Melendez is the American spelling of the

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Asturleonese Asturleonese is a Romance language or language family spoken in northwestern Spain and northeastern Portugal, namely in the historical regions and Spain's modern-day autonomous communities of Asturias, northwestern Castile and León, Cantabria an ...

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Meléndez Meléndez is a common surname in the Spanish language. The variant is Melendez. It may refer to: * Adolfo Meléndez (1884–1968), Spanish military scientist * Carlos Meléndez (disambiguation), multiple people * Gerardo Meléndez, Puerto Rico-b ...

(var. Menéndez), common in the United States Puerto Rican community. Melendez is also the surname of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans, given that Philippines was once a Spanish Commonwealth and later a US Commonwealth. The name means "son of Melendo" or "son of Menendo", it is related to the Visigothic name

Hermenegild Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585; ; , from Gothic ''𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 *Airmana-gild'', "immense tribute"), was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern ...

. It may refer to: *

Andre Melendez Andre "Angel" Melendez (May 1, 1971 – March 17, 1996) was a member of the Club Kids who lived and worked in New York City. He was killed by Michael Alig and Robert "Freeze" Riggs on March 17, 1996. His life and death have inspired several piece ...

, nicknamed "Angel", a Club Kid and purported drug dealer murdered by Michael Alig and Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs *

Benjamin Melendez Benjamin "Yellow Benjy" Melendez (August 3, 1952 – May 28, 2017) was best known for brokering the gang truce in the Bronx and Harlem (New York City) in 1971. At that time, he was President of the Ghetto Brothers, a mainly ethnically Puerto Rica ...

, American gang member *

Bill Melendez José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was an American animator, director, producer, and voice actor. Melendez is known for working on the ''Peanuts'' animated specials, as well as providing the voices of Sno ...

, Mexican-born American animator * Fausto Melendez, Filipino-American Chicago, IL postal worker who came up with the idea of the US postal ZIP Code. *

Gilbert Melendez Gilbert Melendez (born April 12, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a two-time Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and a former WEC Lightwei ...

, American MMA fighter * Jack Melendez, Puerto Rican sportscaster *

John Melendez John Edward Melendez (born October 4, 1965), also known as Stuttering John, and The Duke of the Dabbleverse, is an American entertainer. He is best known for being a staff member on ''The Howard Stern Show'' from 1988 to 2004. Initially workin ...

, American writer and radio personality *

Juan Melendez Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon (born May 24, 1951) is a public speaker and human rights activist who was wrongly convicted of murder and spent over 17 years on death row. He was released from prison on January 3, 2002, making him the 99th death row ...

, American prison rights activist *

Lisette Melendez Lisette Melendez (born August 20, 1967) is an American freestyle/Latin pop/dance-pop singer. She is best known for her Top 40 hit "Together Forever", which reached No. 35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1991, and its follow-up "A Day In My Life ...

, American pop singer *

Mervyl Melendez Mervyl Samuel Melendez Sr. is a Puerto Rican baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), ...

, American college baseball coach *

MJ Melendez Mervyl Samuel Melendez Jr. (born November 29, 1998) is an American professional baseball left fielder and catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022. Amateur career Melendez attended St. Jam ...

, American baseball player

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