José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado was a Spanish politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999.
Albornoz is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Calderón is a Spanish and Sefardi occupational surname. It is derived from the Vulgar Latin "caldaria" ("cauldron") and refers to the occupation of tinker.
Arauz or Araúz is a surname of Basque origin. Notable persons with that name include:
José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones de León was a Spanish politician, leader of the CEDA and a prominent figure in the period leading up to the Spanish Civil War. He served as Minister of War from May to December 1935. In the 1936 elections the CEDA was defeated, and support for Gil-Robles and his party evaporated. As Civil War approached, Gil-Robles was unwilling to struggle with Francisco Franco for power and in April 1937 he announced the dissolution of CEDA, and went into exile. Abroad, he negotiated with Spanish monarchists to try to arrive at a common strategy for taking power in Spain. In 1968 he was named a professor of the University of Oviedo and published his book No fue posible la paz . He was a member of the International Tribunal at the Hague. After the death of Franco and the end of his regime, Gil-Robles became one of the leaders of the "Spanish Christian Democracy" party, which however failed to win support in the Spanish general elections in 1977.
de la Peña or Peña is a topographic surname originally given to someone living near a cliff. It is used in Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, and Galician names. It is the 2,469th most common surname in the world and is most prevalent in the United States.
Caballero, the Spanish word for "knight" and a common surname, can refer to:
Cisneros is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Espinosa or Espinoza is a Spanish and Portuguese surname.
Peña or de la Peña is a Spanish habitation surname. The origin of the surname can be traced directly to the Middle Ages, and Sephardic surname; the earliest public record of the surname dates to the 13th century in the Valley de Mena (Burgos) in the Kingdom of Castile. The origin of the last name is in present-day Galicia, Spain. The Peñas lived, originally, near a cliff or rocky land. Records indicate that the name derives from the Spanish word peña meaning "rock," "crag" or "cliff."
Hurtado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Quiñones or Quiñónez is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Catalá is a Spanish surname. It may refer to:
Cubero is the surname of:
Gil is a surname of multiple origins, including Spanish, Polish ("bullfinch"), and Hebrew. Notable people with the surname include:
Herrero is a Spanish-language occupational surname literally meaning "blacksmith". The feminine form is Herrera. People with this surname include:
Heredia is a surname originating in a place-name. One such surname is Basque, derived from the village Heredia in Álava, Basque Country. Another form seems be related to a root derived from Old Danish and Old Swedish Erik and Eirikr. It is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
This is a list of real and fictional people with the surname Samaniego.
Robles is a Spanish surname meaning "oaks". Notable people with the name include:
Fraga is a surname of Portuguese and Spanish origin.
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