Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the
Spanish version of
Joachim
Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...
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Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder
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Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger
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Joaquín (footballer, born 1982), Spanish football forward
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Joaquín Almunia, Spanish politician
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Joaquín Andújar, professional baseball player in the Houston Astros organization
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Joaquín Arias, professional baseball player in the San Francisco Giants organization
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Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic
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Joaquín Belgrano, Argentine patriot
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Joaquín Benoit, professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres
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Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro (born September 16, 1974) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of hi ...
, American politician from San Antonio, Texas
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Joaquín Cortés, Spanish flamenco dancer
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Joaquín De Luz, Spanish New York City Ballet principal dancer
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Joaquin Domagoso, Filipino actor and model
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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord
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Joaquín Hernández, Mexican footballer
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Joaquín "Jack" García, Cuban-American FBI agent
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Joaquín Francisco Pacheco (1808–1865), Prime Minister of Spain
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Joaquín Gutiérrez Cano (1920–2009), Spanish diplomat and politician
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Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician for the Independent Democrat Union
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Joaquín Maurín, Spanish Catalan leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) and the Workers and Peasants Bloc
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Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (1896–1965), Filipino diplomat, businessman and polo player
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Joaquin Miller (1837–1913), American poet and frontiersman
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Joaquin Murrieta
Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo (sometimes spelled Murieta or Murietta) (1829 – July 25, 1853), also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican-American figure of disputed historicity. The novel '' The Life and ...
(1829–1853), Mexican-Californian 19th century outlaw
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Joaquín Pardavé (1900–1955), Mexican actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Mexican cinema (1900–1955)
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Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974), American actor
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Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), Spanish composer of classical music, especially for the guitar
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Joaquín Sabina (born 1949), Spanish singer-songwriter and poet
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Joaquín Salvador Lavado "Quino" (1932–2020), Argentine-Spanish cartoonist
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Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923), Spanish artist
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Joaquin Szuchman (born 1995), Israeli-Argentinian professional basketball player
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Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina Pérez (9 December 188214 January 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music.''Encyclopædia Britannica'' online (2014)"Joaquín Turina"/ref>
Biography
Turina was born in Seville. He studied in Seville as well as in Madri ...
(1882–1949), Spanish composer of classical music
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Joaquín Zavala (1835–1906), President of Nicaragua
Surname
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Jaymee Joaquin, Filipina actress and TV presenter
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Nick Joaquin, Filipino author
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Waldis Joaquín, Dominican baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
Fictional characters
* Commander Joaquin, a character in the anime ''
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer''
* Joaquín de la Vega, son of Alejandro Murrieta “Zorro” de la Vega in ''
Mask of Zorro'' and ''
The Legend of Zorro''
See also
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Hurricane Joaquin
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San Joaquin (disambiguation) San Joaquin may refer to:
Places Central America
* San Joaquin, Corozal, a village in Belize
*San Joaquín de Flores, a town in Costa Rica
North America California, United States
*The San Joaquin River
**The San Joaquin Valley, the southern part o ...
References
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Masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names