Fuentes (surname)

Fuentes is a Spanish language surname meaning "fountains." Notable people with the surname include:

Manuel Fuentes. artist from Jesus Maria, Jalisco, Mexico.

• Adrián Fuentes (born 1996), Spanish football (soccer) player
• Adriana Fuentes Cortés (born 1968), Mexican politician of the National Action Party (PAN)
• Adriana Fuentes Téllez (born 1964), Mexican politician of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
• Agustin Fuentes, American primatologist
• Alberto Fuentes Mohr (1927–1979), Guatemalan economist and politician
• Alejandra Fuentes (born 1980), Venezuelan diver
• Alejandro Jano Fuentes (1972–2019), Mexican singer
• Alejandro Javiero Fuentes (born 1999), Norwegian singer born in Chile
• Alfredo Felipe Fuentes (born 1949), Cuban journalist and activist
• Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956-1997), Mexican drug lord
• Amalia Fuentes (1940–2019), Filipina actress
• Amarilis Fuentes (1894–1955), Ecuadorian teacher and suffragist
• Andrea Fuentes (born 1983), Spanish synchronised swimmer, sister of Tina Fuentes
• Ángel Fuentes (born 1996), Spanish road cyclist
• Angel Fuentes (born 1961), Puerto Rican American politician of the Democratic Party
• Brian Fuentes (born 1975), American pro baseball player
• Carlos Fuentes (1928-2020), Mexican writer
• Carmen Fuentes (born 1965), Spanish long-distance runner
• Daisy Fuentes (born 1966), Cuban-American model, actress, and television show hostess
• Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes (1874-1944), Cuban composer and folk music historian
• Erasmo Fuentes (born 1943), Mexican-born sculptor
• Eufemiano Fuentes (born 1945) Spanish sports doctor
• Eugenio Fuentes (born 1958), Spanish novelist
• Fabricio Fuentes (born 1976), Argentine football (soccer) player
• Gregorio Fuentes, (1897-2002) Spanish-Cuban, who is credited by some as a model for Ernest Hemingway's protagonist, Santiago, in The Old Man and the Sea
• Gustavo Fuentes (born 1973), Argentine football (soccer) player
• Heidemarie Fuentes, American actress and producer
• Hernán Fuentes (1918–1999), Chilean modern pentathlete
• Humberto Fuentes (born 1961), Venezuelan weightlifter
• Juan Francisco Fuentes (born 1955), Spanish historian
• Ivette Fuentes (born 1972), Mexican theoretical physicist
• José Fuentes (judoka) (born 1960), Puerto Rican judoka
• José Francisco Fuentes (c. 1966–2009), Mexican politician
• José Luis Fuentes (born 1985), Venezuelan male artistic gymnast
• Josh Fuentes (born 1993), American baseball player
• Jovita Fuentes (1895–1978), Filipina soprano singer
• Julio Fuentes (pentathlete) (born 1960), Chilean modern pentathlete
• Julio Fuentes Serrano (1954–2001), Spanish journalist
• Julio M. Fuentes (born 1946), Puerto Rican Senior United States federal judge
• Katty Fuentes (born c. 1976), Mexican beauty queen
• Luis Fuentes (wrestler) (born 1946), Guatemalan wrestler
• Lupe Fuentes (born 1987), Colombian music producer, DJ, and former pornographic actress
• Marcos Fuentes, (born 1973), Mexican football (soccer) player and manager
• Mariola Fuentes (born 1970), Spanish actress
• Mercedes Fuentes (born 1958), Spanish handball player
• Miguel Fuentes (1946-1970), major-league pitcher
• Miguel Ángel Fuentes (born 1964), Spanish football (soccer) player
• Miguel de Jesús Fuentes (born 1971), Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Mike Fuentes (baseball) (born 1958), American baseball player
• Mike Fuentes (musician) (born 1984), American musician, drummer for band Pierce The Veil
• Miren Ortubay Fuentes (born 1958), Spanish lawyer, criminologist, professor
• Moisés Fuentes (born 1985), Mexican professional boxer
• Nelson Fuentes (born 1978), Salvadoran economist and politician
• Nick Fuentes (born 1998), American white supremacist political commentator
• Nicolás Fuentes (1941–2015), Peruvian football (soccer) player
• Nina Fuentes (born 1968), Venezuelan artist, art collector, curator, and art dealer
• Orlando Fuentes (born 1974), American judoka
• Don Pedro Enríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes, Spanish governor of Milan
• Pedro Fuentes (born 1957), Cuban weightlifter
• Reymond Fuentes (born 1991), Puerto Rican baseballer
• Rosa Fuentes (born 1965), Mexican freestyle swimmer
• Rubén Fuentes (1926–2022), Mexican violinist & composer
• Sammy Fuentes (born 1964), Puerto Rican boxer
• Sebastián Fuentes (born 1987), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
• Susan Fuentes (1954–2013), Filipina singer
• Thomas Fuentes, former Assistant Director of the FBI
• Tina Fuentes (artist) (born 1949), American painter
• Tito Fuentes (born 1944), Cuban-American pro baseball player
• Tom Fuentes (1948–2012), American politician of the Republican Party
• Fernando de Fuentes (1894–1958), Mexican film director, considered a pioneer in the film industry worldwide
• Vic Fuentes (born 1983), American musician, singer for band Pierce The Veil
• Zetna Fuentes, American television director

Fictional characters:

• Isabel Fuentes, Mexican-American character portrayed by Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek in the movie Fools Rush In
• Marisol Fuentes, Mexican-American character portrayed by American actress Cree Cicchino in the Netflix series Mr Iglesias