Rojas may refer to: [edit] People - Agustín de Rojas Villandrando (1572–1618), a Spanish writer and actor
- Alexis Rojas (born 1972), a Colombian road cyclist
- Alfredo Rojas (born 1937), a Argentine football player
- Alonso Rojas, a comedian currently working on Arriba Juarez show
- Andres Almonaster y Rojas (born 1728), a Spanish civil servant of New Orleans
- Angel Rojas (born 1944), a Argentine footballer
- Antonio Domingo Rojas Melero (born 1984), a Spanish football player
- Arístides Rojas (born 1970), a Paraguayan footballer
- Benjamin Rojas (born 1985), an Argentine actor and singer
- Carmine Rojas, a bass player and Rod Stewart's bass player and music director
- Christopher Rojas (born 1982), a composer, musician, songwriter, and record producer
- Clara Rojas (born 1964), a Colombian tax lawyer, university lecturer, and campaign manager
- Clemente Rojas (born 1952), a Colombian boxer
- Cookie Rojas (born 1939), a former Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
- Cristóbal Rojas (1857–1890), a Venezuelan painter
- Darío Rojas (born 1960), a retired Bolivian football goalkeeper
- Diego de Rojas (died 1544) was a 16th century Spanish Conquistador
- Don Rojas (born 1949), a journalist and political commentator from St. Vincent
- Edvaldo Rojas Hermoza (born 1985), a Brazilian striker
- Elio Rojas (born 1982), a featherweight boxer from the Dominican Republic
- Eloy Rojas (born 1967), a professional boxer in the Featherweight division
- Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465–1541), a Castilian author
- Francisca Rojas, believed to be the first criminal found guilty through fingerprint evidence
- Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1660), a Spanish dramatist
- Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Duke of Lerma (1552/1553–1625)
- Francisco Rojas (born 1974), a Chilean football defender
- Francisco Rojas Toledo (born 1956), a Mexican politician
- Gabriel Abraham Rojas (born 1966), a Spanish athlete
- Genaro Vázquez Rojas (born 1933), a former school teacher, militant and guerrilla fighter
- Gonzalo Eduardo Rojas (born 1969), a dubbing actor (Spanish)
- Gonzalo Rojas (born 1917), a Chilean poet
- Gustavo Andrés Rojas (born 1988), a Colombian football defender
- Gustavo Rojas (footballer) (born 1988), a Colombian football defender
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (born 1900), a Colombian General, military dictator of Colombia from 1953 to 1957
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport, an international airport on the San Andrés Island, Colombia
Héctor Rojas Herazo (August 12, 1920 – April 11, 2002) was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter.[1] Rojas was born in Tolú as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921.[2] He started artistic works in his childhood and was taught in plastic arts by his cousin José Manuel González. Later he wrote as journalist for several papers. As painter he realized more than sixty exhibitions on the American and the European continent. He died in Bogotá.[3] [edit] Publications - Rostro en la soledad, poetry, 1952
- Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, 1952
- Tránsito de Caín, poetry, 1953
- Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros, poetry, 1956
- Agresión de las formas contra el ángel, poetry, 1961
- Respirando el verano, novel, 1962
- En noviembre llega el arzobispo, novel, 1966
- Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Señales y garabatos del habitante, novel, 1976
- Celia se pudre, novel, 1985
- Las úlceras de Adán, novel, 1995
[edit] Honors [edit] External links [edit] References - Henry Rojas (born 1987), a football striker from Colombia
- Heriberto Rojas, a former Costa Rican footballer
- Homar Rojas (born 1964), a former player and a manager in Minor League Baseball
- Ibrahim Rojas (born 1975), a Cuban sprint canoer
- Isaac Rojas (born 1906), an Argentine Admiral of the Navy and de-facto vice-president
- Jesús Kiki Rojas (born 1964), a former professional boxer in the super flyweight division
- Jesus rojas (1950–1991), a Nicaraguan and a major leader of the FMLN resistance movement in El Salvador
- Joao Rojas (born 1989), an Ecuadorian footballer
- Joel Humberto Rojas Pérez (born 1968), a Cuban painter
- John Rojas, Jr. (died 2000), founder of the Chula Vista Historical Society
- Jorge A. Rojas (born 1940), a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1991 to 1996
- Jorge Alberto Rojas (born 1977), a Venezuelan football midfielder
- José Joaquín Rojas (born 1985), a Spanish professional road bicycle racer
- José López Portillo y Rojas (1850–1923), a Mexican lawyer, politician and man-of-letters
- José Manuel Rojas (born 1983), a Chilean defender who currently plays for Universidad de Chile
- José María Rojas Garrido (1824–1883), a Colombian Senator
- Jose Manuel Rojas, a football player from Costa Rica
- Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl (1826–1905), President of Venezuela from 1888 to 1890
- Liberato Marcial Rojas (1870–1922), provisional President of Paraguay from July 6, 1911 to February 28, 1912
- Lorena Rojas (born 1972), a Mexican actress and singer best known for her leading roles in popular soap operas
- Luis Rojas Mena (born 1917), a Mexican Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
- Manuel Rojas (Author) (1896–1973), a Chilean writer and journalist
- Manuel Rojas (footballer) (born 1954), a retired football midfielder from Chile
- Manuel Rojas (independence leader) (1820 – 18??), Commander of the Liberation Army against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico
- María Eugenia Rojas (born 1932), a retired Colombian political figure
- María Fernanda González Rojas, a Mexican commentator and writer working at Churchill College, Cambridge
- Marco Antonio Rojas, Costa Rican goalkeeper
- Marcus Rojas (born 1962), a tubist from New York City, best known for his work in jazz
- Marlon Rojas (born 1979), a Trinidad and Tobago soccer player
- Mauricio Rojas (born 1950), a Swedish politician and political economist, member of the Riksdag since 2002
- Mauricio Rojas (born 1978), a Chilean football (soccer) player
- Mel Rojas (born 1966), a pitcher with a 10 year career from 1990 to 1999
- Memo Rojas, a Mexican-born race car driver
- Miguel Rojas, a Colombian football defender
- Minnie Rojas (1933–2002), a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Noel Guzmán Boffil Rojas (born 1954), a Cuban painter
- Nydia Rojas (born 1980), an American singer of Mexican/Cuban/Yaqui Indian heritage
- Nydia Rojas (album) (1996), the first album released by American singer Nydia Rojas
- Octavio Beras Rojas (1906–1990), a Dominican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Omaira Rojas Cabrera (born 1967), FARC guerrilla
- Óscar Rojas (born 1981), a Mexican football player
- Oscar Emilio Rojas (born 1979), a Costa Rican-Mexican naturalized football midfielder
- Óscar Pérez Rojas (born 1973), a Mexican football goalkeeper
- Oscar Rojas (Chilean footballer) (born 1958), a Chilean football defender
- Pablo Rojas Paz (1896–1956), an Argentine writer born in Tucumán
- Paola Rojas (born 1976), a Mexico City television news anchor
- Pedro de Rojas, a Spanish lawyer and colonial official in the Philippines and New Spain
- Percy Rojas (born 1949), a retired football midfielder from Peru
- Raúl Rojas (born 1955), a professor of informatics and mathematics at the Free University of Berlin
- Rafael Rojas (born 1961), a Mexican male fashion model and actor
- Raul Rojas (born 1941), a Mexican American featherweight boxer
- Ricardo Francisco Rojas (born 1974), a Chilean football (soccer) player
- Ricardo Ismael Rojas (born 1971), an Argentine born former football defender
- Ricardo Rojas (boxer) (born 1955), a retired boxer from Cuba
- Ricardo Rojas (writer) (1882–1957), an Argentine journalist and writer
- Richard Rojas (born 1975), a Bolivian football midfielder
- Roberto Rojas (born 1957), a Chilean goalkeeper
- Roberto Rojas (Spanish footballer) (born 1974), a Spanish footballer
- Rodrigo Rojas (Paraguayan footballer) (born 1988), a Paraguayan footballer
- Roger Rojas, a Honduran football player
- Samuel Moreno Rojas (born 1960), a Colombian American politician
- Tito Rojas a.k.a. "El Gallo" (The Rooster) (born 1955), a salsa singer and bandleader
- Toribio Rojas, a former coach of the Puerto Rico Islanders, a USL soccer team
- Victor Rojas, a former member of the Texas Rangers radio broadcast team
- Walter Rojas Perez (born 1962), a university professor in United States of America
- Cristóbal Rojas Municipality, Miranda, municipios in the Venezuelan state of Miranda
- Ernesto Rojas Commandos, a small guerrilla group in Colombia
- Estadio General Pablo Rojas, a football stadium in Barrio Obrero in Asunción, Paraguay
- Rojas, Buenos Aires, a town located in the north-east of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Rojas Municipality, one of the 12 municipios that make up the Venezuelan state of Barinas
- Rojas Partido, a partido located in the north of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina
- Teniente Cesar Lopez Rojas District, one of six districts of the province Alto Amazonas in Peru
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