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Ximénez or Ximenez is a Spanish family name. Variants include
Giménez People called Giménez or Gimenez include: * Andrés Giménez (born 1998), Major League Baseball player * Ángel Giménez (born 1955), Spanish tennis player * Carlos Giménez (disambiguation), several people * Ceferino Giménez Malla (1861–1936), ...
(or Gimenez), Jiménez (or Jimenez), and Ximenes. Notable people with the name or pseudonym include: *
Fortún Ximénez Fortún Ximénez Bertandoña (; died 1533) was a Spanish sailor of Basque origin who led a mutiny during an early expedition along the coast of Mexico and is the first European known to have landed in Baja California. Ximénez was the pilot of a ...
(died 1533), Spanish sailor who led a mutiny during an early expedition along the coast of Mexico *
Francisco Ximénez Francísco Ximénez (November 28, 1666 – c. 1729) was a Dominican priest who is known for his conservation of an indigenous Maya narrative known today as the '' Popol Vuh''. John Woodruff has noted that there remains very few biographical ...
(1666–1729), Spanish Catholic priest known for his conservation and translation of the ''
Popol Vuh ''Popol Vuh'' (also ''Popol Wuj'' or ''Popul Vuh'' or ''Pop Vuj'') is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people, one of the Maya peoples, who inhabit Guatemala and the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Q ...
'' * Francisco Ximénez de Tejada (1703–1775), the 69th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller * José Ximénez (1601–1672), Spanish organist and composer * Juan Ximenez and his father Miguel Ximénez (artist), Spanish Renaissance painters * Juan Ximénez Cerdán (1355–1435), lawyer and legal theorist, Justicia Mayor of the Kingdom of Aragon 1390–1423 * Mariana Diaz Ximenez, (born 1983), East Timorese athlete who specialises in the marathon * Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez (1824–1900), Uruguayan political figure * Miguel Ximénez (born 1977), Uruguayan footballer (striker)


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Giménez People called Giménez or Gimenez include: * Andrés Giménez (born 1998), Major League Baseball player * Ángel Giménez (born 1955), Spanish tennis player * Carlos Giménez (disambiguation), several people * Ceferino Giménez Malla (1861–1936), ...
* Jiménez {{DEFAULTSORT:Ximenez Surnames of Spanish origin Spanish-language surnames