Mendez/Mendes
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- Mendez (in the Spanish form) or Mendes (in the Portuguese form) is a common surname. It was originally a Patronymic, meaning Son of Mendo or Son of Mem. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
- Aristides Sousa Mendes, Portuguese diplomat and Righteous Among The Nations.
- Chico Mendes, Brazilian environmental activist.
- Eva Mendes, American actress
- Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese adventurer, explorer and writer
- Fernando Mendes, Portuguese comedian
- Gustavo Méndez (born 1971), Uruguayan football (soccer) player
- Gustavo Méndez (born 1967), Uruguayan football (soccer) referee
- Hector Mendez, Canadian boxer
- José Fernando Ferreira Mendes, Portuguese physicist
- José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese military and politician
- Miguel Abadia Mendez, Colombian politician
- Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet
- Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- Pierre Mendès-France, French politician
- Sam Mendes, British stage and film director
- Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian musician
- Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- Mendez, Cavite, is also a municipality in the Philippines
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