Luján or Luxan, a common
Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
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surname
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given name
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People
Politics
*The
Lujan political family of New Mexico:
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Eugene D. Lujan (1887–1980), justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
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Manuel Lujan Sr., former Republican Mayor of Santa Fe
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Manuel Lujan Jr.
Manuel Archibald Lujan Jr. (May 12, 1928 – April 25, 2019) was an American politician from New Mexico who sat in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from 1969 to 1989 and was the United States secretary of the interior from 19 ...
(1928–2019), former Republican U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Representative from New Mexico; son of Manuel, Sr.
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Ben Luján, former Democratic Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives; nephew of Manuel, Jr.
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Ben Ray Luján
Ben Ray Luján ( ; born June 7, 1972) is an American politician who has served as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from New Mexico since 2021. He served as the United States House of Re ...
, Democratic U.S. Senator from New Mexico; son of Ben
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
Michelle Lujan Grisham ( ; born October 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the List of governors of New Mexico, 32nd governor of New Mexico since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Lu ...
, Democratic Governor of New Mexico; distantly related to the above
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John Lujan
John Lujan III (born June 7, 1962) is a former firefighter and Bexar County sheriff's deputy, who serves as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 118 in San Antonio.
2016 special election for District 118
Lujan ...
, former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
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Gabriel Silva Luján, Colombian diplomat
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Pilar C. Lujan, Guamanian politician
Sport
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Andrés Iniesta Luján
Andres or Andrés may refer to:
*Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US
*Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
*Andres (name)
*Hurricane Andres
* "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7
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, footballer for FC Barcelona and the Spain national football team
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Micaela Luján
Micaela Milagros Luján is an Argentine professional boxer who is a former IBF female junior bantamweight champion.
Professional career
Luján made her professional debut on 28 January 2017, scoring a first-round knockout (KO) victory against ...
, Argentine professional boxer
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Sebastian Andres Lujan, Argentine professional boxer
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Walter Samuel
Walter Adrián Samuel (; born Walter Adrián Luján; 23 March 1978) is an Argentine former professional footballer. Samuel has been regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation, and as one of football's toughest defenders, with f ...
(born Walter Adrián Luján, 1978), Argentine footballer
Other fields
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Luján Fernández
Luján Fernández (born 12 March 1980) is an Argentine model, perhaps best known for her three-year run in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''. She also worked for Victoria's Secret.
Early life
Since childhood, Fernández was involved w ...
, Argentine supermodel
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Daniela Luján
Daniela Luján (; born Daniela Barrios Rodríguez, 5 April 1988) is a Mexican pop singer and actress. She got prominence in '' Una familia de diez'', playing Gabriela "Gaby" del Valle de López, '' Sortilegio'', playing Lisette Albarrán and '' ...
, Mexican actress
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Fernando Luján
Fernando Ciangherotti Díaz (August 23, 1939 – January 11, 2019), better known by the stage name Fernando Luján, was a Mexican actor. He was a star of the silver screen in classic mexican films during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
His fat ...
, Mexican actor
Places
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Luján, Buenos Aires
Luján (pronounced ) is a city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, located northwest of the city of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1755 and has a population of 106,899 (per the ).
Luján is best known for its large, neo-gothic ...
, the head city in the district with the same name in Buenos Aires province, Argentina
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Luján de Cuyo
Luján de Cuyo is the district capital of the Luján de Cuyo Department located in the west of the Mendoza Province of Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Mendoza metropolitan area.
Wine
It was the first delineated appellation for the purpos ...
, the head city and district in Mendoza province, Argentina
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Luján Partido
Luján Partido is a partido in the northeastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 94,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Luján, which is from Buenos Aires
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, the district in Buenos Aires province, Argentina
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Luján River
The Luján River ( Spanish, Río Luján) runs from its source near Espora about west of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to its outflow into the Río de la Plata north of the city. The first ''Megatherium
''Megatherium'' ( ; from Greek () 'great' + ...
, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Religion
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Our Lady of Luján
Our Lady of Luján () is a celebrated 16th-century statue of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The image, also known as the Virgin of Luján (), is on display in the Basilica of Luján in Argentina. The feast day of Our Lady of Luján is ...
, a title of the Virgin Mary in Argentina
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Basilica of Our Lady of Luján
The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Luján () is a Catholic church in Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Built in Neogothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual bu ...
, a Roman Catholic shrine in Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Cathedral Basilica of Mercedes-Luján
Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján ("Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mercies") is a Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján. It was built in 1 ...
, a Roman Catholic cathedral in Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Luján, Río Gallegos
A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcop ...
, a Roman Catholic cathedral in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
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Chapel of the Miracle of Our Lady of Luján, a pilgrimage site in Zelaya, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows of Luján Pérez, a side chapel in the Cathedral of Santa Ana, Canary Islands, Spain
Other uses
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Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife'', a United States Supreme Court case
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Club Luján, an Argentine football club
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Asociación Atlética Luján de Cuyo, an Argentine football team
See also
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Luhan (disambiguation)
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