Castañeda

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Castañeda or Castaneda is a Hispanic name. In non-Hispanic countries, the name is usually spelled Castaneda (without the tilde). In Portuguese, this name is spelled Castanheda. The name refers to:

[edit] Persons

• Cacho Castaneda (b. 1942 as Humberto Vicente Castagna), Argentine singer and actor
• Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), Peruvian author on Mesoamerican shamanism
• Christian Castañeda (b. 1968), Chilean football player
• Germán Villa Castañeda (contemporary), Mexican football player
• Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991), Guatemalan philosopher and author
• Jorge Castañeda (b. 1953), Mexican politician and academic, Secretary of Foreign Affairs 2000–2003
• Jorge Ubico y Castañeda (1878–1946), President of Guatemala 1931–1944
• Juan Castaneda (b. 1980), Spanish championship fencer
• Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (1836–1921), Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru briefly in 1894
• Luis Castañeda Lossio (contemporary), Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima
• Maureen Castaneda (contemporary), American businesswoman, former officer of Enron Corporation
• Maria “Movita” Castaneda (b. 1917), American actress, second wife of Marlon Brando
• Oliverio Castañeda (1955–1978), Guatemalan student civil-rights activist; assassinated
• Patricia Castañeda (b. 1976), Colombian actress and writer
• Salvador Castaneda Castro (1888–1965), Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador, 1945–1948

[edit] Places

• Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya, municipality in Nueva Vizcaya province, Philippines
• Castaneda, Switzerland, municipality in the district of Moesa, Graubünden canton, Switzerland
• Castañeda, Spain, municipality in the province of Cantabria, Spain.

[edit] Other

• Dr. Carlos Castañeda Elementary School, McAllen, Texas, USA
• Perry-Castañeda Library, central library of the University of Texas Austin library system
• Castaneda & Chin, American law firm in Los Angeles, California, USA