Brizuela
Brizuela is a family name that has Spanish origin. It takes its name from the so-called village, near Villarcayo (Burgos). They founded houses in the place of San Martín de Olías, in the town of Medina de Pomar, in the town of Valmayor de Cuesta Uría and in the valley of Aedo, all in the aforementioned province. Other lines of this lineage were extending through the provinces of Segovia, Palencia, León and Soria. Also a branch settled in the Valencian region. Members of this lineage carried out tests of nobility and cleanliness of blood to enter the various military orders, preferably those of Santiago, Montesa and Alcántara.
Famous persons with the surname of Brizuela:
- Barbara M. Brizuela, Professor of Education at Tufts University
- Braulio Brizuela (born 1988), Paraguayan footballer
- Daniel Brizuela (born 1985), male featherweight boxer from Argentina
- Eduardo Brizuela del Moral (born 1944), Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician
- Gabriel Brizuela (born 1979), Argentine professional racing cyclist
- Hugo Brizuela (born 1969), former Paraguayan football striker
- Isaác Brizuela (born 1990), Mexican footballer
- Nelson Brizuela (born 1950), football coach
- Brizuela, Cacique of Baitiquirí, Cuba
- Leopoldo Brizuela, writer and translator
See also
- Atemajac de Brizuela, small town in the southeast sierra of Jalisco, Mexico, 64 km southwest of Guadalajara
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