Urrutia, meaning "distant, far away" in Basque (also known as Euskera) is the name of a family that originated in Zumárraga in the province of Gipuzkoa, and then spread out throughout the

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, and eventually throughout the Americas (South, Central, and North) and the Philippines.

People with the name

* Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia (1874–1954), Chilean politician and jurist * Alfonso Hortiz de Urrutia (1455–1503), Spanish humanist writer *

Aliecer Urrutia Aliecer Urrutia Delgado (born September 22, 1974, in Villa Clara) 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 The 6th IAAF World Indoo ...

(born 1974), Cuban athlete * Aureliano Urrutia (1871–1975), Mexican physician and politician * Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-American writer * Carlos Luis de Urrutia, 19th-century governor of Santo Domingo * Diego Dublé Urrutia, Chilean poet and diplomat * Edmundo González Urrutia, Venezuelan politician * Enrique Alvear Urrutia, Chilean bishop *

Estíbaliz Urrutia Estíbaliz Urrutia González (born 22 February 1970, in Bilbao) 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 ...

, Spanish long-distance runner * Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordóñez, Colombian diplomat *

Francisco José Urrutia Olano Francisco José Urrutia Olano (12 April 1870 – 6 August 1950) was a Colombian diplomat and international jurist. He served as Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs first from 1908 to 1909, and again from 1912 to 1914, during which he si ...

, Colombian diplomat * Francisco José Urrutia Holguín, Colombian diplomat and jurist *

Henry Urrutia Henry Alexander Urrutia Rodríguez ( ; born February 13, 1987) is a Cuban professional baseball designated hitter and left fielder for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimo ...

(born 1987), Cuban baseball player * Iban Zubiaurre Urrutia, Spaniard footballer * Ignacio Bolivar y Urrutia (1850–1944), Spaniard naturalist and entomologist * Ignacio Jose Urrutia, Cuban historian * Ignacio Urrutia Manzano, Chilean politician *

Ilma Urrutia Ilma Julieta Urrutia Chang (born 9 July 1962) is a Guatemalan model and beauty queen who was the Guatemala's national representative for the major beauty pageants in 1984. Ilma competed in Miss Universe 1984 in Miami, Florida, where she placed ...

, Guatemalan beauty pageant contestant *

Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran was a painter born in Plencia/Plentzia in 1893 and who died in Bilbao on January 2, 1965 (both in Biscay, Spain). He studied his art in Bilbao, Paris and Rome. Mainly known by his mural paintings, landscapes and scenes o ...

, Basque painter *

Jorge Urrutia Jorge Urrutia Blondel (September 17, 1905 – July 5, 1981), was a Chilean composer, educator and writer, born in 1905. He has composed ballet music, symphonic poems, and works for piano and for voice. He is regarded as a Chilean nationalist in ...

, Chilean composer *

, Mexican mathematician *

José Antonio Gómez Urrutia José Antonio Gómez Urrutia (born December 18, 1953) is a Chilean lawyer, Social Democrat Radical Party politician, and a former senator and president of his party. He is the former Minister of Defense and former Minister of Justice in the seco ...

(born 1953), Chilean lawyer and politician *

José de Urrutia José de Urrutia (c. 1678 to 1741) was a Basque people, Basque Spanish explorer and settler of Texas, who became captain of San Antonio de Béjar Presidio and lived for seven years with several Native American tribes, leading campaigns against th ...

, Tejano military * Josu Urrutia, Spaniard footballer *

Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana Don Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana Perez de Inoriza y Chávarri was a rich and powerful nobleman and patron of the arts in 18th-century Querétaro, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Colonial Mexico). He built and paid from his own money the Aqu ...

, Mexican nobleman and patron of the arts *

Karla Urrutia Karla Eva Urrutia Gómez (born 10 April 1994 in Uruapan, Michoacán) is a professional female squash player from Mexico who has won multiple medals representing her country at the Central American and Caribbean Games and at the Pan American Games ...

(born 1994), Mexican squash player * Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia (born 1967), Colombian engineer and politician * Manuel Urrutia Lleó, 20th President of Cuba *

María Isabel Urrutia María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró (born 25 March 1965) is a former Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, athlete and politician from Colombia. She won the first ever gold medal for Colombia at the Summer Olympic G ...

, Colombian athlete and politician * Matilde Urrutia, wife of Pablo Neruda * Miguel Urrutia Montoya, Colombian economist and politician *

Osmani Urrutia Osmani Urrutia Ramírez (also spelled ''Osmany'') (born June 29, 1976 in Jobabo, Las Tunas Province, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player. He plays right field for the Las Tunas Magos of the Cuban National Series and for the Cuba ...

(born 1976), Cuban baseball player * Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer * Paulina Urrutia (born 1969), Chilean actress and politician * Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia (born 1959), Puerto Rican lawyer and politician * Raúl Urrutia (born 1950), Chilean lawyer and politician *

Roberto Urrutia Roberto Antonio Urrutia Herdez (born December 7, 1957), known as Tony Urrutia, was a Cuban-American Olympic weightlifter. He later defected to, and competed for, the United States. Weightlifting achievements * Senior world champion (1977–19 ...

, Cuban American Olympic weightlifter * Robinson Urrutia, Colombian sprinter * Ruben Urrutia, Puerto Rican rapper * Santiago Urrutia, Uruguayan racing driver *

Tatiana Urrutia Tatiana Karina Urrutia Herrera (born 17 September 1982) is a Chilean lawyer who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention The Constitutional Convention () was the constituent body of the Chile, Republic of Chile in cha ...

, Chilean lawyer and politician *

Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia (1850, in Havana – 1933, in Madrid) was a Spanish noble, politician and diplomat who served as Minister of State between 27 January and 23 June 1905, in a cabinet headed by Raim ...

, Spanish noble, politician and diplomat

People with the name

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