Céspedes is a
Spanish
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** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
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patronymic surname, originating in
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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which is derived from the spanish ''césped,'' meaning "grass; fields." It would have likely denoted a farmer or gardener. It can refer to:
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Alba de Céspedes
Alba de Céspedes y Bertini (11 March 1911 – 14 November 1997) was a Cuban-Italian writer.
Family
De Céspedes was the daughter of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (a Cuban ambassador to Italy)Nerenberg, Ellen. "Alba De Céspedes." Italia ...
, Cuban-Italian writer
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Augusto Céspedes Patzi
Augusto is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish given name or surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Augusto Aníbal
* Augusto dos Anjos
*Augusto Arbizo
* Augusto Barbera (born 1938), Italian law professor, politician and judge
* Augus ...
, Bolivian writer, journalist, politician, and diplomat,
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo (18 April 1819, Bayamo, Spanish Cuba – 27 February 1874, San Lorenzo, Spanish Cuba) was a Cuban revolutionary hero and First President of Cuba in Arms in 1868. Cespedes, who was a plantation owner ...
, Cuban independence fighter
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada (August 12, 1871 – March 28, 1939) was a Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba.
Early life and career
He was the son of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and Ana Maria de Quesada y Loinaz ...
, Cuban writer, politician, diplomat, and President of Cuba
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Eleno de Céspedes
Eleno de Céspedes, also known as Elena de Céspedes (1545 – ''died after'' 1588), was a Spanish surgeon who married a man and later a woman, and was tried by the Spanish Inquisition. Céspedes may have been an intersex and/or transgender person ...
(1545-1588 or later), possible intersex person
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Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses (c. 1585January 27, 1638) was a Spanish novelist.
Biography
He was born at Madrid about 1585. Nothing positive is known of him before the publication of his celebrated romance, the ''Poema trágico del español ...
, Spanish novelist
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Gregorious de Cespedes, Portuguese missionary
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Jair Céspedes
Jair Edson Céspedes Zegarra (born 22 March 1984 in Arequipa, Peru) is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Deportivo Binacional in the Torneo Descentralizado.
International career
Jair made his debut for the Peru national football team on Marc ...
(born 1984), Peruvian soccer player
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Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal
Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal (born 11 March 1944) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas from 2005 to 2022. He studied for the priesthood in Venezuela and filled pastoral assignments there for twelve years before ...
(born 1944), a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas, Cuba
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Pablo de Céspedes, Spanish painter, poet, and architect
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Robert Cespedes (born 1954), Thai actor and singer
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Vincent Cespedes
Vincent Cespedes (born 14 September 1973 in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French philosopher, writer and composer.
He is the author of essays on various subjects, and he published a novel on Cheikh Anta Diop and Panafricanism philoso ...
(born 1973), French philosopher, writer and composer
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Yoelqui Céspedes
Yoelqui Céspedes Maceo (born September 24, 1997), also known as Yoelkis Céspedes, is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox organization. He played for Alazanes de Granma of the Cuban National Series before he d ...
(born 1997), Cuban baseball player
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Yoenis Céspedes
Yoenis Céspedes Milanés (born October 18, 1985), nicknamed "La Potencia" (The Power), is a Cuban-born professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on March 28, 2012, for the Oakland Athletics, and has also ...
(born 1985), Cuban baseball player
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