Cuellar or Cuéllar is a Spanish surname derived from

Cuéllar Cuéllar () is a municipality in the Province of Segovia, within the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. The municipality had a population of 9,730 inhabitants according to the municipal register of inhabitants (INE) as of 1 Janu ...

, a town in the

Segovia Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia. Segovia is located in the Meseta central, Inner Pl ...

province of

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Notable persons

Artists and academics

* Erika Cuéllar, Bolivian biologist * José Cuéllar, Anthropologist and musician *

Juan de Cuéllar ''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 Philippi ...

, Spanish pharmacologist * Nicolás Cuéllar (1927–2010), Mexican painter * Yalo Cuéllar (born 1963), Bolivian composer and musician * (1830–1894), poet, playwright, and novelist

Politicians and officials

* Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, American politician *

Francisco de Cuellar Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Com ...

, Spanish sea captain *

Henry Cuellar Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuellar ( ; born September 19, 1955) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district extends from the Rio Grande to San Ant ...

, member of the United States House of Representatives *

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra ( , ; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as prime min ...

(1920–2020), Peruvian diplomat *

Juana Rangel de Cuéllar Juana Rangel de Cuellar (6 October 1649 – 1736) was the founder of the Colombian city of Cúcuta, located in the Norte de Santander Department. She was born and died in Pamplona Pamplona (; ), historically also known as Pampeluna in Engl ...

, Spanish conquistador * Luis Francisco Cuéllar (1940–2009), Colombian politician * Marcela Pérez de Cuéllar (1933-2013), Peruvian philanthropist and UN "first lady" * Renato Cuellar, member of the Texas House of Representatives * Savina Cuéllar, Bolivian politician

Sports players and coaches

Ángel Cuéllar Ángel Manuel Cuéllar Llanos (born 13 September 1972) is a Spanish former footballer, currently a manager. A left winger or a forward, his main assets were dribbling and scoring ability. He spent most of his professional career with Betis (n ...

, Spanish former footballer * Bobby Cuellar, American pitching coach *

Carlos Cuéllar Carlos Javier Cuéllar Jiménez (; born 23 August 1981) is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer. Mainly a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, central defender, he could also operate as a Defender (association ...

, Spanish footballer *

David Cuéllar David Cuéllar Tainta (born 1 November 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right winger. Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Cuéllar came through the youth ranks of Athletic Bilbao, but managed to play just 14 games withou ...

, Spanish footballer * Diego Cuéllar, Chilean footballer * Fabián Cuéllar, Colombian footballer * Fernando Cuellar, Peruvian footballer *

Gustavo Cuéllar Gustavo Leonardo Cuéllar Gallegos (born 14 October 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio and the Colombia national team. Career Deportivo Cali Cuéllar began p ...

, Colombian footballer * Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar, Mexican footballer *

Iván Cuéllar Iván Cuéllar Sacristán (born 27 May 1984), nicknamed Pichu, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Mallorca. Developed at Atlético Madrid, he spent most of his career with Sporting de Gijón, where h ...

, Spanish footballer * Jesus Cuellar, Argentine boxer *

Leonardo Cuéllar Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican football manager and former player who last acted as the manager of América in the Liga MX Femenil. He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2 ...

, Mexican former footballer *

Miguel Ángel Cuéllar Miguel Ángel Cuéllar (born 25 September 1982) is a retired Paraguayan footballer who played as a striker. He had a short spell in Europe when he was transferred alongside teammate André Galiassi from Bolívar to CFR Cluj in Romania. Honou ...

, Paraguayan footballer * Miguel Cuéllar, Colombian chess master *

Mike Cuellar Miguel Ángel Cuellar Santana (; May 8, 1937 – April 2, 2010) was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played for 15 seasons in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher in 1959 and from 1964 through 1977, most prominently as a memb ...

(1937–2010), Cuban baseball player * Pablo Cuéllar, Panamanian chess master * Renae Cuéllar, Mexican–American footballer *

Jaume Cuéllar Jaume Albert Cuéllar Mendoza (born 23 August 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as either a winger or a forward for Spanish club Arenteiro. Born in Spain, he plays for the Bolivia national team. Club career Early career Born in Gr ...

, Spanish footballer

Gallery

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Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar Diego Velázquez de CuéllarPronounced: (1465 – c. June 12, 1524) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' and ''adelantado'' who was first governor of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba. As the first governor ...

(1465–1524) was a Spanish

conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (; ; ) were Spanish Empire, Spanish and Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with and colonized parts of the Americas, Africa, Oceania and Asia during the Age of Discovery. Sailing ...

and first governor of

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

. File:Mariano Calvo.jpg, Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar (1782–1842) was the

president of Bolivia The president of Bolivia (), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia. According to the Bolivian C ...

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(1920–2020), a

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

vian diplomat, served as the fifth

secretary-general of the United Nations The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the United Nations System#Six principal organs, six principal organs of ...

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, U.S representative for

Texas's 28th congressional district Texas's 28th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a strip in deep south Texas starting in the eastern outskirts of San Antonio, and ending at the U.S.–Mexico border. Towns entirely or partially within th ...

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Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuéllar (born July 27, 1972) is an American scholar, jurist, and nonprofit executive currently serving as the 10th president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was previously a Justice of the Supreme ...

was an associate justice of the

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, and official in the

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has also been used as a given nam ...

and

Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. Ob ...

administrations.

References

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