Valdez

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Valdez is a surname of Spanish origin.

The name may also be spelled Valdés.

"Valdez" or "Valdés may be translated literally as "From Valentin"

The name refers to:

• Persons
  • Bebo Valdés, (1918–), Cuban jazz composer and arranger
  • Cayetano Valdés y Flores (1767–1834), Spanish naval officer and explorer
  • Chayito Valdez (1945–), Mexican musician and entertainer
  • Chucho Valdés, (1945–), Cuban jazz musician and pianist
  • Germán Valdés (1915–1973), Mexican actor, singer and comedian
  • Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478–1557), Spanish historian
  • Jerónimo Valdés (1785-1855), Spanish general and governor of Cuba
  • Juan de Valdés (1500–1541), Spanish religious writer
  • Juan Meléndez Valdés (1754–1817), Spanish poet.
  • José Ramón Guizado Valdés (dates unknown), President of Panama 1955
  • José Travassos Valdez (1787–1862), Portuguese soldier and statesman.
  • Miguel Alemán Valdés (1902–1983), President of Mexico 1946–1952
  • Nelson Haedo Valdez (1983–), Paraguayan footballer
  • Peter Valdes (d. before 1219), founder of a Christian sect
  • Ramon Maximiliano Valdés (dates unknown), President of Panama 1916–1918
  • Ramón Valdés (1923–1988), Mexican actor
  • Rodrigo Valdez (1946–), Colombian former middleweight boxer
  • Roy Valdés (1920–), Cuban Major League Baseball player
  • Víctor Valdés (1982–), Spanish football goalkeeper.

• Fictional persons
  • Juan Valdez, fictional character appearing in advertisements for Colombian coffee

• Place names
  • Valdés (Asturias), a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias
  • Valdez, Alaska, seaport city in Alaska
  • Valdez, California, in Yolo County
  • Valdes Island, one of the Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
  • Valdez, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

• Other
  • Exxon Valdez, oil tanker involved in an oil spill in Alaska in 1989
  • Exxon Valdez oil spill, large 1989 oil spill in Alaska
  • Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill, organization that claims to represent the victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
  • Valdes Peninsula, peninsula along the Atlantic coast of Argentina
  • Valdez Blockade, a protest by Alaskan fishermen in 1993
  • Valdez oil terminal, oil port in Valdez, Alaska, at the southern end of the Alaska Pipeline