Famous People with Name Blas

Blas Antonio Miguel Pérez Ortega            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Blas Antonio Miguel Pérez Ortega: is a professional footballer who currently plays for UAE side Al Wasl. He is nicknamed Super Ratón. He is a distant cousin to Portland Timbers midfielder Miguel Guante.Pérez made his debut for the Panama national football team in 2000 against Guatemala. H

Blas Matamoro            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Blas Matamoro: is an Argentine writer, lawyer, journalist and translator.Blas Matamoro was born on January 11, 1942 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied law at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, obtaining his degree in 1966. He worked as an education professor and as a lawyer. He was lawyer of political prisoners from the Commission of Families of Political Detainees (Comisión de Familiares de Detenidos Políticos, COFADE).[1] After the Argentine dictatorship banned by decree his book titled Olimpo for attacking the traditions of the national identity and Christian morality, Matamoro emigrated to Madrid in 1976.[2] He was editor of Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos of the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional) and collaborated in diverse media as literary and music critic.

Blas Minor Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Blas Minor Jr.: is a retired Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1992-1997. He would play for the Houston Astros, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

Blas Fajardo Ople            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Blas Fajardo Ople: was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service, Ople was, in his final years, a vocal supporter for allowing a limited United States military presence in the Philippines, and for American initiatives in the War on Terror including the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.