Menendez

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Menéndez or Menendez is an Hispanic name. In English the name is often spelled without the diacritic. It may refer to:

[edit] Persons

• Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1879–1962), President of El Salvador twice 1934–1944
• Emilio Menéndez (1945—), Spanish politician and member of the European Parliament
• Francisco Menéndez (18th c.), former slave who led a militia against the British attacks in Florida in 1740
• Francisco Menéndez (19th c.), President of El Salvador 1885–1890
• Luciano Menendez (contemporary [?]), Provisional Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina 1975
• Jorge Fernández Menéndez (contemporary), Mexican editor and columnist
• Lyle and Erik Menendez, American brothers who murdered their parents in 1989
• Manuel Menéndez (1793–1923), President of Peru for three brief periods 1841–1845
• Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856–1912), Spanish scholar, historian, and literary critic
• Osleidys Menéndez (1979—), Cuban Olympic championship javelin thrower
• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), Spanish explorer and first governor of Florida
• Pidal Juan Menéndez (1861–1915), Spanish archivist, jurisconsult, historian, and poet
• Pidal Luís Menéndez (1860–[?]), Spanish genre painter
• Pidal María Goyri de Menéndez (1873–1955), Spanish Hispanist, professor, and author
• Ramón Menéndez Pidal or Pidal Ramón Menéndez (1869–1968), Spanish philologist and historian
• Robert Menendez (1954—), American politician, representative and senator from New Jersey

[edit] Places

• San Francisco Menéndez, municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador

[edit] Other

• Pedro Menendez High School, St. Johns County, Florida, USA