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Basques
The Basques are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a common culture, shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians, and are considered among the last remaining direct descendants of Neolithic European populations in Europe. Basques are indigenous to, and 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.
Sancho II Sánchez of Gascony
French noble
Sancho I of Gascony
Duke of Gascony
Lupo III Centule of Gascony
Vascon noble
Velasco the Basque
lord and count of Pamplona
Miguel de Azcuénaga
Argentine brigadier (1754-1833)
Aitor Arregi
cinematographer
Mugalari
thumb|The Bidasoa river establishes the borderline between [[Gipuzkoa and France]] Mugalari is a Basque word used to designate people who help others cross the border between France and Spain, mainly for political reasons. The term is a combination of the words "muga" (border) and "-lari" (suffix related to people), and it refers to people living in the border, and by extension also to smugglers.
Martín de Mujica y Buitrón
Royal Governor of Chile
Martina Ibaibarriaga
Spanish military personnel
Late Basquisation
hypothesis about the presence of Basque speakers in north-eastern Iberia
Amaia Arrazola
Basque illustrator
Manuel María Smith
Spanish architect (1879-1956)
Antonio Garamendi
businessperson
José Mari Uzelai
Spanish painter (1903-1979)
Carlos de Amésquita
Spanish naval officer
Gurutzi Arregi
Spanish (Basque) ethnographer (1936-2020)
Angeles Arrien
Basque-American cultural anthropologist