Guillén or Guillen is a Spanish or French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alanis Guillen
Alanis Guillen Caratella (born 20 May 1998) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Alanis Guillen Caratella, born May 20, 1998, is the daughter of an architect mother and an engineer and musician father. She started her career participating in co ...
(born 1998), Brazilian actress.
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Ambrosio Guillen
Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen (December 7, 1929 – July 25, 1953) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military award for valor—for his heroic actions and sacrific ...
(1929–1953), United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
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Carlos Guillén
Carlos Alfonso Guillén (born September 30, 1975) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder.
Guillén was signed by the Houston Astros as a non-draft amateur free agent in 1992. He was traded to the Seattle Mariners with pitcher F ...
, retired Venezuelan baseball player
* Charlie Guillen, American writer and filmmaker
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Fernando Guillén (disambiguation), multiple people
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Harvey Guillén
Javier "Harvey" Guillén (; born ) is an American actor who is best known for his role as the human familiar Guillermo de la Cruz in the 2019 television series ''What We Do in the Shadows''.
Career
Guillén has appeared in recurring roles on a ...
(born 1990), actor
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Jorge Guillén
Jorge Guillén Álvarez (; 18 January 18936 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic.
In 1957-1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard Un ...
, Spanish poet
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José Guillén
José Manuel Guillén (pronounced ; born May 17, 1976) is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder. Guillén played for ten Major League Baseball (MLB) teams in his career.
Professional career
Pittsburgh Pirates
Guillén was signed b ...
(born 1976), Dominican baseball player
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Laurice Guillén (born 1947), Filipina actress
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Montserrat Guillén (born 1964), Spanish statistician and economist
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Nancy Guillén
Nancy Guillén (born October 14, 1976) is a retired female hammer thrower from El Salvador. She set her personal best throw (62.43 metres) on June 9, 2001 at a meet in San Salvador. This is the current Salvadorean record.
She attended Oklahoma S ...
(born 1976), retired Salvadoran hammer thrower
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Néstor Guillén Olmos
Nestor is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek mythology it comes from that of Nestor, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. The Greek derivation is from a combination of "νέομαι" eomai- "go back", and "νόστος" ostos- ...
(1890–1966), President of Bolivia for 27 days
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Nicolás Guillén
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 17 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba. , Afro-Cuban poet
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Ozzie Guillén
Oswaldo José Guillén Barrios (; born January 20, 1964) is a former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox, from 1985 to 2000. During tha ...
(born 1964), Venezuelan baseball coach and former player
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Osiel Cárdenas Guillén
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (born 18 May 1967) is a Mexican drug lord and the former leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, he entered the cartel by killing Juan García Abrego's friend and comp ...
(born 1967), Mexican drug lord
* Rafael Guillen ("
Subcomandante Marcos
Rafael Sebastián Guillén Vicente (born 19 June 1957) is a Mexican insurgent, the former military leader and spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in the ongoing Chiapas conflict,Pasztor, S. B. (2004). Marcos, Subcomand ...
"), spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
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Ricardo Guillén
Ricardo Guillén Mendoza (born 17 June 1976, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) is a Spanish basketball player. He currently plays as a power forward at CB Marbella La Cañada in Liga EBA.
After seven seasons in LEB Oro, he is the ...
(born 1967), Spanish basketball player
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Sammy Guillen
Simpson Clairmonte "Sammy" Guillen (24 September 1924 – 1 March 2013) was one of the few men to have played Test cricket for two countries. He played five Test matches for the West Indies and three for New Zealand in the 1950s, including New ...
(1924–2013), West Indian and New Zealand cricket player
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Tonatiuh Guillén López
Tonatiuh Guillén López is a Mexican academic and government official. From December 2018 to June 2019, he served as the commissioner of the Instituto Nacional de Migración (Mexico's immigration chief) under President Andrés Manuel López Obrad ...
, Mexican academic and government official, Mexico's immigration chief since December 2018
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Vanessa Guillen, American soldier
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Walter Guillén Soto
Walter Guillén Soto (6 December 1961) is a Honduran prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco who has been the Bishop of Gracias in Honduras since 2021.
Biography
Walter Guillén Soto was born in San Pedro Sul ...
, Catholic bishop in Honduras
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Spanish-language surnames