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If you’re not familiar with the Basque people, here is a sampling of famous Basques (or people with Basque heritage):

Saint Ignatius of Loyola – founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and created the Spiritual Exercises

Saint Francis Xavier – co-founder of the Society of Jesus and missionary to Asia

Isabel Allende – magic realist and author of The House of the Spirits; born to a family of Basque heritage

José María Olazábal – golfer and two-time winner of the Masters (1994, 1999)

Ted Williams – baseball Hall of Famer and last player to hit .400; the mother of Teddy Ballgame had Basque blood

Juan Sebastián Elcano – navigator, first person to complete circumnavigation of the world (navigated the only ship in Magellan’s fleet that made circumnavigation; Magellan was killed in the Philippines)

Simón Bolívar – El Libertador, this Latin American hero is credited with liberating Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama; the Bolívar name is traced to a Basque village

Che Guevara – Argentine revolutionary who earned Comandante status in Fidel Castro’s 26th of July Movement; Guevara’s family had Basque ancestry

Eva Peron – otherwise known as Evita, the former First Lady of Argentina traces her Basque lineage to her grandparents