Urrutia
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Urrutia, meaning "distant, far away" in Euskera, is the name of a family that originated in Zumarraga in the province of Guipuzcoa, and then spread out throughout the Basque country
, and eventually throughout the Americas - South, Central and North. Famous and distinguished members of the Urrutia family include:
People
Basque Country (historical territory)
The Basque Country is the name given to the home of the Basque people in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain on the Atlantic coast....
, and eventually throughout the Americas - South, Central and North. Famous and distinguished members of the Urrutia family include:
People
- Aliecer UrrutiaAliecer UrrutiaAliecer Urrutia Delgado is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba. Having set a personal best of 17.70 in 1996, he won a silver medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships. He shares the men's world indoor record with Christian Olsson of...
, (born 1974) Cuban athlete - Aureliano UrrutiaAureliano UrrutiaAureliano Urrutia, Sr. , was a physician, and the Minister of Interior under Victoriano Huerta in Mexico.-Publications:* -External links:*-References:...
(1871-1975), Mexican physician and politician - Benjamin UrrutiaBenjamín UrrutiaBenjamin Urrutia is an author and scholar. With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited The Logia of Yeshua, which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non-canonical sources...
, Ecuadorian-American writer - Carlos Luis de UrrutiaCarlos Luis de UrrutiaCarlos Luis de Urrutia was a Spanish military commander and colonial administrator. He played an important part in suppressing the Mexican insurrection of Miguel Hidalgo, and was rewarded with the appointment of Governor of Santo Domingo and then supreme military commander of Guatemala...
, 19th century governor of Santo DomingoSanto DomingoSanto Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... - Estíbaliz UrrutiaEstíbaliz UrrutiaEstíbaliz Urrutia González is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.She finished tenth in 3000 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and thirteenth in 5000 metres at the 1998 European Championships...
, Spaniard long-distance runner - Francisco de Paula Urrutia OrdóñezFrancisco de Paula Urrutia OrdóñezFrancisco de Paula Urrutia Ordoñez was a Colombian expatriate businessman living in Quito who served as 8th Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ad honorem of Colombia to Ecuador from 1889 to his death in 1893.-Personal life:Born on 2 April 1827 to Manuel José Urrutia y Quijano and...
, Colombian diplomat - Francisco José Urrutia Olano, Colombian diplomat
- Francisco José Urrutia HolguínFrancisco José Urrutia HolguínFrancisco José Urrutia Holguín was a Colombian-Ecuadorian lawyer and diplomat. He served as 7th Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, 11th Colombia Ambassador to United States, as well as Ambassador to Venezuela and Argentina.-Personal life:Francisco José Urrutia Holguín was...
, Colombian diplomat and jurist - Ignacio Urrutia ManzanoIgnacio Urrutia ManzanoIgnacio Urrutia Manzano was a Chilean politician. He served twice as President of the Senate of Chile and minister.He was born in Concepcion, the son of Luis Urrutia Rozas and of Aurora Manzano Benavente. He completed his studies in his native city, and then attended the Naval Academy, where he...
, Chilean politician - Ignacio Jose UrrutiaIgnacio Jose UrrutiaIgnacio Jose Urrutia was a Cuban historian. He was born in 1730, died 1795. His most famous work, Teatro historico, juridico y politico-militar de la isla Fernandina de Cuba, was published in 1789.-Sources:...
, Cuban historian - Ilma UrrutiaIlma UrrutiaIlma Julieta Urrutia Chang was Guatemala's national representative for the major beauty pageants in 1984.Ilma competed in Miss Universe 1984 in Miami, Florida, where she placed as a semi-finalist. Later on in the year, she joined Miss International in Yokohama, Japan, where she brought home...
, Guatemalan beauty pageant contestant - Jenaro de Urrutia OlaranJenaro de Urrutia OlaranJenaro de Urrutia Olaran was a painter born in Plencia/Plentzia in 1893 and who died in Bilbao on January 2, 1965 . He studied his art in Bilbao, Paris and Rome...
, Basque painter - Jorge UrrutiaJorge UrrutiaJorge Urrutia Blondel, also known as Jorge Urrutia Blondel, , was a Chilean composer, educator and writer, born in 1905. He has composed ballet music, symphonic poems, and works for piano and for voice...
, Chilean composer - José de UrrutiaJosé de UrrutiaJosé de Urrutia was a Spanish explorer and settler of Texas, who became captain of San Antonio de Béjar Presidio and long lived with the natives of East Texas.-Biography:...
, Tejano military - Josu UrrutiaJosu UrrutiaJosu Urrutia Tellería is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.His 17-year senior career was solely connected with Athletic Bilbao, for which he appeared in 348 La Liga games over the course of 16 seasons .-Club career:A product of the Athletic de Bilbao youth academy,...
, Spaniard footballer - Juan Antonio de Urrutia y AranaJuan Antonio de Urrutia y AranaDon Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Marques de la Villa del Villar del Aguila, was a rich and powerful nobleman and patron of the arts in 18th-century Querétaro, Mexico. In the year 1756 he directed the construction of La Casa de la Marquesa, "the House of the Marchioness", a beautiful home for...
, Mexican nobleman and patron of the arts - Manuel Urrutia LleóManuel Urrutia LleóManuel Urrutia Lleó was a liberal Cuban lawyer and politician. Urrutia campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and the second presidency of Fulgencio Batista during the 1950s, before serving as president in the first revolutionary government of 1959...
, 20th President of Cuba - María Isabel UrrutiaMaría Isabel UrrutiaMaría Isabel Urrutia Ocoró is a weightlifter and politician from Colombia.-Athletic career:Initially she competed in shot put and discus throw, and participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in these events. She switched to weightlifting in 1989, and won silver at the 1989 World Championships...
, Colombian athlete and politician - Matilde UrrutiaMatilde UrrutiaMatilde Urrutia was the third wife of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, from 1966 until his death in 1973. They met in Santiago in 1946. Urrutia was the inspiration behind Neruda's work 100 Love Sonnets which includes a beautiful dedication to her...
, wife of Pablo Neruda - Miguel Urrutia MontoyaMiguel Urrutia MontoyaMiguel Urrutia Montoya is a Colombian economist and author, currently serving as Titular Professor of Economics at the University of the Andes in Bogotá...
, Colombian economist and politician. - Osmani Urrutia RamírezOsmani UrrutiaOsmani Urrutia Ramírez is one of the best Cuban baseball players today...
, Cuban baseball player - Patricio UrrutiaPatricio UrrutiaPatricio Javier Urrutia Espinoza, nicknamed Pato , is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for LDU Quito and the Ecuadorian national team.-Early career:...
, Ecuadorian footballer - Roberto UrrutiaRoberto UrrutiaRoberto "Tony" Urrutia was an Olympic weightlifter, born 1957 in Cuba. He later defected to, and competed for, the United States.- Weightlifting achievements :*Senior world champion .*Olympic team member Roberto "Tony" Urrutia was an Olympic weightlifter, born 1957 in Cuba. He later defected to,...
, Cuban American Olympic weightlifter. - Ruben UrrutiaRuben DJRuben Urrutia , better known in the Spanish rap music world as Ruben DJ, is a Puerto Rican former rap star who became famous in the late 1980s....
, Puerto Rican rapper - Enrique Alvear UrrutiaEnrique Alvear UrrutiaEnrique Alvear Urrutia was a Priest and Bishop of Chile.Son of Clorindo Alvear y Zurita and Teodorinda Urrutia y Pérez...
, Chilean bishop - Ignacio Bolívar y UrrutiaIgnacio BolívarIgnacio Bolívar y Urrutia was a Spanish naturalist and entomologist, and one of the founding fathers of Spanish entomology...
, Spaniard naturalist and entomologist - Diego Dublé UrrutiaDiego Dublé UrrutiaDiego Dublé Urrutia was a Chilean poet, painter, and ambassador. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1958....
, Chilean poet and diplomat - José Antonio Gómez UrrutiaJosé Antonio GómezJosé Antonio Gómez Urrutia is a Chilean lawyer, Social Democrat Radical Party politician and a former Minister of Justice. He is currently a senator and president of his party.-External links:*...
, Chilean lawyer and politician - Linda Urrutia-Varhall, USAF Brigadier General
- Luis Gilberto Murillo UrrutiaLuis Gilberto MurilloLuis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia is the Former Elected Governor of the predominantly Afro-Colombian Department of Chocó in Colombia. He is currently the Vice President for Programs and Strategy at Phelps Stokes in Washington, DC.-Education:Mr...
, Colombian engineer and politician - Pedro R. Pierluisi UrrutiPedro PierluisiPedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and the United States Democratic Party...
, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician - Alfonso Hortiz de UrrutiaAlonso OrtizAlonso Ortiz , was a Spanish humanist writer....
, 15th Century Spanish humanist writer - Abraham Oyanedel UrrutiaAbraham OyanedelAbraham Oyanedel Urrutia was president of Chile in 1932.He studied law at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, and in 1897 received his law degree. During the Chilean Civil War in 1891, Oyanedel fought for the Congressional army.In 1927, he was appointed a member of the Supreme Court of Chile ,...
, Chilean politician and jurist - Iban Zubiaurre UrrutiaIban Zubiaurre UrrutiaIban Zubiaurre Urrutia is a Spanish footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao mainly as a right defender.-Football career:...
, Spaniard footballer
See also
- List of Basques
- People with Basque ancestors
- Thomson-Urrutia TreatyThomson-Urrutia TreatyThe Thomson-Urrutia Treaty was signed on April 20, 1921 between the United States and Colombia. Based on the terms of the agreement, the U.S. paid Colombia 25 million dollars in return for Colombia's recognition of Panama's independence.-External links:***...
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and ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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