Ortiz

Ortiz (pronounced [orˈtiθ]) is a surname of both Spanish and Basque origin.

People

• Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz (born 1952), president of Ecuador 1996–1997
• Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), Ecuadoran novelist, poet and diplomat
• Aldo Ortiz (a.k.a. Ricky Santana) (born 1960), Mexican professional wrestler
• Alfonso Ortiz (1939–1998), Native American cultural anthropologist
• Álvaro Ortiz (born 1978), Mexican football player
• Ana Alicia Ortiz (born 1956), Mexican-American actress
• Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano (1899–1949), Mexican writer and Contemporáneos magazine founder
• Beto Ortiz (born 1978), Peruvian-American journalist, TV personality, and writer
• Carlos Ortiz (born 1936), Puerto Rican boxer
• Carlos Julián Ortiz (born 1974), Cuban freestyle wrestler
• Carlos Ortiz Longo (born 1962), Puerto Rican-American health care manager for NASA
• Claudette Ortiz (born 1981), American soul singer
• Claudia Ortiz (born 1981), Peruvian beauty pageant winner
• Danny Ortiz (1976–2004), Guatemalan football player
• Darwin Ortiz (born 1948), American gambler, magician, and author
• David Ortiz (a.k.a. Big Papi), (born 1975), Dominican baseball player
• Deborah Ortiz (born 1957), American politician, state senator from California
• Dianna Ortiz (born 1961), American Roman Catholic nun kidnapped and tortured by the Guatemalan defense forces in 1989
• Diego Ortiz (c. 1510–1580), Spanish composer and musicologist
• Diogo Ortiz de Villegas (1457–1519), Spanish-Portuguese theologian and astronomer
• Elín Ortiz (born 1945), Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer
• Emmanuel Ortiz (born 1974), Chicano/Puerto Rican/Irish-American activist and poet
• Enrique Ortiz (disambiguation), multiple people
• Eulalio Martín Gutiérrez Ortiz (1881–1939), president of Mexico 1914–1915
• Félix Ortiz (born 1959), American politician in the New York Assembly
• Fernando Ortiz Fernández (1881–1969), Cuban, essayist, ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture
• Fernando Ortiz Arana (born 1944), Mexican politician and legislator
• Francisco Ortiz Franco (1954–2004), Mexican journalist
• Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848–1921), Spanish artist
• Guillermo Ortiz Martínez (born 1948), governor of the Bank of Mexico
• Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia (born 1941), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico
• Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (born 1980), Cuban boxer
• Héctor Ortiz Ortiz (born 1950), governor of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala
• Héctor Herrera Ortiz (born 1959), Cuban Olympic medalist (1992) in the 800 meters
• Ismael Ortiz (born 1982), Panamanian swimmer in the 2004 Olympics
• Juan Laurentino Ortiz (Argentine poet) (1896–1978)
• Junior Ortiz (born 1959), Puerto Rican baseball catcher
• John Ortiz (born 1969), American actor and co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company
• Jorge Ortiz (Argentine footballer) (born 1984)
• José Ortiz (a.k.a. Piculín or Picu) (born 1963), Puerto Rican basketball player
• José Luis Ortiz Moreno (contemporary), Spanish astronomer
• José Ortiz (comics) (born 1932) Spanish comics artist
• Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (a.k.a. La Corregidora) (1768–1829), conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence
• Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), Puerto Rican author
• Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz (born 2005), Princess of Asturias
• Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (born 1972), Queen of Spain
• Lisa Ortiz (born 1974), American actress
• Ludwig Ortiz (born 1976), Venezuelan judoka
• Luis Ortiz (Puerto Rican boxer) (born 1965), Puerto Rican boxer
• Luis "Perico" Ortiz (born 1949), Puerto Rican trumpet player and composer
• Manuel Ortiz or Halloween (wrestler) (born 1971), Mexican professional wrestler
• Manuel Ortiz de Zárate (1887–1946), Chilean artist
• Manuel Antonio Ortiz (fl. 1840–1841), president of Paraguay 1840–1841
• Marisela Escobedo Ortiz (1958–2010), Mexican social activist, killed while protesting the murder of her daughter
• Omar Ortiz (born 1976), Mexican football (soccer) player
• Opie Ortiz (contemporary), American tattoo artist
• Oscar Alberto Ortiz (born 1953), Argentine football player, and winner of the 1978 World Cup
• Óscar Ortiz (El Salvador) (born 1961), Salvadoran politician
• Óscar Ortiz (tennis) (born 1973), Mexican tennis player
• Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877–1963), president of Mexico 1930–1932
• Paul Ortiz (contemporary), UK guitarist and musician
• Pedro Ortiz Dávila (a.k.a. Davilita) (1912–1986), Puerto Rican popular singer
• Ramón Ortiz (born 1973), Dominican baseball player
• Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz (1898–1959), Argentine writer, journalist, essayist, and poet
• Ricky Ortiz or Richard Young, American professional wrestler
• Roberto María Ortiz (1886–1942), president of Argentina 1938–1942
• Russ Ortiz (born 1974), American baseball player
• Shalim Ortiz (born 1979), Puerto Rican/Dominican-American singer and actor
• Solomon P. Ortiz (born 1937), US Representative from Texas
• Stalin Ortiz (born 1981), Colombian basketball player
• Telma Ortiz Rocasolano (born 1973), sister of Letizia, Princess of Asturias
• Tito Ortiz (born 1975), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Tony Ortiz, American sportscaster and sports talk show host
• Victor Ortiz (born 1987), American boxer
• Xavier Ortiz (born June 29), Mexican actor and singer
• Yolanda Ortiz Espinosa (born 1978), Cuban diver
• Yñigo Ortiz de Retez (fl. 1545), Spanish maritime explorer

Places

• Ortiz, Guárico, town in Guárico state, Venezuela
• Ortiz, Colorado, a small village in the San Luis Valley near Alamosa
• Ortiz, Venezuela, a municipality in the state of Guárico
• Ortiz Island, Antarctica

See also

• Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, American television personality, Jersey Shore
• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (contemporary), American professor and activist
• Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli, comet discovered in 1970