Toledano (, ) is a family name derived from the city of

Toledo, Spain Toledo ( ; ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and the ''de jure'' seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castilla� ...

. Bearers of the name can be found mainly in

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 ...

-speaking countries, the

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, and

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. The surname is also found among

Sephardi Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and their descendant ...

Jews in their various diasporas, indicating possible ancestry traced back to Toledo, Spain. The Toledano name was also retained among non-Jews in various Spanish-speaking countries. The Jewish Toledanos were expelled from Spain in 1492. After the expulsion from Spain the Toledanos went to

Safed Safed (), also known as Tzfat (), is a city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of up to , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. Safed has been identified with (), a fortif ...

Salonika Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

, and

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

. They arrived in

Fez, Morocco Fez () or Fes (; ) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes, Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the List of cities in Morocco, largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according to ...

during the 16th century from Salonika and from there went to

Meknes Meknes (, ) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravid dynasty, Almoravids as a military settlement, Mekne ...

and became leaders of the community from the 16th century until the present day.

Notable bearers

* Avi Toledano (born 1948), Moroccan-Israeli singer * Avraham Toledano, Mashgiach ruchani of the Yeshivat Haraayon Hayehudi * Drew Tal (born Dror Toledano, 1957), photographer and artist in New York City * Ehud R. Toledano, historian * Éric Toledano (born 1971), French film director and actor * Fernando Usero Toledano (born 1984), Spanish footballer * Haham Pinchas Toledano, chief rabbi of Amsterdam * José Antolin Toledano (1936–2022), Spanish industrialist * Hilda Toledano (a literary pseudonym; 1907–1995) *

Ralph de Toledano Ralph de Toledano (August 17, 1916 – February 3, 2007) was an American writer in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement in the United States throughout the second half of the 20th century. A friend of Richard Nixon, he was ...

(1916–2007), Jewish Moroccan-American political activist * Ralph Toledano (born 1951) French-Moroccan businessman * Samuel Toledano (1929– 1996), Jewish Moroccan-Spanish community leader * Shmuel Toledano (1921–2022), Israeli Mossad employee and politician *

Sidney Toledano Sidney Toledano (born 25 July 1951 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French-Moroccan businessman, He has been the CEO of LVMH, LVMH Fashion Group since February 2018 and former CEO of Dior, Fashion House Dior. Family Sidney Toledano was born i ...

(born 1951), CEO of Christian Dior * Vicente Lombardo Toledano (1894–1968), Mexican politician and teacher * Ya'akov Moshe Toledano (1880–1960), Israeli Sephardic-haredi rabbi, chief rabbi of Cairo, Alexandria and Tel Aviv * Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 1981), Cuban boxer

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Notable bearers

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