Maldonado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abel Maldonado
Abel O. Maldonado Jr. (born August 21, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 3, 2011. As of 2025, he is the last Republican to serve as California's Lieutenant Gove ...
(born 1967), American politician, 47th Lieutenant Governor of California
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Alana Maldonado (born 1995), Brazilian Paralympic judoka
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Alejandro Maldonado (athlete) (born 1977), Argentine Paralympic athlete
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Alexis Maldonado (born 1997), Argentine professional footballer
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Alonso del Castillo Maldonado
Alonso del Castillo Maldonado (died after 1547) was an early Spanish explorer in the Americas. He was one of the last four survivors of the original members of the 1527 Narváez expedition, along with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorant ...
, Spanish explorer of the 16th century
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Ángel Maldonado (born 1973), Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper
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Candy Maldonado (Cándido Maldonado Guadarrama) (born 1960), Puerto Rican baseball player
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Carlos Maldonado (footballer)
Carlos Fabián Maldonado Bineiro (born 30 July 1963) is a Uruguayan-born Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder.
Maldonado was nicknamed "Carlitos" during his playing career.
Club career
Born in Monte ...
(born 1963), Venezuelan football (soccer) player
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Claudio Maldonado (born 1980), Chilean football (soccer) player
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Claudio Maldonado (musician)
Claudio Maldonado, also known as Xunorus (born in 1980) is an Argentine composer, guitarist and arranger, referent musician from the new generation of classical music contemporary composers from Patagonia .
He is the author of ''Suite Patagonica ...
(born 1980), Argentine composer-performer
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Eduardo Maldonado (born 1968), Bolivian politician
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Estuardo Maldonado (born 1928), Ecuadorian sculptor and painter
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Fabio Maldonado Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration).
The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with t ...
(born 1980), Brazilian boxer and mixed martial arts fighter
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Francisco Maldonado
Francisco Maldonado (c. 1480 in Salamanca – 24 April 1521) was a leader of the rebel Comuneros from Salamanca
Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the sa ...
(1480–1521), leader of the rebel Comuneros in the Revolt of the Comuneros, who was captured and beheaded at the Battle of Villalar, Spain
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Francisco José Maldonado (born 1981), Spanish football (soccer) player
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Francisco Maldonado da Silva (1592–1639), Argentine physician and religious scholar executed by the Inquisition
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Giancarlo Maldonado
Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero (; born 29 June 1982) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Portuguesa.
Club career
River Plate
Maldonado began his footballing career i ...
(born 1982), Venezuelan football (soccer) player
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Gonzalo Maldonado (disambiguation), several people
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Guillermo Maldonado (pastor), the co-founder of
El Rey Jesus
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Guillermo Maldonado (racing driver) (born 1952), Argentine retired racing driver
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Gunner Maldonado, American football player
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Javier Torres Maldonado
Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968) is a Mexican composer internationally recognized for, mostly, his orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic works.
Biography
Born in Chetumal (Mexico), José Javier Torres Maldonado studied violin and co ...
(born 1968), Mexican / Italian composer
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Jesús E. Maldonado, American geneticist
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Joseph Maldonado-Passage (born 1963), American former zoo operator and convicted felon
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Juan Maldonado
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Juan Maldonado (humanist) (1485–1554), Spanish humanist and writer of a.o. ''
Somnium''
** Juan de Maldonado y Ordóñez de Villaquirán (1525–1572), Spanish conquistador in Venezuela and Colombia, founder of
San Cristóbal, Venezuela
** Juan de Maldonado (16th century),
governor of Cartagena (1554–1555)
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Juan (de) Maldonado (1533–1583), Spanish Jesuit
** Juan Villanueva Maldonado (16th century), Spanish conquistador and founder of
Macas, Ecuador
** Juan Álvarez Maldonado (16th century), Spanish conquistador of Peru, who wrote about
Paititi
Paititi is a legendary Inca lost city or utopian rich land. It allegedly lies east of the Andes, hidden somewhere within the remote rainforests of southeast Peru, northern Bolivia or northwest Brazil. The Paititi legend in Peru revolves around the ...
** Juan Pacheco Maldonado (16th century), Spanish explorer of
Morong, Rizal
Morong, officially the Municipality of Morong (), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality located in the Philippine Province, province of Rizal (province), Rizal, Philippines. As per the 2020 census, Morong has a population of 71,1 ...
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Maynila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is ...
, Philippines
** Juan Maldonado de Villasante (17th century), governor of
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
** Juan Manuel Maldonado (19th century), Mexican colonel involved in the foundation of
Piedras Negras, Coahuila
Piedras Negras ( ) is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the Mexico–United States border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass ...
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Juan Maldonado Waswechia Beltran (1857–1901), Mexican indigenous leader of the Yaqui resistance
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Felix Juan ("Felo") Maldonado (1938–2010), Puerto Rican baseball manager
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Juan L. Maldonado (1948–2018), administrator of Laredo Community College, Texas
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Juan Mayr Maldonado (b. 1952), photographer and ambassador of Colombia to Germany
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Juan Maldonado Jaimez
Juan Maldonado Jaimez Júnior (born 6 February 1982), simply known as Juan, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a left-back. He also holds an EU passport as a Spanish citizen.
Club career
Arsenal
Juan was born in São Paulo. He started h ...
(b. 1982), Brazilian football player
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Juan Carlos Maldonado
Juan Carlos Maldonado (born 7 September 1986) is an Argentine former footballer. His last professional club was then Primera B club Deportes La Serena.
Career
A product of Belgrano de Córdoba, Maldonado made his professional debut in 2006. Abr ...
(b. 1986), Argentine football player
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Juan Gabriel Maldonado (b. 1990), Paraguayan football player
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Kirstin Maldonado
Kirstin Taylor Maldonado (born May 16, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for being a vocalist in the a cappella group Pentatonix. With the group, she has released seven studio albums, won three Grammy Awards, and sold over si ...
(born 1992), an American solo singer, also a vocalist of the American
a cappella
Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...
group
Pentatonix
Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) are an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of vocalists Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Matt Sallee, and Kevin Olusola. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements wit ...
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Lourdes Maldonado (born 1973), Spanish journalist
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Lourdes Maldonado López (1954–2022), Mexican journalist
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María José Maldonado
María José Maldonado Gómez (born October 26, 1985) is a Paraguayan singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Paraguay at Miss Universe 2007 pageant.
About
She is a professional Attorney at Law, graduated at the National Un ...
(born 1985), Paraguayan beauty queen and singer
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Maria Maldonado (born 1982), American beauty queen
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Marisol Maldonado (born 1970?), American fashion model, wife of musician Rob Thomas
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Martín Maldonado
Martín Benjamín Maldonado (born August 16, 1986) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Angels, Houston ...
(born 1986), Puerto Rican professional baseball player
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Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768), indigenous Zapotec painter in New Spain (now Mexico)
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Mildred Maldonado (born 2001), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
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Nancy L. Maldonado (born 1975), American lawyer
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Norman Maldonado (born 1985), Puerto Rican hematologist, former president of the University of Puerto Rico
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Pastor Maldonado
Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta (; born 9 March 1985) is a Venezuelan former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Maldonado won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix with Williams.
After winning the GP2 Series in 2010 with Rapax, Maldona ...
(born 1985), Venezuelan racing driver
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Patricia Maldonado (writer) (born 1956), Argentine-Brazilian writer
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Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission. As ...
(1704–1748), Ecuadorian scientist
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Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero (1892-1937), Mexican priest, saint and martyr
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Raul Maldonado (born 1975), Argentine retired football player
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Santiago Maldonado (1989–2017), his death became a political scandal in Argentina
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Theresa A. Maldonado, American electrical engineer and academic administrator
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Tomás Maldonado (1922–2018), Argentine painter, designer, and thinker, Scientific Design movement theorist
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Tomás Maldonado Cera (born 1971), Colombian serial killer
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Víctor Maldonado (born 1939), Venezuelan hurdler
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Surnames of Spanish origin
Spanish-language surnames