Guzmán

Guzman (or Guzmán) is a Spanish surname of toponymic origin, deriving from the village of Guzmán, in the region of Burgos. Originally de Guzmán, or "of Guzmán", the preposition has frequently been dropped. The Portuguese form of the name is Gusmão.

People with this surname include:

Politics and government

Historical

• the Dukes of Medina Sidonia had this surname. They include:
  • Alonso Pérez de Guzmán El Bueno, Castilian nobleman
  • Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Castilian nobleman, descendant of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán
• Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, 1st Duke of Arión, 17th century Viceroy of New Spain
• Saint Dominic 'de Guzman', founder of the Dominican Order
• Eleanor of Guzman, 14th century Castilian royal mistress
• Fernan Pérez de Guzmán, Medieval Castilian nobleman, historian and genealogist
• Francisco de Tello de Guzmán, Spanish Governor of the Philippines
• Gaspar de Bracamonte y Guzmán, Spanish diplomat and statesman
• Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish court favorite and minister
• Juan de Guzmán, post-conquest Aztec leader
• Leo Guzmán, Spanish conquistador
• Luisa de Guzman, a Spanish noblewoman
• Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, conde de Alba de Liste, Viceroy of New Spain
• Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, 16th century Spanish conquistador

Modern

• Antonio Guzmán Blanco, President of Venezuela (1870–1877; 1879–1884; 1886–1888)
• Antonio Guzmán Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic (1978–1982)
• Del R. De Guzman, Filipino politician
• Felipe S. Guzmán, President of Bolivia (1925–1926)
• Fernando Guzmán Solorzano, President of Nicaragua (1867–1871)
• Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, President of Guatemala (1951–1954), overthrown in CIA orchestrated coup
• Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician
• Juan Guzmán Tapia, Chilean judge in charge of investigations into Augusto Pinochet from January 1998 to May 2005
• Juan José Guzmán, President of El Salvador (1842–1844)

Arts

• Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
• Antonio Jose Guzman, Dutch-Panamanian audiovisual artist
• Daniela Guzmán, Ecuadorian singer
• Delfina Guzmán, Chilean actress
• Enrique Guzmán, Mexican singer
• Jack Guzman, actor
• Juan Guzmán Cruchaga, Chilean poet
• Luis Guzmán, American actor
• Noel Guzmán Boffil Rojas, Cuban artist
• Patricio Guzmán, Chilean documentary film maker
• Suzanna Guzmán, opera singer
• Teroy de Guzmán, Filipino comedian
• Vanessa Guzmán, Mexican actress and model
• Viviana Guzmán, flautist

Sports

Baseball

• Ángel Guzmán, professional baseball player
• Cristian Guzmán, major league baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers
• Domingo Guzmán, former professional baseball player
• Freddy Guzmán, professional baseball player
• Juan Guzmán Correa, former major league baseball pitcher, primarily with the Toronto Blue Jays
• Joel Guzmán, professional baseball player
• José Guzmán, former major league baseball pitcher, primarily with the Texas Rangers

Soccer

• Antonio Guzmán Núñez, former Spanish
• Daniel Guzmán, former Mexican
• Ever Guzmán, Mexican
• Jonathan de Guzmán, Canadian-born, playing for Dutch national team
• Juan Reynoso Guzmán, retired Peruvian
• Julian de Guzman, Canadian
• Luis Guzman (football player), Honduran
• Raúl González Guzmán, Venezuelan
• Tomás Guzmán, Paraguayan

Miscellaneous

• Jered Guzman, American retired competitive pair skater
• Joan Guzmán, Dominican world-champion boxer in super featherweight division
• José Guzman, Venezuelan boxer
• Josep Maria Guzmán, Spanish basketball player
• Juan Pablo Guzmán, Argentinian tennis player
• Manuel Guzmán, Puerto Rican swimmer
• Ramón Guzman, American football player

Journalism

• Pablo Guzmán, American television reporter
• Ralph Guzman, Filipino news correspondent

Other people named Guzman

• Abimael Guzmán, founder of the Peruvian communist group Shining Path
• Alexandra Federica Guzmán Diamante, Venezuelan beauty queen
• Iván De Guzmán, Mexican Diyei and producer
• Efraín Guzmán, Colombian guerrilla leader
• Gastón Guzmán, Mexican mycologist
• Gustavo Guzmán, Mexican businessman
• Joaquín Guzmán, nicknamed 'Chapo', international drug trafficker
• Ernesto Guzman, World renown Piping Designer
• Onel de Guzman, Filipino computer hacker
• Pedro Guzman (also Peter Guzman), a US citizen illegally deported to Mexico in 2007
• Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán, Chilean economist

Individuals with Guzman as a given name include:

• Guzmán Casaseca, Spanish soccer player, known as simply Guzmán
• Guzman Quintero Torres, Colombian journalist

Places

Geographical features with this name include:

• Guzmán, in Burgos, from which the surname derives
• Castilleja de Guzmán, a city in the province of Seville, Spain
• Castillo de Guzmán, a castle in Tarifa, Spain
• Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, city in Mexico.
  • The city is the center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán
• Estadio Mario Mercado Vaca Guzmán, a multi-use stadium in Potosí, Bolivia
• Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport, an Argentinian airport serving the city of San Salvador de Jujuy
• Guzmán Basin, between northern Mexico and the southern United States
• Puerto Guzmán, a town in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia
• Santo Domingo de Guzmán (usually simply Santo Domingo), capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic
• Toral de los Guzmanes, a municipality in the province of León, Spain

Other uses of Guzman

• National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle, a Peruvian institution of higher education
• Prix Guzman, French Académie des Sciences prize for successful interplanetary communication
• Sinaloa Cartel, a drug cartel sometimes called the Guzman-Loera Organization