De la Vega
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de la Vega is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning "of the plain" and may refer to:
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[edit] People
(arranged by date of birth)
- Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536), Spanish poet and soldier
- Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), Peruvian poet and writer
- Gabriel Lobo Lasso De La Vega (1558-1615), Spanish epic poet, playwright and historian
- Francisco Laso de la Vega (1568-1640), Spanish soldier and governor of Chile 1629-1639
- Luis Laso de la Vega (c.1622-?), Mexican author, priest and lawyer
- Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova (1636-1705), viceroy of New Spain 1686-1688
- Francisco Cajigal de la Vega (c.1715-?), Spanish governor of Cuba
- Rafael Lasso de la Vega (1764-1831), Bishop of Quito, now Ecuador
- Rómulo Díaz de la Vega (c.1800-1877), an interim president of Mexico in 1855
- Daniel de la Vega (poet) (1892-1971), Chilean poet and playwright
- Luis Ignacio de la Vega (c.1914-?), Mexican Olympic basketball player
- Oscar Unzaga de la Vega (1916-1959), a Bolivian socialist politician
- Aurelio de la Vega (1925- ), Cuban-American art music composer
- Jorge de la Vega (1930-1971), an Argentine painter
- Sabas Pretelt de la Vega (1946- ), Colombian minister of the Interior and Justice
- María Teresa Fernández de la Vega (1949- ), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician
- Ralph de la Vega (1951- ), the Chief Operating Officer of Cingular Wireless
- Jacqueline de la Vega (1960- ), Mexican TV show host in Spain and former model
- Daniel de la Vega (film director) (1972- ), Argentine film director
- Florencia de la Vega (1976- ), Argentine transvestite actress and former magazine editor, known as Florencia De La V
- James De La Vega (living 2006), a graffiti artist and muralista in New York City
[edit] Fiction
- Zorro, the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega, sometimes Alejandro de la Vega, created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley
[edit] Places
[edit] Dominican Republic
- Concepción de la Vega, a city in the central part of the Dominican Republic
- La Vega (province), Concepción de la Vega province of the Dominican Republic
[edit] Jamaica
- Spanish Town, or St. Jago de la Vega, former capital of Jamaica
[edit] Peru
- Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, principal stadium in Cusco, Peru
[edit] Spain
- Alcalá de la Vega, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
- Fresno de la Vega, a small village in county León, Spain
- Osa de la Vega, a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
[edit] See also
- La Vega disambiguation
- Las Vegas (disambiguation)