Saavedra (surname)

Saavedra is a Galician surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abelardo Saavedra, American school district superintendent
• Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Spanish explorer, one of the first explorers of the Pacific Ocean, cousin of the conquistador Hernán Cortés
• Catalina Saavedra (born 1968), Chilean television and film actress
• Cornelio Saavedra (1761–1829), Argentine soldier and politician
• Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez (1823–1891), grandson of the aforementioned Cornelio Saavedra, a Chilean soldier
• Craig Saavedra (born 1963), American film director
• Daniel Ortega Saavedra (born 1945), Nicaraguan politician
• Diego de Saavedra Fajardo (1584–1648), Spanish diplomat, author of anti-Machiavellian emblem book Empresas Políticas. Idea de un príncipe político cristiano ("Political Maxims. Idea of a Christian Political Prince"),
• Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis (1746–1819), Spanish diplomat and administrator
• Héctor Puebla Saavedra (born 1955), Chilean footballer
• Guillermo Saavedra (poet) (born 1960), Argentine poet
• José Ángel Saavedra, Honduran politician
• Jose Vilalta Saavedra (1865–1912), Cuban sculptor
• Luis Saavedra (1935−2013), Spanish footballer
• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish writer, author of Don Quixote
• Nélson Saavedra (born 1988), Chilean footballer
• Raúl Saavedra (born 1978) Argentinian football defender
• Raúl Saavedra (cyclist) (born 1969), Colombian road cyclist
• Sebastian Saavedra (born 1990), Colombian race car driver