Echenique

Echenique is a surname of Basque origin. Echenique, (spelled Etxenike in standard Basque means "close to the house". Other spelling variants are Echeñique and Etchenique. Notable people with the surname include:

Sport

  • Karla Echenique, Dominican volleyball player
  • José Echenique, Venezuelan basketball player
  • Rafael Echenique, Argentine golfer

Music

Politics

  • Gertrudis Echenique, Chilean First Lady between 1896 and 1901. Wife of Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
  • José Rufino Echenique, Peruvian politician. President of Peru from 1851 until 1855
  • Pablo Echenique Robba, Spanish scientist and politician
  • Sebastián Piñera Echenique, Chilean politician, member of the National Renewal (RN)
  • José Piñera Echenique, Chilean economist

Science

  • Pedro Miguel Echenique, Spanish theoretical physicist and from 1980 to 1984 minister of education in the Basque Country

Literature

  • Alfredo Bryce Echenique, a Peruvian writer
Surname list
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