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Menéndez or Menendez is a Spanish name of Germanic origin. In English, the name is often spelled without the
diacritic A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacrit ...
. A shorter form sharing the same root is Mendez. Menéndez or Menendez may refer to:


People named Menéndez or Menendez

* Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1879–1962), President of El Salvador twice, in 1934–1935 and 1944 *
Emilio Menéndez Emilio Menéndez del Valle (born 20 June 1945 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. He has served as Spanish ambassador to Jorda ...
(born 1945), Spanish politician and member of the European Parliament *
Francisco Menéndez Francisco Menéndez Valdivieso (3 December 1830 – 22 June 1890) was Provisional President of El Salvador from 22 June 1885 to 1 March 1887, then President of El Salvador from 1 March 1887 until his death on 22 June 1890. General Francisco Me ...
(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 * José Menéndez Menéndez (1846–1918),
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...
businessman A businessperson, also referred to as a businessman or businesswoman, is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial ...
based in
Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
and
Chilean Patagonia Patagonia () is a geographical region that includes parts of Argentina and Chile at the southern end of South America. The region includes the southern section of the Andes mountain chain with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers ...
. * Katherine M. Menendez, American judge * Luciano Benjamín Menéndez (1927–2018), Argentine general, Provisional Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina 1975 * Mario Benjamín Menéndez (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), commonly referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers convicted of Parricide, killing their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Me ...
, American brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 * Manuel Menéndez (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, transl ...
(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 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (; ; 15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574) was a Spanish admiral, explorer and conquistador from Avilés, in Asturias, Spain. He is notable for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys, which became known as ...
(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 (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

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San Francisco Menéndez San Francisco Menéndez is a district in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatema ...
, municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador


Other uses

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Pedro Menendez High School Pedro Menendez High School is a public high school in the St. Johns County School District, located in southern St. Johns County, Florida, United States. It was named for Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, a sixteenth-century Spanish admiral and pirate ...
, St. Johns County, Florida, United States


See also

* Mendez *
Mendes (name) Mendes is a common Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronym (''Son of Menendus'', later ''Son of Mem''). People General *António Lopes Mendes (1835–1894), Portuguese explorer and writer * António Rosa Mendes (1954-2013) ...
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