Carranza
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Carranza can refer to:
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Places
- KarrantzaKarrantzaKarrantza in Basque or Carranza in Spanish is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The official name is "Valle de Carranza"....
, a town in the Biscay province of northern Spain - Venustiano Carranza, D.F.Venustiano Carranza, D.F.Venustiano Carranza is one of the 16 delegaciones of Mexico's Federal District. The borough was formed in 1970 when the center of Mexico City was subdivided into four boroughs...
, a borough of Mexico City
People
- Bartolomé CarranzaBartolomé CarranzaBartolomé Carranza , Spanish theologian and Archbishop of Toledo, sometimes called de Miranda or de Carranza y Miranda, who spent much of his later life imprisoned on charges of heresy....
(1503-76), Spanish theologian - Bruno Carranza RamirezBruno Carranza RamírezJosé Bruno Carranza Ramírez was briefly President of Costa Rica in 1870. Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'état of 27 April 1870 that deposed President Jesús Jiménez...
(1822-1891), president of Costa Rica - Carlos María Abascal CarranzaCarlos María Abascal CarranzaCarlos María Abascal Carranza was a Mexican lawyer and the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Vicente Fox...
, Mexican politician, current Secretary of the Interior - Diego CarranzaDiego CarranzaDiego Carranza was a Mexican Dominican missionary.-Life:He entered the Dominican Order 12 May 1577, and was sent to Nejapa in Oaxaca after being ordained a priest...
(b. 1559), Mexican Dominican missionary - Emilio CarranzaEmilio CarranzaCaptain Emilio Carranza Rodríguez was a noted Mexican aviator and national hero, nicknamed the "Lindbergh of Mexico". He was killed while returning from a historic goodwill flight from Mexico City to the United States....
(1905-1928), aviator - Jerónimo Sánchez de CarranzaJerónimo Sánchez de CarranzaDon Jerónimo de Carranza is commonly called the "Father of Spanish Fencing" and he wrote his text Of the Philosophy of the arms, of its art and the Christian offense and defense in 1582 under the sponsorship of Don Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia.His work on Destreza, the...
, Spanish soldier, author, and fencing master - Jesús CarranzaJesús CarranzaJesús Carranza Neira was a Mexican colonel from Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila. He helped Benito Juárez and also lent him money.Jesús Carranza was married to María de Jesús Garza and had 15 children; among them was Venustiano Carranza, who later became President of Mexico.The Veracruz town of Jesús...
, father of Venustiano Carranza - Venustiano CarranzaVenustiano CarranzaVenustiano Carranza de la Garza, was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became President of Mexico following the overthrow of the dictatorial Huerta regime in the summer of 1914 and during his administration the current constitution of Mexico was drafted...
(1859-1920), Mexican President - Victor CarranzaVíctor CarranzaVíctor Carranza, born in 1940 in Guateque, Boyacá, Colombia is a Colombian emerald czar. He is the owner of emerald mines in the Boyacá mountains . The economy of the area around the mines is dependent on him...
, Colombian mine owner
Other
- Carranza bridge, Cádiz, Spain