Perez (given name)

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Perez or Pérez is a male given name which may refer to:

  • Perez (son of Judah), son of Judah and Tamar from the Old Testament of the Bible
  • Perez Ahabwe (born 1961), Ugandan economist and politician
  • Perez ben Elijah (died 1295), French tosafist
  • Perez Benjamin (1791–1850), farmer and politician in Nova Scotia (in present-day Canada)
  • Perez Hilton (born 1978), alias of celebrity blogger Mario Lavandeira
  • Perez Morton (1751–1837), American lawyer and revolutionary patriot, Massachusetts Attorney General and Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
  • Pérez Prado (1916–1989), Cuban musician (original first name, Dámaso Pérez)
  • Perez M. Stewart (1858–1924), New York politician
  • Perez Zagorin (1920–2009), American historian and professor
  • Pérez Gil, a Spanish soldier in a local legend who mysteriously transported from Manila in the Philippines to the Plaza Mayor (now the Zócalo) in Mexico City.

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