Menéndez or Menendez is a Spanish name. In English the name is often spelled without the diacritic. A shorter form sharing the same root is Mendez. It may refer to:

Persons

Andrés Ignacio Menéndez Brigadier General Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1 February 1879–7 June 1962) was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador. He served as President of El Salvador from 29 August 1934 to 1 March 1935 and again from 9 May to 20 October 1944. He was overthr ...

(1879–1962), President of El Salvador twice, in 1934–1935 and 1944 * Emilio Menéndez (born 1945), Spanish politician and member of the European Parliament * Francisco Menéndez (1830–1890), President of El Salvador 1885–1890 * Francisco Menendez (creole) (18th century), former slave who led a militia against the British in 1740 * Jorge Fernández Menéndez (contemporary), Mexican editor and columnist * Katherine M. Menendez, American judge *

Luciano Benjamín Menéndez Luciano Benjamín Menéndez (19 June 1927 – 27 February 2018) was an Argentine general and convicted human rights violator and murderer. Commander of the Third Army Corps (1975–79), he played a prominent role in the murders of social activis ...

(1927–2018), Argentine general, Provisional Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina 1975 *

Mario Benjamín Menéndez Mario Benjamin Menéndez (3 April 1930 – 18 September 2015) was the Argentine governor of the Falklands during the 1982 Argentine occupation of the islands. He also served in the Argentine Army. Menéndez surrendered Argentine forces to ...

(1930–2015), Argentine general, military Governor of the Falklands during the Falklands War *

Lyle and Erik Menendez Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970) are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise ("Kitty") Menéndez. During the trial, the Me ...

, American brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 *

Manuel Menéndez Manuel Menéndez Gorozabel (1793 – May 2, 1847) served as Interim President of Peru from 1841 to 1842, on 1844, and lastly from 1844 to 1845. See also * List of presidents of Peru 1793 births 1847 deaths Presidents of Peru ...

(1793–1847), President of Peru for three brief periods 1841–1845 *

Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (; 3 November 1856 – 19 May 1912) was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the history of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, transla ...

(1856–1912), Spanish scholar, historian, and literary critic * Matilde Menéndez (born 1944), Argentine psychiatrist and public official * Osleidys Menéndez (born 1979), Cuban Olympic championship javelin thrower * Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), first governor of Spanish Florida & governor of colonial Cuba * Pidal Juan Menéndez (1861–1915), Spanish archivist, jurisconsult, historian, and poet * Pidal Luis Menéndez (1860–1932), Spanish genre painter * Pidal María Goyri de Menéndez (1873–1955), Spanish Hispanicist, professor, and author *

Ramón Menéndez Pidal Ramón Menéndez Pidal (; 13 March 1869 – 14 November 1968) was a Spanish philologist and historian."Ramon Menendez Pidal", ''Almanac of Famous People'' (2011) ''Biography in Context'', Gale, Detroit He worked extensively on the history of t ...

or Pidal Ramón Menéndez (1869–1968), Spanish philologist and historian *

Robert "Bob" Menendez Robert Menendez (; born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006. Gale Biography In Context. A member of the Democratic Party, he was fir ...

(born 1954), American politician, Representative and Senator from New Jersey

Fictional characters

*Raul Menendez, the main antagonist of '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II''

Places

San Francisco Menéndez San Francisco Menéndez is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is ...

, municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador

Other uses

Pedro Menendez High School , motto_translation = Not for school, but for life, we learn. , address = 600 State Road 206 West. , city = St. Augustine , state = Florida , zipcode = 32086 , country = United States , ...

, St. Johns County, Florida, United States