Rojas
Rojas is a surname found throughout the Spanish-speaking world, especially in Latin America.
Rojas may refer to:
People
A
- Adrián Rojas, Chilean professional football player and father
- Aguelmis Rojas, Cuban long-distance runner
- Agustín de Rojas Villandrando, Spanish writer and actor
- Alberto Müller Rojas, Venezuelan politician and general
- Alberto Rojas, Mexican-born prelate of the Catholic Church
- Alberto Rojas Jiménez, Chilean poet and journalist
- Alejandro González Rojas, former Costa Rican goalkeeper
- Alexis Rojas, Colombian road cyclist
- Alfredo Rojas (Argentine footballer)
- Alfredo Rojas (Peruvian footballer)
- Anderson Rojas, amateur boxer from Ecuador
- Andrea Rojas, fictional character from DC Comics
- Andres Almonaster y Rojas, Spanish civil servant of New Orleans
- Ángel Clemente Rojas, former Argentine footballer
- Ángel Dolores Rojas, Argentine politician
- Ángel Rojas, Chilean footballer who plays as midfielder
- Antonio Domingo Rojas Melero, Spanish football player
- Ariel Rojas, Argentine football midfielder
- Arístides Rojas, Venezuelan writer
- Arturo Montiel Rojas, Mexican politician
B
- Benigno Filomeno de Rojas, lawyer and Dominican politician
- Benjamin Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
- Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish bishop and cardinal, Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1608 to 1618
- Bruno Rojas, Bolivian sprinter
C
- Carlos Rojas (footballer), Chilean football midfielder
- Carmine Rojas, bass player and Rod Stewart's bass player and music director
- Christopher Rojas, composer, musician, songwriter, and record producer
- Clare Rojas, American artist
- Clara Rojas, Colombian tax lawyer, university lecturer, and campaign manager
- Claudio Rojas, retired Guatemalan football midfielder
- Clemente Rojas, Colombian boxer
- Cookie Rojas, former Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
- Cristián Rojas, Chilean footballer
- Cristóbal Rojas (artist), Venezuelan painter
- Cristóbal de Rojas, a Spanish military engineer and architect
D
- Darío Rojas, retired Bolivian football goalkeeper
- Diego de Rojas, 16th-century Spanish Conquistador
- Diego Rojas, Chilean footballer
- Don Rojas, journalist and political commentator from St. Vincent
E
- Eladio Rojas, former Chilean footballer
- Elio Rojas, featherweight boxer from the Dominican Republic
- Eloy Rojas, professional boxer in the Featherweight division
- Emilio Rojas, American recording artist and rapper from Rochester, New York
- Esteban Rojas Tovar, Colombian educator, philanthropist, bishop of the diocese of Garzón
- Euclides Rojas, Cuban-born coach and player development official in Major League Baseball
F
- Felipe Rojas, Chilean footballer
- Fernando de Rojas, Castilian author
- Francisca Rojas, believed to be the first criminal found guilty through fingerprint evidence
- Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish dramatist
- Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Duke of Lerma
- Francisco Rojas Rojas, Chilean football defender
- Francisco Rojas Tollinchi, Puerto Rican poet, civic leader and journalist
- Francisco Rojas Toledo, Mexican politician
G
- Genaro Vázquez Rojas, former school teacher, militant and guerrilla fighter
- Geraldin Rojas, contemporary Argentine tango dancer, also known as Geraldin Paludi
- Gonzalo Rojas, Chilean poet
- Guadalupe Pérez Rojas, Argentine tennis player
- Guillermo Rojas, Mexican football left back
- Gustavo Andrés Rojas, Colombian football defender
- Gustavo Rojas (footballer), Colombian football defender
- Gustavo Rojas (golfer), Argentine professional golfer
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Colombian General, military dictator of Colombia from 1953 to 1957
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, international airport on the San Andrés Island, Colombia
H
- Héctor Rojas Herazo, Colombian writer
- Henry Rojas, football striker from Colombia
- Heriberto Rojas, former Costa Rican footballer
- Hernando de Manrique de Rojas, commander of Spanish forces sent in late 1562 to destroy the French fort at Port Royal
- Homar Rojas, former player and a manager in Minor League Baseball
- Hugo Ballivian Rojas, de facto President of Bolivia 1951–1952
I
- Ibrahim Rojas, Cuban sprint canoeist
- Isaac Rojas, Argentine Admiral of the Navy and de facto Vice President
- Iván Guzmán de Rojas, Bolivian research scientist and the creator of Atamiri
J
- Jesús Kiki Rojas, former professional boxer in the super flyweight division
- Jesus Rojas, Nicaraguan and a major leader of the FMLN resistance movement in El Salvador
- Joao Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer
- Joao Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer
- Joaquín Rojas, Filipino former basketball player
- Joel Humberto Rojas Pérez, Cuban painter
- Johan Rojas, Dominican baseball player
- John Rojas, Jr., founder of the Chula Vista Historical Society
- Jorge A. Rojas, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1991 to 1996
- Jorge Alberto Rojas, Venezuelan football midfielder
- Jorge Rojas (footballer), Paraguayan international footballer
- Jorge Rojas Justicia, Spanish footballer
- José Antonio Rojas, Chilean footballer
- José Domingo Gómez Rojas, Chilean poet
- José Joaquín Rojas, Spanish professional road bicycle racer
- José López Portillo y Rojas, Mexican lawyer, politician and man-of-letters
- José Manuel Rojas, Chilean defender who currently plays for Universidad de Chile
- José María Rojas Garrido, Colombian Senator
- José Manuel Rojas (footballer, born 1952), football player from Costa Rica
- José Rojas (baseball), American baseball player
- Jose Rojas (racquetball), professional racquetball player
- Josh Rojas, American baseball player
- Juan Carlos Rojas, Mexican footballer
- Juan Fernández de Rojas, Spanish historian, writer and humorist
- Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, President of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890
- Juan Rodrigo Rojas, Paraguayan football midfielder
- Julian Guillermo Rojas, Colombian footballer
L
- Leonardo Ly Rojas, Costa Rican footballer
- Leonel Herrera Rojas, former Chilean footballer
- Liberato Marcial Rojas, provisional President of Paraguay July 6, 1911 – February 28, 1912
- Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer best known for soap operas
- Luis Giampietri Rojas, retired admiral of the Peruvian Navy
- Luis Rojas (disambiguation), several people
- Luis Rojas Mena, Mexican Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
M
- Manuel Antonio Hermoso Rojas, Canarian politician
- Manuel Rojas (Author), Chilean writer and journalist
- Manuel Rojas (footballer), retired football midfielder from Chile
- Manuel Rojas (independence leader), Commander of the Liberation Army against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico
- Manuel L. Rojas, assassinated Filipino mayor of Cavite City
- Marco Antonio Rojas, Costa Rican goalkeeper
- Marco Rojas,, New Zealand footballer
- Marcus Rojas, tubist from New York City, best known for his work in jazz
- Margot Rojas Mendoza, Mexican pianist and teacher
- María Eugenia Rojas Correa, retired Colombian political figure
- Marielys Rojas, Venezuelan athlete specializing in the high jump
- Marlon Rojas, Trinidad and Tobago soccer player
- Marta Rojas, Cuban journalist and novelist
- Matías Rojas (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician, political economist, member of the Riksdag since 2002
- Mauricio Rojas Toro, Chilean football player
- Mel Rojas, pitcher with a 10-year career from 1990 to 1999
- Memo Rojas, Mexican-born race car driver
- Michelle Rojas,, American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
- Miguel Rojas (footballer), Colombian football defender
- Miguel Rojas (baseball), Venezuelan baseball player
- Mike Rojas, American professional baseball coach and player development official
- Minnie Rojas, relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Moisés Rojas Alou, former Dominican-American outfielder in Major League Baseball
N
- Nerio Rojas, Argentine physician and writer on forensic medicine
- Nicolas Nunez Rojas, Chilean football midfielder
- Nicolás Rojas Acosta, Argentine botanist and pteridologist
- Noel Guzmán Boffil Rojas, Cuban painter
- Nydia Rojas, American singer of Mexican/Cuban/Yaqui Indian heritage
- Nydia Rojas (album), the first album released by American singer Nydia Rojas
O
- Octavio Beras Rojas, Dominican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Omaira Rojas Cabrera, FARC guerrilla
- Oscar Rojas (Chilean footballer), Chilean football defender
- Óscar Rojas (Costa Rican footballer), Costa Rican footballer
- Óscar Rojas (Mexican footballer), Mexican football player
- Oscar Emilio Rojas, Costa Rican-Mexican naturalized football midfielder
- Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican football goalkeeper
- Óscar Ricardo Rojas, Mexican footballer
P
- Pablo Rojas Paz, Argentine writer born in Tucumán
- Paola Rojas, Mexico City television news anchor
- Pedro Jose Rojas, Venezuelan politician
- Pedro de Rojas, Spanish lawyer and colonial official in the Philippines and New Spain
- Percy Rojas, retired football midfielder from Peru
- Peter Rojas, the co-founder of technology blogs Gizmodo and ''Engadget''
R
- Rafael Hernández Rojas, Mexican former swimmer
- Rafael Rojas (actor), Mexican male fashion model and actor
- Raúl Rojas, professor of informatics and mathematics at the Free University of Berlin
- Raul Rojas, Mexican American featherweight boxer
- René Rojas Galdames, Chilean lawyer and diplomat
- Ricardo Francisco Rojas, Chilean football player
- Ricardo Ismael Rojas, Argentine born former football defender
- Ricardo Rojas (boxer), retired boxer from Cuba
- Ricardo Rojas (writer), Argentine journalist and writer
- Ricardo Rojas Frías, retired boxer from Cuba
- Richard Rojas, Bolivian football midfielder
- Roberto Rojas, Chilean goalkeeper
- Roberto Rojas (Peruvian footballer), Peruvian football defender
- Roberto Rojas (politician), Bolivian politician
- Roberto Rojas (Spanish footballer), Spanish footballer
- Rodrigo Rojas (Paraguayan footballer), Paraguayan footballer
- Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri, young photographer burnt alive in Chile
- Roger Rojas, Honduran football player Producer
S
- Samuel Moreno Rojas, Colombian American politician
- Sandra Rojas, Mexican sprint canoeist
- Sergio Rojas (Argentine footballer), Argentine former football player
- Sergio Rojas (Paraguayan footballer), Paraguayan football player
- Simón de Rojas, Spanish priest of the Trinitarian Order
- Simon de Rojas Clemente y Rubio, Spanish botanist
- Sixto Rojas, Paraguayan footballer
T
- Teodoro Rojas, Paraguayan botanist
- Tito Rojas a.k.a. "El Gallo", salsa singer and bandleader
- Tomás Rojas (disambiguation), several people
- Tony Rojas, American football player
- Toribio Rojas, former coach of the Puerto Rico Islanders, a USL soccer team
V
- Vicente Rojas Lizcano, aka Biófilo Panclasta, individualist anarchist writer and activist
- Victor Joy Way Rojas, former Peruvian politician
- Víctor Julio Suárez Rojas, high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
- Victor Rojas, former member of the Texas Rangers radio broadcast team
Y
- Yulimar Rojas, Venezuelan track and field athlete