias , actor
- Bernardo Atxaga, writer
- Pío Baroja, writer
- Eduardo Chillida, sculptor
- Chumy Chúmez , cartoonist
- Juana Inés de la Cruz , poet
- Alfredo Landa , actor
- Robert Laxalt, writer
- Leopoldo María Panero , poet
- Jorge Perugorría , Cuban actor
- Miguel de Unamuno, writer
- Ignacio Zuloaga, painter
1.1 Musicians
2 Business
3 Clergy
- Pedro Arrupe
- Martín de Azpilicueta
- Valentín de Berrio-Ochoa
- Ignacio EllacuríaIgnacio Ellacuria ( Portugalete, Biscay, Spain, November 9, 1930- November 16, 1989) was a Roman catholic priest, philosopher and theologian who did important work as a teacher and administration worker in the Jesuit university of El Salvador (Universidad
- Roger Cardinal Etchegaray
- Michel Garicoïts
- Ignatius of LoyolaSaint Ignatius of Loyola ( December 24, 1491? — July 31 1556), baptized nigo Lopez de Loyola was the founder of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order commonly known as the Jesuits that was established to strengthen the Church, initially a
- Francisco de VitoriaFrancisco de Vitoria ( 1492- 1546) was a Renaissance theologian, founder of the tradition in philosophy known as the School of Salamanca, noted especially for his contributions to the theory of Just War. He became a Dominican in 1504, and was educated at
- Francis XavierNot to be confused with St. Francis Borgia, another Spanish nobleman turned Jesuit. Saint Francis Xavier ( April 7, 1506 December 2, 1552) was a pioneering Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). The Xaverian Brothers a
- Fray Juan de Zumarraga
4 Explorers and conquistadors
- Some of the Basque clergymen can be included in this explorers' chapter.
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