Menéndez

Menéndez or Menendez is a Spanish name. In English the name is often spelled without the diacritic. A shorter form sharing the same root is Mendez. It may refer to:

Persons

• Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1879–1962), President of El Salvador twice 1934–1935 & 1944
• Emilio Menéndez (born 1945), Spanish politician and member of the European Parliament
• Francisco Menéndez (1830–1890), President of El Salvador 1885–1890
• Francisco Menendez (creole) (18th century), former slave who led a militia against the British in 1740
• Jorge Fernández Menéndez (contemporary), Mexican editor and columnist
• Luciano Benjamín Menéndez (1927–2018), Argentine General, Provisional Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina 1975
• Mario Benjamín Menéndez (1930–2015), Argentine General, military Governor of the Falklands during the Falklands War
• Lyle and Erik Menendez, American brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989
• Manuel Menéndez (1793–1847), President of Peru for three brief periods 1841–1845
• Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856–1912), Spanish scholar, historian, and literary critic
• Osleidys Menéndez (born 1979), Cuban Olympic championship javelin thrower
• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), first governor of Spanish Florida & governor of colonial Cuba
• Pidal Juan Menéndez (1861–1915), Spanish archivist, jurisconsult, historian, and poet
• Pidal Luis Menéndez (1860–1932), Spanish genre painter
• Pidal María Goyri de Menéndez (1873–1955), Spanish Hispanicist, professor, and author
• Ramón Menéndez Pidal or Pidal Ramón Menéndez (1869–1968), Spanish philologist and historian
• Robert "Bob" Menendez (born 1954), American politician, Representative and Senator from New Jersey

Fictional characters

• Raul Menendez, the main antagonist of Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Places

• San Francisco Menéndez, municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador

Other uses

• Pedro Menendez High School, St. Johns County, Florida, United States

See also

• Mendez
• Mendes (name)