Cardenal is a surname of Spanish origin. People with that name include: * Ernesto Cardenal (born 1925), Nicaraguan cleric and liberation theologian *

Fernando Cardenal Fernando Cardenal Martínez (26 January 1934 – 20 February 2016) was a Nicaraguan Jesuit and liberation theology, liberation theologian. Family Fernando Cardenal was born into a wealthy and influential family in Granada, Nicaragua, as the fift ...

(1934–2016), Nicaraguan cleric and liberation theologian *

José Cardenal José Rosario Domec Cardenal (born October 7, 1943) is a Cuban American former professional baseball outfielder, who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (1963–64), Los Angeles/California Angels (1965–67), Cl ...

(born 1943), Cuban-American former baseball player * José Francisco Cardenal (born 1940), Nicaraguan businessman and rebel * Juan Pablo Cardenal (born 1968), Spanish journalist and sinologist *

Katia Cardenal Katia Cardenal (born June 19, 1963, in Managua, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan singer, songwriter, and part of the nueva trova movement. Katia and her brother Salvador Cardenal formed Duo Guardabarranco, one of the leading proponents of nueva trova, ...

(born 1963), Nicaraguan singer/songwriter *

Peire Cardenal Peire Cardenal (or Cardinal) (c. 1180 – c. 1278) was a troubadour ( fl. 1204 – 1272) known for his satirical ''sirventes'' and his dislike of the clergy. Ninety-six pieces of his remain, a number rarely matched by other poets of the age.Aubrey, ...

(1180–1278), Occitan troubadour *

Salvador Cardenal Salvador de Jesús Cardenal Barquero (Managua, Nicaragua, October 6, 1960 - March 8, 2010) was a Nicaraguan singer-songwriter and was one of the most renowned songwriters in Nicaragua and Central America, also a poet, painter and ecologist. Father ...

(1960–2010), Nicaraguan singer/songwriter * Xavier Chamorro Cardenal (1932–2008), Nicaraguan editor of ''El Nuevo Diario'', a Nicaraguan newspaper

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