#Basque surname
- Allende — A Basque-origin family name of world renown, famous in political history through Salvador Allende (1908–1973), the first democratically elected socialist president of Chile, overthrown in the military coup led by Augusto Pinochet. In culture, the name is universally known thanks to Isabel Allende, one of the most famous and translated contemporary Spanish-language authors, writer of 'The House of the Spirits'.