Aznar is a Spanish and Gascon surname of Basque origin and an obsolete given name. It probably stems from old Basque "azenar(i)" ('fox', modern "azeri"). Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

• Aznar Sánchez (died 836), Duke of Gascony

• Aznar Galíndez I (died 839), Count of Aragón, Conflent, Cerdagne and Urgel

• Aznar Galíndez II (died 893), Count of Aragón

Surname

• Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860–1933), Spanish politician and prime minister briefly in 1931

• José María Aznar (born 1953), Spanish politician, conservative prime minister

• Emmanuel Aznar (1915–1970), French footballer

• Manuel Aznar Acedo (1916–2001), Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster

• Manuel Aznar Zubigaray (1894–1975), Spanish diplomat and journalist

• Pedro Aznar (born 1959), Argentine musician

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