Cárdenas

Cárdenas is a locational surname of Spanish origin. It may refer to:

• Cárdenas (surname)

Places

Cuba

• Cárdenas, Cuba
• Bay of Cárdenas

Mexico

• Cárdenas, San Luis Potosí
• Cárdenas, Tabasco
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán
• Lázaro Cárdenas, Quintana Roo

Nicaragua

• Cárdenas, Rivas

Panama

• Cárdenas, Panama

Spain

• Cárdenas, La Rioja

Venezuela

• Cárdenas Municipality, Táchira

People

• Adán Cárdenas (1836–1916), President of Nicaragua
• Adrian Cardenas (born 1987), American baseball player
• Agustín Cárdenas (1927–2001), Afro-Cuban sculptor
• Alberto Cárdenas (born 1958), Mexican politician
• Alejandro Cárdenas (born 1974), Mexican athlete
• Alejandro Fischer Cárdenas (born 1971), Colombian artist
• Alonso de Cárdenas (fl. 1474–1493), Spanish noble
• Carlos Cárdenas (born 1976), Bolivian footballer
• Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (born 1934), Mexican politician
• Eliécer Cárdenas (born 1950), Ecuadorian writer
• Félix Cárdenas (born 1973), Colombian cyclist
• Francisco Arias Cárdenas (born 1950), Venezuelan politician
• García López de Cárdenas (fl. 1540), Spanish Conquistador
• Gregorio Cárdenas Hernández (1915–1999), Mexican serial killer
• Henry Cárdenas (born 1965), Colombian road cyclist
• Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (born 1964), Mexican politician
• Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1895–1970), President of Mexico
• Leo Cárdenas (born 1938), Cuban baseball player
• Luis Cárdenas (cyclist) (born 1967), Colombian cyclist
• Luis Cárdenas (footballer) (born 1993), Mexican footballer
• Luis Cárdenas Saavedra, Venezuelan educator
• Martín Cárdenas (botanist) (1899–1973), Bolivian botanist
• Martín Cárdenas (motorcycle racer) (born 1982), Colombian motorcyclist
• Mauricio Cárdenas Santa María (born 1962), Colombian politician
• Miguel Cárdenas (fl. 1894–1904), Mexican politician
• Osiel Cárdenas (born 1967), Mexican drug baron
• Raúl Cárdenas (1928–2016), Mexican footballer and coach
• Regla Cárdenas (born 1975), Cuban heptathlete
• Raymundo Cárdenas (born 1950), Mexican politician
• Robert Cardenas (born 1920), American general
• Sherman Cárdenas (born 1989), Colombian football midfielder
• Steve Cardenas (born 1974), American martial artist and retired actor
• Tony Cárdenas (born 1963), California politician