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Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of
Joachim Joachim was, according to Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary (mother of Jesus), and the maternal grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of ...
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Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) Joaquín Alonso González (born 9 June 1956), known simply as Joaquín, is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Joaquín was born in Oviedo, Asturias. During his 16-year professional career, he played ...
(Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) (Joaquín Rodríguez Espinar), Spanish football forward *
Joaquín Almunia Joaquín Almunia Amann (born 17 June 1948) is a Spanish politician and former member of the European Commission. During his tenure in the two Barroso Commissions, he was European commissioner responsible for economic and monetary affairs (2004� ...
, Spanish politician * Joaquín Andújar, professional baseball player in the Houston Astros organization * Joaquín Arias, professional baseball player in the San Francisco Giants organization * Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic * Joaquín Barañao (born 1982), Chilean writer and podcaster *
Joaquín Belgrano Joaquín Belgrano (1773–1848) was an Argentine patriot, who participated in the defense of Buenos Aires against the British, and who took part in the May Revolution, as one of the neighbors attending the Cabildo Abierto of May 22, 1810. He was o ...
, Argentine patriot * Joaquín Benoit, professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres *
Joaquin Castro Joaquin Castro (born September 16, 1974) is an American lawyer and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The distr ...
, American politician from San Antonio, Texas * Joaquín Correa, Argentine football forward *
Joaquín Cortés Joaquín Pedraja Reyes (known professionally as Joaquín Cortés; born 1969) is a Spanish classically trained ballet and flamenco dancer. Biography Cortes was born to a Gitano family in Córdoba and showed interest in dancing from an early ...
, Spanish flamenco dancer * Joaquín De Luz, Spanish New York City Ballet principal dancer * Joaquin Domagoso, Filipino actor and model * Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord * Joaquín Hernández, Mexican footballer *
Joaquín "Jack" García Joaquín "Jack" García (born 1952) is a Cuban-American retired FBI agent, best known for his undercover work infiltrating the Gambino crime family in New York City. García is regarded as one of the most successful and prolific undercover agents ...
, Cuban-American FBI agent *
Joaquín Francisco Pacheco Don Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez-Calderón (22 February 1808 – 8 October 1865) also known as El Pontífice (The Pontiff), was a Spanish politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1847 and held other important of ...
(1808–1865), Prime Minister of Spain *
Joaquín Gutiérrez Cano Joaquín Gutiérrez Cano (1920–2009) was a Spanish diplomat and politician who was a member of the FET y de las JONS. He was one of the diplomats and civil servants served in the Franco regime. Between January 1974 to December 1975 he was th ...
(1920–2009), Spanish diplomat and politician *
Joaquín Lavín Joaquín José Lavín Infante (born 23 October 1953) is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes, in the northeastern zone of Santiago. Formerly Lavín has also been mayor of Santiag ...
, Chilean politician for the Independent Democrat Union *
Joaquín Maurín Joaquín Maurín Juliá ( Catalan: Joaquim Maurín, 12 January 1896 – 5 November 1973) was a Spanish communist politician and activist. The leader of the Workers and Peasants Bloc (BOC) and of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POU ...
, Spanish Catalan leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) and the Workers and Peasants Bloc *
Joaquín Miguel Elizalde Joaquín Miguel Elizalde y Díaz (August 2, 1896 – February 9, 1965) was a Filipino diplomat and businessman. Personal life Elizalde was born on August 2, 1896, in Manila, the eldest child of José Joaquín Elizalde (who was the Philippine ...
(1896–1965), Filipino diplomat, businessman and polo player *
Joaquin Miller Cincinnatus Heine Miller ( ; September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913), better known by his pen name Joaquin Miller ( ), was an American poet, author, and frontiersman. He became known as the "Poet of the Sierras" after the Sierra Nevada, about wh ...
(1837–1913), American poet and frontiersman *Joaquin Oliver (2000–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, part of the Miami metropolitan area, Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 18 ot ...
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Joaquin Murrieta Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo (sometimes misspelled Murieta or Murietta) (c. 1829 – July 25, 1853), also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexicans, Mexican figure of disputed historicity. The novel ''The Lif ...
(1829–1853), Mexican-Californian 19th century outlaw * Joaquín Pardavé (1900–1955), Mexican actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Mexican cinema (1900–1955) *
Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Rafael Phoenix ( ; ; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. Widely described as one of the most preeminent actors of his generation and known for Joaquin Phoenix filmography, his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric charact ...
(born 1974), American actor * Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega (1903–1984), known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter * Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), Spanish composer of classical music, especially for the guitar *
Joaquín Sabina Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (born 12 February 1949) is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat love, heartbreaks and society with significant use of literary figures as in the baroque-literature style. He ha ...
(born 1949), Spanish singer-songwriter and poet * Joaquín Salvador Lavado "Quino" (1932–2020), Argentine-Spanish cartoonist * Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923), Spanish artist * Joaquin Szuchman (born 1995), Israeli-Argentinian professional basketball player * Joaquín Turina (1882–1949), Spanish composer of classical music * Joaquín Zavala (1835–1906), President of Nicaragua


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* Jaymee Joaquin, Filipina actress and TV presenter *
Nick Joaquin Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez Joaquin (; May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004) was a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short story, short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaq ...
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Waldis Joaquín Waldis Joaquín de la Cruz (born December 25, 1986) is a Dominican Republic, Dominican professional baseball pitcher. He played for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2009 through 2011. Joaquín throws three pitches: a ...
, Dominican baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants


Fictional characters

* Commander Joaquin, a character in the anime '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer'' * Joaquín de la Vega, son of Alejandro Murrieta “Zorro” de la Vega in '' Mask of Zorro'' and '' The Legend of Zorro''


See also

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Hurricane Joaquin Hurricane Joaquin ( ; ) was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated several districts of The Bahamas and caused damage in the Turks and Caicos Islands, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda. It was also the strongest Atlantic hurricane ...
* San Joaquin (disambiguation)


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