Blas
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Blas is mainly a Spanish given name and surname, related to Blaise.[1] It may refer to
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[edit] Places
- Piz Blas, mountain in Switzerland
- San Blas (disambiguation), many places - see separate article, also
- Cape San Blas Light, lighthouse
- Church San Blas de Illescas of Coamo, church in Puerto Rico
- Marismas Nacionales-San Blas mangroves, Mangrove ecoregion of the Pacific coast of Mexico
[edit] Surnames
[edit] Real people
- Ricardo Blas Jr. (born 1986) Judo athlete from Guam
[edit] Fictional
- Gil Blas, picaresque novel by Lesage
- Gil Blas (periodical), Parisian literary periodical
- Ruy Blas, tragic drama by Victor Hugo
- Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué, Victorian burlesque of that drama
[edit] Given Names
- Blas Antonio Sáenz, President of Nicaragua in 1845
- Manuel Antonio Blas Sáenz, same as above
- Blas Avena, American martial artist
- Blas Cabrera, American physicist
- Blas Cabrera Felipe (1878 – 1945) Spanish physicist
- Blas Cantó (born 1991) Spanish singer
- Blas Chumacero (1905 – 1997) Mexican trade union leader
- Blas Cristaldo (born 1964), Paraguayan football (soccer) defender
- Blas de Lezo (1689 – 1741) Spanish admiral
- Blas de Lezo class cruiser, Spanish ships
- Blas de Ledesma (1556—1598) Spanish painter
- Blas Elias (born 1967) American drummer
- Blas Galindo (1910 - 1993) Mexican composer
- Blas García, Latin American voice actor
- Blas García Ravelo, Spanish sculptor (17th century)
- Blas Giunta (born 1963) Argentine football player
- Blas Giraldo Reyes Rodríguez, Cuban librarian
- Blas Hernández (1879-1933) Cuban soldier
- Blas Infante (1885 - 1936) Andalusian politician and writer
- Blas María de la Garza Falcón (1712–1767) Spanish settler of Tamaulipas and South Texas
- Blas Matamoro (born 1942) Argentine writer
- Blas Minor (born 1966) American baseball player
- Blas Monaco (1915 - 2000) American baseball player
- Blas Ople (1927–2003) Filipino journalist and politician
- Blas Parera (1777 -1840) Spanish composer.
- Blas Pérez (born 1981) Panamanian footballer
- Blas Piñar (born 1918) Spanish politician
- Blas Ruiz, Spanish explorer
- Blas Valera (1545 - 1597) Peruvian historian
- Blas Villate (1824 - 1882) Spanish general
- Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero (born 1914) Paraguayan bishop
- Juan Blas de Castro (1561 – 1631) Spanish singer, musician, and composer
[edit] Other uses
- Blas (Radio Ulster), Irish-language redio programme
- Bás, Fás, Blás, poem written by Dominic Behan
- Batallón de San Blas, Mexican infantry unit
- En El Muelle De San Blás, song by Maná
- Gnoo Blas circuit, Australian motor racing circuit
- Hurricane Blas (disambiguation), used five times as the name for tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
- San Blas Jay, Mexican bird
- Blas, a word invented by Jan Baptist van Helmont to describe astral radiation.
- Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms, or BLAS, a mathematical software library
[edit] References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-211592-8.
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