Valdez
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Valdés is a surname of Asturian
Asturian
Asturian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Asturias, in Northern Spain* Asturian language* Asturian people* Asturcón, also known as an Asturian pony...

 (Northern Spain) origin.

Both in North and South America the spelling Valdez is very common.

The exact meaning of "Valdés" is not clear. It may come from "Valle del Ese" in the Valdés County, Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...

 (Spain), where the name originates, or as an evolution from the Germanic
Germanic
Germanic may refer to* The Germanic languages, descended from Proto-Germanic.* The Germanic peoples**List of Germanic peoples**List of confederations of Germanic tribes* German people* Germanic mythology...

 voice "balderich".

The name refers to:
  • People
    • Antonio Valdés y Basán (Spanish naval officer), for whom Valdez, Alaska
      Valdez, Alaska
      Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y...

       is named
    • Bebo Valdés
      Bebo Valdés
      Bebo Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club.Valdés started his career as a pianist in the night clubs of Havana during the 1940s...

      , (born 1918), Cuban jazz composer and arranger
    • Cayetano Valdés y Flores
      Cayetano Valdés y Flores
      Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán was a commander of the Spanish Navy, explorer, and captain general who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, fighting for both sides at different times due to the changing fortunes of Spain in the conflict...

       (1767–1834), Spanish naval officer and explorer
    • Chayito Valdez
      Chayito Valdez
      Chayito Valdez is a Mexican-born American singer and actress associated with the folk music of Mexico.-Career:...

       (born 1945), Mexican musician and entertainer
    • Chucho Valdés
      Chucho Valdés
      Chucho Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists...

      , (born 1945), Cuban jazz musician and pianist
    • Cynthia Valdez
      Cynthia Valdez
      Cynthia Yazmín Valdez Pérez is an individual Mexican rhythmic gymnast born in Guadalajara who has won 10 Pan American Games medals—two gold, four silver and four bronze medals.- Career :...

       (born 1987), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
    • Germán Valdés
      Germán Valdés
      Germán Genaro Cipriano Gomez Valdés Castillo , better known as Tin-Tan, was an actor, singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. He often displayed the pachuco dress and employed pachuco slang in many of his movies, some with his...

       (1915–1973), Mexican actor, singer and comedian
    • Juan Dominguez y Valdez
      Juan Dominguez y Valdez
      Juan Dominguez y Valdez was a military of Texas. He is best known for deciding to establish a colony in Texas, but would not take place.- Biography :...

       (1784 -?) military of Texas
    • Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478–1557), Spanish historian
    • Jerónimo Valdés
      Jerónimo Valdés
      Jerónimo Valdés was a Spanish military figure and administrator. Born in Villarín, in Asturias, he participated in the battle of Ayacucho , which was a defeat for the Spanish. He served as Viceroy of Navarre from 1833 to 1834 and also served as Minister of War. He fought on the Liberal side in...

       (1785–1855), Spanish general and governor of Cuba
    • Juan de Valdés
      Juan de Valdés
      Juan de Valdés was a Spanish religious writer.He was the younger of twin sons of Fernando de Valdés, hereditary regidor of Cuenca in Castile, where Valdés was born. He has been confused with his twin brother Alfonso...

       (1500–1541), Spanish religious writer
    • Juan Meléndez Valdés
      Juan Meléndez Valdés
      Juan Meléndez Valdés was a Spanish neoclassical poet.-Biography:He was born at Ribera del Fresno, in what is now the province of Badajoz. Destined by his parents for the priesthood, he graduated in law at Salamanca, where he became indoctrinated with the ideas of the French philosophical school...

       (1754–1817), Spanish poet
    • Juan Valdez, a Costa Rican man whose affidavit certifying that he drinks Costa Rican coffee played a role in the Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee
      Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee
      Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee is a slogan, implying that Juan Valdez, a fictional character created by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia , drinks coffee from Costa Rica. In Costa Rica, the slogan is popular on bumper stickers...

       litigation
    • José Ramón Guizado Valdés
      José Ramón Guizado Valdés
      José Ramón Guizado Valdés was Panamanian politician.He served as First Vice President of Panama from 1952 to 1955 and in that capacity also as President of Panama from January 2, 1955 to March 29, 1955. He belonged to the National Patriotic Coalition ....

       (dates unknown), President of Panama 1955
    • José Travassos Valdez
      José Travassos Valdez
      José Lúcio Travassos Valdez , first and only Baron and first Count do Bonfim , was a Portuguese soldier and statesman.-Early life:...

       (1787–1862), Portuguese soldier and statesman
    • Miguel Alemán Valdés
      Miguel Alemán Valdés
      Miguel Alemán Valdés served as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.-Life:Alemán was born in Sayula in the state of Veracruz as the son of General Miguel Alemán González and Tomasa Valdés Ledezma...

       (1902–1983), President of Mexico 1946–1952
    • Nelson Haedo Valdez
      Nelson Haedo Valdez
      Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez is a Paraguayan football striker who currently plays for Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan and the Paraguayan national team.-Early life:...

       (born 1983), Paraguayan footballer
    • Peter Valdes (died before 1219), founder of a Christian sect
    • Ramon Maximiliano Valdés
      Ramón Maximiliano Valdés
      Ramón Maximiliano Valdés Arce was President of Panama from October 1, 1916 to June 3, 1918. He belonged to the Liberal Party....

      , President of Panama 1916–1918
    • Ramón Valdés
      Ramón Valdés
      Ramón Gómez Valdés de Castillo often credited as Ramón Valdéz, was a Mexican actor. He was born in Mexico City...

       (1923–1988), Mexican actor
    • Rodrigo Valdez
      Rodrigo Valdez
      Rodrigo Valdéz is a former boxer from Colombia who was a two-time world middleweight champion and former undisputed middleweight champion of the world whose rivalry with Carlos Monzón has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries. Valdez was trained by International Boxing...

       (born 1946), Colombian former middleweight boxer
    • Roy Valdés
      Roy Valdes
      Rogelio Lazaro Valdés Rojas was a Major League Baseball player.Born in Havana, Cuba, Valdés was one of many who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. His career consisted of one at bat as a pinch hitter for the Washington Senators at Fenway Park in Boston on May 3, 1944. He went...

       (born 1920), Cuban Major League Baseball player
    • Víctor Valdés
      Víctor Valdés
      Víctor Valdés i Arribas is a Spanish football goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga.He is the most successful goalkeeper in Barcelona's history and is widely considered to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world, having won a total of 17 titles including five...

       (born 1982), Spanish football goalkeeper
    • Wendy Valdez (born 1982), Filipina beauty queen, former reality star, and actress
    • Gov. Juan Valdez
      Gov. Juan Valdez
      Juan Valdez was lieutenant general and alcalde of the presidio and villa of Bexar in 1714 and 1716.- Biography :Juan Valdez was elected governor of Texas on two occasions: the first was in 1714 and the second in 1716. He was mayor of the presidio of villa of Bexar in 1720...

      , colonial governor of Texas
  • Fictional people
    • Juan Valdez
      Juan Valdez
      Juan Valdez is a famous fictional character that has appeared in advertisements for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia since 1959, representing the Colombian coffee farmer. The advertisements were designed by the Doyle Dane Bernbach ad agency, with the goal of distinguishing...

      , fictional character appearing in advertisements for Colombian coffee

  • Place names
    • Valdés (Asturias), a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias, birthplace of the name.
    • Valdez, Alaska
      Valdez, Alaska
      Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y...

      , seaport city in Alaska
    • Valdez oil terminal, oil port in Valdez, Alaska, at the southern end of the Alaska Pipeline
    • Valdez, California
      Valdez, California
      Valdez is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It is located on the Sacramento Northern Railroad south-southwest of Clarksburg, at an elevation of ....

      , in Yolo County
    • Valdez, Esmeraldas
      Valdez, Esmeraldas
      Valdez is a town in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador....

      , Ecuador
    • Valdez, Florida
      Valdez, Florida
      Valdez is an unincorporated community located in southwest Volusia County, Florida, within the city limits of DeBary. Valdez is located along US Highway 17-92 where it intersects with Barwick Road, just north of the St...

      , a populated place
      Populated place
      A populated place is a place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population referenced with geographic coordinates...

       in Volusia County, Florida
      Volusia County, Florida
      Volusia County is a county located in the state of Florida. The U.S. Census Bureau 2010 official county's population was 494,593 . Its county seat is DeLand, and its most populous city is currently Deltona....

    • Valdes Island
      Valdes Island
      Valdes Island is one of the Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. It is across Porlier Pass from Galiano Island, which lies to the southeast. It has an area of 23 km2, and is 1.6 km wide by 16 km in length...

      , one of the Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
    • Valdes Peninsula
      Valdes Peninsula
      The Valdes Peninsula is a peninsula on the Atlantic coast in the Viedma Department in the north east of Chubut Province, Argentina. About in size, it is an important nature reserve which was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.- Geography :The nearest large town is Puerto Madryn...

      , peninsula along the Atlantic coast of Argentina

  • Oil tanker
    • Exxon Valdez
      Exxon Valdez
      Oriental Nicety, formerly Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mediterranean, SeaRiver Mediterranean, S/R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, and Dong Fang Ocean is an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil in Alaska...

      , oil tanker involved in an oil spill
      Exxon Valdez oil spill
      The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused...

       in Alaska in 1989
    • Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill
      Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill
      The group Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill claims to represent the 40,000 or sovictims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.The organization tracks all information related to the spill and its aftermath....

      , organization that claims to represent the victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill

  • Other
    • Valdez (gymnastics)
      Back walkover
      A back walkover is an acrobatic maneuver in which a person transitions from a standing position to a gymnastic back bridge and then back to a standing position again, undergoing one complete rotation of the body in the process. Back walkovers are commonly performed in a variety of athletic...

      , a back walkover that begins in a sitting position
    • Valdez Blockade
      Valdez Blockade
      The Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 had devastated the shore around Prince William Sound, diminishing the marine population. Consequently, the fishery industry in the area faced a sharp fall on their fish catch and revenue. Feeling little had been done to study the impact of the spill, a group of...

      , a protest by Alaskan fishermen in 1993
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