Guzmán or de Guzmán ( or ) is a

Spanish surname Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

. The

Portuguese language Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and ...

equivalent is Gusmão.

Origins

The surname is of toponymic origin, ''de Guzmán'' ("of Guzmán"), deriving from the village of Guzmán ( es) in the region of

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...

. The earliest individual documented using this surname was Rodrigo Muñoz de Guzmán, who first appears in a document from 1134 and was the founder of the noble

House of Guzmán The House of Guzmán (''Casa de Guzmán'') is an old and noble Spanish family that emerged in Castile in the 12th century and became one of the most prominent dynasties of the Spanish kingdom until the 18th century. The original family gave rise ...

.Gonzalo Martínez Díez "Orígenes familiares de Santo Domingo, los linajes de Aza y Guzmán", in Luis Vicente Díez Martín and Cándido Aniz Iriarte, eds., ''Santo Domingo de Caleruega en sus contexto socio-político, 1170-1221''. (Monumenta Histórica Iberoamericana de la Orden de Predicadores, 5) Jornadas de estudios medievales, Salamanca, 1994, p 173-228. Page 197 "''No tenemos elementos para identificar con seguridad al Munio o Nuño, que fue el padre de nuestro don Rodrigo Muñoz o Núñez de Guzmán, primer caballero que usa el apelativo Guzmán.''" In the Philippines, Canada and the United States the name usually becomes Guzman (without

acute accent The acute accent (), , is a diacritic used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts. For the most commonly encountered uses of the accent in the Latin and Greek alphabets, precomposed ch ...

), while the Portuguese form of the name is Gusmão.

Coats of arms of Guzmán

People with the surname

People with this surname include:

A–D

* Abimael Guzmán (1934–2021), Peruvian founder of the communist group Shining Path *

Adriana Guzmán Adriana Guzmán (born 30 June 1992) is a Mexican tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racke ...

(born 1992), Mexican tennis player *

Alejandra Guzmán Gabriela Alejandra Guzmán Pinal (born February 9, 1968), known professionally as Alejandra Guzmán, and nicknamed "La Reina de Corazones" (The Queen of Hearts) is a Mexican musician, singer, composer, and actress. With more than 30 million album ...

(born 1968), Mexican singer *

Aleth Guzman-Nageotte Aleth Guzman-Nageotte (1904, Burgundy – 1978, Paris) was a French sculptor and medalist. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of Dijon under the direction of before joining the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts of Paris in the wor ...

(1904–1978), French sculptor and numismatist *

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán Alonso Pérez de Guzmán (1256–1309), known as ''Guzmán el Bueno'' ("Guzmán the Good"), was a Spanish nobleman and hero of Spain during the medieval period, the founder of the line from which the dukes of Medina Sidonia descend. Biography ...

"el Bueno" (1256–1309), Spanish nobleman * Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550–1615), commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada * Juan Pérez de Guzmán, 1ºth Duke of Medina Sidonia, (1494+), commander of army of Andalusia in Spain. *

Ángel Guzmán Ángel Moisés Guzmán (born December 14, 1981) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. Listed at , 195 pounds (88 kg), Guzmán bats and throws right-handed. He made his major league debut on April 26, 2006. Career Chicago C ...

(born 1981), Venezuelan baseball pitcher * Antonia García de Videgain born Antonia García F. de Guzmán, (1850-1924), actress and singer. * Antonio Guzmán (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

Antonio Guzmán Blanco Antonio José Ramón de La Trinidad y María Guzmán Blanco (28 February 1829 – 28 July 1899) was a Venezuelan military leader, statesman, diplomat and politician. He was the president of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870 until 1 ...

(1829–1899), president of Venezuela **

Antonio Guzmán Fernández Silvestre Antonio Guzmán Fernández (February 12, 1911 – July 4, 1982), best known as Antonio Guzmán, was a Dominican businessman and a politician. He was President of the Dominican Republic, from 1978 to 1982. Early life Antonio Guzm� ...

(1911–1982), president of the Dominican Republic ** Antonio Guzmán Núñez (born 1953), Spanish footballer **

Antonio Jose Guzman Antonio Jose Guzman is a Dutch Panamanian visual artist, communication designer and lecturer. He lives and works in Amsterdam, Panama City and Dakar. Early life and career Guzman was born in Panama City, Panama in 1971. Guzman began studying ph ...

(born 1971), Dutch Panamanian artist *

Agustín Guzmán Agustín Guzmán, nicknamed "The Altense Hero", was a liberal Central American military general, politician and positivist, who was appointed as Army Commander in Chief of the State of Los Altos when it was formed as part of the Federal Republ ...

(died 1849), Commander in Chief of Los Altos * Augusto Ibáñez Guzmán (1958 - 2018), Colombian lawyer and academic * Black Guzmán (1916–1973), Mexican professional wrestler * Coco Guzmán (born 1979), Spanish visual artist *

Cristian Guzmán Cristian Antonio Guzmán (born March 21, 1978) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, and Texas Rangers. Professional career Minnesota Twins ...

(born 1978), Dominican baseball shortstop * Daniel Guzmán (born 1965), Mexican football player and manager * Daniela Guzmán, Ecuadorian singer and composer * David Guzmán (born 1990), Costa Rican footballer *

Del de Guzman Del Reyes de Guzman (born January 9, 1963) is a Filipino politician who served as the 11th Mayor of Marikina from 2010 to 2016. He had previously served as Representative for the city's lone district from 2001 up to its division in 2007, wherein ...

(born 1963), Filipino politician *

Delfina Guzmán Delfina Guzmán Correa (born 7 April 1928) is a Chilean actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1968. She starred in the 1968 Raúl Ruiz film '' Three Sad Tigers''. She is the daughter of Florencio Guzmán La ...

(born 1928), Chilean actress *

Domingo Guzmán Domingo Guzmán (born April 5, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball player. He made his major league debut with the San Diego Padres in 1999, and played in 8 games from 1999 to 2000. He traveled to Taiwan, and played one season in the Chinese ...

(born 1975), Dominican baseball pitcher *

Saint Dominic Saint Dominic ( es, Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (), was a Castilian Catholic priest, mystic, the founder of the Dominican Order and is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientis ...

de Guzmán (1170–1221), Castilian priest and founder of the Dominican Order

E–H

Efraín Guzmán Noel Matta Matta-Guzmán also known by his nom de guerre Efraín Guzmán (c. 1937 – 2003) was a Colombian guerrilla leader, founding member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Colombian military intelligence reported his ...

(c. 1937–2002), Colombian guerrilla leader *

Eleanor de Guzmán Leonor (Eleanor) de Guzmán y Ponce de León (1310–1351) was a Castilian noblewoman. After roughly 1330, she became the long-term mistress and favourite of Alfonso XI, with whom she had the illegitimate Henry "the Fratricidal", future first mona ...

(1310–1351), Castilian royal mistress * Elizabeth Guzman, Elected official in Virginia, U.S. *

Enrique Guzmán Enrique Guzmán (born February 1, 1943) is a Venezuelan-born Mexican singer and actor. He is one of the pioneers of Rock & Roll in Mexico, along with César Costa, Angélica María, Johnny Laboriel and Alberto Vasquez, among others. He is als ...

(born 1943), Mexican singer *

Éver Guzmán Éver Arsenio Guzmán Zavala (born 15 March 1988) is a Mexican former footballer who last played as a forward for Guatemalan team Antigua. Professional Although having debuted professionally on 15 May 2004 in a game against C.F. Pachuca, Guzm� ...

(born 1988), Mexican footballer *

Fernando Guzmán Solórzano Fernando Guzmán Solórzano (30 May 1812 in Tipitapa – 19 October 1891 in Granada) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1867 to 1 March 1871. He was a member of the Conservative Party. He was a relative of Carlos José Solórzano ...

(1812–1891), President of Nicaragua (1867–1871) * Felipe S. Guzmán (1879–1932), President of Bolivia (1925–1926) *

Federica Guzmán Alexandra Federica Guzmán Diamante, (born May 23, 1981) is a Venezuelan TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Venezuela World 2006. Guzmán competed as Miss Miranda in Miss Venezuela 2001 (and the preceding Miss World Venezue ...

, (born 1981) Venezuelan TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder *

Fernán Pérez de Guzmán Fernan (or Fernando) Perez de Guzman (1376–1458) was a Spanish historian and poet. He belonged to a family distinguished both for its patrician standing and its literary connections, for his uncle was Pero López de Ayala, Grand Chancellor of Cas ...

(1376–1458), Castilian nobleman, historian and genealogist *

Francisco de Tello de Guzmán Francisco de Tello de Guzmán (sometimes ''Francisco Tello de Guzmán''; 1532-April 1603) was Spanish governor of the Philippines from July 14, 1596 to May 1602. He was a knight of the Order of Santiago. Early life and appointment as governor Fra ...

(died 1603), Spanish Governor of the Philippines * Freddy Guzmán (born 1981), Dominican baseball outfielder *

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, 3rd Count of Olivares, GE, known as the Count-Duke of Olivares (taken by joining both his countship and subsequent dukedom) (6 January 1587 – 22 July 1645), was a Spanish royal favourit ...

(1587–1645), Spanish court favorite and minister * Gastón Guzmán (1932–2016), Mexican mycologist and anthropologist

J

Jack Guzman ''Power Rangers Wild Force'' is the 2002 Power Rangers season that tells the story of the Wild Force Power Rangers and their fight against the Orgs. Wild Force Power Rangers The Wild Force Rangers are granted mystical powers and charged to prot ...

(born 1975), Colombian-born American actor *

Jaime Guzmán Jaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz (June 28, 1946 – April 1, 1991) was a Chilean constitutional law professor, speechwriter and member and doctrinal founder of the conservative Independent Democrat Union party. In the 1960s he opposed the Universit ...

(1946–1991), Chilean lawyer and senator, founder of the Independent Democratic Union *

Javier Guzmán Javier Guzmán Colin (January 9, 1945 – August 14, 2014) was a Mexican football defender, who played for the Mexico national team between 1970 and 1977. He was part of the Mexico squad for the 1970 World Cup on home soil. At club level, Gu ...

(1945–2014), Mexican football defender * Jered Guzman (born 1981), American pair skater * Jesús Guzmán (born 1984), Venezuelan baseball player *

Joan Guzmán Joan Guzmán (born May 1, 1976) is a Dominican former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO super bantamweight title from 2002 to 2005, and the WBO junior light ...

(born 1976), Dominican boxer in super featherweight division *

Joaquín Guzmán Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) ...

, nicknamed 'El Chapo' (born 1954 or 1957), Mexican drug trafficker *

Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán (Cartago, Costa Rica, 15 February 1801 – San Miguel, El Salvador, 1875) was a Central American politician and military general who served as acting President of El Salvador on three occasions: from 25 October 1844 to ...

(1801–1875), politician and President of El Salvador *

Joel Guzmán Irvin Joel Vigo Guzmán (born November 24, 1984) is a Dominican professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunich ...

(born 1984), Dominican baseball player *

Jonathan de Guzmán Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán (born 13 September 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam. Born in Canada, he represented the Netherlands internationally. De Guzmán is Canadian-born, but made himself a ...

(born 1987), Canadian-born footballer, playing for Dutch national team * Jorge Guzmán (born 1963), Mexican professional wrestler better known as

El Hijo del Santo Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler and political activist, best known under the ring name, El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"). Guzmán is the you ...

* José Guzmán (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

José Guzmán José Alberto Guzmán Mirabal (born April 9, 1963) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from to . Career Guzmán was signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent on February 10, . He made his maj ...

(born 1963), Puerto Rican baseball player **

José Guzmán (boxer) José de la Cruz Guzmán (born March 5, 1963) is a former Venezuelan boxer, competing in the welterweight division. Guzman competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he was defeated in the first roun ...

(born 1963), Venezuelan boxer ** José Guzmán Santos (born 1947), Mexican politician ** José Florencio Guzmán (born 1929), Chilean politician ** José de Guzmán, 1st Viscount of San Rafael de la Angostura (1740–1792), Dominican cattle rancher, colonizer and nobleman ** José de Guzmán Benítez (1857–1921), Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico *

Josep Maria Guzmán Josep Maria Guzmán Cañas (born February 28, 1984 in Badalona, Catalonia) is a Spanish basketball player, playing the point guard position. Clubs * ''Joventut Badalona'' - EBA (Spain) - 2001/2002 * ''Joventut Badalona'' - EBA & ACB (Spain) - ...

(born 1984), Spanish basketball player * Juan Guzmán (disambiguation), multiple people, including **

Juan Guzmán (baseball) Juan Andres Guzmán Correa (born October 28, 1966) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Guzman spent most of his playing career with the Toronto Blue Jays and was part of their World Series winning teams in 1992 and 1993. Career Guzmán ...

(born 1966), Dominican baseball pitcher **

Juan José Guzmán General Juan José Guzmán (July 1797, La Unión – 19 October 1847) was the first President of El Salvador The president of El Salvador ( es, Presidente de El Salvador), officially known as the President of the Republic of El Salvador ( es, ...

(1800–1847), President of El Salvador, 1842–1844 **

Juan Pablo Guzmán Juan Pablo Guzmán (born January 29, 1981) is a professional tennis player and coach from Argentina. In 2007, Guzmán won the ATP doubles title in Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands ...

(born 1981), Argentinian tennis player **

Juan Reynoso Guzmán Juan Máximo Reynoso Guzmán (born December 28, 1969 in Lima) is a Peruvian professional manager and former footballer. He started his playing career in his native Peru where he played for Alianza Lima from 1986 to 1990. He made over 230 appear ...

(born 1969), Peruvian football defender ** Juan de Guzmán (died 1569), post-Conquest tlatoani (ruler) of the state of Coyoacan in the Valley of Mexico **

Juan Guzmán Tapia Juan Salvador Guzmán Tapia (; 22 April 1939 – 22 January 2021) was a Chilean judge. He was the first Chilean judge to lead investigations and prosecute Augusto Pinochet for violations of human rights during his dictatorship between 1973 an ...

(born 1939), Chilean judge ** Juan Guzman (soccer) (born 1988), American soccer player ** Juan Guzmán (photographer) (1911–1982), German born Mexican photographer **

Juan Guzman (boxer) Juan Antonio Guzmán Batista (August 21, 1951 — May 2021), better known as Juan Guzman, was a Dominican former professional boxer and WBA world Junior Flyweight champion. Due to his high percentage of wins by knockout (specially for his div ...

(born 1951), Dominican boxer *

Julian de Guzman Julian Bobby de Guzman (born March 25, 1981) is a Canadian soccer executive and former professional player and coach. De Guzman was the first Canadian to play in the Spanish La Liga. While playing in Spain, he was voted 2007–08 Deportivo La ...

(born 1981), Canadian footballer

K–W

* Karel Guzmán (born 1995), Cuban basketball player *

Klarisse de Guzman Klarisse de Guzman (born September 6, 1991) is a Filipino singer and composer who rose to prominence after winning as the first-runner up of the first season of The Voice of the Philippines in 2013 and being crowned the winner of the third s ...

, runner-up of ''The Voice of the Philippines'' (season 1) in 2013 * Lucía Guzmán, American politician from Colorado *

Leody de Guzman Leodegario "Ka Leody" Quitain de Guzman (; born July 25, 1959) is a Filipino socialist labor rights activist who ran for president in the 2022 Philippine presidential elections, under the Partido Lakas ng Masa. He is currently the chairperson ...

(born 1959), Filipino labor leader and activist * Luis Guzmán (disambiguation), multiple people, including: **

Luis Guzmán Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Magnolia'' (1999) an ...

(born 1956), Puerto Rican actor **

Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste Don Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste ( es, Don Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, marqués de Villaflor y noveno conde de Alba de Liste ; also sometimes, ''Luis Henríquez de Guzmán, conde de Alba de Aliste'') (born c. 1605) was ...

(born c. 1605), viceroy of New Spain and Peru **

Luis Muñoz de Guzmán Luis Muñoz de Guzmán (1735 – 11 February 1808) was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of Quito and Royal Governor of Chile The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district cal ...

(1735–1808), Spanish colonial administrator **

Luis Roberto Guzmán Luis Roberto Guzmán (born April 9, 1973) is a Puerto Rican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas like '' Alborada'', and for his title role in Mexican series ''El Pantera''. Guzmán also worked on the film '' Ladies' Night'' ...

(born 1966), Puerto Rican actor *

Luisa de Guzmán Luisa María Francisca de Guzmán y Sandoval ( pt, Luísa Maria Francisca de Gusmão;. 13 October 1613 – 27 February 1666) was a queen consort of Portugal. She was the spouse of King John IV, the first Braganza ruler, as well as the mother o ...

(1613–1666), Spanish noblewoman * Manuel Guzmán (born 1969), Puerto Rican swimmer *

Martha Guzmán Partida Martha Dolores Guzmán Partida is a Mexican mathematician specializing in functional analysis, including Fourier analysis, harmonic analysis, and the theory of distributions. She is a professor of mathematics at the Universidad de Sonora. ...

, Mexican mathematician *

Nahuel Guzmán Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán (born 10 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. Club career Guzman made his professional debut for Newell's Old Boys in August 2006 against C.A. Belg ...

(born 1986), Argentine football goaltender * Noel Guzmán Boffil Rojas (1954–2021), Cuban painter * Nuño de Guzmán (c. 1490–1558), Spanish conquistador * Pancho Guzmán (born 1946), Ecuadorian tennis player *

Patricio Guzmán Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director. He is most known for his films ''The Battle of Chile'' (1975-1979) and ''Salvador Allende'' (2004). Career Guzmán also teaches documentary film classes in ...

(born 1941), Chilean documentary film maker *

Pedro Guzman Pedro Guzman (also known as Peter Guzman) is a U.S. citizen who was illegally deported to Mexico by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) in May 2007."Lawsuit filed for man who was illegally deported to MexicoLA Wave/ref> He spen ...

(also Peter Guzman), US citizen illegally deported to Mexico in 2007 * Ralph Guzman (born 1980), Filipino news correspondent * Ramon Guzman (born 1982), American player of Canadian football * Ramón Guzmán, (1907–1954), Spanish football player and manager * Raúl González Guzmán (born 1985), Venezuelan footballer * Rigoberto Guzmán (1932–2014), Salvadoran football player and manager * Rodolfo Guzmán (1917–1984), Mexican professional wrestler and actor better known as Santo *

Ronald Guzmán Ronald Enmanuel Guzmán Cepeda (born October 20, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman and pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and New Y ...

(born 1994), Dominican baseball player *

Ryan Guzman Ryan Anthony Guzman (born September 21, 1987) is an American actor and former model, known for his lead roles as Sean Asa in ''Step Up Revolution'' and '' Step Up: All In'', part of the ''Step Up'' film series, as Noah Sandborn in the erotic p ...

(born 1987), American actor *

Suzanna Guzmán Suzanna Guzmán (born in East Los Angeles, California) is an American mezzo-soprano and Emmy Award winning television host. Currently she is the host of the weekly radio program Opera at Noon and On Broadway on 105.1HD4 KMozart. She was also see ...

, American opera singer * Tomás Guzmán (born 1982), Paraguayan footballer *

Vanessa Guzmán Vanessa Guzmán Niebla (born April 19, 1976, in Mexico City, Mexico), is a Mexican actress and model. She was Nuestra Belleza México in 1995, and represented her country in the 1996 Miss Universe pageant. Biography Vanessa Guzmán was born in M ...

(born 1976), Mexican actress and model * Víctor Guzmán (born 1995), Mexican footballer * Viviana Guzmán (born 1982), Chilean flautist * William Guzmán (born 1994), Mexican footballer

People with the given name

Guzmán has also rarely been used as a given name. Notable people with the given name Guzmán include: * Guzmán Casaseca (born 1984), Spanish football midfielder * Guzmán Pereira (born 1991), Uruguayan football midfielder

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