Páez is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arts
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Agó Páez (born 1954), Uruguayan plastic artist
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Alex Paez
Alex Paez (born July 25, 1963) is an American actor, musician and restaurateur.
Career
Paez began his career in 1971 appearing in various TV commercials. In 1979, he received a Best Actor Emmy Award for his performances in ''Unicorn Tales'', ...
(born 1963), American actor, musician, and restaurateur
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Carlos Páez Rodríguez
Carlos "Carlitos" Miguel Páez Rodríguez (born October 31, 1953), known as "the man of the iron spirit", spent 72 days in the Andes following a plane crash, during which the sixteen survivors of the 45 on board resorted to cannibalism to stay ali ...
(born 1953), Uruguayan air crash survivor, son of Carlos Páez Vilaró
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Carlos Páez Vilaró
Carlos Páez Vilaró (1 November 1923 – 24 February 2014) was a Uruguayan abstract artist, painter, potter, sculptor, muralist, writer, composer and constructor.
Life and work
Carlos Páez Vilaró was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1923. He to ...
(1923–2014), Uruguayan artist and writer
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Fito Páez
Rodolfo Páez Ávalos, popularly known as Fito Páez (; born 13 March 1963), is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, singer-songwriter and film director.
Biography
Early career
Paez was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province; ...
(born 1963), Argentine singer
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Francisco Páez (singer), Guatemalan singer and songwriter
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Francisco Páez de la Cadena (born 1951), Spanish garden historian
Sports
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Antonio Páez
Antonio Páez Montero (born 5 September 1956 in Arenas del Rey) is a retired middle-distance runner from Spain. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 ...
(born 1956), Spanish middle distance runner
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Anthony Paez
Anthony Paez (born June 18, 1984, in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a professional basketball player, currently starring in Hungary for Dombóvár KC of the Hungarian Basketball League.
He attended college at Stephen F. Austin from 2004-2 ...
(born 1984), American basketball player
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Azriel Páez Azriel, Asriel or Ezriel may refer to:
People
* Azriel of Gerona (c. 1160–c. 1238), Catalan kabbalist
* Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899), German rabbi
* Azriel Rabinowitz (1905–1941), Lithuanian rabbi and Holocaust victim
* Azriel Rosenfeld ( ...
(born 1989), Mexican boxer, son of Jorge Páez
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Francisco Páez (swimmer) (born 1979), Venezuelan swimmer
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Hector Páez
In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...
(born 1982), Colombian cross-country mountain biker
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Jorge Páez
Jorge Adolfo Páez (born October 27, 1965) is a Mexican actor, circus performer and former professional boxer. In boxing he held the WBO and IBF featherweight titles. Paez's nickname of ''"El Maromero"'' is in honor of the somersault (referred ...
(born 1965), Mexican boxer, actor, and circus performer
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Jorge Páez, Jr. (born 1987), Mexican boxer
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Robert Páez (born 1994), Venezuelan diver
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Ron Paez (1931–2014), Australian rules football player
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Verónica Páez (born 1974), Argentine marathon runner
Association football
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Ariel Páez (born 1984), Chilean midfielder
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Carlos Paez (born 1978), Honduran midfielder
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Gaspar Páez (born 1986), Argentine footballer
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Guillermo Páez
Guillermo Alejandro Páez Cepeda (born 18 April 1945) is a former Chilean footballer who played for 6 clubs of Chile and in the Chile national football team in the FIFA World Cup Germany 1974.
Personal life
He is the older brother of the former f ...
(born 1945), Chilean footballer
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Gustavo Páez
Gustavo Andrés Páez Martinez (born April 16, 1990) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Mineros de Guayana as a forward.
Career
Born in Mérida, Páez started his senior career playing in lowly club Academia Emeritense. In 2009, he had a s ...
(born 1990), Venezuelan forward
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Javier Páez (born 1975), Argentine defender
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Kendry Páez (born 2007), Ecuadorian midfielder
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Luis Alfonso Páez (born 1986), Colombian forward
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Luis Fernando Páez
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
(born 1989), Paraguayan forward
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Mauro Andrés Manotas Páez (born 1995), Colombian forward
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Rafael Páez
Rafael "Rafa" Páez Cardona (born 10 August 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Mar Menor FC.
Club career
Early career
Born in Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Páez joined Hércules CF's youth setup in 2006 ...
(born 1994), Spanish defender
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Raúl Páez (1937–1996), Argentine defender
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Ricardo David Páez (born 1979), Venezuelan midfielder
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Richard Páez
Richard Alfred Mayela Páez Monzón known as Richard Páez (born 31 December 1953) is a Venezuelan football manager former coach of Deportivo Cuenca from Ecuador and of the Venezuela national football team.
Playing career
Club
Born in Mérid ...
(born 1952), Venezuelan manager
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Sebastián Páez (born 1983), Chilean midfielder
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Sergio Ariel Páez (born 1981), Argentine midfielder
Others
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Federico Páez
Federico Páez Chiriboga (4 June 1877, Quito – 9 February 1974, Quito) was President of Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador ...
(1876–1974), President of Ecuador 1935–1937
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José Antonio Páez
José Antonio Páez Herrera (; 13 June 1790 – 6 May 1873) was a Venezuelan leader who fought against the Spanish Crown for Simón Bolívar during the Venezuelan War of Independence. He later led Venezuela's independence from Gran Colombia.
H ...
(1790–1873), Venezuelan independence leader and president
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Juan Paez de Castro
Juan Páez de Castro ''"Paccius"'' (c.1512–1570) was a Spanish Jesuit Priest and confessor to King Philip II of Spain.
Educated at Alcalá de Henares, Salamanca and Bologna, he was well-versed in Greek and Latin. After touring the libraries of ...
(1512–1570), Spanish Jesuit priest
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Oscar Páez Garcete
Oscar Páez Garcete (1 September 1937 – March 29, 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, Páez Garcete was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro, Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the ...
(1937–2016), Paraguayan Roman Catholic bishop
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Pedro Páez
Pedro Páez Jaramillo, S.J. ( pt, Pêro Pais; 1564 – 20 May 1622) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia. Páez is considered by many experts on Ethiopia to be the most effective Catholic missionary in Ethiopia. He is believed to be the ...
(1564–1622), Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia
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Richard Paez
Richard Anthony Paez (born May 5, 1947) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Early life and education
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Paez received his Bachelor of Arts degree fro ...
(born 1947), U.S. federal judge
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Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (born 2004), Spanish footballer
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