Cadena

Cadena is a surname and may refer to:

• Carlos Cadena (1917–2001), a Mexican American lawyer, civil rights activist and judge based in San Antonio, Texas
• Dez Cadena (born 1961), an American punk rock singer and guitarist
• Francisco Páez de la Cadena (Madrid, 1951) is a Spanish garden historian
• Freddy Cadena (born 1963), an Ecuadorian orchestra conductor, a resident of Russia
• José Torres Cadena (born 1952), a former football (soccer) referee from Colombia
• Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena (1778–1860), an accomplished Mexican American grammarian, scholar, and author
• Ozzie Cadena (1924–2008), an American record producer with Savoy Records and Prestige Records who recorded gospel and jazz music
• Ricardo Cadena (born 1969), a retired professional footballer from Mexico
• Rodolfo Cadena (1943–1972), a Mexican-American mob boss and legendary figure in the Mexican Mafia prison gang
• Rodrigo de la Cadena (born 1988), a Mexican singer, performer, songwriter, radio host, and musician
• Tony Cadena (born 1963), an accomplished punk rock singer/songwriter and poet

See also

• Estero La Cadena, a river of Chile
• Cadena 94.9 (Spanish: 94.9 Network) is an Argentine radio station broadcasting from the city of Pilar, Buenos Aires
• Cadena COPE, a private, right wing, commercial, Spanish radio network owned by a series of institutions within the Spanish Catholic Church
• Cadena Dial, a Spanish radio station based in Seville
• Cadena Melodía, a Colombian radio network, founded in 1971 by liberal politician Efraín Páez Espitia
• Cadena Súper, a Colombian radio network, founded in the 1970s by Conservative politician Jaime Pava Navarro
• Cadena Salsoul, an entertainment-based salsa radio station in Puerto Rico
• Cadena SER (the SER Network) is Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority
• Cadena temporal and cadena perpetua are punishments notably present in the Philippine legal system