Castañeda

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. The name refers to: habitational name from any of various places in Santander, Asturias, and Salamanca, named with castañeda, a collective of castaña ‘chestnut’.

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
• Joseph A. Castaneda (b. 1965) American Baseball Player, President Lions Club, Elks Lodge Member

Music

• Castaneda an American Indie Pop band from California formed in early 2007

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

Other

• Dr. Carlos Castañeda Elementary School, McAllen, Texas, USA
• Perry–Castañeda Library, central library of the University of Texas Austin library system