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Aguirre is a surname of Basque origin as well as a place name and may refer to:

[edit] Media

• Aguirre, the Wrath of God, a film by Werner Herzog, loosely based on the career of Lope de Aguirre.
• Aguirre (soundtrack), the soundtrack to Herzog's film, performed by Popol Vuh

[edit] Place

• Aguirrre, Puerto Rico, a small town in the south part of the Island, part of Salinas county.

[edit] People

Aguirre is a surname of Basque origin. Lope de Aguirre was one of the first Europeans to explore the 'New World'. In the United States, 42,483 people bear the surname Aguirre (statistically the country's 831st most common surname) ^[1]

• Carl and Clarence Aguirre (b. 2002), former conjoined twins, from Philippines
• Celso Aguirre Bernal (1916-1997), Mexican writer and historian
• Daniel Aguirre Oteiza (b. 1968), Spanish poet
• Eduardo Aguirre (b. 1946), current United States Ambassador to Spain
• Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (1912-1981), Guatemalan military and politician
• Esperanza Aguirre (b. 1952), Spanish politician
• Forrest Aguirre, American fantasy and horror author
• Francisco de Aguirre (1508-1581) - Spanish conquistador, Conquistador of Chile
• Francisco de Aguirre - Painter of Baroque Toledo
• Francisco de Paula Aguirre (1875-1939), Venezuelan composer
• Gaizka Garitano Aguirre (b. 1975), Spanish football midfielder
• Gonzalo Aguirre (b. 1940), Uruguayan politician
• Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán (1908-1996), Mexican anthropologist
• Hank Aguirre (1931-1994), baseball pitcher
• Horacio Aguirre (b. 1930), publisher, journalist & editor of Diario Las Americas
• Javier Aguirre (b. 1958), Mexican football defender and coach
• José Antonio Aguirre (politician) (1904-1960), Basque politician and football player
• José Antonio Aguirre (industrialist) (1799-1860), American politician
• Joseph Saenz de Aguirre (1630-1699), Spanish cardinal
• Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya (1781-1837), Argentine politician
• Julian Aquirre (1868-1924), Argentine composer
• Lope de Aguirre (c. 1510-1561), Spanish conquistador
• Mark Aguirre (b. 1959), American basketball player
• Mary Bernard Aguirre (1844-1906), American educator
• Mason Aguirre (b. 1987), American snowboarder
• Memo Aguirre (b. 1951), Chilean singer
• Mike Aguirre, (b. 1949), American politician
• Molly Aguirre
• Ordan Aguirre (b. 1955), Venezuelan football (soccer) player
• Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (1889-1977), Salvadoran military
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879-1941), Chilean politician
• Ricardo Aguirre (1939-1969), Venezuelan musician
• Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, American writer
• Rosa Aguirre (b. 1908), Filipino actress
• Rosy Aguirre, Mexican voice actress
• Rubén Aguirre (b. 1934), Mexican actor
• Salvador Aguirre (film director), Mexican film director
• Samuel Torremocha Aguirre (Website Director), Davao City Philippines
• Salvador Aguirre (Honduras), Honduran politician
• Trinidad Tito Aguirre(b.1951), Tejano/Chicano activist, Pachuco, documentary photographer,
• Vernon Aguirre (b. 1945), Mexican-American banker
• Jaime C. Zaguirre, MD, a renowned psychiatrist in the Philippines

[edit] See also

• Aguirre Department, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
• BAP Aguirre, the name of several Peruvian Navy ships commissioned between 1951 and 2005

[edit] References

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