Castañeda
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Castañeda or Castaneda is a Spanish and Asturian and Leonese surname. In non-Hispanic countries, the name is usually spelled Castaneda (without the tilde). In Portuguese, this name is spelled Castanheda. It is a habitational name from any of various places in Santander, Asturias, and Salamanca, derived from castañeda, a collective of castaña "chestnut".
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Castañeda or Castaneda may refer to:
[edit] People
- Cacho Castaneda (b. 1942 as Humberto Vicente Castagna), Argentine singer and actor
- Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), Peruvian author on Mesoamerican shamanism
- Cristián Castañeda (b. 1968), Chilean football player
- Germán Villa Castañeda (contemporary), Mexican football player
- Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991), Guatemalan philosopher and author
- Jorge Castañeda (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
- Jorge Ubico y Castañeda (1878–1946), President of Guatemala 1931–1944
- Juan Castañeda (b. 1980), Spanish championship fencer
- Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (1836–1921), Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru briefly in 1894
- Luis Castañeda Lossio (contemporary), Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima
- Maureen Castaneda (contemporary), American businesswoman, former officer of Enron Corporation
- Movita Castaneda (b. 1917), American actress, second wife of Marlon Brando
- Oliverio Castañeda (1955–1978), Guatemalan student civil-rights activist; assassinated
- Patricia Castañeda (b. 1976), Colombian actress and writer
- Salvador Castaneda Castro (1888–1965), Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador, 1945–1948
[edit] Music
- Castaneda (band) an American Indie Pop band
- La Castañeda, a Mexican rock band
Noah Jeremiah Castañeda, All style music artist George Joseph Castañeda Jr, All style music artist
[edit] Places
- Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya, municipality in Nueva Vizcaya province, Philippines
- Castaneda, Switzerland, municipality in the district of Moesa, Graubünden canton, Switzerland
- Castañeda, Cantabria, municipality in Cantabria, Spain
[edit] Other
- Dr. Carlos Castañeda Elementary School, McAllen, Texas, USA
- Perry–Castañeda Library, central library of the University of Texas Austin library system
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