Lugo is a Spanish surname named after the city of

Lugo Lugo (, ; la, Lucus Augusti) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population ...

Galicia, Spain Galicia (; gl, Galicia or ; es, Galicia}; pt, Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and P ...

People with the surname ''de Lugo''

These are

patrilineal Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...

descendants of the original House of Lugo, a noble family in Lugo. *

Álvaro Yáñez de Lugo Álvaro Yáñez de Lugo y Monterroso was a 15th-century Spanish nobleman from the house of Lugo in Galicia. He was a '' doncel'' in the royal court, later a knight and ''señor'' in Medina del Campo, royal chamberlain in Castile and royal scribe i ...

, Spanish nobleman * Francisco de Lugo (conquistador) (d. 1532), Spanish conquistador, son of Álvaro *

Alonso Fernández de Lugo Alonso Fernández de Lugo (; died 1525) was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He conquered the islands of La Palma (1492–1493) and Tenerife (1494–1496) for the Castilian Crown; they were the last of the C ...

(d. 1525), Spanish conquistador, great-nephew of Álvaro *

Pedro Fernández de Lugo Pedro Fernández de Lugo (1475 Seville –1536 Santa Marta) was the second adelantado of the Canary Islands and governor of Tenerife and La Palma, a title confirmed again by Charles I of Spain, in Barcelona, on August 17, 1519. Pedro Fernández de ...

(1475–1536), Spanish nobleman, son of Alonso * Francisco Bahamonde de Lugo (d. 1574), Governor of Puerto Rico and Cartagena *

Francisco de Lugo Francisco de Lugo (1580–1652) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian. He briefly taught theology at the Pontifical Xavierian University, Universidad Javeriana in Santa Fe de Bogota, New Kingdom of Granada before moving to Mexico. During his time i ...

(1580–1652) Spanish Jesuit, theologician *

John de Lugo John de Lugo (also Juan de Lugo y de Quiroga and Xoan de Lugo) (1583–1660), a Spanish Jesuit and Cardinal, was an eminent theologian of the Baroque.Bernardo de Lugo, Spanish linguist, friar and writer from Nueva Granada *

Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo, (1691–?) was a Spanish governor of Texas between 1736 and 1737. He was a very critiqued governor. De Lugo favored the total or partial abandonment of several missions and accused the previous governor Manuel de S ...

(b. 1691), Spanish Governor of Texas *

Ron de Lugo Ronald de Lugo (August 2, 1930 – July 14, 2020) was an American politician. He was the first Delegate (United States Congress), Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives. Ron de Lugo's parents ...

(1930–2020), American politician

People with the surname ''Lugo''

The shortened form ''Lugo'' is likely a branch of the original ''de Lugo'' lineage, as in similar cases (e.g. ''Peña'' and ''de la Peña''). * Alfonso Lugo (born 1978), Mexican singer, musician, broadcaster and record producer * Amador Lugo Guadarrama (1921–2002), Mexican artist * Cecilia Lugo (born 1955), Mexican dancer and choreographer *

Fernando Lugo Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez (; born 30 May 1951) is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the Diocese ...

(born 1951), former president of Paraguay *

José del Carmen Lugo José del Carmen Lugo (1813 – c. 1870) was a major 19th century Californio landowner in Southern California. History He was born in 1813 at the Pueblo de Los Angeles, in Spanish colonial Alta California, then a province of the Viceroyalt ...

(1831–c.1870), Southern California landowner * José Inocente Lugo (1871–1963), Mexican lawyer *

Julio Lugo Julio Cesar Lugo (November 16, 1975 – November 15, 2021) was a Dominican professional baseball shortstop. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, St ...

(1975–2021), Dominican baseball shortstop, brother of Ruddy * Matthew Lugo (born 2001), Puerto Rican baseball player *

Pablo Lugo Pablo Raul Lugo Cruz (born September 28, 1932) is a retired Puerto Rican boxer, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Flyweight (– 51&nbs ...

(born 1932), Puerto Rican boxer * Richard Lugo (born 1973), Venezuelan basketball player * Roberto Lugo (born 1981), American potter and social activist *

Ruddy Lugo Ruddy Joraider Lugo (born May 22, 1980) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Oakland Athletics. Julio Lugo, who played in MLB for 12 s ...

(born 1980), Dominican baseball pitcher, brother of Julio *

Seth Lugo Jacob Seth Lugo (born November 17, 1989), nicknamed "Quarterrican", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Mets. Lugo made his MLB deb ...

(born 1989), American baseball player {{surname, Lugo Spanish-language surnames Galician-language surnames Spanish toponymic surnames