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origin and an obsolete given name.
It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri"). Notable people with this name include the following:
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Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
Admiral Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860 – December 1933) was the Prime Minister of Spain from the resignation of Dámaso Berenguer y Fusté on to the deposition of King Alfonso XIII and the proclamation of the Spanish Second Republic on April ...
(1860–1933), Spanish politician and prime minister briefly in 1931
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José María Aznar
José María Alfredo Aznar López (; born 25 February 1953) is a Spanish politician who was the prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People's Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in Spain.
A member of the Fre ...
(born 1953), Spanish politician, conservative prime minister
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Emmanuel Aznar
Emmanuel Aznar (23 December 1915 – 4 October 1970) was a French footballer.
Career
Anzar, a left-footed wing half with a ferocious shot, played a total of 169 games and scored 118 goals for Olympique de Marseille. However this figure includes ...
(1915–1970), French footballer
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Manuel Aznar Acedo
Manuel Aznar y Acedo (Bilbao, 15 September 1916 – 12 January 2001) was a Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster.
Life
He was the son of diplomat and journalist Manuel Aznar Zubigaray. His maternal uncle was footballer Domingo Acedo. He w ...
(1916–2001), Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster
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Manuel Aznar Zubigaray
Manuel Aznar Zubigaray (Etxalar, Navarre, Spain, 1893 – Madrid, Spain, 1975) was a diplomat under the Franco regime and one of the most important journalists of the 20th century in Spain.
Biography
He was director of some of the most import ...
(1894–1975), Spanish diplomat and journalist
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Pedro Aznar
Pedro Aznar (born 23 July 1959) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has a musical experience in jazz, Argentine folk and rock music and has a successful career as a solo artist. He is well known for giving rock songs a jazz-orient ...
(born 1959), Argentine musician
Given name
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Aznar Sánchez Aznar is a Spanish and Gascon surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri"). Notable people with this name include the following:
Surname
* Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañ ...
(died 836), Duke of Gascony
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Aznar Galíndez I Aznar Galíndez I (also ''Asnar'') (died 839) was a Basque Count of Aragon and Conflent from 809 and Cerdanya and Urgell from 820. Aznar has been confused with Aznar Sánchez, Duke of Gascony, and some authorities have even considered the two like- ...
(died 839), Count of Aragón, Conflent, Cerdagne and Urgel
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Aznar Galíndez II (died 893), Count of Aragón
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References
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