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[]
- Cecilia Echenique, Chilean singer-songwriter.
- Benjamín Juárez Echenique, Mexican popular musical conductor
- José Miguel "Negro" Piñera Echenique, Chilean musician
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
Writers[]
- Alfredo Bryce Echenique, a Peruvian writer
Categories:
- Surnames
- Basque-language surnames