Vega (surname)
Vega (pronounced [ˈbeɣa]) is a Spanish surname than means "dweller in the meadow", or "one who lives on the plain". Other versions of the surname Vega are Vegas or Vegaz. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Vega (1938–2016), singer for the no wave duo Suicide
- Alexa Vega, Colombian American actress and singer
- Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003 from the Dominican Republic
- Cecilia Vega (actress) (b 1977), French porn actress
- Cecilia Vega (anchor), correspondent and anchor for ABC News
- Conrado Vega, American politician and educator
- Edgardo Vega Yunqué (1936–2008), Puerto Rican novelist, also known as Ed Vega
- Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (1934–2015), Mexican poet, lawyer, writer, academic, actor and translator
- Isidra Vega, a Hispanic American actress
- Janine Pommy Vega, American poet
- Judah Vega, 17th century rabbi in Amsterdam
- Jurij Vega (1754–1802), Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer
- Lope de Vega (1562–1635), Spanish playwright
- Little Louie Vega, a Puerto Rican house musician. He occasionally uses an alias name Vega.
- Lydia de Vega, Filipino athlete
- Makenzie Vega, American actress
- Oscar Vega, Spanish boxer
- Paz Vega, Spanish actress
- Silverio Vega, Mayor of West New York, New Jersey
- Suzanne Vega, American songwriter and singer (stepdaughter of Edgardo)
- Tim Vega (1965–2002), American graphic designer (son of Edgardo)
See also
- Veiga, Portuguese variant
- De la Vega, Spanish variant
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