# Blas

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**Blas** is mainly a [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) given name and surname, related to [Blaise](/source/Blaise_(name)). It may refer to

## Places

- [Piz Blas](/source/Piz_Blas), mountain in Switzerland
- [San Blas (disambiguation)](/source/San_Blas_(disambiguation))

## People

- [Ricardo Blas Jr.](/source/Ricardo_Blas_Jr.) (born 1986) Judo athlete from Guam
- [Blas Antonio Sáenz](/source/Blas_Antonio_S%C3%A1enz) (fl. 1845), Nicaraguan politician
- [Blas Avena](/source/Blas_Avena), American martial artist
- [Blas Cabrera Navarro](/source/Blas_Cabrera_Navarro), American physicist
- [Blas Cabrera](/source/Blas_Cabrera) (1878–1945), Spanish physicist
- [Blas Cantó](/source/Blas_Cant%C3%B3) (born 1991), Spanish singer
- [Blas Castano](/source/Blas_Castano) (born 1998), Dominican baseball player
- [Blas Chumacero](/source/Blas_Chumacero) (1905–1997), Mexican trade union leader
- [Blas Cristaldo](/source/Blas_Cristaldo) (born 1964), Paraguayan football (soccer) defender
- [Blas de Lezo](/source/Blas_de_Lezo) (1689–1741), Spanish admiral
- [Blas de Ledesma](/source/Blas_de_Ledesma) (1556—1598), Spanish painter
- [Blas Elias](/source/Blas_Elias) (born 1967), American drummer
- [Blas Galindo](/source/Blas_Galindo) (1910–1993), Mexican composer
- [Blas Gallego](/source/Blas_Gallego) (born 1941), Spanish artist
- [Blas García Ravelo](/source/Blas_Garc%C3%ADa_Ravelo) (17th century), Spanish sculptor
- [Blas Giunta](/source/Blas_Giunta) (born 1963), Argentine football player
- [Blas Giraldo Reyes Rodríguez](/source/Blas_Giraldo_Reyes_Rodr%C3%ADguez) (born 1955), Cuban librarian
- [Blas Hernández](/source/Blas_Hern%C3%A1ndez) (1879–1933), Cuban soldier
- [Blas Infante](/source/Blas_Infante) (1885–1936), Andalusian politician and writer
- [Blas María de la Garza Falcón](/source/Blas_Mar%C3%ADa_de_la_Garza_Falc%C3%B3n) (1712–1767), Spanish settler of Tamaulipas and South Texas
- [Blas Matamoro](/source/Blas_Matamoro) (born 1942), Argentine writer
- [Blas Minor](/source/Blas_Minor) (born 1966), American baseball player
- [Blas Monaco](/source/Blas_Monaco) (1915–2000), American baseball player
- [Blas Ople](/source/Blas_Ople) (1927–2003), Filipino journalist and politician
- [Blas Parera](/source/Blas_Parera) (1777–1840), Spanish composer
- [Blas Pérez](/source/Blas_P%C3%A9rez) (born 1981), Panamanian footballer
- [Blas Piñar](/source/Blas_Pi%C3%B1ar) (1918–2014), Spanish politician
- [Blas Roca Calderio](/source/Blas_Roca_Calderio) (1908-1987), Cuban revolutionary and politician
- [Blas Ruiz](/source/Blas_Ruiz) (16th century), Spanish explorer
- [Blas Valera](/source/Blas_Valera) (1545–1597), Peruvian historian
- [Blas Villate](/source/Blas_Villate) (1824–1882), Spanish general
- [Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero](/source/Ismael_Blas_Rol%C3%B3n_Silvero) (1914–2010), Paraguayan bishop
- [Juan Blas de Castro](/source/Juan_Blas_de_Castro) (1561–1631), Spanish singer, musician, and composer

## Ships

- [*Blas de Lezo*-class cruiser](/source/Blas_de_Lezo-class_cruiser), a class of Spanish Navy light cruisers
- [Spanish ship *Blas de Lezo*](/source/Spanish_ship_Blas_de_Lezo), more than one Spanish Navy ship

## Other uses

- [Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms](/source/Basic_Linear_Algebra_Subprograms) (BLAS), a mathematical software library
- *Blas*, a word invented by [Jan Baptist van Helmont](/source/Jan_Baptist_van_Helmont) to describe astral radiation
- [List of storms named Blas](/source/List_of_storms_named_Blas), used for eight tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean and for one Medicane in the Mediterranean Sea

## See also

- "Bás, Fás, Blás", a poem written by [Dominic Behan](/source/Dominic_Behan)

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