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Nunez (Spanish: Núñez; [ˈnuɲeθ]) is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese (and Old Galician) variant is Nunes. Notable people with the name include:

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Academica

  • Antonio Núñez Jiménez, Cuban revolutionary and academic
  • Jorge Núñez Prida
  • 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
  • Oscar Núñez, Argentine actor

    • Exploration

  • Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer
  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador

    • Authors

  • Elizabeth Nunez, United States writer
  • Hernán Núñez (1475–1553), Spain writer and collector of proverbs
  • José Rafael Núñez Tenorio, Venezuela philosopher
  • Sigrid Nunez, United States writer

    • 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 Muñoz, Spanish musician from Galicia
  • Carlos Núñez Cortés, a member of Argentine comedy-musical group Les Luthiers
  • Juan Carlos Núñez, Venezuelan composer.
  • Jorge Núñez (singer), American Idol contestant
  • Antonio Escobar Núñez, a Spanish composer, music producer and sound designer

    • Politics and military

  • Fabian Núñez (born 1966), US-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
  • Emilio Núñez Portuondo (1898-1978), Cuban politician
  • Emilio Núñez (1855-1922), Cuban soldier, dentist, and politician
  • Marco Antonio Núñez (born 1966), Chilean politician
  • Osvaldo Nunez, Canadian politician
  • Corazon Nuñez-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

    • 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
  • Juan Carlos Oviedo, a Major League Baseball pitcher, called himself Leo Núñez before 2011

    • 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, Johor Darul Takzim FC player
  • Milton Núñez, Honduran footballer
  • Nicolás Núñez, Chilean footballer
  • Ramón Núñez, Honduran-American footballer
  • Rodrigo Núñez, Chilean footballer

    • Other sport

  • José María Núñez Piossek, A rugby union player
  • Sidarka Núñez, Dominican Republic volleyball player

    • Science and medicine

  • Manuel Núñez Tovar, Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist.
  • Samuel Nunez, United States physician and early Jewish settler in Georgia
  • Rafael E. Núñez, cognitive scientist

    • Other

  • Marianela Núñez Argentine classical ballet dancer
  • Rafael Núñez (hacker) (also known as RaFa), Venezuela hacker/cracker and model

    • References

    Nunez Wikipedia
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