Paz References

Pas or PAZ may refer to:

Places

Paz, Croatia, a village and castle ruin in Istria, Croatia
Pads, Iran or Faz, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Organisations

Pavlovo Bus Factory or Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod, a Russian bus company
Paz Oil Company, an Israeli fuel company
El Tajín National Airport's IATA code

People with the surname

Paz is a surname with Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew origins. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word “paz” translates to “peace”, while in Hebrew (פָּז) it roughly translates to “gold” or “fine gold”.

José C. Paz (1842–1912), Argentine politician
Luis Paz (1854–1920), Bolivian jurist
Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907-2001), Bolivian politician
Octavio Paz (1914–1998), Mexican writer and Nobel Prize winner
María Inmaculada Paz-Andrade (1928–2022), Spanish physicist
Pilar Paz Pasamar (1932–2019), Spanish poet and writer
Rodrigo Paz (1933–2021), Ecuadorian politician
Jaime Paz Zamora (born 1939), Bolivian politician
Rubén Paz (born 1959), Uruguayan former association football player
Milagros Paz (born 1962), Venezuelan journalist and politician
Vinny Paz (born 1962), American former boxer
Mercedes Paz (born 1966), Argentine former professional tennis player
Rodrigo Paz Pereira (born 1967), Bolivian politician
Lorna Paz (born 1970), Colombian actress
Bárbara Paz (born 1974), Brazilian actress
Vinnie Paz (born 1977), Italian-American rapper in the group Jedi Mind Tricks
Or Paz (born 1988), Israeli comedian
Pedro Paz (born 1994), Portuguese footballer
Samera Paz (born 1994), American artist
Bruno Paz (born 1998), Portuguese footballer

People with the given name

Paz is a female given name, a short form of Spanish María de la Paz or Portuguese Maria da Paz.

Paz Lenchantin (born 1973), Argentine-American musician of French descent
Paz Vega (born 1976), Spanish actress
Paz de la Calzada, Spanish-born American visual artist
Paz de la Huerta (born 1984), American actress and model

Fictional

Paz Ortega Andrade, a character in the Metal Gear series

Other uses

Paula Tooths (also known as Paz), British-Brazilian journalist
PAZ-3205, a common Soviet midibus model made by the Pavlovo Bus Factory
Paz (satellite), a Spanish military Earth observation satellite
The Paz Show, a TV show featuring Paz the Penguin
Permanent autonomous zone, a community that is autonomous from the generally recognized government
Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung, a German newspaper
Paz, a Ghost in the Shell character