Bazan (surname)

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EtymologyBaztan

Place of originNavarre, Spain

Bazán

Etymology	Baztan
Place of origin	Navarre, Spain

Bazan is a Spanish surname of Navarran origin. It is also a surname of unrelated Polish and Ukrainian origin, meaning pheasant.^[1] Notable people with this surname include:

Álvaro de Bazán the Elder (1506–1558), Spanish naval commander from an old Navarrese noble family
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), Spanish admiral
Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquess of Santa Cruz (1571–1646), the son of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz
Antonio Benavides Bazán y Molina (1678–1772), Lieutenant General in the Spanish Army
Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán (1744–1816), naval officer of the Spanish Royal Navy
Ignacio de Arteaga y Bazán (1731–1783), officer of the Spanish Navy
José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán, 10th Marquess of Santa Cruz (1782–1839), Spanish noble, first Director of the Prado Museum
Juan de Zúñiga Avellaneda y Bazán (1551–1608), Spanish nobleman during the reigns of Philip II and Philip III
Juan Gregorio Bazán (1510–1570), Spanish military man

XIX – XXI century

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