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

Omar Jesús Morales Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Omar Jesús Morales Paz: is a Bolivian football defender who currently plays for Blooming.He played for Bolivia in the 2007 U-20 South American Championship held in Paraguay.

José María Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

José María Paz: a Argentine football defender who currently plays for Monagas Sport Club in the Primera División Venezolana.In his native country he has played for senior clubs such as River Plate, Gimnasia de Jujuy, Unión de Santa Fe, Lanús and Huracán. He also made two spells in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano with Blooming.Paz also played in the Argentine Primera B Nacional for Club Atlético Tucumán once, and Club Sportivo Ben Hur in two different occasions. In 2008 he moved to Venezuela and signed for Monagas Sport.

Walter Javier Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Walter Javier Paz: an Argentine footballer that plays as an attacking midfielder. He played for the Argentina Youth Squad in the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in which he was nominated the best midfielder.He went to play on Portuguese giants FC Porto but with no success. After some loan time in other European clubs he returned to Argentina where he played mostly for second division and lower table first division teams.

José Clemente Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

José Clemente Paz: was an Argentine statesman, diplomat and journalist, founder of the La Prensa newspaper.Paz was born in Buenos Aires and started his education in that city but was forced to move to Rosario due to the civil war fought in Argentina. In July 1859 the Buenos Aires squadron of Admiral Murature was attempting to pass Rosario on the river. Paz, just 16 years old, approached the Rosario positions and shouted, "¡Viva Buenos Aires!" at which point the soldiers began to fire on him. Paz saved himself by jumping into the Paraná River and swimming to the Buenos Aires ships, thus returning to the city of his birth.

Marcos Paz            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Marcos Paz: was Governor of Córdoba, an Argentine Senator between 1858 and 1862 and Vice President of Argentina from October 12, 1862 until his death in 1868.After the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1832 he joined Justo José de Urquiza in his fight against the authorities in Buenos Aires.In 1860 he contributed to the first amendment of the Constitution of Argentina and in 1862 he became Vice-President of Argentina during the Bartolomé Mitre Presidency.