Famous People with Name Caja

Caja Heimann            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Caja Heimann: was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 23 films between 1940 and 1980.

Santiago Ramón Y Cajal            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Santiago Ramón Y Cajal: was a Spanish histologist, physician, and Nobel laureate. His pioneering investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain were so original and influential that he is considered by many to be the greatest neuroscientist of all time.[1] His skills as an artist allowed him to make hundreds of drawings so beautiful and lucid that many of them are still used for educational purposes today.[2]Ramón y Cajal attended the medical school of Zaragoza, from which he graduated in 1873. After a competitive examination, he served as a medical officer in the Spanish Army. He took part in an expedition to Cuba in 1874-75, where he contracted malaria and tuberculosis. After returning to Spain he married Silveria Fañanás García in 1879,

Aimo Kaarlo Cajander            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Aimo Kaarlo Cajander: was, outside of botany, best known as Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War.He was a professor of Forestry 1911–34; director-general for Finland's Forest and Park Service 1934–1943; prime minister in 1922, 1924, and 1937–1939; chairman of the Na

Rudi Cajavec            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Rudi Cajavec: was a Yugoslav pilot (from Bosnia and Herzegovina), best known as the first airman of Partisan air force. Rudi Cajavec was born in Zgošca, Kakanj municipality, Bosnia to a family that originally came from Hrvatsko Zagorje. Before the war he studied law at University of Belgrade where he participated in various left-wing groups and was arrested. He also finished school for reserve officers and was a trained pilot. After Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and establishment of Independent State of Croatia he came to Banja Luka where he joined resistance movement. As a reserve lieutenant he was drafted into the Croatian Air Force of the NDH. On May 21 1942 he flew his Breguet 19 biplane and defected with his gunner Mišo Jazbec to Partisans. He landed near Partisan-controlled Prijedor. The date would later be marked as the Day of Yugoslav Air Force.