Iglesias is a Spanish surname, meaning "
churches".
Notables with this name include
* The Iglesias family of Spain
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Julio Iglesias Sr.
Julio Iglesias Puga (25 July 1915 – 19 December 2005) was a Spanish gynecologist. He was the father of singer Julio Iglesias and grandfather to the singers Enrique Iglesias and Julio Iglesias Jr. and socialite Chabeli Iglesias. He was nickname ...
(1915–2005), gynecologist, father of Julio
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Julio Iglesias (born 1943) singer, father of:
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Chabeli Iglesias
María Isabel "Chábeli" Iglesias Preysler (born 3 September 1971) is a Spanish journalist and socialite. She is the daughter of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina socialite Isabel Preysler, and the older sister of singers Julio Iglesia ...
(born 1971), journalist, sister of Enrique and Julio José
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Julio Iglesias Jr.
Julio José Iglesias Preysler (born 25 February 1973) is a Spanish singer. In 2008, he was declared the winner of the CMT competition '' Gone Country''.
Early life
He was born Julio José Iglesias-Preysler (before a later name change) in Madri ...
(born 1973), pop singer and model
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Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...
(born 1975), musician
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Alberto Iglesias (born 1955), Spanish composer
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Enrique V. Iglesias (born 1931), Uruguayan economist
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Gabriel Iglesias (born 1976), American actor and comedian
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Gabriëlle Andrée Iglesias Velayos y Taliaferro (1933–2010), French landscape architect and garden writer, also a Dutch baroness
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Pablo Iglesias Simón (born 1977), Spanish theatre director, playwright, researcher, sound designer, and professor.
Political figures
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Dalmacio Iglesias García (1879–1933), Spanish Carlist politician
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David Iglesias (attorney) (born 1955), American attorney, U.S. Attorney for New Mexico 2002-06
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Fernando Iglesias (Argentine politician), Argentine writer and deputee
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José María Iglesias (1823–1891), Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and liberal politician. Disputed 28th President of Mexico.
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Miguel Iglesias (1830–1909), Peruvian soldier, politician and president 1883-5.
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Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850–1925), Spanish socialist politician
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Pablo Iglesias Turrión (born 1978), Spanish politician and Secretary-General of Podemos
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Santiago Iglesias (1872–1939), Puerto Rican political activist, labor organiser and newspaper publisher
Sports figures
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David Cobeño Iglesias (born 1982), Spanish footballer
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José Iglesias (baseball), Cuban baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
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Leonardo Andrés Iglesias
Leonardo Andrés Iglesias (born August 28, 1979, in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine football forward, who is currently a free agent.
Career
Iglesias started his career in the regionalised Argentine 3rd division with Club Atlétic ...
(born 1979), Argentinian footballer
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Raisel Iglesias
Raisel Iglesias (born January 4, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2014, Iglesias signed with the Cincinnati Reds. He previously played in MLB for the Reds and Los Angeles ...
, Cuban baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
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Roniel Iglesias (born 1988), Cuban amateur boxer, Olympics medalist winner
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Borja Iglesias (born 1993), Spanish footballer
See also
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Yglesias Yglesias is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* The Yglesias literary and journalistic family
** Helen Yglesias (née Bassine) (1915–2008), American novelist, wife of Jose
** Jose Yglesias (1919–1995), American novelist, husba ...
References
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Spanish-language surnames