Carvajal (also spelled Carbajal) is a Spanish surname and place name. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ailem Carvajal Gómez Ailem Carvajal Gómez (Havana, November 22, 1972), is a Cuban composer, pianist and professor. Academic background Ailem Carvajal began to study music in the Leonardo Luberta Conservatory at Isla de la Juventud and at a later time she continued at ...

(born 1972), Cuban composer and pianist * Alfonso Carvajal (writer) (born 1958), Colombian writer and editor *

Andarín Carvajal Félix de la Caridad Carvajal y Soto, known as Andarín Carvajal (18 March 1875 – 27 January 1949) was a Cuban mailman and long-distance Running, runner who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Career Carvajal was born in San Antonio de lo ...

(1875–1949), Cuban athlete *

Antonio Fernandez Carvajal Antonio Fernandez Carvajal (November 10, 1659)—in —was a Portuguese-Jewish merchant, who became the first endenizened English Jew. Carvajal and Simon de Caceres, together with other prominent members of the Sephardic community, revealed t ...

(c.1590–1659), Portuguese Jewish merchant, and the first naturalized English Jew *

Beatriz Carvajal Beatriz Pla Navarro (born 24 December 1949) better known as Beatriz Carvajal is a Spanish theatre, television and film actress. Career She wanted to be an actress since she was a child and she took part in some theatre plays (''La zapatera pr ...

(born 1949), Spanish actress *

Bernardino López de Carvajal Bernardino López de Carvajal (8 September 1456, in Plasencia, Extremadura – 16 December 1523, in Rome) was a Spanish Cardinal. Life He was a nephew of Cardinal Juan Carvajal. He studied in Salamanca from 1466; obtained a bachelor's degree i ...

(1455–1523), Spanish cardinal *

Dani Carvajal Daniel Carvajal Ramos (; born 11 January 1992) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a right back, right-back for La Liga club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid and the Spain national football team, Spain national te ...

(born 1992), Spanish footballer *

Francisco de Carvajal Francisco de Carvajal (1464 – 10 April 1548) was a Spanish military officer, conquistador, and explorer remembered as ''"the demon of the Andes"'' due to his brutality and uncanny military skill in the Peruvian civil wars of the 16th centur ...

(1464–1548), Spanish military officer, conquistador, and explorer *

Francisco Fernández Carvajal Francisco Fernández Carvajal or Francis Fernandez (born 1938 in Granada) is a Spanish Catholic priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and the author of several books. He is best known for his seven volume work ''Hablar con Dios'' (''In Conversation w ...

(born 1938), Spanish priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and author of several books *

Francisco S. Carvajal Francisco Sebastián Carvajal y Gual, sometimes spelled Carbajal (9 December 1870 – 30 September 1932) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served briefly as president in 1914, during the Mexican Revolution. In his role as foreign ministe ...

(1870–1932), Mexican president in 1914 *

Gaspar de Carvajal Gaspar de Carvajal ( 1500–1584) was a Spanish Dominican missionary to the New World, known for chronicling some of the explorations of the Amazon. Biography Arrival in the New World and the Amazonian Expedition De Carvajal was born in Truj ...

(c.1500–1584), Spanish Dominican missionary to the New World * Hilda Pérez Carvajal (born 1945), Venezuelan biologist *

Iván Carvajal Iván Carvajal Aguirre (born 1948 in San Gabriel, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian poet, philosopher and writer. In 1984 he received Ecuador's National Prize for Literature, the "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit" prize, for his work entitled "Parajes". In Febr ...

(born 1948), Ecuadorian poet, philosopher and writer *

José de Carvajal y Hué José de Carvajal y Hué (8 October 1835 in Málaga, Spain – 4 June 1899 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish lawyer, economist, writer and politician who served as Minister of State from 1873 to 1874, during the presidency of Emilio Castelar y R ...

(1835–1899), Spanish lawyer, economist and politician *

José de Carvajal y Lancáster José de Carvajal y Lancáster (1698 – 8 April 1754) was a Spanish statesman who served as the first secretary of state from 1746 to 1754. Biography He was son of the Duke of Liñares and his mother was descendant of infante Jorge de Lancas ...

(1698–1754), Spanish statesman *

Juan Carvajal (cardinal) Juan Carvajal (Carvagial) (c. 1400 in Trujillo, Cáceres – 6 December 1469, in Rome) was a Spanish Cardinal. Though he began his career as a lawyer and judge in the papal administration, he spent most of his active life travelling as a dipl ...

(1400–1469), Spanish cardinal *

Juan de Carvajal ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Phili ...

, Spanish conquistador, founder of El Tocuyo in 1545 *

Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (formerly known as Doña Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza; January 2, 1566 – January 2, 1614) is best known for her mystical religious poetry as well as her fight to spread Catholicism throughout England, by preaching agai ...

(1566–1614), Spanish religious poet and writer *

Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva Luis de Carvajal (sometimes Luis de Carabajal y de la Cueva) ( – 13 February 1591) was governor of the Spanish province of Nuevo León in present-day Mexico, slave dealer, and the first Spanish subject known to have entered Texas from Mexico a ...

(c. 1539–1595), Spanish-Portuguese adventurer, slave-trader and governor **

Luis de Carvajal the Younger Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

(c. 1566-1596), nephew of the above, wrote under the name José Lumbroso and was burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico City for Judaizing * Maria Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal (1944–2003), popularly known as

Inday Badiday Maria Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal (August 6, 1944 – September 26, 2003), popularly known as Inday Badiday, was a Filipino TV host and journalist who was known as Philippine television's "queen of showbiz talk shows" and "queen of intrigues". ...

, a Filipino TV host and journalist *

Marcos Carvajal Marcos José Carvajal (; August 19, 1984 – January 24, 2018) was a Venezuelan relief pitcher who played for the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 4", , 175 lb. , Carvajal batted and threw right-hand ...

(1984–2018), Venezuelan baseball player *

Máximo Carvajal Maximo or Máximo may refer to: Arts * Capcom video game series ** '' Maximo: Ghosts to Glory'' (also known as just ''Maximo'') ** '' Maximo vs. Army of Zin'', the sequel to ''Ghosts to Glory'' * Maxïmo Park, a British indie rock band * Maximu or ...

(1935–2006), Chilean comic book artist *

Melitón Carvajal Manuel Melitón Carvajal Ambulodegui (March 10, 1847, in Lima – September 19, 1935, in Lima), was a Peruvian naval commander and government official who was part of the crew of the ironclad ''Huáscar'' during the War of the Pacific. He was wo ...

(1847–1935), Peruvian naval officer *

Patricio Carvajal Vice Admiral Patricio Carvajal Prado (16 July 1916 – 15 July 1994), was a Chilean admiral, several times Minister and one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état that ousted President Salvador Allende. Military career He jo ...

(1916–1994), Chilean admiral *

Rafael Carvajal Rafael Carvajal Guzmán (1818–1881) was the vice president of Ecuador from 1864 to 1865 and the acting president from 31 August 1865 to 7 September 1865. He was Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government ...

(1818–1881), President of Ecuador in 1865 *

Tomás José González-Carvajal Tomás José González Carvajal (21 December 1753–9 November 1834), Spanish poet and statesman, was born at Seville in 1753. He studied at the University of Seville, and took the degree of LL.D. at Madrid. He obtained an office in the financia ...

(1753–1834), Spanish poet and statesman

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