Famous People with Name Paz

Paz Lenchantin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paz Lenchantin: is an Argentine-American musician. She came to Los Angeles, California with her family at the age of four. She speaks fluent Spanish and English. As her parents, Mario Merdirossian (of Armenian ancestry) and Ana Lia Lenchantin (of French ancestry) were bo

Paz Campos Trigo            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Paz Campos Trigo: Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series, Menudo es mi padre, which starred pint-sized rumba singer El Fary. After appearing in two other series in 1997 - Mas que amigos and teen drama Compa±eros - she went on to grace the silver screen in 1999 in Zapping. The same year she also had a minor role in the David Menkes movie I Will Survive (SobrevivirT) alongside Emma Sußrez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from Boy George.She made her big break in 7 Vidas, also in 1999. The series was billed as a Spanish Friends and went on to become one of the country's best-loved domestic sitcoms. Vega played Laura, a perky Andalusian girl who had come to stay with David,

Paz Márquez-Benítez            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Paz Márquez-Benítez: was a Filipina short-story writer.Márquez-Benítez later became a teacher at the University of the Philippines, who taught short-story writing and had become an influential figure to many Filipino writers in the English language, such as Loreto Paras-Sulit, Paz M. Latorena, Arturo B. Rotor, Bienvenido N. Santos and Francisco Arcellana.

Paz Eufrasia Yrarrázaval Donoso            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Paz Eufrasia Yrarrázaval Donoso: was a Chilean actress, best known for her work in television series during the 1980s and 1990s. Her credits included Mi nombres es Lara, La madrastra and La torre 10. Paz, daughter of Joaquín Yrarrázaval Larraín, of Basque descent,[2] and Ana Donoso Foster, served as the former director of the Escuela de Teatro at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC), the same University where she studied acting. She also founded two Chilean theater companies - Ictus and Teatro de Cámara.

Sir Pazhamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Iyer            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sir Pazhamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Iyer: was a prominent lawyer, administrator and statesman who served as the Advocate General of Madras from 1907 to 1911. He had his schooling in Palamaneri and graduated from Presidency College, Madras. Sivaswami Iyer studied law and practised as a lawyer serv

José Angel García Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

José Angel García Paz: is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring nameZumbido (Spanish for "Buzz"). He has worked for both Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) throughout his career, but currently w

Marcela Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Marcela Paz: was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer. She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy. Paz was born in Santiago, Chile, the second child from a wealthy family. She studied at home. In 1929 she traveled to Paris for some months and took lessons in visual arts. Back in Chile, she started her literary work. She began publishing in magazines such as El Peneca, Ecran, Zig-Zag, Eva and Margarita, and newspapers like La Nación, El Mercurio and La Tercera. In 1933 she published her first book, Tiempo, papel y lápiz. That same year she married José Luis Claro.In 1947 Paz published the first book with her most famous character, Papelucho. Papelucho became a companion and an inspiration to generations of children and perhaps one of Chile's most well known humanized characters of the twentieth century. Between 1964 and 1967, she directed the Asociación Internacional del Libro Juvenil (IBBY).

Joaquin Pinto            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Joaquin Pinto: is a Colombian fencer. He competed in the épée events at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz: is a Cuban actor. He studied intensively with preeminent teachers, including Adriana Barraza and Sergio Jimenez. Upon graduation with a degree in drama, he began to pursue roles that would allow him to grow as an artist. His credits include "Romeo and Juliet" for 20th Century Fox directed by Bazz Luhrmann and "Managua" for AstraCinema starring Louis Gosset Jr. Soon he began to get offers of work in other countries and traveled to Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia where he worked in each country with top writers, producers and directors. Mario had the opportunity to star in two great Latin-American cultural iconic series; "Pasion de Gavilanes" and "El Cuerpo del Deseo", accomplishing his desire to work with writer Julio Jimenes and director Rodrigo Triana. Relentless about learning, he moved to Los Angeles in 2007, to polish his craft in American cinema starring in "Rockaway" for First Look Studios directed by the Crook Brothers, for which he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Juju. He also starred soon after as SN in "Puras Joyitas" directed by Cesar Oropeza, which has quickly rose to become a number one box office hit in Venezuela.