Mendoza (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Mendoza is a surname
of Basque
origin, also occurring as a place name. It means Cold Mountain, from words in the Basque language
, mendi (mountain
) and (h)otz (cold) + definite article '-a' (Mendoza being mendi+(h)otza). When related to Spain
, it usually applies to the descendants of the Mendoza family, an old basque noble family originally from Alava
. The spelling of place names in basque has varied from the original 'mendotza' to 'mendontze' in the 1890s, 'mendoche' in the 1920s, 'mendotxe' in the 1980s to the restored original of 'mendotza' being the current.
People having this name include:
In business
In the arts and entertainment
In fiction
In military
In politics and government
In religion
In royalty
In sport
This name may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Basque
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
origin, also occurring as a place name. It means Cold Mountain, from words in the Basque language
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
, mendi (mountain
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
) and (h)otz (cold) + definite article '-a' (Mendoza being mendi+(h)otza). When related to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, it usually applies to the descendants of the Mendoza family, an old basque noble family originally from Alava
Álava
Álava is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lord of Álava. Its capital city is Vitoria-Gasteiz which is also the capital of the autonomous community...
. The spelling of place names in basque has varied from the original 'mendotza' to 'mendontze' in the 1890s, 'mendoche' in the 1920s, 'mendotxe' in the 1980s to the restored original of 'mendotza' being the current.
People having this name include:
People
In academia- Roger Lee MendozaRoger Lee MendozaRoger Lee Mendoza, economist and economics scholar, has contributed to the study of health economics, and the development and implementation of privatization policies and strategies in the United States.He obtained his Ph.D...
, American economist and scholar
In business
- Eugenio MendozaEugenio MendozaEugenio Mendoza Goiticoa was a Venezuelan business tycoon who made important contributions in the modernization of the country during the 20th Century....
, Venezuelan businessman - Lorenzo MendozaLorenzo MendozaLorenzo Mendoza Giménez oversees Venezuela's largest privately held company, $ 4 billion Empresas Polar. He is the son of Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Quintero and Leonor Giménez Pocaterra.-Early life:...
, Venezuelan businessman - Tom MendozaTom MendozaTom Mendoza is a business executive. He joined NetApp, Inc. in 1994 as its first sales executive. He served as its President from 2000 until 2008 until he was promoted to Vice Chairman. Mr...
, Vice Chairman of NetApp, Inc. and namesake of Notre Dame's business school
In the arts and entertainment
- Amalia MendozaAmalia MendozaAmalia Mendoza was one of Mexico's most famous ranchera singers whose career lasted over 40 years. Distinguished for her special "husky" voice, Mendoza was one of the "Tres Señoras", along with Lola Beltrán and Lucha Villa.She was also known by the nickname of La Tariácuri...
, Mexican singer - Dayana MendozaDayana MendozaDayana Sabrina Mendoza Moncada is a model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the titles of Miss Venezuela 2007 and Miss Universe 2008.-Personal life:...
, Miss Universe 2008 - Eduardo Mendoza CeballosEduardo Mendoza CeballosEduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish novelist.Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, he studied law in the first half of the 1960s and lived in New York between 1973 and 1982, working as interpreter for the United Nations....
, Spanish novelist - Grace JonesGrace JonesGrace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
(b. Grace Mendoza), Jamaican-American singer, model, actress - Hazel Ann MendozaHazel Ann MendozaHazel Ann Mendoza is a Filipina actress who is a former Star Magic talent. Her mother is a Filipino and her father, who has died, was Spanish, and her father is also the father of Nadia Montenegro...
, Filipina actress - Linda MendozaLinda MendozaLinda Mendoza is American film and television director.Mendoza's directorial career began in 1992, directing promotional segments for Fox and MTV. She then went on to direct sketches for the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series' Roundhouse and All That...
, American film and television director - Lydia MendozaLydia MendozaLydia Mendoza was an American guitarist and singer of Tejano music. She is known as La Alondra de la Frontera ....
, Tex-Mex singer and interpreter of "corridos" - MandozaMandozaMduduzi Tshabalala , well known as Mandoza, is a South African kwaito musician.- Early life :Mandoza was born in the Zola South section of Soweto, where he shared a house with his mother, his grandparents and two sisters. He never knew his father, his mother claiming that he was murdered the same...
, a South African musician famous for the Kwaito song 50/50 - Marco MendozaMarco MendozaMarco Mendoza is an American musician. He spent his formative years living with his grandmother in Tijuana, Mexico. He started playing the guitar at an early age, adopting the bass when he was invited to join a band that needed a player....
, bass player - Natalie MendozaNatalie MendozaNatalie Jackson Mendoza is a Hong Kong-born Australian-British-Filipina classical theatre-trained actress and musician. She is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes in the British TV drama Hotel Babylon and as tough girl Juno in the acclaimed horror thriller The...
, Hong Kong-born Australian actress and musician - Rebecca Jackson MendozaRebecca Jackson MendozaRebecca Jackson Mendoza is an Australian actress, singer and dancer.-Early life:Rebecca Jackson Mendoza was born in Melbourne, Australia to a Filipino father and German Australian mother. She first came to national prominence as half of the pop duo Jackson Mendoza, with her sister Natalie...
, Australian actress, singer and dancer - Thristan MendozaThristan MendozaThristan Mendoza is a Filipino autistic savant and marimba prodigy.Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza was born 1989 in Quezon City, Philippines. He was enrolled at the Philippine Montessori Center and was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two and a half...
, Filipino musician
In fiction
- Rodrigo Mendoza, fictional character of the movie The Mission
In military
- César MendozaCésar MendozaGeneral César Leonidas Mendoza Durán was a member of the Government Junta which ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the country-wide police force, the Carabineros de Chile....
, Chilean soldier - Pedro de MendozaPedro de MendozaPedro de Mendoza y Luján was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, and the first adelantado of the Río de la Plata.- Setting sail :...
, conquistador
In politics and government
- Antonio de MendozaAntonio de MendozaAntonio de Mendoza y Pacheco, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla , was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from April 17, 1535 to November 25, 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1551 to July 21, 1552...
, first Viceroy of New Spain - Bernardino de MendozaBernardino de MendozaBernardino de Mendoza was a Spanish military commander, a diplomat and a writer on military history and politics.- Life and works :Bernardino de Mendoza was born in Guadalajara, Spain around 1540...
, Spanish statesman and ambassador - Carlos Antonio MendozaCarlos Antonio MendozaCarlos Antonio Mendoza Soto was Panamanian politician who served as Second Vice President in the government of José Domingo de Obaldía and since death of First Vice President José Agustín Arango in 1909 he was first in line to the presidency. In this capacity Mendoza was acting President of Panama...
, acting President of Panama - César MendozaCésar MendozaGeneral César Leonidas Mendoza Durán was a member of the Government Junta which ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the country-wide police force, the Carabineros de Chile....
, Chilean soldier - Cristóbal MendozaCristóbal MendozaCristóbal Hurtado de Mendoza was a Venezuelan politician. Cristobal became the first President of Venezuela in 1811.-Biography:...
, First President of Venezuela - Eduardo Mendoza GoiticoaEduardo Mendoza GoiticoaEduardo Mendoza was a Venezuelan scientific researcher and agricultural engineer. He served the government of Romulo Betancourt, becoming the youngest cabinet minister in Venezuelan history at the age of 28. His appointment was problematic due to his young age and required a Constitutional Amendment...
, a Venezuelan cabinet minister and scientist - Inés MendozaInés MendozaInés María Mendoza Rivera de Muñoz Marín , was a former First Lady of Puerto Rico, teacher, writer and socialite. She was the second wife of Governor Luis Muñoz Marín.-Biography:...
, wife of Puerto Rico Governor Luis Muñoz Marín - Juan González de MendozaJuan González de MendozaJuan 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...
, Spanish minister and historian - Leandro MendozaLeandro MendozaLeandro Ramos Mendoza, was the Philippine Executive Secretary, was born on March 24, 1946 in San Juan, Batangas.He finished his Bachelor of Science degree at the Philippine Military Academy; his Master of Arts in Public Management at the University of the Philippines - Visayas, Cebu City; and...
, Philippine Secretary of Transportation and Communications - Pedro González de MendozaPedro González de MendozaPedro González de Mendoza was a Spanish cardinal and statesman.-Biography:He was born at Guadalajara in New Castile, the chief lordship of his family. He was the fourth son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, deceased 1458, and one of the cadet brothers of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1...
, Spanish cardinal and statesman - Susana MendozaSusana MendozaSusana Mendoza is the City Clerk of Chicago. She is also a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 1st District of Illinois - which includes the Chicago communities of Brighton Park, Little Village, Gage Park, and Back of the Yards...
, Chicago, Illinois politician - Victoria Muñoz MendozaVictoria Muñoz MendozaVictoria "Melo" Muñoz Mendoza is a former politician from Puerto Rico. She is the daughter of the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Muñoz Marín, founder of the Popular Democratic Party and his second wife, Inés Mendoza...
, Puerto Rico politician
In religion
- Pedro González de MendozaPedro González de MendozaPedro González de Mendoza was a Spanish cardinal and statesman.-Biography:He was born at Guadalajara in New Castile, the chief lordship of his family. He was the fourth son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, deceased 1458, and one of the cadet brothers of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1...
, Spanish cardinal and statesman
In royalty
- Ana de Mendoza e de la CerdaAna de Mendoza e de la CerdaDoña Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda, Princess of Eboli, Duchess of Pastrana, , was a Spanish aristocrat, suo jure 2nd Princess of Mélito, 2nd Duchess of Francavilla and 3rd Countess of Aliano...
, Spanish aristocrat - Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y de Guzmán, Baroness of Polop and Benidorm
In sport
- Alvin MendozaAlvin MendozaRaúl Alvin Mendoza Argüello is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Querétaro FC in the Primera Division A.Mendoza was trained in the Club America youth system and made his debut during the Clausura 2005 season against Atlante. Despite playing infrequently, Mendoza won his first championship...
, Mexican football (soccer) player - Ana MendozaAna MendozaAna Mendoza Velasco is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from Mexico. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There, she ended up in 17th place in the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay event, alongside Heike Koerner , Gabriela Gaja , and Laura Sánchez...
, Mexican breaststroke swimmer - Carlos MendozaCarlos MendozaCarlos Ramón Mendoza is a former professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and Colorado Rockies , primarily as an outfielder...
, baseball player - Daniel MendozaDaniel MendozaDaniel Mendoza was an English prizefighter, who was boxing champion of England 1792–95.-Success:...
, English boxer - Gabriel Mendoza, Chilean football (soccer) player
- Jesús MendozaJesús MendozaJosé de Jesús Mendoza is a Mexican Football striker playing for Celaya in the Liga de Ascenso.Mendoza debuted in the Verano 1997 season with León against Cruz Azul. Mendoza did not receive much playing time until the Invierno 1998 season. For the Invierno 1999 season, Mendoza was transferred to...
, Mexican football player - Jonny MendozaJonny MendozaJonny Gabriel Mendoza Alvorado is a male flyweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's flyweight division by Namibia's Paulus Ambunda on points: 19-39...
, Venezuelan boxer - Mario MendozaMario MendozaMario Mendoza Aizpuru is a former Major League Baseball infielder. Mendoza, a lifetime 0.215 hitter, is best known as the threshold for batting aptitude, with the "Mendoza Line", meaning a batting average of .200....
, baseball player - Ramiro MendozaRamiro MendozaRamiro Mendoza , nicknamed "El Brujo" , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Mendoza played with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox . He batted and threw right-handed. Although Mendoza made 62 starts in his major league career, he was primarily known as a middle relief pitcher...
, baseball player - Rigoberto MendozaRigoberto MendozaRigoberto Mendoza Pérez is a retired male marathon runner from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in 33rd place. He set his personal best in the classic distance in 1975.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Cuban marathon runner - Saúl MendozaSaúl MendozaSaúl Mendoza is a former wheelchair racer, who competed at the Olympic and Paralympic levels.He acquired polio when he was 6 months old, and he grew up playing different sports....
, disabled athlete
This name may refer to: