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Pages in category "Occupational surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,454 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles concerned with one surname. Use template {} to populate this category. However, do not use the template on disambiguation pages that contain a list of people by family name.
An article in this category consists of or includes a list of people that share a surname or family name. Such articles are typically either split from long surname articles (as in the case of Johnson (surname) split from Johnson ) or are surname articles that need expansion.
Matías Rojas (disambiguation), multiple people; Mauricio Rojas (born 1950), Swedish politician, political economist, member of the Riksdag since 2002; Mauricio Rojas Toro (born 1978), Chilean football (soccer) player; Mel Rojas (born 1966), pitcher with a 10-year career from 1990 to 1999; Memo Rojas, Mexican-born race car driver
Three-time Formula One world champion Jack Brabham (pictured) established racing team Brabham, for which his son David would later race. American NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt suffered a fatal crash in the last corner of the 2001 Daytona 500, a race in which his son Dale Jr. (pictured) finished second.
Jim Boyer (disambiguation), several people; John W. Boyer (1890-1924), race car driver and co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500. John W. Boyer (born 1946), American historian and academic administrator; Joseph Boyer (1848–1930), a Canadian-American inventor and computer industrialist; Josh Boyer (born 1977), American football coach
An illegal street race in Bogotá, Colombia. Street racing is a typically unsanctioned and often illegal form of auto racing that occurs on a public road.Racing in the streets is considered an ancient hazard, as horse racing occurred on streets for centuries, and street racing in automobiles is likely as old as the automobile itself.
In Iceland, most people have no family name; a person's last name is most commonly a patronymic, i.e. derived from the father's first name. For example, when a man called Karl has a daughter called Anna and a son called Magnús , their full names will typically be Anna Karlsdóttir ("Karl's daughter") and Magnús Karlsson ("Karl's son").