Maldonado (surname)

Maldonado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

founder of this surname created after winning an honour duel with a said "Guillaume" or "William" (Possibly either William IX "The Troubadour" Duke of Aquitaine, William II "The Conqueror" Duke Of Normandy, or William the Son of Hugh, "Le Grand" ou "Le Maisné" Count of Vermandois) and hence forcing "The Amorous" King Philip I Of France to "Badly Give" him five golden Fleurs De Lis for his coat of arms in order to spare the said man's Life, which (due to there being three Fleurs De Lis in the coat of arms of the Royal House of France to symbolize their honor) was a humiliation that implied that Don Hernando's family was more honorable than the Royal House of France.
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Abel Maldonado Abel O. Maldonado Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 10, 2011. As of 2022, he is the last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor of Cal ...

(born 1967), American politician, 47th Lieutenant Governor of California *

Alana Maldonado Alana Martins Maldonado (born 27 July 1995) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented Brazil at the 2016 Summe ...

(born 1995), Brazilian Paralympic judoka *

Alejandro Maldonado (athlete) Alejandro Alberto Maldonado (born 7 March 1977) is an Argentine Paralympic athlete who competes in both middle-distance and long-distance wheelchair racing at international elite events. He is a seven-time Parapan American Games medalist and ha ...

(born 1977), Argentine Paralympic athlete * Alexis Maldonado (born 1997), Argentine professional footballer *

Alonso del Castillo Maldonado Alonso del Castillo Maldonado (died after 1547) was an early Spanish explorer in the Americas. He was one of the last four survivors of the Pánfilo de Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza and ...

, Spanish explorer of the 16th century * Ángel Maldonado (born 1973), Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper *

Candy Maldonado Cándido Maldonado Guadarrama (born September 5, 1960) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, C ...

(Cándido Maldonado Guadarrama) (born 1960), Puerto Rican baseball player * Carlos Maldonado (born 1963), Venezuelan football (soccer) player * Claudio Maldonado (born 1980), Argentine composer-performer * Claudio Maldonado (born 1980), Chilean football (soccer) player * Eduardo Maldonado (born 1968), Bolivian politician *

Estuardo Maldonado Estuardo Maldonado (born 1928) is an Ecuadorian sculptor and painter inspired by the Constructivist movement. Maldonado is a member of VAN (), the group of Informalist painters founded by Enrique Tábara. Other members of VAN included, Aníbal ...

(born 1928), Ecuadorian sculptor and painter *

Fabio Maldonado Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian (name), Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usu ...

(born 1980), Brazilian boxer and mixed martial arts fighter * Francisco Maldonado (1480–1521), leader of the rebel Comuneros in the Revolt of the Comuneros, who was captured and beheaded at the Battle of Villalar, Spain * Francisco José Maldonado (born 1981), Spanish football (soccer) player *

Francisco Maldonado da Silva Francisco Maldonado da Silva (Jewish name: Eliahu Hanazir; 1592 in Argentina – 23 January 1639, in Peru)http://franciscomaldonadodasilva.blogspot.nl/ Francisco Maldonado da Silva, Retrieved August 17, 2017. was an Argentine ''marrano'' physician ...

(1592–1639), Argentine physician and religious scholar executed by the Inquisition *

Giancarlo Maldonado Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero (, born 29 June 1982) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a striker. Club career River Plate Maldonado began his footballing career in Uruguay, where he started out in the youth teams of Montevideo c ...

(born 1982), Venezuelan football (soccer) player * Gonzalo Maldonado (disambiguation), several people *

Guillermo Maldonado (pastor) Guillermo Maldonado (born 1965 or 1966) is a Honduran-American evangelical Christian, pastor, televangelist, and author. He is the co-founder and senior pastor of El Rey Jesús, a Nondenominational Christian megachurch located in Miami, Florid ...

, the co-founder of

El Rey Jesus EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...

* Guillermo Maldonado (racing driver) (born 1952), Argentine retired racing driver *

Javier Torres Maldonado Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968) is a Mexican composer internationally recognized for, mostly, his orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic works. Biography Born in Chetumal (Mexico), José Javier Torres Maldonado studied violin and co ...

(born 1968), Mexican / Italian composer * Jesús E. Maldonado, American geneticist * Joseph Maldonado-Passage (born 1963), American former zoo operator and convicted felon * Juan Maldonado ** Juan Maldonado (humanist) (1485–1554), Spanish humanist and writer of a.o. '' Somnium'' ** Juan de Maldonado y Ordóñez de Villaquirán (1525–1572), Spanish conquistador in Venezuela and Colombia, founder of San Cristóbal, Venezuela ** Juan de Maldonado (16th century), governor of Cartagena (1554–1555) ** Juan (de) Maldonado (1533–1583), Spanish Jesuit ** Juan Villanueva Maldonado (16th century), Spanish conquistador and founder of Macas, Ecuador ** Juan Álvarez Maldonado (16th century), Spanish conquistador of Peru, who wrote about

Paititi Paititi is a legendary Inca lost city or utopian rich land. It allegedly lies east of the Andes, hidden somewhere within the remote rainforests of southeast Peru, northern Bolivia or northwest Brazil. The Paititi legend in Peru revolves around the ...

** Juan Pacheco Maldonado (16th century), Spanish explorer of

Morong, Rizal Morong, officially the Municipality of Morong ( tgl, Bayan ng Morong), is a 2nd class municipality located in the province of Rizal, Philippines. As per the 2020 census, Morong has a population of 71,151 people. The town is also known for pr ...

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Maynila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populated ...

, Philippines ** Juan Maldonado de Villasante (17th century), governor of

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

** Juan Manuel Maldonado (19th century), Mexican colonel involved in the foundation of

Piedras Negras, Coahuila Piedras Negras () is a city and seat of the Piedras Negras Municipality, surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican list of states of Mexico, state of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the Mexico–United St ...

** Juan Maldonado Waswechia Beltran (1857–1901), Mexican indigenous leader of the Yaqui resistance ** Felix Juan ("Felo") Maldonado (1938–2010), Puerto Rican baseball manager **

Juan L. Maldonado Juan Leandro Maldonado (November 28, 1948 – December 16, 2018) was a higher education administrator who served as the sixth president of Laredo Community College (since named Laredo College) in Laredo in Webb County in South Texas, USA. In ...

(1948–2018), administrator of Laredo Community College, Texas **

Juan Mayr Maldonado Juan Mayr Maldonado (born 27 May 1952) is a Colombian photographer and environmentalist who served as Ambassador of Colombia to Germany from 2011 to 2016. From 1993 to 1996, Mayr was elected Vice President of the World Conservation Union. In 199 ...

(b. 1952), photographer and ambassador of Colombia to Germany **

Juan Maldonado Jaimez Juan Maldonado Jaimez Júnior (born 6 February 1982), simply known as Juan, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a left-back. He also holds an EU passport as a Spanish citizen. Club career Arsenal Juan was born in São Paulo. He started hi ...

(b. 1982), Brazilian football player ** Juan Carlos Maldonado (b. 1986), Argentine football player ** Juan Gabriel Maldonado (b. 1990), Paraguayan football player *

Kirstin Maldonado Kirstin Taylor Maldonado (born May 16, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the mezzo-soprano of the a cappella group Pentatonix. With the group, she has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards ...

(born 1992), an American solo singer, also a vocalist of the American

a cappella ''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...

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Pentatonix Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) is an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, currently consisting of vocalists Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements ...

* Lourdes Maldonado (born 1973), Spanish journalist * Lourdes Maldonado López (1954–2022), Mexican journalist * María José Maldonado (born 1985), Paraguayan beauty queen and singer * Maria Maldonado (born 1982), American beauty queen * Marisol Maldonado (born 1970?), American fashion model, wife of musician Rob Thomas * Martín Maldonado (born 1986), Puerto Rican professional baseball player * Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768), indigenous Zapotec painter in New Spain (now Mexico) * Mildred Maldonado (born 2001), Mexican rhythmic gymnast * Nancy L. Maldonado (born 1975), American lawyer *

Norman Maldonado Norman Maldonado, (born 1935 in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico), is one of Puerto Rico's top hematologists and served as President of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR). In 1992, during his presidency, he also chaired the pro-statehood New Progressive P ...

(born 1985), Puerto Rican hematologist, former president of the University of Puerto Rico *

Pastor Maldonado Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta (; born 9 March 1985) is a Venezuelan professional racing driver, who competed in Formula One for the Williams (2011–2013) and Lotus (2014–2015) teams and as a Pirelli test driver until 2017. Before entering F ...

(born 1985), Venezuelan racing driver * Patricia Maldonado (writer) (born 1956), Argentine-Brazilian writer *

Pedro Vicente Maldonado Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission. As we ...

(1704–1748), Ecuadorian scientist * Pedro De Jesús Maldonado Lucero (1892-1937), Mexican Saint, Catholic Priest from Chihuahua, Martyr of the Cristero War * Raul Maldonado (born 1975), Argentine retired football player * Santiago Maldonado (1989–2017), his death became a political scandal in Argentina *

Tomás Maldonado Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922 – 26 November 2018) was an Argentine painter, designer and thinker, considered one of the main theorists of design theory of the legendary Ulm Model, a design philosophy developed during his tenure (1954–1967) ...

(1922–2018), Argentine painter, designer, and thinker, Scientific Design movement theorist *

Tomás Maldonado Cera Tomás Maldonado Cera (born 1971), known as The Satanist, is a Colombian rapist and serial killer.

(born 1971), Colombian serial killer *

Víctor Maldonado Víctor Maldonado Flores (born August 3, 1939 in Lagunillas, Zulia) is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the hurdling events. Maldonado represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting i ...

(born 1939), Venezuelan hurdler {{DEFAULTSORT:Maldonado Surnames of Spanish origin Spanish-language surnames