Narvaez
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Narvaez is a Basque
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Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
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- Luis de NarváezLuis de NarváezLuis de Narváez was a Spanish composer and vihuelist. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Narváez is known today for Los seys libros del delphín, a collection of polyphonic music for the vihuela which includes the earliest known variation sets...
, 16th-century Spanish composer - Pánfilo de NarváezPánfilo de NarváezPánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in the Americas. He is most remembered as the leader of two expeditions, one to Mexico in 1520 to oppose Hernán Cortés, and the disastrous Narváez expedition to Florida in 1527....
, 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer - Francisco Miguel Narváez Machón, a.k.a. Kiko, Spanish football player
- Francisco de NarvaezFrancisco de NarváezFrancisco de Narváez , known as El Colorado or Pancho, is a Colombian-born naturalized Argentine businessman, politician who ran for governor of Buenos Aires Province on the PRO ballot in the 2007 elections in Argentina...
, Colombian-born politician and businessman - Manuel NarvaezManuel NarvaezManuel Narvaez is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He has played in the NBDL, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with Santurce Crabbers, Coamo Marathon Runners, Ponce Lions, Bayamón Cowboys, Morovis Titans,...
, Puerto Rican basketball player - Omar Andrés NarváezOmar Andrés NarváezOmar Andrés Narváez is an Argentine southpaw professional boxer in the super flyweight division and is the WBO Junior Bantamweight champion...
, Argentinian boxer - Israel Narvaez, gang leader in New York
- Chucho NarvaezChucho NarvaezChucho Narvaez is a Mexican-Brazilian director of photography, news cameraman and documentarian.Narvaez was born in the Federal District of Mexico City...
, Mexican-Brazilian photographer and film director - Frankie NarvaezFrankie NarvaezFrankie Narvaez was a Puerto Rican boxer. He beat world champions Carlos Cruz, Chango Carmona and Pedro Adigue, and lost to Ismael Laguna, among others.He died in New York at the age of 64....
, Puerto Rican boxer - José María NarváezJosé María NarváezJosé María Narváez was a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator notable for his work in the Pacific Northwest of present-day Canada. In 1791, as commander of the schooner Santa Saturnina, he led the first European exploration of the Strait of Georgia, including a landing on present-day...
, 18th-century Spanish explorer and navigator - Luis Pacheco de NarváezLuis Pacheco de NarváezDon Luis Pacheco de Narváez was a Spanish writer on fencing. He was don Jerónimo Sánchez de Carranza's student and later published a multitude of works based on the Destreza school of fencing. Some of his works were compendiums of Carranza's work while others were less derivative.He may be the...
, 17th-century author - Ramón María Narváez y Campos, 1st Duke of ValenciaRamón María Narváez y Campos, 1st Duke of ValenciaDon Ramón María de Narváez y Campos, 1st Duke of Valencia was a Spanish soldier and statesman.-Biography:...