Toledano ( he, טולדנו, lad, טולידאנו) is a family name derived from the city of

Toledo, Spain Toledo ( , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Toledo and the ''de jure'' seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESC ...

. Bearers of the name can be found mainly in Spanish-speaking countries, the

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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, and Australia. The surname is also found among

Sephardi Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

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 (known in Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevat ...

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

, and

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...

. They arrived in

Fez, Morocco Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 m ...

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

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) 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 c ...

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

Notable bearers

* Avraham "Avi" Toledano (born 1948,

), Moroccan-Israeli singer, 1982 Eurovision runner-up *

Avraham Toledano Avraham Toledano is an Israeli politician. He was the Mashgiach ruchani of the Yeshivat Haraayon Hayehudi, and was number four on the Kach Knesset list in 1988. He was briefly the leader of Kach after Rabbi Meir Kahane was murdered, and before B ...

, the Mashgiach ruchani of the Yeshivat Haraayon Hayehudi *

Drew Tal Drew Tal ( he, דרור טולידאנו ''Dror Toledano''; born October 7, 1957) is an artist and photographer living and working in New York City. His work has been exhibited globally and is included in the permanent collections of museums such a ...

(born Dror Toledano, 1957), a prominent photographer and visual artist working and living in New York City *

Ehud R. Toledano Ehud R. Toledano is professor of Middle East history at Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. ...

, Professor of Middle East history at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

and University Chair for Ottoman & Turkish Studies *

Éric Toledano Éric eʁikis a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is Erik Sat ...

(born 1971), a French film director, actor * Fernando Usero Toledano (born 1984, Brazatortas, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha), a Spanish professional footballer *

Haham Pinchas Toledano Dr Pinchas Toledano (פנחס טולידאנו) is Hakham-Emeritus (Chief Rabbi) of Amsterdam and of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of the Netherlands. He was also the official ''Av Beit Din'', head of the court, of the Netherlands ''Beit Din''. ...

, chief rabbi of Amsterdam *

José Antolin Toledano José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(born 1936, Quintana del Puente, Palencia, Spain), a Spanish industrialist * Hilda Toledano (a literary pseudonym; 1907–1995) * Ralph de Toledano (1916, Tangiers - 2007, Bethesda, Maryland), Jewish Moroccan-American political activist *

Ralph Toledano Ralph Toledano (born 27 September 1951, Casablanca, Morocco) is a French-Moroccan businessman. He is president of the Puig group’s fashion division; president of the Fédération française de la Couture, du Prêt à Porter des Couturiers et ...

(born September 27, 1951, Casablanca, Morocco) French-Moroccan businessman *

Samuel Toledano Samuel Toledano (August 15, 1929 - July 22, 1996) was a Spanish Jewish community leader and lawyer. As a descendant of an old Jewish family from medieval Toledo, Samuel (Sam) Toledano was a secretary-general and president of Spain's Jewish federat ...

(1929, Tangiers - 1996, Madrid), Jewish Moroccan-Spanish community leader *

Shmuel Toledano Shmuel Toledano (, 16 January 1921 – 30 December 2022) was an Israeli Mossad employee and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Democratic Movement for Change and Shinui between 1977 and 1981. Biography Born in Tiberias dur ...

(1921–2022), an Israeli Mossad employee and politician *

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

(born 1951), CEO of the Christian Dior S.A. :fr:Sidney Toledano * Vicente Lombardo Toledano (1894–1968), Mexican politician and teacher * Ya'akov Moshe Toledano (born 1880, Tiberias - 1960), an Israeli Sephardic-haredi rabbi, chief rabbi of Cairo, Alexandria and Tel Aviv *

Omer Toledano Omer may refer to: __NOTOC__ * Omer (unit), an ancient unit of measure used in the era of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem * The Counting of the Omer (''sefirat ha'omer''), a 49 day period in the Jewish calendar * Omer (Book of Mormon), a Jaredit ...

(born 1980), Israeli poet and artist *

Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born 23 December 1981) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBA and IBF titles between 2009 and 2011, as well as the WBA interim championship in both th ...

(born 1981), Cuban boxer *

Orel Toledano Orel (meaning ''eagle'' in some Slavic languages; also a common first name in Israel meaning ''Light of God'' in Hebrew) may refer to: People * Orel Hershiser (born 1958), former professional right-handed pitcher * Vladimir Orel (1952–2007) ...

(born 1992), in Haifa, Israel

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