Canas or Cañas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alberto Cañas Escalante
Alberto Cañas Escalante (16 March 1920 – 14 June 2014) was a politician, writer, intellectual, public servant, and journalist from San José, Costa Rica. He is known as one of the most important figures in the cultural, political, and socia ...
, Costa Rican politician
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Antonio José Cañas, Salvadoran military officer, diplomat and politician
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Carlos Cañas, Salvadoran painter
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Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (; born November 25, 1977), often referred to as Willy Cañas, is a retired tennis player from Argentina. He was born in Buenos Aires and named after Argentine tennis star Guillermo Vilas. Cañas won the Canada Masters i ...
, Argentinian professional tennis player
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Jorge Cañas, Salvadoran footballer
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José Cañas Ruiz-Herrera, Spanish footballer
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José María Cañas, Costa Rican military officer and politician
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José Marín Cañas
José Marín Cañas (1904-1980) was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1904. His parents were Spanish, and he was educated in both Costa Rica and Spain. He worked in various occupations, most importantly journalism, which included his doing radio br ...
, Costa Rican journalist and writer
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Juan José Cañas, co-author of the National Hymn of El Salvador
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Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez, former Spanish footballer
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Ricardo Moreno Cañas
Ricardo Moreno Cañas (May 8, 1890 – August 23, 1938) was an assassinated Costa Rican physician and congressman.
He was killed by Beltrán Cortés, shot to death reportedly due to an unsuccessful surgery Moreno performed on him.
He is a ...
, Costa Rican politician
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Vicente Cañas, Spanish Christian missionary and Jesuit brother
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