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region of Guipuzcoa, in Spain. The surname means "wheat mountain" (''gar'' 'wheat', ''mendi'' 'mountain'), after Garmendia de Iraurgui, later known as Salvatierra de Iraurgui, later the site of the cities of Azpeitia and Azkoitia. As almost every Basque family, Garmendia enjoys the status of hidalgo, of ancient origin, previous to the

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Notable people sharing the surname Garmendia

Basil Spalding de Garmendia Basil Spalding de Garmendia (February 28, 1860 – November 9, 1932) was an American tennis player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Spalding de Garmendia was born in Baltimore, Maryland to the wealthy family Garmendia, of Spa ...

, American tennis player *

Cristina Garmendia Cristina Garmendia y Mendizábal (born 1962 in San Sebastián) is a Spanish biologist and businesswoman. With no previous political career, she was appointed as Minister of Science and Innovation in April 2008 by the President of the Government ...

, Basque businesswoman and Science & Innovation Minister of Spain *

Francisco Garmendia Francisco Garmendia (November 6, 1924 – November 16, 2005) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1977 to 2001. Biography Born in Lazcano, Spain, Francisco ...

, American Catholic bishop *

Germán Garmendia Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis (; born April 25, 1990) is a Chilean YouTuber, singer-songwriter, comedian and writer. He became famous for his YouTube channel HolaSoyGerman, which uploaded humorous videos about everyday situations. In 2013, ...

, Chilean YouTuber, comedian, and writer *

Ion Garmendia Anfurrutia Ion Garmendia Anfurrutia (born 1979) is a Basque musician from Ibarra, Gipuzkoa. He began taking voice lessons and studying txistu in 1988 in Ibarra. In 1997, he entered into a teacher training program in Gasteiz, and in 1999 began learning th ...

, Basque musician *

José Ignacio Garmendia José Ignacio Garmendia Mendizábal (born 4 April 1960) is a Spanish retired Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career Garmendia was born in Villabona, Gipuzkoa. He played solely ...

, Basque footballer *

Joseba Garmendia Joseba Garmendia Elorriaga (born 4 October 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Garmendia was born in Basauri, Biscay. A product of Athletic Bilbao's famed youth system, he made his first-te ...

, Basque footballer *

Luisa Garmendia Luisa (Italian and Spanish), Luísa (Portuguese) or Louise (French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements ''hlod'' ...

, First Lady of Chile 1827 to 1829, wife of President

Francisco Antonio Pinto Francisco Antonio Pinto y Díaz de la Puente (; July 23, 1785 – July 18, 1858) was a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile between 1827 and 1829. Early life He was born in Santiago, the son of Joaquín Pinto and Mercedes D ...

Nerea Garmendia Nerea Garmendia Martínez (born 29 October 1979) is a Spanish actress and television presenter who has developed her career in theater and television. Biography Born in the Gipuzkoan town of Beasain, she always knew she wanted to be an actres ...

, Basque actress and comedian *

Salvador Garmendia Salvador Garmendia Graterón (11 June 1928, Barquisimeto – 13 May 2001, Caracas) was a notable Venezuelan author, awarded in 1972 with the National Prize for Literature. In 1989 received the Juan Rulfo Prize for ''Tan desnuda como una p ...

, Venezuelan author

As a second or maternal surname

* Aníbal Pinto de Garmendia, President of Chile from 1876 to 1881 *

Augusto Pérez Garmendia Augusto Perez Garmendia (1899 in Donosti – 1936 in Pamplona), was a Spanish military man. He was Chief of the Spanish Republican Army General Staff in San Sebastián at the time of the coup d'état of 1936 that gave rise to the Spanish Civ ...

, Spanish military officer *

Enrique Molina Garmendia Enrique Molina Garmendia (August 4, 1871, La Serena, Chile - March 8, 1964, Concepción, Chile) was a Chilean educator and philosopher who promoted and aided in the development of the decentralization of education in Chile.Universidad de Conce ...

, Chilean philosopher * Enriqueta Pinto Garmendia, First Lady of Chile 1841–1846 and 1846–1851, wife of President

Manuel Bulnes Manuel Bulnes Prieto (; December 25, 1799 – October 18, 1866) was a Chilean military and political figure. He was twice President of Chile, from 1841 to 1846 and from 1846 to 1851. Born in Concepción, he served as the president of Chile bet ...

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