Urrutia, meaning "distant, far away" in

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(also known as

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) is the name of a family that originated in Zumárraga in the province of

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, and then spread out throughout the Basque country, 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 (born 1974), Cuban athlete *

Aureliano Urrutia Aureliano Urrutia, Sr. (6 June 1872 – 14 August 1975) was a Mexican-born physician. He served as the Minister of Interior under Victoriano Huerta in Mexico but subsequently spent most of his life and career in the United States. Biogr ...

(1871–1975), Mexican physician and politician *

Benjamin Urrutia Benjamin Urrutia (born January 24, 1950) is an author and scholar. With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited '' The Logia of Yeshua'', which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non ...

, Ecuadorian-American writer * Carlos Luis de Urrutia, 19th-century governor of Santo Domingo *

Diego Dublé Urrutia Diego Dublé Urrutia (Angol, Región de la Araucanía; 8 July 1877-ibídem, 13 November 1967) was a Chilean poet, painter, and diplomat. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1958. Early life and education He was the son of Teodorind ...

, Chilean poet and diplomat *

Edmundo González Urrutia Edmundo is variation of the English name Edmund, meaning “protector of prosperity or riches.” It is common in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. Some individuals include: * Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (born 1971), former Brazilian footb ...

, Venezuelan politician *

Enrique Alvear Urrutia Enrique Alvear Urrutia (31 January 1916 – 29 April 1982) was a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of San Felipe from 1965 until 1974 when he was made one of the two auxiliaries for the Santiago de Chile archdiocese ...

, Chilean bishop *

Estíbaliz Urrutia Estíbaliz Urrutia González (born 22 February 1970, in Bilbao) is a retired Spain, Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. She finished tenth in 3000 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 1997 World Indoor ...

, 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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia), Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs first from 1908 to 1909, and agai ...

, Colombian diplomat *

Francisco José Urrutia Holguín Francisco José Urrutia Holguín (28 May 1910 – 19 October 1981) was a Colombian-Ecuadorian lawyer and diplomat. He served as the seventh Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, the 11th Colombia Ambassador to United S ...

, 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 Conspiradores de Querétaro of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (ML ...

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

Ignacio Jose Urrutia Ignacio Jose Urrutia was a Cuban historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as re ...

, Cuban historian *

Ignacio Urrutia Manzano Ignacio Urrutia Manzano (July 1, 1879 – February 8, 1951) was a Chilean politician. He served twice as President of the Senate of Chile and minister. He was born in Concepción, the son of Luis Urrutia Rozas and of Aurora Manzano Benavente. H ...

, Chilean politician *

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

, Guatemalan beauty pageant contestant *

Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran Jenaro de Urrutia Olaran was a Painting, 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, Landscape art, ...

, 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 Ministry of National Defense (Chile), Minister of Defense and fo ...

(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 t ...

, Tejano military *

Josu Urrutia Josu Urrutia Tellería (born 10 April 1968) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. His 17-year senior career was solely connected with Athletic Bilbao for which he appeared in 348 La Liga matches over 16 seasons, s ...

, Spaniard footballer *

Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana Don Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana Perez de Inoriza y Chávarri was a wealthy nobleman and patron of the arts in 18th-century Querétaro, during the Viceroyalty of New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( ; Nahuatl: ''Yan ...

, Mexican nobleman and patron of the arts * Karla Urrutia (born 1994), Mexican squash player * Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia (born 1967), Colombian engineer and politician *

Manuel Urrutia Lleó Manuel Urrutia Lleó (; December 8, 1901 – 5 July 1981) was a liberal Cuban lawyer and politician. He campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and the dictatorial second presidency of Fulgencio Batista during the 1950s, before ser ...

, 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 Olympic Games, Su ...

, Colombian athlete and politician *

Matilde Urrutia Matilde Urrutia Cerda (5 May 1912 – 5 January 1985) was the third wife of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, from 1966 until he died in 1973. They met in Santiago, Chile in 1946, when she was working as a physical therapist in Chile. She was the first ...

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

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

(born 1976), Cuban baseball player *

Patricio Urrutia Patricio Javier Urrutia Espinoza (born 15 October 1978) is an Ecuadorian football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder. He is the current manager of Delfín. Club career Early career Urrutia started playing football ...

, Ecuadorian footballer *

Paulina Urrutia Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández (born 15 January 1969) is a Chilean actress, academic, director, trade union leader, and politician. She was a State Minister of the first government of President Michelle Bachelet. Biography Born into a middle- ...

(born 1969), Chilean actress and politician * Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia (born 1959), Puerto Rican lawyer and politician *

Raúl Urrutia Raúl Urrutia Ávila (born 1 May 1950) is a Chilean lawyer and politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the pe ...

(born 1950), Chilean lawyer and politician * Roberto Urrutia, Cuban American Olympic weightlifter *

Robinson Urrutia Robinson Urrutia (born 19 February 1969) is a retired Colombian sprinter. He represented his country in the 60 metres at the 1995 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round. International competitions 1Disqualified in th ...

, Colombian sprinter * Ruben Urrutia, Puerto Rican rapper *

Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Lausarot (born 30 August 1996) is a Uruguayan racing driver. He currently competes in the World Touring Car Cup, driving for Cyan Performance Lynk & Co. He formerly competed in Indy Lights, and was the 2015 Pro Mazda series ch ...

, Uruguayan racing driver * Tatiana Urrutia, Chilean lawyer and politician * Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia, Spanish noble, politician and diplomat

People with the name

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