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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

• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, composer
• 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 Pharoahs

2 Business

• 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

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

• Lope de AguirreLope de Aguirre b. 1510, d. 1561) was a Basque rebel and conquistador in South America. He was born around 1510 in Araotz Valley, near Onate, in the province of Guipuzcoa, then belonging to the kingdom of Castile. Today, Araotz belongs to the municipality
• Juan Bautista de AnzaJuan Bautista de Anza (July 1736 December 19, 1788) was a Basque explorer working for the Spanish empire. He was born in Fronteras, Sonora near Arizpe, Sonora into a military family on the northern frontier of New Spain. In 1752 he enlisted in the army at
• Juan Sebastián de Elcano
• Alonso de Ercilla
• 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.