Garay, de Garay or Garai is a
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
or a
Hungarian surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Antonio Garay (born 1979), American NFL football player
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Blasco de Garay (1500–1552), Spanish navy captain and inventor
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Carlos Garay (born 1972), American football player
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Cecilia Suárez de Garay (born 1971), Mexican actress
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Ezequiel Garay
Ezequiel Marcelo Garay González (; born 10 October 1986) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
He started his career with Newell's Old Boys but moved to Spain at the age of 19, going on to amass La Li ...
(born 1986), Argentine football player
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Fernanda Garay
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (born May 10, 1986) is a retired Brazilian professional volleyball player who won the 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal and the silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics with the Brazil national team. She is tall. She ...
(born 1986), Brazilian volleyball player
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Francisco de Garay
Francisco de Garay (1475 in Sopuerta, Biscay – 1523) was a Spanish Basque conquistador. He was a companion to Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World and arrived in Hispaniola in 1493. Here he attracted attention when he en ...
(died 1523), Spanish conquistador, governor of Jamaica and explorer
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Hugo Garay (born 1980), Argentine light heavyweight boxer
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János Garay
János Garay (10 October 1812 – 5 November 1853) was a Hungarian poet and author, born in Szekszárd, Tolna County. From 1823 to 1828 he studied at Pécs, and subsequently, in 1829, at the University of Pest. In 1834 he brought out an heroic ...
(1812–1853), Hungarian writer and poet
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János Garay (fencer)
János Garay (23 February 1889 – 21 April 1945) was a Jewish Hungarian fencer, and one of the best sabre fencers in the world in the 1920s.
Personal
Garay had two children: Jànos, a water polo player and Mària, a swimmer. He was al ...
(1889-1945), Hungarian saber fencer
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Jesús Garay (1930–1995), Spanish football defender
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Jesús Garay (director)
Jesús Garay (born 1949) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His 1993 film '' The Window Over the Way'' was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ''Manderley'' (1981)
* '' The Window Over t ...
(born 1949), Spanish film director and screenwriter
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Joaquin Garay
Joaquin Garay (November 15, 1911 – September 13, 1990) was a Mexican actor and singer known for voicing Panchito Pistoles in the 1944 Walt Disney film ''The Three Caballeros''.
Career
Born in El Oro, Mexico, Garay came to America at eleven mon ...
(1911-1990), Mexican actor
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Joaquin Garay III
Joaquin Garay III (born October 30, 1968) is an American actor best known for playing the role of Paco in ''Herbie Goes Bananas''. He later moved on to writing, acting and producing sketch comedy at the Improv at the Groundlings and the L.A. Con ...
(born 1968), American actor
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José Marcos Garay (born 1977), Mexican football player
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Juan Carlos Garay (born 1968), Ecuadorian football player
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Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay (1528–1583) was a Spanish conquistador.
Garay's birthplace is disputed. Some say it was in the city of Junta de Villalba de Losa in Castile, while others argue he was born in the area of Orduña (Basque Country). There's n ...
(1528–1583), Spanish conquistador
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Kenneth Garay
Kenneth Garay is currently an ESPN Sportscaster and was the lead host of the ESPN Deportes Radio show named ESPN al Despertar (Waking up with ESPN). He is currently broadcasting the morning show for ESPN Deportes Radio for the New York area, New ...
, American sports journalist
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Leslie Andrew Garay
Leslie Andrew Garay (August 6, 1924 - August 19, 2016), born Garay László András, was an American botanist. He was the curator of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium at Harvard University, where he succeeded Charles Schweinfurth in 1958. In 1957 ...
(born 1924), American botanist
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Máximo Garay (1898–1960), Hungarian naturalized Chilean football manager
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Melker Garay (born 1966), Swedish author
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Nicole Garay (1873–1928), Panamanian poet
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Ramón Garay (1896–1956), Spanish film actor
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Ridl Garay (born 1997), Mexican volleyball player
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Sebastián Garay (born 1983), Argentine singer, musician and composer of Argentine
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Sindo Garay
Sindo Garay (born Antonio Gumersindo Garay García; Santiago de Cuba, 12 April 1867 – Havana, 17 July 1968) was a Cuban trova musician. He was taught by Pepe Sánchez. Garay was one of the ''four greats of the trova''. He was of Spanish a ...
(1867–1968), Cuban singer and composer
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Soo Garay
Soo Garay is a Canadian actress born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is probably best known for playing Dr. Claire Davison on the TV series '' Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal''.
Biography
Garay is the daughter of Valéria Gyenge, an ...
, Canadian actress
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Tibor Garay (born 1923), Hungarian football player
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Val Garay
Val Garay (born May 9, 1942, in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American recording engineer and record producer who has worked with Kim Carnes, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Neil Diamond, and others. Garay also co-founded Los An ...
(born 1942), American record producer
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Garay Asadov (1923–1944), Azerbaijani Red Army sergeant
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Pedro Raul (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
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Basque-language surnames