Diez or Díez is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alfredo Diez Nieto Alfredo Diez Nieto (25 October 1918 – 23 October 2021) was a Cuban composer, conductor, and professor. He taught composition at Instituto Musical Kohly, the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory, the National Art Schools (Cuba), National Art School, and ...

(1918–2021) Cuban composer, conductor and professor *

Barbarito Díez Barbarito Díez (December 4, 1909 – May 6, 1995) was a Cuban singer who specialized in danzón.Orovio, Helio (2004). ''Cuban Music from A to Z-CL''. Duke University Press Books. . He began his career as the singer for Graciano Gómez and Isaac O ...

(1909–1995), Cuban singer *

Benni Diez Benjamin "Benni" Diez is a German filmmaker and electronic musician, known for his darkly themed short films ''Pressure Bolt'' and ''Kingz (film), Kingz'', and his debut romantic horror comedy feature ''Stung (2015 film), Stung.'' Education and ...

, German filmmaker *

Eduardo Díez de Medina Eduardo Díez de Medina (8 February 1881 – 27 June 1955), was born in La Paz, Bolivia, and was Bolivia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship on three occasions. In 1941 Diez de Medina submitted himself to trial after he was accused of ...

, Bolivian politician *

Emiliano Díez Emiliano Díez (born August 26, 1953) is a Cuban-American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Vic Palmero, George's father-in-law, in the sitcom ''George Lopez'', as well as his role as Manny Beltrán in the sitcom '' Los Beltrán''. Ea ...

, Cuban actor *

Ernst Friedrich Diez Ernst Friedrich Diez or Dietz (17 March 1805 – December 1892) was a German lyric tenor who sang leading roles in the opera houses of Germany and Austria. He is most closely associated with the Munich Hofoper (now known as the Bavarian State Oper ...

, German opera singer *

Fabio Díez Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker (born November 18, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe) is a former male beach volleyball player, who represented Spain at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Alongside Javier Bosma he won the silver medal at the 1999 Europea ...

, Argentinian-Spanish beach volleyball player * Federico Díez de Medina, Bolivian politician *

Friedrich Christian Diez Friedrich Christian Diez (15 March 179429 May 1876) was a German philologist. The two works on which his fame rests are the ''Grammar of the Romance Languages'' (published 1836–1844), and the ''Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages'' ...

(1794–1876), German philologist *

Fritz Diez Fritz Diez (27 February 1901 – 19 October 1979) was a German actor, producer, director and theater manager. Biography Early life Diez's mother was a servant, and raised her three children alone. To support his family, the child began working a ...

, East German actor and theater director. *

Heinrich Friedrich von Diez Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (2 September 1751 – 7 April 1817) was a German diplomat and orientalist. He was ennobled in 1789 by Frederick the Great for his diplomatic service as the Prussian chargé d'affaires to the Ottoman Empire. In his l ...

, German diplomat and orientalist *

Javier Diez Canseco Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros (March 24, 1948 – May 4, 2013) was a Peruvian politician and member of the Peruvian Congress representing the Socialist Party of Peru (PS), of which he was a founding member and also served as its Party President. ...

(1948–2013), Peruvian politician *

Juan Martín Díez Juan Martín Díez, nicknamed El Empecinado ( es, the Undaunted), (5 September 1775 – 20 August 1825) was a Spanish military leader and guerrilla fighter, who fought in the Peninsular War. On October 8, 1808, the privilege of using the name ...

(1775–1825), Spanish guerrilla leader *

Luis Díez del Corral Luis Díez del Corral y Pedruzo (5 July 1911, in Logroño – 7 April 1998, in Madrid) was a Spanish jurist, writer and political scientist. He was legal counsel and a deputy in the Spanish Cortes from 1943–49, during the first legislative ses ...

, Spanish lawyer and political scientist *

Margarita of Diez Margarita of Diez (German - ''Margarethe von Diez''; 14 October 1544 - 12 July 1608) was a German noblewoman. Born in Spangenberg, she was the fourth child and eldest daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse and his second morganatic wife Margar ...

, German noblewoman * Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (1838-1919), Colombian historian, translator, genealogist *

Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez Mauricio González-Gordon y Díez, Marquis of Bonanza (18 October 1923 – 27 September 2013) was a Spanish sherry maker and a conservationist. Most of his life he worked for the family company, González Byass, where he increased its exports ...

(1928–2013), Spanish sherry maker and conservationist * Nicolás Diez, Argentine footballer *

Ricardo Gómez Diez Ricardo Gómez Diez (born March 4, 1949) is an Argentine politician. He was until 2007 a senator for Salta Province for the Salta Renewal Party (PRS) and was vice-presidential candidate of the national Recrear Federal Movement, now part of the PRO ...

, Argentine politician *

Samuel Friedrich Diez Samuel Friedrich Diez ( 19 December 1803 – 11 March 1873) was a German portraitist and court official. He served as court painter to Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. An influential artist in royal courts across Europe, he was made Honorary Des ...

, German painter *

Sophie Diez Sophie Diez or Dietz (''née'' Hartmann) (1 September 1820 – 3 May 1887) was a German soprano who sang leading roles with the Munich Hofoper (now known as the Bavarian State Opera) in a career spanning 40 years. She is most remembered today fo ...

(1820–1887), German operatic soprano *

Stefan Diez Stefan Diez (born 1971 in Freising) is a German industrial designer whose Munich-based studio, DIEZ OFFICE, develops furniture, accessories, and exhibition designs. Early life and education Born in 1971 in Freising, Germany, to a family of ...

, (born 1971), German designer *

Steven Diez Steven Diez ( es, Díez, ; born March 17, 1991) is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in ...

, Spanish/Canadian tennis player *

Thomas Diez Thomas Diez (born 2 February 1970) is a German professor of Political Science and International Relations at the Institute for Political Science, University of Tübingen. He was formerly Professor of International Relations Theory in the Department ...

, German professor of International Relations *Blessed Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina (1903-1936), Spanish teacher and religious woman *

Wilhelm von Diez Albrecht Christoph Wilhelm von Diez (17 January 1839, Bayreuth – 25 February 1907, Munich) was a German painter and illustrator of the Munich School. Life He attended a trade school in Munich, followed by the Polytechnic School (precursor of ...

, German painter

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