Mendoza
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This article is about the Spanish surname. For the city in Argentina, see Mendoza, Argentina. For other uses, see Mendoza (disambiguation).
Mendoza is a surname of Basque origin, also occurring as a place name. It means Cold Mountain, from words in the Basque language, mendi (mountain) and (h)otz (cold) + definite article '-a' (Mendoza being mendi+(h)otza). When related to Spain, it usually applies to the descendants of the Mendoza family, an old basque noble family originally from Alava. The spelling of place names in basque has varied from the original 'mendotza' to 'mendontze' in the 1890s, 'mendoche' in the 1920s, 'mendotxe' in the 1980s to the restored original of 'mendotza' being the current.[1]
People having this name include:
People [edit]
Business:
- Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan businessman
- Lorenzo Mendoza, Venezuelan businessman
- Tom Mendoza, Vice Chairman of NetApp, Inc. and namesake of Notre Dame's business school
Art and entertainment:
- Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer
- Brillante Mendoza, Filipino film director
- Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008
- Eduardo Mendoza Ceballos, Spanish novelist
- Grace Jones (b. Grace Mendoza), Jamaican-American singer, model, actress
- Hazel Ann Mendoza, Filipina actress
- Linda Mendoza, American film and television director
- Lydia Mendoza, Tex-Mex singer and interpreter of "corridos"
- Mandoza, a South African musician famous for the Kwaito song 50/50
- Marco Mendoza, bass player
- Natalie Mendoza, Hong Kong-born Australian actress and musician
- Rebecca Jackson Mendoza, Australian actress, singer and dancer
- Thristan Mendoza, Filipino musician
Fiction:
- Rodrigo Mendoza, fictional character of the movie The Mission
Military:
- César Mendoza, member of Government Junta of Chile (1973) as chief of Carabineros de Chile
- Pedro de Mendoza, conquistador
- Bernardino de Mendoza, Captain General
Politics and government:
- Antonio de Mendoza, first Viceroy of New Spain
- Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish statesman and ambassador
- Carlos Antonio Mendoza, acting President of Panama
- César Mendoza, Chilean soldier
- Cristóbal Mendoza, First President of Venezuela
- Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa, a Venezuelan cabinet minister and scientist
- Inés Mendoza, wife of Puerto Rico Governor Luis Muñoz Marín
- Juan González de Mendoza, Spanish minister and historian
- Leandro Mendoza, Philippine Secretary of Transportation and Communications
- Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman
- Susana Mendoza, Chicago, Illinois politician
- Victoria Muñoz Mendoza, Puerto Rico politician
- Rolando Mendoza, bus hijacker in the Manila hostage crisis 2010
Religion:
- Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman
Royalty:
- Ana de Mendoza e de la Cerda, Spanish aristocrat
- Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y de Guzmán, Baroness of Polop and Benidorm
Sport:
- Alvin Mendoza, Mexican football (soccer) player
- Ana Mendoza, Mexican breaststroke swimmer
- Carlos Mendoza, baseball player
- Daniel Mendoza, English boxer
- Gabriel Mendoza, Chilean football (soccer) player
- Jessica Mendoza, American softball player
- Jesús Mendoza, Mexican football player
- Jonny Mendoza, Venezuelan boxer
- Luis Mendoza, baseball player
- Mario Mendoza, baseball player
- Mike Mendoza, baseball player
- Ramiro Mendoza, baseball player
- Rigoberto Mendoza, Cuban marathon runner
- Saúl Mendoza, disabled athlete
See also [edit]
- Mendonça (disambiguation), Portuguese variation
