A brief biographical note about Pedro Alonso Pablos
June, 03; 2026. By Arscodex
Having noted the demand for information about Pedro Alonso Pablos's background, I, the undersigned, due mainly to the global impact of his work—primarily in film—have decided to release some biographical details about myself, in the most thorough and well-documented manner possible.
So, let's begin: Pedro's two surnames (as people are named in Spain) are Alonso (from his father's side) and Pablos (from his mother's side).
The surname Alonso comes from Old Castile, specifically Ávila. He comes from a family of lawyers and farmers, some of whom have held positions in the civil service, specifically in the legal field (either as judges or notaries).
My father, Jesús Alonso Dávila, is a lawyer, and he spent most of his career with the American company Procter & Gamble during the second half of the 20th century. This allowed the family to live comfortably and enabled Pedro to pursue his studies and his art. When Pedro was six months old, Jesús moved with his young family to Cincinnati (a city in the state of Ohio), where the aforementioned American company is headquartered, and Pedro lived there with his parents for about a year. According to my mother, the cashiers at the supermarket called me "Big Eyes" because, apparently, I had open eyes and noticed everything.
Little more can be said about the surname Alonso, except that its lineage is lost in Castilian roots.
The story on my mother's side is also interesting. My mother's second surname (Isabel Pablos O'Mullony) is Irish, so it is well documented that Irish blood runs through Pedro's veins. This surname, O'Mullony, is an archaic form of O'Maloney or other similar names (upon arriving in Spain with such a distinctive surname, it did not evolve). The O'Mullony family were Irish Catholic soldiers who came to Spain during the Flight of the Wild Geese. They first settled in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz (it's worth noting that there are several other illustrious Irish and English surnames in that area), and after likely serving in the Hibernia Regiment, probably also fighting against the French in the War of Independence, the regiment was disbanded and its members dispersed throughout Spain. Some of them, with descendants, ended up in Madrid and, after being called to teach military classes at the Infantry College in Trujillo at the end of the 19th century, they settled in that town in Extremadura.
Hence the lineage of the former Irish soldiers, which intermingled with the local Trujillo population. The Pablos family also includes many lawyers, some of whom are also civil servants. The author of this text has two siblings: Rita Alonso Pablos and Luis Alonso Pablos.
And here you have all this information about the origin of Pedro Alonso Pablos, which is me, as the reader already knows, and certain family notes.
So, let's begin: Pedro's two surnames (as people are named in Spain) are Alonso (from his father's side) and Pablos (from his mother's side).
The surname Alonso comes from Old Castile, specifically Ávila. He comes from a family of lawyers and farmers, some of whom have held positions in the civil service, specifically in the legal field (either as judges or notaries).
My father, Jesús Alonso Dávila, is a lawyer, and he spent most of his career with the American company Procter & Gamble during the second half of the 20th century. This allowed the family to live comfortably and enabled Pedro to pursue his studies and his art. When Pedro was six months old, Jesús moved with his young family to Cincinnati (a city in the state of Ohio), where the aforementioned American company is headquartered, and Pedro lived there with his parents for about a year. According to my mother, the cashiers at the supermarket called me "Big Eyes" because, apparently, I had open eyes and noticed everything.
Little more can be said about the surname Alonso, except that its lineage is lost in Castilian roots.
The story on my mother's side is also interesting. My mother's second surname (Isabel Pablos O'Mullony) is Irish, so it is well documented that Irish blood runs through Pedro's veins. This surname, O'Mullony, is an archaic form of O'Maloney or other similar names (upon arriving in Spain with such a distinctive surname, it did not evolve). The O'Mullony family were Irish Catholic soldiers who came to Spain during the Flight of the Wild Geese. They first settled in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz (it's worth noting that there are several other illustrious Irish and English surnames in that area), and after likely serving in the Hibernia Regiment, probably also fighting against the French in the War of Independence, the regiment was disbanded and its members dispersed throughout Spain. Some of them, with descendants, ended up in Madrid and, after being called to teach military classes at the Infantry College in Trujillo at the end of the 19th century, they settled in that town in Extremadura.
Hence the lineage of the former Irish soldiers, which intermingled with the local Trujillo population. The Pablos family also includes many lawyers, some of whom are also civil servants. The author of this text has two siblings: Rita Alonso Pablos and Luis Alonso Pablos.
And here you have all this information about the origin of Pedro Alonso Pablos, which is me, as the reader already knows, and certain family notes.
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