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For other uses, see Nunez (disambiguation).
Nunez (also Núñez and Nuñez) is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese (and Old Galician) variant is Nunes. Notable people with the name include:
Contents
Academica
- Antonio Núñez Jiménez, Cuban revolutionary and academic
- Juan Núñez de la Peña, Spanish historian
Drama
- Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
- Joseph Nunez, United States actor
- Oscar Nunez, United States actor and comedian
Exploration
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador
Literature
Authors
- Sigrid Nunez, United States writer
- Elizabeth Nunez, United States writer
- Hernán Núñez (1475–1553), Spanish writer and collector of proverbs
Fictional
- Alex Nuñez, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Music
- Alcide Nunez, United States jazz clarinetist
- José Nunez, United States electronica and house music producer
- Robert Nunez, United States musician
- Carlos Núñez, Spanish musician from Galicia
- Carlos Núñez Cortés, a member of Argentine comedy-musical group Les Luthiers
- Jorge Núñez (singer), American Idol contestant
- Antonio Escobar Núñez, a Spanish composer, music producer and sound designer
Politics and military
- Fabian Núñez (born 1966), American politician
- José Núñez de Cáceres 1772 - 1846) Dominican politician and writer
- Blasco Núñez Vela, Spanish viceroy of Peru
- Samuel B. Nunez, Jr., Louisiana politician
- Osvaldo Nunez, Canadian politician
- Corazon Nunez-Malanyaon, Philippine politician
- Aaron Nunez Cardozo, 1762–1834, Gibraltarian consul for Tunis and Algie
- Casto Méndez Núñez (1824–1869), Spanish military naval officer
- Rafael Núñez (politician), President of Colombia in the 1880s and 1890s
Sport
Baseball
- Abraham Núñez (baseball infielder), a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees
- Abraham Núñez (baseball outfielder), a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Caffè Danesi Nettuno of Italy's Serie A1
- Clemente Núñez, United States baseball player
- Eduardo Núñez, a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Yankees
- Leo Núñez, a pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Florida Marlins as the team's closer
Association football
- Álvaro Adrián Núñez, Uruguayan goalkeeper
- Antonio Núñez, Spanish footballer
- Gervasio Núñez, Argentine footballer
- Jorge Martín Núñez, Paraguayan footballer
- Josep Lluís Núñez, former president of FC Barcelona
- Leonel Núñez, Argentine footballer
- Milton Núñez, Honduran footballer
- Nicolás Núñez, Chilean footballer
- Ramón Núñez, Honduran-American footballer
- Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer
Other sport
- José María Núñez Piossek, Argentine rugby union player
- Sidarka Núñez, Dominican Republic volleyball player
Science and medicine
- Samuel Nunez, United States physician and early Jewish settler in Georgia
- Rafael E. Núñez, cognitive scientist
Other
- Rafael Núñez (hacker) (also known as RaFa), a hacker/cracker and model from Venezuela
This page or section lists people with the surname Nunez. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. Categories:- Surnames
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