Mujica

Mujica (in Basque Muxika) is a Basque surname. Variations include Mujíca, Mújica, Mújico, Mujika, Mugica, Múgica, Mugika, Moxica and Mojica.

Notable people with the name include:

• Andreína Mujica (born 1970), Venezuelan journalist and photographer
• Aylín Mújica (born 1974), Cuban actress and model
• Edward Mujica (born 1984), Venezuelan baseball pitcher
• José Mujica (1935–2025), Uruguayan former guerrilla, statesman and president of Uruguay (2010–2015)
• José Mujica (baseball) (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball player
• Manuel Mujica Lainez (1910–1984), Argentine fiction writer and art critic
• Pedro Mujica Carassa, early 20th century Peruvian politician
• José Mojica (1896–1974), Mexican Franciscan friar, tenor and film actor
• José Mojica Marins, a.k.a. "Coffin Joe" (1936–2020), Brazilian filmmaker, actor and screenwriter
• Adrián de Moxica (1453–1499), Spanish nobleman and explorer of Basque decent
• Carlos Mugica (1930–1974), Argentine Roman Catholic priest and activist
• Francisco Múgica (1907–1985), Argentine film director, film editor and cinematographer
• René Mugica (1909–1998), Argentine actor, film director and screenwriter
• Haritz Mújika (born 1981), Spanish footballer
• Jokin Mújika (born 1962), Spanish cyclist
• Juan María Mujika (1963–2004), Spanish footballer

See also

• General Francisco Mujica International Airport, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
• Mugica, a brand of Llama-Gabilondo y Cia SA firearms
• Muxika, a town and municipality in Biscay, Spain
• Ave Mujica, a Japanese band