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Laxalt
Laxalt is a Basques, Basque surname and may refer to: * Adam Laxalt (born August 31, 1978), former Attorney General of Nevada * Paul Laxalt (August 2, 1922 – August 6, 2018), former American District Attorney, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, Governor of Nevada and U.S. Senator * Pedro Laxalt (May 13, 1900 – August 31, 1965), Argentine actor * Robert Laxalt (September 25, 1923 – March 23, 2001), Basque-American writer * Diego Laxalt (born February 7, 1993), Uruguayan footballer See also {{Surname Basque-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Laxalt
Paul Dominique Laxalt ( ; August 2, 1922 – August 6, 2018) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States senator representing Nevada from 1974 until 1987. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics. After Reagan was elected president in 1980, many in the national press referred to Laxalt as "the first friend". He was the older brother of writer Robert Laxalt and maternal grandfather of Adam Laxalt, who served as the 33rd attorney general of Nevada from 2015 to 2019. Early life, education, and early career Laxalt was born on August 2, 1922, in Reno, Nevada. He was the son of Basque parents, Therese (née Alpetche) and Dominique Laxalt, who emigrated to the United States in the early 1900s from their homeland in the French Pyrenees. A shepherd, Dominique became wealthy in the sheep industry. After losing everything in the early 1920s, he returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Laxalt
Adam Paul Laxalt ( ; born August 31, 1978) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 33rd Nevada Attorney General from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's unsuccessful nominee for governor of Nevada in 2018 and for the U.S. Senate in 2022. Laxalt is the son of former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico and grandson of former Nevada governor and U.S. senator Paul Laxalt. He graduated from Georgetown University and its law school before working as an aide to then- Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John R. Bolton and Virginia U.S. Senator John Warner. He worked as a lawyer in private practice and was a member of the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps from 2005 to 2010. Elected in 2014, Laxalt served one term as the attorney general of Nevada from 2015 to 2019. In that role, he filed legal briefs in support of laws restricting abortion, challenged federal environmental protec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Laxalt
Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez (; born 7 February 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow and the Uruguay national team. For the most of his career, he played in the left-back position. He is a youth product of Defensor Sporting, having passed through the youth ranks in July 2012. Club career Defensor Sporting Born in Montevideo, Laxalt made his professional debut on 1 September 2012 with Defensor Sporting in a 4–0 win against Montevideo Wanderers. On 24 February 2013, after the South American Championship football Under-20 in 2013, he returned to the field with the jersey of ''Violeta'' in the away game against Nacional. He concluded his first season with 15 appearances and 1 goal. Inter Milan Inter Milan bought Laxalt in January 2013, with the deal completed in July 2013. The then new coach of Inter Milan, Walter Mazzarri, however, did not include him in the pre-season squad. He spent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Laxalt
Robert Laxalt (September 25, 1923 – March 23, 2001) was an American writer from Nevada. Biography Robert Laxalt was born in 1923, a decade and a half after his father Dominique Laxalt and his mother Theresa Laxalt had emigrated to the United States in 1906 to herd sheep. His brother Paul Laxalt later became Governor of Nevada (1967–1971) and then a United States senator (1974–1986). After graduating from Carson City High School, Robert Laxalt attended Santa Clara University and then the University of Nevada at Reno. Robert Laxalt began his writing career as a journalist working for United Press International, before starting his own news service in Nevada in the 1950s. In 1957, Laxalt published his second book ''Sweet Promised Land'', which was widely read and remains his best-known work today. This book tells the story of Laxalt journeying with his father back to France. Laxalt later published over a dozen books, among which several (like ''Sweet Promised Land'' and ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Laxalt
Pedro Ascarateil Laxalt (15 May 1900 – 31 August 1965) was an Argentine actor of Basque descent from Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M .... He starred in the 1950 film '' Campeón a la fuerza''. Selected filmography * ''Sombras Portenas'' (1936) * '' The Boys Didn't Wear Hair Gel Before'' (1937) * ''Fuera de la Ley'' (1937) * ''Nobleza Gaucha'' (1937) * ''Los Locos del Cuarto Piso'' (1937) * ''Los Apuros de Claudina'' (1938) * ''Divorcio en Montevideo'' (1939) * '' The Abyss Opens'' (1945) * ''All en el Setenta y Tantos'' (1945) * ''El jugador'' (1947) * ''Angeles de Uniforme'' (inedita) (1949) * ''Su Ultima Pelea'' (1949) * ''Campeon a la Fuerza'' (1950) * ''Hombres a Precio'' (1950) * ''El Cielo en las Manos'' (1950) * ''Las Aguas Bajan Turbias'' (1952) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basques
The Basques ( or ; ; ; ) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a Basque culture, common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians. Basques are indigenous peoples, indigenous to, and primarily inhabit, an area traditionally known as the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country ()—a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France. Etymology The English word ''Basque'' may be pronounced or and derives from the French ''Basque'' (), itself derived from Gascon language, Gascon ''Basco'' (pronounced ), cognate with Spanish ''Vasco ''(pronounced ). Those, in turn, come from Latin ''Vascō'' (pronounced ; plural ''Vascones, Vascōnēs''—see #History, history section below). The Latin generally betacism, evolved into the bilabials and in Gascon and Spanish, probably under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
