Nunez
This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Nunez (disambiguation).
Nunez (Spanish: Núñez; IPA: [ˈnuɲeθ]) is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese (and Old Galician) variant is Nunes. Notable people with the name include:
Academica
- Antonio Núñez Jiménez, Cuban revolutionary and academic
- Juan Núñez de la Peña, Spanish historian
Drama
- Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
- Joseph Nunez, United States actor
- Oscar Nunez, United States actor and comedian
- Oscar Núñez, Argentine actor
Exploration
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
Literature
Authors
- Elizabeth Nunez, United States writer
- Hernán Núñez (1475–1553), Spain writer and collector of proverbs
- José Rafael Núñez Tenorio, Venezuela philosopher
- Sigrid Nunez, United States writer
Fictional
- Alex Nuñez, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Music
- Alcide Nunez, United States jazz clarinetist
- José Nunez, United States electronica and house music producer
- Robert Nunez, United States musician
- Carlos Núñez Muñoz, Spanish musician from Galicia
- Carlos Núñez Cortés, a member of Argentine comedy-musical group Les Luthiers
- Juan Carlos Núñez, Venezuelan composer.
- Jorge Núñez (singer), American Idol contestant
- Antonio Escobar Núñez, a Spanish composer, music producer and sound designer**
- Cuauhtemoc Nuñez, a Mexican American Metal guitarist for The Void
Politics and military
- Fabian Núñez (born 1966), US-American politician
- José Núñez de Cáceres 1772 - 1846) Dominican politician and writer
- Blasco Núñez Vela, Spanish viceroy of Peru
- Samuel B. Nunez, Jr., Louisiana politician
- Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898-1978), Cuban politician
- Emilio Núñez (1855-1922), Cuban soldier, dentist, and politician
- Marco Antonio Núñez (born 1966), Chilean politician
- Osvaldo Nunez, Canadian politician
- Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon, Philippine politician
- Aaron Nunez Cardozo, 1762–1834, Gibraltarian consul for Tunis and Algie
- Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), Spanish military naval officer
- Rafael Núñez (politician), President of Colombia in the 1880s and 1890s
Sport
Baseball
- Abraham Núñez (baseball infielder), a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees
- Abraham Núñez (baseball outfielder), a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Caffè Danesi Nettuno of Italy's Serie A1
- Clemente Núñez, United States baseball player
- Eduardo Núñez, a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees
- Juan Carlos Oviedo, a Major League Baseball pitcher, called himself Leo Núñez before 2011
Association football
- Álvaro Adrián Núñez, Uruguayan goalkeeper
- Antonio Núñez, Spanish footballer
- Gervasio Núñez, Argentine footballer
- Jorge Martín Núñez, Paraguayan footballer
- Josep Lluís Núñez, former president of FC Barcelona
- Leonel Núñez, Johor Darul Takzim FC player
- Milton Núñez, Honduran footballer
- Nicolás Núñez, Chilean footballer
- Ramón Núñez, Honduran-American footballer
- Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
Other sport
- José María Núñez Piossek, A rugby union player
- Sidarka Núñez, Dominican Republic volleyball player
Science and medicine
- Manuel Núñez Tovar, Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist.
- Samuel Nunez, United States physician and early Jewish settler in Georgia
- Rafael E. Núñez, cognitive scientist
Other
- Marianela Núñez Argentine classical ballet dancer
- Rafael Núñez (hacker) (also known as RaFa), Venezuela hacker/cracker and model
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