Cortazar

Cortázar is a Basque surname, which means 'old block', and can refer to:

• Julián de Cortázar (1576-1630), Spanish bishop.
• José de la Mar y Cortázar (1778-1830), a Peruvian acronym (1827-1829).
• Modesto Cortázar (1783-1862), Spanish politician, Acting President in 1840.
• Luis Cortázar and Rábago (1797-1840), Mexican military.
• Ernesto Cortázar (1897-1953) Mexican filmmaker, musician and composer.
• Augusto Raúl Cortázar (1910-1974), Argentine folklorist and musicologist.
• Julio Cortázar (1914-1984), Argentine writer.
• René Cortázar Sagarminaga (1917-2008), Chilean acronym.
• Ernesto Cortázar II (1940-2004) pianist and Mexican composer, son of Ernesto Cortázar.
• René Cortázar (1952-), Chilean economist, son of the writer René Cortázar Sagarminaga.
• David Fernández Cortázar (1985-), better known as David Fernández, Spanish football player.

Places

• Cortazar, municipality in the state of Guanajuato.
• The Alameda (Courtázar), town in the state of Sonora.