Echenique

Echenique is a surname of Basque origin. Echenique, (spelled Etxenike in standard Basque means "close to the house". Other spelling variants are Echeñique and Etchenique. Notable people with the surname include:

Sport

 * Karla Echenique, Dominican volleyball player
 * José Echenique, Venezuelan basketball player
 * Rafael Echenique, Argentine golfer

Music

 * Cecilia Echenique, Chilean singer-songwriter
 * Benjamín Juárez Echenique, Mexican popular musical conductor
 * José Miguel "Negro" Piñera Echenique, Chilean musician

Politics

 * Gertrudis Echenique, Chilean First Lady between 1896 and 1901. Wife of Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
 * José Rufino Echenique, Peruvian politician. President of Peru from 1851 until 1855
 * Pablo Echenique Robba, Spanish scientist and politician
 * Sebastián Piñera Echenique, Chilean politician, member of the National Renewal (RN)
 * José Piñera Echenique, Chilean economist

Science

 * Pedro Miguel Echenique, Spanish theoretical physicist and from 1980 to 1984 minister of education in the Basque Country

Literature

 * Alfredo Bryce Echenique, a Peruvian writer