Quintana

Quintana is a Spanish surname, associated with:

People

• Andrés Quintana Roo (1787–1851), Mexican politician
• Anxo Quintana (born 1959), Spanish politician
• Quintana Olleras (1851-1919, born Blas Olleras y Quintana), Spanish painter
• Charlie Quintana (born 1962), US musician
• Carlos Quintana (disambiguation)
  • Carlos Quintana (boxer) (born 1976), Puerto Rican boxer
  • Carlos Morales Quintana (born 1970), Spanish architect and yachtsman, husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
  • Carlos Quintana (baseball) (born 1965), Major League Baseball player
  • Carlos Quintana (footballer) (born 1982), Argentine football defender
• Dayer Quintana (born 1992), Colombian professional road bicyclist
• Diego Quintana (born 1978), Argentine footballer
• Dionisio Quintana (born 1957), Cuban javelin thrower
• Gretchen Quintana (born 1984), Cuban heptathlete
• Ismael Quintana (born 1937), Puerto Rican singer
• Janelle Quintana (born 1989), Filipina actress
• José Quintana (born 1989), Major League Baseball player
• Changuito (born 1948; as José Luís Quintana), Cuban percussionist
• José Luis Naranjo y Quintana (born 1944), Mexican politician
• Juan de Quintana (died 1534), Franciscan friar and confessor to the Holy Roman Emperor
• Juan Cortada y Quintana (1821-1889), Puerto Rican politician
• Leona Vicario (1789-1842; as Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo) Mexican independentist rebel
• Lope Conchillos y Quintana (died 1521), Spanish politician
• Manuel José Quintana (1772–1857), Spanish writer
• Mario Quintana (1906–1994), Brazilian writer
• Nairo Quintana (born 1990), Colombian racing cyclist
• Sebastián Quintana (born 1983), Uruguayan/Qatari footballer
• Marilee DelCarmen Quintana (born 1993), Sagua la Grande, Cuba

Fictional characters

• Jesus Quintana, a character in the film The Big Lebowski, portrayed by John Turturro
• Dante Quintana, main character from the book "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe", written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Places

Geographic features

• Quintana Island, an Antarctic island

Settlements, and administrative and political divisions

• Quintana Municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
• Quintana, Texas, United States
• Quintana (Hato Rey), a sector in Puerto Rico
• Quintana (Belmonte), a parish in Austurias, Spain
• Quintana Roo, a state in Mexico

Structures and sites

• Estadio Quintana Roo, a football stadium in Quintana Roo
• La Quintana, a library park in Medellin, Colombia

Sports

• Quintana Roo Tigres, a Mexican baseball team
• Academia Quintana, a Puerto Rican football team
• Quintana Roo (company), a company that produces time trial bicycles mainly for triathlons

Biology

• Quintana atrizona, a fish species in the monotypic genus Quintana
• Bartonella quintana, an illness

Other uses

• Quintana (Madrid Metro), a Line 5 station in Madrid, Spain
• Quintana Roo Speleological Survey of Quintana Roo, Mexico
• Operation Quintana Roo, Mexican anti-narcotics military operation

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Quintana
• All pages with titles containing Quintana
• Quintana y Congosto, a municipality in Spain
• Villarta-Quintana, a municipality in Spain