Nunez

This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Nunez (disambiguation).

Nunez (Spanish: Núñez; IPA: [ˈnuɲeθ]) is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese (and Old Galician) variant is Nunes. Notable people with the name include:

Academica

• Antonio Núñez Jiménez, Cuban revolutionary and academic
• Juan Núñez de la Peña, Spanish historian

Drama

• Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
• Joseph Nunez, United States actor
• Oscar Nunez, United States actor and comedian
• Oscar Núñez, Argentine actor

Exploration

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador

Literature

Authors

• Elizabeth Nunez, United States writer
• Hernán Núñez (1475–1553), Spain writer and collector of proverbs
• José Rafael Núñez Tenorio, Venezuela philosopher
• Sigrid Nunez, United States writer

Fictional

• Alex Nuñez, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation

Music

• Alcide Nunez, United States jazz clarinetist
• José Nunez, United States electronica and house music producer
• Robert Nunez, United States musician
• Carlos Núñez Muñoz, Spanish musician from Galicia
• Carlos Núñez Cortés, a member of Argentine comedy-musical group Les Luthiers
• Juan Carlos Núñez, Venezuelan composer.
• Jorge Núñez (singer), American Idol contestant
• Antonio Escobar Núñez, a Spanish composer, music producer and sound designer**
• Cuauhtemoc Nuñez, a Mexican American Metal guitarist for The Void

Politics and military

• Fabian Núñez (born 1966), US-American politician
• José Núñez de Cáceres 1772 - 1846) Dominican politician and writer
• Blasco Núñez Vela, Spanish viceroy of Peru
• Samuel B. Nunez, Jr., Louisiana politician
• Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898-1978), Cuban politician
• Emilio Núñez (1855-1922), Cuban soldier, dentist, and politician
• Marco Antonio Núñez (born 1966), Chilean politician
• Osvaldo Nunez, Canadian politician
• Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon, Philippine politician
• Aaron Nunez Cardozo, 1762–1834, Gibraltarian consul for Tunis and Algie
• Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), Spanish military naval officer
• Rafael Núñez (politician), President of Colombia in the 1880s and 1890s

Sport

Baseball

• Abraham Núñez (baseball infielder), a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees
• Abraham Núñez (baseball outfielder), a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Caffè Danesi Nettuno of Italy's Serie A1
• Clemente Núñez, United States baseball player
• Eduardo Núñez, a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees
• Juan Carlos Oviedo, a Major League Baseball pitcher, called himself Leo Núñez before 2011

Association football

• Álvaro Adrián Núñez, Uruguayan goalkeeper
• Antonio Núñez, Spanish footballer
• Gervasio Núñez, Argentine footballer
• Jorge Martín Núñez, Paraguayan footballer
• Josep Lluís Núñez, former president of FC Barcelona
• Leonel Núñez, Johor Darul Takzim FC player
• Milton Núñez, Honduran footballer
• Nicolás Núñez, Chilean footballer
• Ramón Núñez, Honduran-American footballer
• Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer

Other sport

• José María Núñez Piossek, A rugby union player
• Sidarka Núñez, Dominican Republic volleyball player

Science and medicine

• Manuel Núñez Tovar, Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist.
• Samuel Nunez, United States physician and early Jewish settler in Georgia
• Rafael E. Núñez, cognitive scientist

Other

• Marianela Núñez Argentine classical ballet dancer
• Rafael Núñez (hacker) (also known as RaFa), Venezuela hacker/cracker and model