Rojas

Rojas is a Spanish surname , derived from the Spanish word rojo (" red ").

places

• Rojas (Burgos) , municipality in the province of Burgos, Spain
• Rojas Peak , mountain on Lemaire Island, Antarctica

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas (1886–1968), Bolivian Roman Catholic Bishop of La Paz
• Adolfo Rojas , Costa Rican soccer player
• Adrián Villar Rojas (* 1980), Argentine artist
• Aguelmis Rojas (* 1978), Cuban-Uruguayan athlete
• Agustín Díaz Rojas , Mexican soccer player
• Alberto Rojas (* 1965), Mexican clergyman, coadjutor bishop of San Bernardino
• Alberto Müller Rojas (1935–2010), Venezuelan politician and military
• Alcibiades Rojas (* 1986), Panamanian football player
• Alexis Rojas (* 1965), Costa Rican soccer player
• Alfonso Rojas (1916–1996), Spanish actor
• Alfredo Rojas (* 1937), Argentinian football player
• Alfredo Rojas (soccer player, 1991) (* 1991), Peruvian soccer player
• Álvaro Peña-Rojas (* 1943), Chilean singer and songwriter
• Álvaro Rojas (* 1953), Chilean politician and diplomat
• Alvaro Efrén Rincón Rojas (* 1933), Colombian religious, Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Carreño
• Ángel Clemente Rojas (* 1944), Argentinian football player
• Ariel Rojas (* 1986), Argentine soccer player
• Arístides Rojas (ethnologist) (1826-1894), Venezuelan physician, historian and ethnologist
• Arístides Rojas (soccer player) (* 1968), Paraguayan soccer player

B.

• Benjamín Rojas (* 1985), Argentine actor and singer
• Bernardo Rojas Montero (* 1963), Costa Rican tennis player
• Byron Rojas (* 1990), Nicaraguan boxing world champion

C.

• Carlos Rojas (1928– ??), Chilean football player
• Carlos Cristancho Rojas , Venezuelan diplomat
• Carlos Vasallo Rojas († 1983), Chilean politician and diplomat
• Cecilio Guzmán de Rojas (1899–1950), Bolivian painter
• Clara Rojas (* 1964), Colombian lawyer and politician
• Claudio Rojas (* 1973), Guatemalan football player
• Clemente Marroquín Rojas (1897–1978), Guatemalan author and politician
• Cristóbal de Rojas y Sandoval (1502–1580), Spanish clergyman, Archbishop of Seville

D.

• Darío Rojas (* 1960), Bolivian football player
• Diego de Rojas (explorer) († 1544), Spanish explorer and conquistador in South America
• Diego de Rojas (Guatemala) , Spanish conquistador in Central America
• Diego de Rojas y Contreras , Spanish bishop

E.

• Eladio Rojas (1934–1991), Chilean football player
• Elio Rojas (* 1982), Dominican boxer
• Eloy Rojas (* 1967), Venezuelan boxer
• Enrique Rojas (* 1978), Chilean pool player

F.

• Fernando de Rojas (around 1470–1541), Spanish lawyer and writer
• Francisco Rojas (* 1974), Chilean football player
• Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1648), Spanish playwright
• Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas (1553–1625), Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Freudis Rojas (* 1998), American boxer

G

• Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (* 1957), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Tabasco
• Gonzalo Rojas (1916–2011), Chilean poet
• Guadalupe Pérez Rojas (* 1994), Argentinian tennis player
• Guillermo Rojas y Arrieta (1855–1933), Costa Rican clergyman, Archbishop of Panama
• Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900–1975), Colombian statistician and military

J

• Jerry Rojas (* 1958), Swiss musician
• Jesús Rojas (Boxer, 1964) (* 1964), Venezuelan boxer
• Jesús Rojas (Boxer, 1986) (* 1986), Puerto Rican boxer
• Joao Rojas (* 1989), Ecuadorian soccer player
• Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas (1729–1804), Spanish politician
• Jorge Rojas (poet) (1911–1995), Colombian poet
• Jorge Rojas (soccer player, 1977) (* 1977) Venezuelan soccer player
• Jorge Rojas (soccer player, 1993) (* 1993), Paraguayan soccer player
• Jorge Rojas (referee) (* 1976), Mexican referee
• José Rojas (athlete) , Chilean pole vaulter
• José Rojas Herrera (born 1923), Mexican basketball player
• José Rojas Moreno (1893–1973), Spanish diplomat
• José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (* 1940), Costa Rican clergyman, Bishop of Cartago
• José Javier Rojas (* 1970), Spanish freestyle skier
• José Joaquín Rojas (* 1985), Spanish cyclist
• José Manuel Rojas (* 1983), Chilean football player
• José Maria Rojas Garrido (1824-1883), Colombian politician
• José Rojas Rojas Jr. (* 1956), Filipino clergyman, Bishop of Libmanan
• Juan Rojas Carvacho , Chilean football player
• Juan Carlos Rojas (soccer player) (* 1945), Paraguayan soccer player
• Juan Carlos Rojas (* 1981), Costa Rican racing cyclist
• Juan de Dios Peña Rojas (* 1967), Venezuelan clergyman, Bishop of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia

L.

• Leo Rojas (soccer player) (born 1961), Peruvian soccer player
• Leo Rojas (* 1984), Ecuadorian musician
• Lorena Rojas (1971-2015), Mexican actress
• Luis Rojas (* 1954), Chilean football player
• Luis Rojas (soccer player, 1963) (* 1963), Venezuelan soccer player
• Luis Rojas Mena (1917–2009), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Culiacán
• Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz (* 1968), Venezuelan Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Mérida

M.

• Manuel Rojas (revolutionary) (1820– ??), Venezuelan revolutionary
• Manuel Rojas (writer) (1896–1973), Chilean writer
• Manuel Rojas (cameraman) (1930–1995), Spanish cameraman
• Manuel Rojas (soccer player) (* 1954), Chilean soccer player
• Marco Rojas (* 1991), New Zealand soccer player
• Marco Antonio Rojas (* 1990), Bolivian tennis player
• Marcus Rojas (* 1963), American jazz tuba player
• Margot Rojas Mendoza (1903–1996), Cuban pianist and music teacher
• María Claudia Rojas , Colombian lawyer
• María José Rojas (* 1987), Chilean football player
• Marlon Rojas (* 1979), soccer player for Trinidad & Tobago
• Martín Rojas de Portalrubio († 1577), Spanish clergyman, conventual chaplain and Vice Chancellor of the Order of Malta and Bishop of Malta
• Memo Rojas (* 1981), Mexican racing car driver
• Miguel Tadeo Rojas (* 1961), Paraguayan politician (interior minister)
• Miguel Rojas (soccer player, 1968) (* 1968), Chilean soccer player
• Miguel Rojas (soccer player, 1977) (born 1977), Colombian soccer player
• Miguel Limón Rojas (* 1943), Mexican politician

N

• Nelson Rojas , Salvadoran soccer player
• Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas (* 1963), Venezuelan clergyman, Bishop of Machiques

O

• Óscar Rojas (soccer player, 1979) ( Óscar Emilio Rojas Ruiz ; * 1979), Costa Rican soccer player
• Óscar Rojas (soccer player, 1990) ( Óscar Daniel Rojas Heredia ; * 1990), Venezuelan soccer player
• Óscar Adrián Rojas ( Kevin ; * 1981), Mexican soccer player
• Óscar Fabián Rojas Ferreira (* 1976), Uruguayan football referee
• Óscar Vladimir Rojas ( Óscar Vladimir Rojas Giacomozzi ; * 1958), Chilean football player

P

• Pablo Rojas , Paraguayan soccer player
• Pastora Rojas Monje , stage name Pastora Imperio , (around 1887–1979), Spanish flamenco dancer and singer
• Paulie Rojas , American actress
• Percy Rojas (* 1949), Peruvian football player

R.

• Raul Rojas (boxer) (1941–2012), American boxer
• Raúl Rojas (* 1955), Mexican mathematician and computer scientist
• Ric Rojas (* 1952), American long-distance runner
• Ricardo Rojas (1882–1957), Argentine writer and educator
• Ricardo Rojas Frías (* 1955), Cuban boxer
• Ricardo Rojas Trujillo (* 1974), Chilean football player
• Ricardo Ismael Rojas (* 1971), Paraguayan-Argentine soccer player
• Richard Rojas (* 1975), Bolivian football player
• Rigoberto Rojas , Costa Rican soccer coach
• Roberto Rojas Tardío (1955–1991), Peruvian soccer player
• Roberto Rojas (* 1957), Chilean football goalkeeper
• Rodrigo Rojas (* 1988), Paraguayan football player
• Roger Rojas (* 1990), Honduran football player
• Román Acevedo Rojas (1908–1994), Mexican clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Morelia

S.

• Samuel Moreno Rojas (* 1960), Colombian lawyer and politician
• Sergio Rojas (soccer player) , Paraguayan soccer player
• Sergio Rojas (* 1988), Peruvian tennis player
• Silvio Rojas (* 1959), Bolivian football player
• Simón de Rojas (1552–1624), founder of the Spanish order, saint of the Catholic Church
• Sindulfo Rojas , Paraguayan soccer player
• Sugar Baby Rojas (* 1961), Colombian boxer

T

• Timoteo Solórzano Rojas (* 1969), Peruvian religious, auxiliary bishop in Trujillo
• Tito Rojas (* 1955), Puerto Rican musician and band leader
• Tomás Rojas (* 1980), Mexican boxer

W.

• Wilson Rojas (born 1966), Chilean football player

Y

• Yosvans Rojas (* 1988), Venezuelan racing cyclist
• Yulimar Rojas (* 1995), Venezuelan athlete

See also

• Rojo (disambiguation page)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rojas on surnames.behindthename.com (English)