Aznar is a Spanish and Gascon surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name.1 It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri"). Notable people with this name include the following:
Given name
- Aznar Sánchez (died 836), Duke of Gascony
- Aznar Galíndez I (died 839), Count of Aragón, Conflent, Cerdagne and Urgel
- Aznar Galíndez II (died 893), Count of Aragón
Surname
- Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860–1933), Spanish politician and prime minister briefly in 1931
- José María Aznar (born 1953), Spanish politician, conservative prime minister
- Emmanuel Aznar (1915–1970), French footballer
- Manuel Aznar Acedo (1916–2001), Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster
- Manuel Aznar Zubigaray (1894–1975), Spanish diplomat and journalist
- Pedro Aznar (born 1959), Argentine musician
References
References
- Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 52. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 20 September 2018.