González is a family name

Family name

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 that originated in Spain

Spain

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. In Spain, it is the second most common surname (only after García

García (surname)

García is a surname common throughout the Americas, the Philippines and Spain. There are several theories about its origin and history, but it is probably of Basque origin...

) with 2.08% of the population bearing the surname.. It's also very popular in Latin America, being the most common one in countries like Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay, and thus making it the most popular surname in the Spanish speaking world. Within the United States

United States

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, it is ranked as the 23rd most common surname.

Origin

González is of Spanish

Spain

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 origin, and it means "son of Gonzalo". Common spelling variations include: Gonzales, Gonzáles, Gonzalés, González and Gonzalez (without an acute accent

Acute accent

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).

In sport

In sport, González may refer to the following people:

• Alejandro González
  Alejandro González (cyclist)
  Alejandro Walter González is a male professional racing cyclist from Argentina, who is nicknamed "El Ñoqui".-Career:2003Alejandro Walter González is a male professional racing cyclist from Argentina, who is nicknamed "El Ñoqui".-Career:2003Alejandro Walter González is a male professional racing...
  
   (born 1972), Argentine road cyclist
• Amanda González
  Amanda González
  Amanda González Gutiérrez is a former female field hockey player from Spain. She was a member of the Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. There the team ended up in fourth place under the guidance of Dutch coach Marc Lammers. She played club hockey for Sardinero Caja...
  
   (born 1979), Spanish field hockey player
• Anthony Gonzalez
  Anthony Gonzalez
  Anthony E. Gonzalez is an American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Colts in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.-Early years:Gonzalez attended St...
  
   (born 1984), American football player
• Bobby Gonzalez
  Bobby Gonzalez
  Bobby Gonzalez is the former head coach of the Seton Hall University Pirates men's basketball team. Gonzalez was previously the head coach at Manhattan College and was well known for leading the Jaspers to two NCAA tournaments and the second NCAA tournament win in school history.Gonzalez had...
  
  , American college basketball coach
• Fernando González
  Fernando González
  ----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
  
   (born 1980), Chilean tennis player
• Francisco González (born 1955), Paraguayan tennis player
• Gilberto González
  Gilberto Gonzalez
  Gilberto Carlos González Parra is a triathlete from Venezuela.González competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took thirty-seventh place with a total time of 1:52:13.03. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, González again competed. He placed thirty-sixth...
  
   (born 1970), Venezuelan triathlete
• Javier González (born 1962), Mexican race car driver
• Jorge Luis González
  Jorge Luis Gonzalez
  Jorge Luis González is a former heavyweight boxing contender and prospect born in Havana, Cuba. He won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1987 Pan American Games and the former WBO Latino Heavyweight Champion.-Amateur:González compiled an Amateur Record of 220-13...
  
   (born 1964), Cuban boxer
• José Froilán González
  José Froilán González
  José Froilán González is an Argentine former racing driver, particularly notable for scoring Ferrari's first win in a Formula One World Championship race at the 1951 British Grand Prix. He made his Formula One debut for Scuderia Achille Varzi in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix...
  
   (born 1922), Argentinean racing driver
• José Huertas González
  Jose Gonzalez (wrestler)
  José Huertas González, better known as Invader #1, is a former professional wrestler who wrestled in the United States and around the world, especially in Puerto Rico, and the man who killed, allegedly in self-defense, Frank Goodish, also known as Bruiser Brody.-Wrestling career:Since 1973, he has...
  
  , Puerto Rican professional wrestler
• Juana Miguelina González
  Juana Miguelina Gonzalez
  Juana Miguelina González Sánchez is a female volleyball and basketball player from the Dominican Republic. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #11 jersey. There, she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's...
  
   (born 1979), Dominican Republic volleyball player
• Luis Alberto González
  Luis Alberto González
  Luis Alberto González Gallego is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1987 to 1996.-Career:1987198819891992...
  
   (born 1965), Colombian cyclist
• María Cruz González
  María Cruz González
  María Cruz González Álvarez is a former female field hockey player from Spain. She represented her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games. She played club hockey for Real Club de Campo in Madrid.-References:*...
  
   (born 1971), Spanish field hockey player
• Mario González, Mexican boxer
• Mario González
  Mario González (swimmer)
  Mario González Montesinos is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Cuba, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...
  
   (born 1975), Cuban breaststroke swimmer
• Mayra González
  Mayra González
  Mayra González Borroto is a female rower from Cuba. She is a two-time Olympian for her native country, and twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games .-References:*...
  
   (born 1968), Cuban rower
• Ricardo (Pancho) Gonzalez
  Pancho Gonzales
  Ricardo Alonso González , generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s...
  
   (1928 – 1995), American tennis player
• Ramón González
  Ramón González (athlete)
  Ramón González is a retired male javelin thrower from Cuba, who won a total number of three medals at the Pan American Games during his career.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   (born 1966), Cuban javelin thrower
• Raúl González
  Raúl González (Mexican boxer)
  Raul Gonzalez , where he grew up. Raul Gonzalez is a retired Mexican professional boxer and currently lives in Pasadena, California, USA, where he began boxing around at age of 18.-Professional career:...
  
   (born 1966), Mexican boxer
• Raúl González
  Raúl González (boxer)
  Raúl González Sánchez is a male boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal in the Men's Flyweight Division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the final he lost to North Korea's Choi Chol-Su...
  
   (born 1967), Cuban boxer
• Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
   (born 1968), Mexican freestyle swimmer
• Tony Gonzalez (born 1976), American football player
• Víctor Hugo González
  Víctor Hugo González
  Víctor Hugo González Melo is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:20012002...
  
   (born 1974), Colombian road cyclist
• Vladimir González
  Vladimir González
  Vladimir González Martínez is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:20012002200320042005-References:...
  
   (born 1978), Colombian road cyclist
• Miguel González
  Miguel Gonzalez
  Miguel Gonzalez is an American soccer player. He currently plays for Bradenton Academics in the USL Premier Development League.-Youth and Amateur:...
  
   (born 185) , Colombian fotballer El mas Papi de los Papis CCF Player

In athletics (track and field)

• Freddy González
  Freddy González
  Freddy González Fonten is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best in the men's 5,000 metres on July 3, 2004 in San Sebastián.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   (born 1977), Venezuelan long-distance runner
• Griselda González
  Griselda González
  Griselda María de los Ángeles González Santillo is a retired female long-distance runner from Argentina. She twice won the Buenos Aires Marathon in her native country...
  
   (born 1965), Argentine long-distance runner
• Iglandini González
  Iglandini González
  Iglandini de Jesús González Pardo long-distance runner from Colombia, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race . She set her personal best – and the Colombian national record – in the classic distance on March 3, 1996 in Los Angeles,...
  
   (born 1965), Colombian long-distance runner
• Mariela González
  Mariela González
  Mariela González Torres is a female marathon runner from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2007 Pan American Games...
  
   (born 1974), Cuban marathon runner
• Mauricio González
  Mauricio González (athlete)
  Mauricio González is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres event at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.Mexican record holder 5000m and 10000m...
  
   (born 1960), Mexican long-distance runner
• Radamés González
  Radamés González
  Radamés González Tamayo is a former Cuban marathon runner. He won the gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
   (born 1956), Cuban marathon runner
• Raúl González (born 1952), Mexican race walker
• Tomás González (born 1959), Cuban track and field sprinter

In baseball

In baseball, González may refer to the following people:

• Adrian Gonzalez
  Adrián González
  Adrian Gonzalez is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.Gonzalez was the first overall pick in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins. He was traded to the Texas Rangers, and later to the San Diego Padres, where he...
  
   (born 1982), American baseball player
• Alexander González (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player
• Alexander Scott Gonzalez (born 1973), American baseball player
• Fernando González
  Fernando González (baseball)
  José Fernando González Quinones is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. He played during six seasons at the major league level for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and San Diego Padres. He was signed by the Seattle Pilots as an amateur free agent in...
  
  , Puerto Rican baseball player
• Geremis Segundo González Acosta
  Geremi González
  Geremis Segundo González Acosta was a Venezuelan right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Boston Red Sox , New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers . In his rookie season he led the Cubs with 11 wins, but he was unable to continue that...
  
   (born 1975), Venezuelan baseball player
• Gio Gonzalez
  Gio Gonzalez
  Giovany A. Gonzalez is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1985), American baseball player
• José Rafael González
  José González (baseball)
  José Rafael González is a retired professional baseball player who played 8 seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, and California Angels of Major League Baseball....
  
   (born 1964), baseball player
• Juan Alberto González Vázquez (born 1969), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Juan M. González (born 1982), Venezuelan baseball player
• Luis Alberto González (born 1979), Venezuelan baseball player
• Luis Emilio Gonzalez (born 1967), American baseball player
• Michael Vela Gonzalez (born 1978), American baseball player

In football (soccer)

In football (soccer), González may refer to the following people:

• Adrián González (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Álvaro Rafael González (born 1984), Uruguayan footballer
• Aníbal González
  Aníbal González
  Aníbal Segundo González Espinoza is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a forward during his career...
  
   (born 1963), Chilean footballer
• Francisco González Lucas
  Francisco González Lucas
  Francisco González Lucas , aka Fran, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Zamora CF mainly as a left defender.-Football career:...
  
   (born 1983), Spanish footballer
• Francisco Javier González Pérez (born 1969), Spanish footballer
• Guillermo Gonzalez (soccer) (born 1986), soccer player
• Hugo González
  Hugo González
  Hugo Armando González Muñoz is a retired Chilean footballer. He played as a central defender during his career.González made his debut for the national senior squad on 25 June 1988, in a friendly against Peru....
  
   (born 1963), Chilean footballer
• Javier Mercedes González
  Javier Mercedes González
  Javier Mercedes González is an Paraguayan footballer currently playing in Paraguay for Club Nacional.-Club career:González began his career in 2000 with Cerro Corá...
  
   (born 1979), Paraguayan footballer
• Juan Diego González-Vigil Bentin
  Juan Diego González-Vigil
  Juan Diego González-Vigil Bentin , simply known as Juan González-Vigil, is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Sporting Cristal in the Peruvian First Division. He is also member of the Peruvian national team....
  
   (born 1985), Peruvian footballer
• Luis Oscar "Lucho" González (born 1981), Argentine footballer
• Mágico González
  Mágico González
  Jorge Alberto González Barillas , popularly known as El mágico , is a retired Salvadoran footballer....
  
   (born 1958), Salvadoran footballer
• Mariano Nicolás González
  Mariano González
  Mariano Nicolás González is an Argentine footballer who plays for Estudiantes de La Plata. He can operate as both an attacking midfielder or a winger.-Club career:...
  
   (born 1981), Argentine footballer
• Mark González
  Mark González
  Mark Dennis González Hoffman , commonly known as Mark González, is a South African-born Chilean footballer whose preferred position is as a left winger. Renowned for his lightning pace, he is nicknamed "Speedy González". González currently plays for CSKA Moscow.-Early life:Mark González was born in...
  
   (born 1984), South African-born Chilean footballer
• Marvin González (born 1982), Salvadoran footballer
• Omar Gonzalez
  Omar Gonzalez
  Omar Gonzalez is an American soccer player. He played youth soccer for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club. He currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...
  
   (born 1988), American MLS soccer player
• Raúl González Blanco
  Raúl González
  Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....
  
   (born 1977), Spanish footballer
• Rónald González Brenes (born 1970), Costa Rican footballer
• Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés
  Sebastián González
  Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés , is a Chilean football striker who currently plays for The Strongest. His nickname is "Chamagol".- Career :...
  
  , Chilean footballer

In swimming

• Erika González
  Erika González
  Erika González Haydee is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Mexico. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Her best result there was 25th place in the Women's 800m Freestyle event.-References:*...
  
   (born 1972), Mexican freestyle swimmer
• Rodrigo González
  Rodrigo González (swimmer)
  Rodrigo González Sesma is a retired freestyle swimmer from Mexico. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Seoul, South Korea . He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100m Freestyle at the 1991 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
   (born 1968), Mexican freestyle swimmer

In the arts

In the arts, González may refer to the following people:

• Juan Gonzalez
  Juan Gonzalez (journalist)
  Juan González is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He has also been a columnist for the New York Daily News since 1987...
  
   (born 1949), American journalist
• Julio González (sculptor)
  Julio González (sculptor)
  Juli González i Pellicer was a Catalan abstract and cubist painter and sculptor.-Biography:Born in Barcelona, as a young man he worked with his older brother, Joan, in his father's metal smith workshop. Both brothers took evening classes in art at the Escuela de Bellas Artes...
  
   (1876-1942), a Spanish abstract, cubist painter and sculptor

In music

In music, González may refer to the following people:

• Alejandro González
  Alex González (musician)
  Alejandro González , better known as Alex González, is an American Mexican musician of Cuban and Colombian origin. He is a member, drummer and songwriter for the Mexican band Maná. He is nicknamed "El Animal" and also sings lead vocals for many songs, including the single "Me Vale"...
  
   (born 1969), Mexican musician
• Iván González (born 1975), Puerto Rican DJ and musician
• Jaslene Gonzalez
  Jaslene Gonzalez
  Jaslene Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican American model, television host, and winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model.-Biography:...
  
  , winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
• José González
  José González
  José González is a Swedish-Argentine indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg, Sweden.González is also a member of Swedish band Junip, along with Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn.- Biography :...
  
   (born 1978), Swedish singer-songwriter
• Juan de Marcos González
  Juan de Marcos González
  Juan de Marcos González is a Cuban bandleader and musician, best known for his work with the Buena Vista Social Club.-Biography:Resume....
  
   (born 1954), Cuban bandleader
• Quique González
  Quique González
  Quique González Enrique González Morales, better known as Quique González, is a Spanish singer/songwriter known throughout the continent for his approachable and natural writing style...
  
   (born 1973), Spanish singer-songwriter
• Rodrigo González, Mexican musician
• Rodrigo Andrés González Espindola, German musician
• Rubén González (1919 – 2003), Cuban pianist
• Scheila Gonzalez
  Scheila Gonzalez
  Scheila Gonzalez is an American multi-instrumentalist and music educator. She is best known for playing the saxophone and other instruments with artists such as Dweezil Zappa, Alex Acuña, Ray Parker, Jr., and many others...
  
   (born 1971), American jazz saxophone player

In literature

In literature, González may refer to the following people:

• Ángel González (born 1925), Spanish poet
• Enrique González Rojo, Sr.
  Enrique González Rojo, Sr.
  Enrique González Rojo was a Mexican writer.- Biography :González Martínez was the son of the poet Enrique González Martínez and his wife Luisa Rojo. He had two siblings...
  
  , Mexican writer (1899–1939)
• Enrique González Rojo, Jr.
  Enrique González Rojo, Jr.
  Enrique González Rojo in fact Enrique González Arthur , is a Mexican writer, philosopher and teacher.- Biography :...
  
  , Mexican writer (1928- ), son of Enrique González Rojo, Sr.
• Francisco González Bocanegra
  Francisco González Bocanegra
  Francisco González Bocanegra was a Mexican poet who wrote the lyrics of the Mexican National Anthem in 1853....
  
   (1824 – 1861), Mexican poet
• Juan Ignacio González del Castillo
  Juan Ignacio González del Castillo
  Juan Ignacio González del Castillo was a Spanish author of comic theatre.- References :...
  
   (1763 – 1800), Spanish playwright
• Manuel González Zeledón
  Manuel González Zeledón
  Manuel González Zeledón was a Costa Rican writer. Writing under the nom-de-plume "Magón", he also worked to promote culture and literature in the country....
  
   (1864 – 1936), Costa Rican writer and diplomat
• Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez
  Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez
  Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez is a Portuguese writer.She studied in the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and was a Portuguese teacher from 1982 to 1997...
  
  , Portuguese writer

In film and television

• Alejandro González Iñárritu
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
  Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director.González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the DGA of America for Best Director. He is also the first and only Mexican born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene...
  
   (born 1963), Mexican director
• Beauty Gonzalez
  Beauty Gonzalez
  Katrina Marie Gonzalez , known by her screen name Beauty, is a Filipino-Spanish actress and former reality show contestant. She became the 4th grand placer of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus...
  
  , Filipina actress and former reality star
• Bianca Gonzalez
  Bianca Gonzalez
  Bianca Gonzalez is a Filipina TV host and model.-Education:Bianca Monica Malasmas Gonzalez graduated from high school at the De La Salle Santiago Zobel School and graduated with a degree of AB Communication Arts with a minor in Philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University.-Writer:Her first job in...
  
  , Filipina TV host
• Charlene Gonzalez, Filipina TV host, Actress, and Beauty queen
• Erich Gonzales
  Erich Gonzales
  Erika Chryselle Gonzales Gancayco known as Erich Gonzales, is a Filipina actress and one of ABS-CBN's Star Magic artists.-Biography:...
  
  , Filipina actress
• "Go! Go! Gonzalez!" a film by ACT 2 CAM
  ACT 2 CAM
  ACT 2 CAM is a production company and acting school based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.The company is notable for producing independent films with cast and crew of young people from 8 to 18 years old...
  
  
• Isadora González
  Isadora González
  Isadora González is a Mexican actress. She was born in Mexico City.She appeared in some telenovelas.-Filmography:*De frente al sol*Dos mujeres, un camino*Volver a empezar - Sonia*Tu y yo*Mi querida Isabel...
  
   and Susana González
  Susana González
  Susana Alejandra González is a Mexican actress. This particular Mexican actress is known for her talent, beauty and docile character.- Biography :...
  
  , Mexican actresses
• Raúl González
  Raúl González (host)
  Raúl González is a Venezuelan TV Host and Actor. He began his career acting in children’s theatre in his native Caracas. In his early twenties, he hosted a kids' TV show in Venezuela, Supercrópolis...
  
  , Venezuelan TV host
• Rick Gonzalez
  Rick Gonzalez
  Rick Gonzalez is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Timo Cruz in the motion picture Coach Carter, and as Ben Gonzalez on the CW supernatural drama television series Reaper.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1979), American actor
• Robert Gant
  Robert Gant
  Robert Gant is an American actor. He is sometimes credited as Robert J. Gant.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1968), American actor born as Robert Gonzalez
• Speedy Gonzales
  Speedy Gonzales
  Speedy Gonzales is an animated caricature of a mouse in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast and speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent...
  
  , Looney Tunes
  Looney Tunes
  Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
  
   fictional character
• Víctor Manuel González Reynoso
  Víctor González (actor)
  Víctor Manuel González Reynoso is a Mexican actor. He is the nephew of the well-known composer Oscar Reynoso.-Filmography:* Entre el Amor y el Deseo as Luis Carlos Marquez...
  
   (born 1973), Mexican actor

In politics

In politics, González may refer to the following people:

• Alberto Gonzales
  Alberto Gonzales
  Alberto R. Gonzales was the 80th Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W. Bush. Gonzales was the first Hispanic Attorney General in U.S. history and the highest-ranking Hispanic government official ever...
  
  , former U.S. Attorney General
• Charles A. Gonzalez
  Charlie Gonzalez
  Charles A. "Charlie" Gonzalez , is a Democratic politician from Texas. He has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1999. The district includes more than half of San Antonio....
  
   (born 1945), Texas politician
• Emiliano González Navero
  Emiliano González Navero
  Emiliano González Navero was Paraguayan politician of the Liberal Party, he served as President and Vice President on four occasions.-His life:He was one of the great survivors of the War against Triple Alliance...
  
   (1861 – 1934), former president of Paraguay
• Felipe González
  Felipe González
  Felipe González Márquez is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party from 1974 to 1997. To date, he remains the longest-serving Prime Minister of Spain, after having served four successive mandates from 1982 to 1996.-Early life:Felipe was...
  
  , former prime minister of Spain
• Francisco González de la Vega e Iriarte
  Francisco González de la Vega
  Francisco González de la Vega e Iriarte , Mexican jurist, he was Attorney General of the Republic , Governor of Durango by Institutional Revolutionary Party...
  
   (1901 – 1976), Mexican politician
• Henry Barbosa Gonzalez
  Henry B. Gonzalez
  Henry Barbosa González was a Democratic politician from the state of Texas. He represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999.-Background:...
  
   (1916 – 2000), Texas politician
• José de Jesús González Gallo
  José de Jesús González Gallo
  José de Jesús González Gallo was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco.González Gallo was born in Yahualica, Jalisco, to Felipe González Vallejo and Josefina Gallo. He studied elementary school in his hometown Yahualica but later moved to Guadalajara where he pursued...
  
   (1900 – 1957), Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Jalisco.
• Juan Gualberto González
  Juan Gualberto González
  -His life:Juan Gualberto González was born in Asunción on July 12, 1851. He married with teacher Rosa Peña Guanez, daughter of Rosario Guanes and Manuel Pedro Peña....
  
   (1851 – 1912), former president of Paraguay
• Juan Natalicio González Paredes
  Juan Natalicio González
  Juan Natalicio González Paredes was a Paraguayan poet who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1948 to 30 December 1948.- Early life :...
  
   (1897 – 1966), former president of Paraguay
• Luis Ángel González Macchi
  Luis Ángel González Macchi
  Luis Ángel González Macchi was the President of Paraguay from 1999 until 2003.As the president of Paraguay's legislature, González Macchi succeeded to the office of president on March 29, 1999 following the assassination six days earlier of the Vice President, Luis María Argaña, and the subsequent...
  
   (born 1947), former president of Paraguay
• Manuel González (1833 – 1893), President of Mexico
• Manuel González Prada
  Manuel González Prada
  Jose Manuel de los Reyes González de Prada y Ulloa was a Peruvian politician and anarchist, literary critic and director of the National Library of Peru...
  
   (1844 – 1918), Peruvian politician
• Matt Gonzalez
  Matt Gonzalez
  Matthew Edward Gonzalez is an American politician, lawyer, and activist prominent in San Francisco politics. He currently serves as chief attorney in the San Francisco Public Defender's office....
  
   (born 1965), American Green Party politician
• Raúl Maravilla González
  Raul M. Gonzalez
  Raúl Maravilla González, was the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and was the Former Secretary of Justice of the Philippines. He was replaced by Agnes Devanadera in 2009 from the orders of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.-External links:****...
  
  , Secretary of Justice of the Philippines

In other fields

• Andrew Benjamin Gonzalez
  Andrew Gonzalez
  Brother Andrew Benjamin Gonzalez FSC PhD was a linguist, writer, educator, and a De La Salle Brother. He served as president of De La Salle University from 1979 to 1991 and from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001 he served as Secretary of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports under the...
  
   (1940 – 2006), Filipino linguist, writer, educator, and Lasallian Brother
• Elián González (born 1993), Cuban child who was the center of a custody battle
  • Juan Miguel González, father of Cuban raft boy Elián González
• Guillermo Gonzalez
  Guillermo Gonzalez (astronomer)
  Guillermo Gonzalez is an astrophysicist, proponent of intelligent design, and a professor at Grove City College, a Christian school, in Grove City, Pennsylvania...
  
   (born 1963), astronomer, professor, author
• Guillermo González Camarena
  Guillermo González Camarena
  Guillermo González Camarena , was a Mexican engineer who was the inventor of a color-wheel type of color television, and who also introduced color television to Mexico....
  
   (1917-1965, Mexican engineer, inventor of color tv)
• Juan E. González
  Juan E. González
  Dr. Juan E. González is a Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. González received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1991. He then was a post-doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts...
  
  , scientist and educator
• Juan González de Mendoza
  Juan González de Mendoza
  Juan González de Mendoza was the author of the first Western history of China to publish Chinese characters for Western delectation. Published by him in 1586, Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China is an account of observations several Spanish travelers...
  
   (c. 1540 – 1617), Spanish sinologist
• Justo Gonzalez
  Justo Gonzalez
  Justo L. González is a Cuban-American Methodist historian, theologian, a prolific author, and an influential contributor in the development of Latino/Latina [Hispanic] theology.-Education:...
  
  , Theologian, author
• Marianne Cruz Gonzalez, Dominican Republic beauty contest model
• Paula González, SC, PhD
  Paula González
  Sister Paula González, S.C., Ph.D., entered the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in 1954. She earned her doctorate in biology at the Catholic University in Washington, DC, and was a biology professor at the College of Mount St...
  
   (born 1932), environmentalist, educator, co-founder of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light
• Víctor González Torres
  Víctor González Torres
  Víctor González Torres , is a Mexican businessman, who ran as a write-in candidate in the 2006 Mexican presidential election. He is nicknamed "Dr. Simi" after the mascot of his national drugstore franchise, Farmacias Similares. Despite not being an official candidate, he made a massive marketing...
  
  (born 1947), Mexican businessman