Santiago (surname)
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The surname
Santiago was first found in Galicia, Spain
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Santiago is a habitational name from any of the numerous places named for the dedication of churches to St. James (Sant Iago). It is a name frequently found among Gitano families.
Surname
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Santiago was first found in Galicia, Spain
Spain
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Santiago is a habitational name from any of the numerous places named for the dedication of churches to St. James (Sant Iago). It is a name frequently found among Gitano families.
People
- Benito SantiagoBenito SantiagoBenito Santiago Rivera is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played for twenty seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to , most notably for the San Diego Padres...
, a professional baseball catcher - Charles SantiagoCharles SantiagoCharles Santiago is a Malaysian politician and is currently Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Klang constituency in Selangor. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party party in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition....
, Malaysian politician - Hugo SantiagoHugo SantiagoHugo Santiago was born Hugo Santiago Muchnick in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has lived in France since 1959. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Music. From 1959 to 1966 he was assistant director to Robert Bresson...
, film director - Joey SantiagoJoey SantiagoJoey Santiago is a Filipino-American guitarist and composer. Active since 1986, Santiago is best known as the lead guitarist for the American alternative rock band Pixies. After the band's breakup in 1993, Santiago produced musical scores for film and television documentaries, and he formed The...
, guitarist of the Pixies and The Martinis - Rafael Santiago MariaRafael Santiago MariaRafael Santiago Maria or simply Santiago is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Esportivo.-External links:...
, a Brazilian footballer known as Santiago - Richard SantiagoRichard SantiagoRichard Santiago Rodríguez is a retired male boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight category at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, falling in the first round to...
, a Puerto Rican boxer
Fictional characters
- Dominic Santiago, in Gears of War
- Luis SantiagoLuis SantiagoLuis Santiago is a fictional character in the universe of the science fiction television drama Babylon 5, portrayed by a still photo of Douglas Netter...
, in the television series Babylon 5 - Santiago, a character in Mike Resnick's novels Santiago: a Myth of the Far FutureSantiago: a Myth of the Far FutureSantiago: A Myth of the Far Future is a novel by American science fiction author Mike Resnick. It was first published in 1986 and reprinted in 2004...
(1986), and The Return of Santiago (2003) - Santiago, a character on the United States television show Friday Night LightsFriday Night Lights (TV series)Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and David Nevins from a book and film of the same name. The series details events surrounding a high school football team based in fictional Dillon, Texas, with particular focus given to team...
, set in TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(based on Buzz Bissinger's book) - Santiago, the main character of Paulo CoelhoPaulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist.-Biography:Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded with "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical,...
's novel The AlchemistThe Alchemist (novel)The Alchemist is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese. It has sold more than 65 million copies in more than 150 countries, becoming one of the best-selling books in history.... - Santiago, a character in the novel Chronicle of a Death ForetoldChronicle of a Death ForetoldChronicle of a Death Foretold is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981...
by Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García MárquezGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in... - Santiago, the titular character of Ernest HemingwayErnest HemingwayErnest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
's The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging fisherman who...