__NOTOC__ Sepulveda or Sepúlveda may refer to:

Places

California

Sepulveda Boulevard Sepulveda Boulevard is a major street and transportation corridor in the City of Los Angeles and several other cities in western Los Angeles County, California. The street parallels Interstate 405 for much of its route. Portions of Sepulveda ...

, a major street in Los Angeles *

Sepulveda Dam The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561 (), it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, a ...

, a flood control dam in the San Fernando Valley which regulates the Sepulveda Basin *

Sepulveda Pass Sepulveda Pass (elevation ) is a low mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles. It is named after the Sepúlveda family of California, a prominent Californio family that owned the land where the pass lies. It connects ...

, a pass over the Santa Monica Mountains connecting the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley *

Sepulveda, California North Hills, known previously as Sepulveda, is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. North Hills was originally part of an agricultural community known as Mission Acres. After World War II, the newly dev ...

, now called North Hills, a neighborhood within Los Angeles.

Spain

Sepúlveda, Segovia Sepúlveda is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. The town lies next to the Hoces del Rio Duratón National Park and incorporates the district of Duratón. History The town of Sepúlveda is first menti ...

, a municipality

People

California

Sepúlveda family of California The Sepúlveda family is a prominent Californios, Californio family of Southern California. Members of the family held extensive ranchos of California, rancho grants and numerous important positions, including Alcalde of Los Angeles, Alcalde de Los ...

Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda Francisco Xavier Sepúlveda-García (1747–1788) was a Mexican colonial military officer and founder of the Sepúlveda family of California, a prominent Californio family of Southern California. Life He was born in Villa de Sinaloa, Mexico, the so ...

(1742–1788), founder of the family **

Juan Jose Sepúlveda ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

(1764–1808), member of the

Ávila family of California The Ávila family was a prominent Californio family of Spanish origins from Southern California, founded by Cornelio Ávila in the 1780s. Numerous members of the family held important rancho grants and political positions, including two Alcalde ...

Francisco Sepúlveda II Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ...

(1775–1853), member of the

** Juan María Sepúlveda (19th century), noted ranchero **

Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda Juan Capistrano Sepulveda (1814–1898) was an early California politician and pioneer in Los Angeles. He was a member of the prominent Sepúlveda family of California. Juan Capistrano Sepulveda was a son of Juan Jose Sepulveda, Jose Dolores Se ...

(19th century), politician

Elsewhere

Ángel Sepúlveda Ángel Baltazar Sepúlveda Sánchez (born 15 February 1991) is a Mexican professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Mexico national football team, Mexic ...

, Mexican footballer *

Daniel Sepulveda Daniel Wade Sepulveda (born January 12, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a punter for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), all with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football for the Bayl ...

, former American football punter *

Eduardo Sepúlveda Eduardo Sepúlveda (born 13 June 1991) is an Argentine racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. Early life Sepúlveda was born in Rawson, the capital of Chubut Province, in Argent ...

, Argentine track and road cyclist *

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1490 – 17 November 1573) was a Spanish humanist, philosopher, and theologian of the Spanish Renaissance. He is mainly known for his participation in a famous debate with Bartolomé de las Casas in Valladolid, Spai ...

, Spanish theologian and author of the 16th century who wrote in Latin *

Lorenzo de Sepúlveda Lorenzo de Sepúlveda (c. 1505 – c. 1580) was a Spanish writer best known as the author of romances in verse. Life and Works Little is known of Lorenzo de Sepúlveda's life. He descended from a notable family and lived most or all of his life ...

, 16th-century Spanish author of romances in verse *

Luis Sepúlveda Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura (; October 4, 1949 – April 16, 2020) was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during t ...

(1949–2020), Chilean writer *

Luis Fernando Sepúlveda Luis Fernando Sepúlveda Villar (born April 8, 1974) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Chile. He won a gold medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also competed at the ...

, Chilean track and road cyclist * Luis R. Sepúlveda, American politician *

María Luisa Sepúlveda Maira María Luisa Sepúlveda (14 August 18984 April 1958) was a Chilean composer and music educator. Biography María Luisa Sepúlveda was born in Chillán, the daughter of Bernardo Sepúlveda, professor of philosophy and languages at the Lyceum ...

, Chilean composer *

Sandra Sepúlveda Sandra Milena Sepúlveda Lopera (born 3 March 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Llaneros. Club career Sepúlveda joined her first club, Formas Íntimas, as a 10-year-old. She rose to club captain and played in the ...

, Colombian footballer {{DEFAULTSORT:Sepulveda Spanish-language surnames