Quintana may refer to:

People

Quintana is a Spanish surname, associated with: * Alfredo Quintana (1988–2021), Portuguese handballer *

Andrés Quintana Roo Andrés Eligio Quintana Roo (30 November 1787 – 15 April 1851) was a Mexican liberal politician, lawyer, and author. He was the husband of fellow independence activist Leona Vicario. Quintana Roo was one of the most influential men in the ...

(1787–1851), Mexican politician *

Anton Quintana Anton Quintana (6 September 1937 – 15 October 2017), pseudonym of Anton Adolf Kuyten, was a Dutch writer. Biography Early life Quintana was born in 1937 as the twin brother of André Kuyten. His brother was named by his mother and Quintan ...

(1937–2017), Dutch writer *

Anxo Quintana Anxo Manuel Quintana González, commonly known as Anxo Quintana, is the former leader of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (''Bloque Nacionalista Galego'', BNG), the main nationalist party in Galicia. From 2005 to 2009 he was a partner in the Galic ...

(born 1959), Spanish politician * Quintana Olleros (1851–1919, born ''Blas Olleros y Quintana''), Spanish painter *

Charlie Quintana Gonzalo Quintana III (January 29, 1962 – March 12, 2018), also known as Charlie Quintana or Chalo, was an American rock and punk drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the band The Plugz and as the drummer for the punk rock band Soci ...

(1962–2018), US musician * Carlos Quintana (disambiguation) **

Carlos Quintana (boxer) Carlos Quintana (born November 6, 1976) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Quintana represented Puerto Rico. He debuted as a professional in 1997. On February 24, 2006, he participated in his first professional champion ...

(born 1976), Puerto Rican boxer ** Carlos Morales Quintana (born 1970), Spanish architect and yachtsman, husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark **

Carlos Quintana (baseball) Carlos Narciso Quintana Hernandez (born August 26, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1988 to 1993. Professional career Quintana was signed by the Red Sox in 1984 as an undrafted free agent. Ov ...

(born 1965), Major League Baseball player **

Carlos Quintana (footballer) Carlos Quintana (born 11 February 1988, in Glew) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Rosario Central, on loan from Argentinos Juniors in the Argentine Primera División. Career After completing the youth set ...

(born 1988), Argentine football defender *

Dayer Quintana Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (born 10 August 1992 in Cómbita) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the younger brother of fellow professional cyclist Nairo Quintana, who also rides for the team. His first profess ...

(born 1992), Colombian professional road bicyclist * Diego Quintana (born 1978), Argentine footballer * Dionisio Quintana (born 1957), Cuban javelin thrower * Gretchen Quintana (born 1984), Cuban heptathlete *

Enrique Quintana Enrique Quintana was one of the pioneers of Cuban Scouting. The first troops of Boy Scouts in Cuba met under the sponsorship of the American Legion, the ''Mother's Club del Vedado'' and the electric generating plant of the '' Compañía Cubana ...

Enrique Fuentes Quintana Enrique Fuentes Quintana (1924 – 2007) was a Spanish economist, academic and politician, who served as deputy prime minister of Spain between 1977 and 1979 in the first cabinet after the Francoist State. Early life and education Quintana ...

(1924–2007), Spanish politician *

Ismael Quintana Ismael Quintana (June 3, 1937 – April 16, 2016) was a Puerto Rican singer and composer of salsa music. Early years Quintana was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. His family moved to The Bronx sector of New York when he was only two weeks old; there ...

(1937–2016), Puerto Rican singer *

Janelle Quintana Janelle Ann Caren Quintana Manahan (born 26 July 1989) is an actress in the Philippines. She started showbusiness when she joined ABS-CBN's reality talent search '' Star Circle National Teen Quest'' as Janelle Manahan and made it to the top 6. ...

(born 1989), Filipina actress *

José Quintana José Guillermo Quintana (born January 24, 1989) is a Colombian professional baseball pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, San ...

(born 1989), Major League Baseball player *

Changuito Changuito (born José Luis Quintana on January 18, 1948) is a Cuban percussionist. Biography Quintana was born in 1948 in Casablanca, Cuba.José Luis Naranjo y Quintana (born 1944), Mexican politician * Juan de Quintana (died 1534), Franciscan friar and confessor to the Holy Roman Emperor * Juan Cortada y Quintana (1821–1889), Puerto Rican politician *

Leona Vicario María de la Soledad Leona Camila Vicario Fernández de San Salvador, best known as Leona Vicario (April 10, 1789 – August 21, 1842), was one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican War of Independence. She was dedicated to informin ...

(1789–1842; as ''Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo''), Mexican independentist rebel *

Lope Conchillos y Quintana Lope Conchillos y Quintana (? - 1521 in Toledo) was a Spanish politician, and secretary at the court of King Ferdinand "the Catholic". He married María Niño de Ribera, cousin of the Duke of Infantado. He was awarded an absentee encomienda in P ...

(died 1521), Spanish politician * Manuel José Quintana (1772–1857), Spanish writer *

Mário Quintana Mário de Miranda Quintana (July 30, 1906 – May 5, 1994) was a Brazilian writer and translator. He became known as the poet of "simple things", and his style is marked by irony, profundity and technical perfection. The main themes of his poetr ...

(1906–1994), Brazilian writer *

Nairo Quintana Nairo Alexánder Quintana Rojas, Order of Boyacá, ODB, (born 4 February 1990) is a Colombian racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . Nicknamed "Nairoman" and "El Cóndor de los Andes", Quintana is a specialist climber, known ...

(born 1990), Colombian racing cyclist *

Rosa Quintana Rosa Quintana Carballo (born 1959) is a Spanish civil servant and politician who has been the Galician government's Minister of the Sea since 2015, serving in the equivalent predecessor posts since 2009.

(born 1959), Spanish civil servant and politician * Sebastián Quintana (born 1983), Uruguayan/Qatari footballer * Francisco J. Quintana (born 1974), American-Argentinean neuroscientist

Characters

* Jesus Quintana, a character in the films ''The Big Lebowski'' and ''The Jesus Rolls'', portrayed by John Turturro *Dante Quintana, the main character from the book ''

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ''Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe'' is a coming-of-age young adult novel by American author Benjamin Alire Sáenz which was first published February 21, 2012. Set in El Paso, Texas in 1987, the novel follows two Mexican ...

'', by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Places

Geographic features

* Quintana Island, an Antarctic island

Settlements, and administrative and political divisions

* Quintana Municipality in São Paulo, Brazil *

Quintana, Texas Quintana is a town in Brazoria County, Texas, Brazoria County, Texas, United States. Its population was 56 at the 2010 census. Geography Quintana is located in southern Brazoria County at , on Quintana Beach along the Gulf of Mexico. It is bordere ...

, United States *

Quintana (Hato Rey) Quintana is a subbarrio, a legal subdivision of Hato Rey Central, a barrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorp ...

, a sector in Puerto Rico * Quintana (Belmonte), a parish in Asturias, Spain * Quintana (Bernedo), a council area in the Basque Country in Spain *

Quintana (Madrid) Quintana is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Ciudad Lineal. Wards of Madrid Ciudad Lineal {{Madrid-geo-stub ...

, a ward in Madrid, Spain * Quintana de la Serena, municipality in Spain *

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo ( , ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 mu ...

, a state in Mexico * Quintana y Congosto, a municipality in Spain * Villarta-Quintana, a municipality in Spain

Structures and sites

Estadio Quintana Roo A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

, a football stadium in Quintana Roo * La Quintana, a library park in Medellin, Colombia * Quintana (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 5

Sports

* Quintana Roo Tigres, a Mexican baseball team *

Academia Quintana Academia Quintana F.C. are an Association Football club from San Juan, Puerto Rico. They were founded in 1969, making them one of the oldest clubs still in existence in Puerto Rico. They are one of the founding members of the Puerto Rico Soccer ...

, a Puerto Rican football team *

Quintana Roo (company) Quintana Roo (QR) was the first company to create a triathlon-specific wetsuit over 25 years ago, and then a tri-specific bicycle two years later. The company was founded in 1987 by Dan Empfield of Ironman fame and is currently owned by the Ameri ...

, a company that produces time trial bicycles mainly for triathlons

Biology

*'' Quintana atrizona'', a Cuban fish species in the monotypic genus ''Quintana'' *''

Bartonella quintana ''Bartonella quintana'', originally known as ''Rochalimaea quintana'', and "''Rickettsia quintana''", is a bacterium transmitted by the human body louse that causes trench fever. This bacterial species caused outbreaks of trench fever affecting 1 ...

'', or ''Rochalimaea quintana'', a bacterium that causes trench fever

Other uses

* Quintana Roo Speleological Survey of Quintana Roo, Mexico *

Operation Quintana Roo Operation Quintana Roo (Spanish:''Operacion Quintana Roo'') is an anti-drug trafficking military operation jointly conducted by the Mexican army and navy in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The operation began in early February 2009 after the d ...

, Mexican anti-narcotics military operation * '' Giostra della Quintana'', a historical jousting tournament in Foligno, Italy