Vallejo
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Vallejo is a common Spanish lastname. There are various places in the Spanish provinces of Burgos, León, and Cantabria
named Vallejo. The name seems to have been rooted as a diminutive of valle (valley). It may also refer to:
Cantabria
Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...
named Vallejo. The name seems to have been rooted as a diminutive of valle (valley). It may also refer to:
- Vallejo, CaliforniaVallejo, CaliforniaVallejo is the largest city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay...
, named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo - Mariano Guadalupe VallejoMariano Guadalupe VallejoMariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a Californian military commander, politician, and rancher. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of Mexico, and shaped the transition of California from a Mexican district to an American state...
, (1807-1890) a California politician and general - Antonio Buero VallejoAntonio Buero VallejoAntonio Buero Vallejo was a Spanish playwright considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War...
, (1916-2000) a popular Spanish writer - Boris VallejoBoris VallejoBoris Vallejo is a Peruvian-born American painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He frequently works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model....
, a Peruvian-born American painter - Camila VallejoCamila VallejoCamila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling is a graduate student of geography from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile, and was elected president of the University of Chile Student Federation in November 2010 - she is the second woman to hold this post after Marisol...
, Chilean student leader - César VallejoCésar VallejoCésar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante"...
, a Peruvian poet - Marisa Vallejo, a Spanish author
- Junior Commissioner Vallejo, a fictional character from the cartoon Fillmore!Fillmore!Fillmore! is an American animated television series which was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series was created by Scott M. Gimple...
- Vallejo (ferry)Vallejo (ferry)The Vallejo, originally known as the O&CRR Ferry No. 2, is a houseboat in Sausalito, California, United States. It previously served as a passenger ferry in Portland, Oregon, in the late 19th century, and in Vallejo, California, for the first half of the 20th century.The Oregon & California...
, a houseboat (once owned by artist Jean Varda) and former ferry - Vallejo (band)Vallejo (band)Vallejo is a rock band based in Austin, Texas, but formed in El Campo, Texas and Alabaster, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. Albums include their self-titled 1997 debut and Beautiful Life released in 1998, both on the TVT label, and Into the New, released by Sony in 2000. In 2002, Vallejo...