López

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[edit] Surname

López is a common surname in the Spanish language. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Lopo (English: Wolf). Its Portuguese equivalent is Lopes. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

• Adamari López, Puerto Rican actress
• Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican president
• Al Lopez, US baseball catcher and manager
• Albie Lopez, US baseball pitcher
• Alfonso López Caballero, Colombian politician
• Alfonso López Michelsen, President of Colombia
• Alfonso López Pumarejo, President of Colombia
• Alfonso López Trujillo
• Aliuska López, Cuban-Spanish athlete
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador Mexican politician
• Andrés Lopez, Columbian comedian
• Andrés Rodrigo López, Italian cellist
• Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876), Mexican general and dictator
• António López García
• Antonio López Guerrero
• Antonio López-Istúriz White
• Awilda Lopez
• Barry Lopez
• Cachao López
• Carlos Antonio López, Paraguayan president
• Claudio López, Argentine footballer
• Danny Lopez, U.S. boxer
• David López-Zubero
• Diego López Rodríguez
• Donald Lopez
• Federico Lopez
• Feliciano López
• Felipe López (basketball)
• Felipe López (archer)
• Felipe López (baseball player)
• Fernão Lopez, first permanent resident of the island of Saint Helena
• Francisco Solano López, Paraguayan president
• Francisco Solano López (comic book artist)
• Gabe Lopez, American singer-songwriter and producer
• García López de Cárdenas, Spanish conquistador
• George Lopez
• Gerry Lopez
• Gustavo López
• Hector Lopez
• Hermógenes López, Venezuelan president
• Israel López
• James Lopez Watson, US judge and politician
• Javy López
• Jennifer Lopez, US actress, singer, dancer and designer
• Jennifer Lopez (meteorologist), meteorologist and co-host on The Weather Channel
• Jesús López Cobos
• Joaquín López-Dóriga
• José Celestino López
• José López Portillo, Mexican president
• José Luis López Ramírez
• Juan Antonio Lopez, Mexican boxer
• Juan Fernando López Aguilar
• Kathryn Jean Lopez
• Luis A. López
• Lynda Lopez
• Manuel Isaias Lopez, MD - Mexican child psychiatrist
• Marco Lopez
• Marga López
• Mario López, Mexican-US actor
• Martin Lopez
• Martín López-Vega, writer in Asturian language
• Maxi López
• Michael Lopez-Alegria, US astronaut
• Miguel López de Legaspi, Spanish explorer
• Mirely López
• Nadia López
• Nancy Lopez
• Narciso López, Venezuelan soldier and Cuban independence fighter
• Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez
• Oscar Lopez
• Oswaldo López Arellano
• Patxi Lopez
• Pedro Lopez
• Pero López de Ayala
• Polyana Lopez
• Priscilla Lopez
• Raúl López, Spanish basketball player
• Ricardo Lopez
• Ricardo López Felipe
• Ricardo López Murphy
• Ricky Lopez, Puerto Rican singer, ex-Menudo
• Robert Lopez, composer and lyricist of musicals.
• Rodrigo López, Mexican baseball player
• Rosa López Spanish singer and dancer of Operación Triunfo
• Ruy López de Villalobos, Spanish explorer
• Sabrena Lopez, hip hop model and married to NBA Player Mike Bibby
• Santos López Pelegrín, Spanish journalist
• Sergi López, Spanish actor
• Sergio López Miró, Spanish swimmer
• Sky Lopez, American porn star
• Sue Lopez, English women-footballer, manager, coach and advocate of the women's game
• Trini Lopez, U.S./Latin American musician
• Victor Alexander Lopez
• Yolanda Lopez, Chicana artist

• Lopez is also known to be a Jewish name and can be traced to the first priest to settle in America, Father Francisco Lopez, who is honoured as the first Roman Catholic to sermon and is buried in St. Augustine, Florida.

[edit] Other meanings

• Ruy Lopez, a chess opening
• Lopez, Quezon, a municipality in the Philippines
• United States v. Lopez, a United State Supreme Court case
• Lopez, a character in Red vs. Blue; see List of characters in Red vs. Blue