Calderón () is a Spanish and

Sefardi Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefa ...

occupational surname. It is derived from the

Vulgar Latin Vulgar Latin, also known as Popular or Colloquial Latin, is the range of non-formal Register (sociolinguistics), registers of Latin spoken from the Crisis of the Roman Republic, Late Roman Republic onward. Through time, Vulgar Latin would evolve ...

"''caldaria''" (" cauldron") and refers to the occupation of tinker. Calderón, or Calderon, may refer to: *

Alberto Calderón Alberto Pedro Calderón (September 14, 1920 – April 16, 1998) was an Argentinian mathematician. His name is associated with the University of Buenos Aires, but first and foremost with the University of Chicago, where Calderón and his mentor, t ...

, Argentine mathematician *

Alfonso Calderon (activist) Alfonso Calderón Atienzar (born October 10, 2001) is a Spanish-American student activist against gun violence. He is a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and a founding member of the Never Again MSD movement. Early life an ...

, Spanish born activist and advocate for gun control *

Alfonso Calderón (poet) Alfonso Calderón Squadritto (November 21, 1930 – August 8, 2009) was a Chilean people, Chilean poet and writer. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1998. He had been a member of the Academia Chilena de la Lengua (Chilean Ac ...

, Chilean poet and writer *

Bernardo Calderón Cabrera Bernardo Calderón Cabrera (October 16, 1922 in Mexico City – December 21, 2003 in Mexico City) was a Mexican architect. Biography Calderón studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura (ENA) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de ...

, Mexican architect * Charles Calderon (born 1950), California lawyer and politician, brother of Ron *

Cleofé Calderón Cleofé Elsa Calderón (October 26, 1929 – March 19, 2007) was an Argentine agrostologist. Career She studied at the University of Buenos Aires, with Lorenzo Parodi. In October 1971, Calderón performed field operations and collected ...

, Argentine botanist *

Diego de Landa Calderón Diego de Landa Calderón, Order of Friars Minor, O.F.M. (12 November 1524 – 29 April 1579) was a Spanish Franciscans, Franciscan bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán.Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources, Many hist ...

, an early Bishop in the Yucatán * Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico * Felipe G. Calderón, Filipino constitutionalist * Francisco García Calderón, President of Peru in 1881 *

Francisco García Calderón Rey Francisco García Calderón Rey (April 8, 1883 in Valparaíso, Chile – July 1, 1953 in Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian writer. He was son of Francisco García Calderón. Life Calderón was born into a wealthy and politically prominent family i ...

, Peruvian writer and diplomat, representative at the Evian Conference in 1938 *

Iñigo Calderón Íñigo Calderón Zapatería (born 4 January 1982) is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back, currently Manager (association football), assistant manag ...

, Spanish footballer playing at Brighton & Hove Albion *

Iván Calderón (boxer) Iván Calderón Marrero (born January 27, 1975) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2012. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO mini flyweight title from 2003 to 2007 (making eleven successful ...

, Puerto Rican boxer * Iván Calderón (baseball), Puerto Rican baseball player *

Jorge Calderón Jorge Calderón, originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer best known for his collaborations with Warren Zevon and Buckingham Nicks. He began working with Buckingham Nicks in 19 ...

, long-time musical collaborator with Warren Zevon * José Calderón (basketball), Spanish basketball player * José Luis Calderón, Argentine footballer *

José Luis Calderón Cabrera José Luis Calderón Cabrera (born Mexico City, November 6, 1924 – Mexico City, June 7, 2004) was a Mexican architect. He was professor at the Universidad Anáhuac campus del Norte and at the Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura of the Universida ...

, Mexican architect * José Manuel Calderón (musician), Dominican singer, songwriter and musician *

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. An economist by profession and a journalist by trade ...

, President of Colombia * María Calderón, Spanish actor * Mercedes Calderón, Cuban volleyball player *

Paco Calderón Francisco "Paco" Calderón (born 1959 in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the ...

, Mexican political cartoonist * Paul Calderón, American actor * Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist *

Philip Hermogenes Calderon Philip Hermogenes Calderon (Poitiers 3 May 1833 – 30 April 1898 London) was an English painter of French birth (mother) and Spanish (father) ancestry who initially worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre ...

, British painter of Spanish origin * Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, president of Costa Rica from 1940 to 1944 * Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, president of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994; son of the above *

Ramón Calderón José Ramón Calderón Ramos (born 26 May 1951) is a Spanish lawyer who is the former President of Real Madrid. He got his Law Degree in the University of Navarra, Spain in 1974 and he worked in London, England, as a lawyer, in 1975 and 1976. A ...

, former Real Madrid president *

Ron Calderon Ronald Steven Calderon (born August 12, 1957 in Montebello, California) is a former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic California State Senate, California State Senator from the California's 30th State Senate district, 30th Senate Dis ...

(born 1957), California politician, brother of Charles *

Ruth Calderon Ruth Calderon ( he, רות קלדרון, born 25 September 1961) is an Israeli academic and politician. She served as a member of Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2015. Biography Ruth Calderon was born in Tel Aviv to a Sephardic father wh ...

(born 1961), Israeli scholar and politician * Serafín Estébanez Calderón, Spanish author (1799–1867) * Sila María Calderón, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (2000–2004) *

Tatiana Calderón Tatiana Calderón Noguera (born 10 March 1993) is a Colombian racing driver who currently drives the No. 11 Dallara-Chevrolet car part-time for A. J. Foyt Enterprises in the 2022 IndyCar Series. Calderón previously drove for the Drago Corse ...

, Colombian racing driver * Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican rapper *

Vicente Calderón Vicente Calderón Pérez-Cavada (; 27 May 1913 – 24 March 1987) was a businessman and president of Atlético Madrid for 20 years. As President of Atlético Madrid he helped in getting their new stadium built, and in 1971 it was rena ...

, former Atlético Madrid president *

Wilmer Calderon Wilmer Calderon (born May 8, 1975) is a Puerto Rican actor of film and television. He is best known for his role as Diego in the Amazon Prime television series ''Borderline'', Detective Daniel Arias in the police drama series '' Bosch'' and as Ri ...

, (born 1975) Puerto Rican-American actor

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External links

Calderón Ancestry webpage

Facebook: The Calderón Ancestry Group
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