Zúñiga (disambiguation)
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Zúñiga, originally in Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...

 Eztuinaga, is a town located in Navarre
Navarre
Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...

. Also is a surname of Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...

 origin. It can refer to:

People

People with the surname Zúñiga:
  • Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (1533–1594), Spanish nobleman, soldier and poet
  • Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, marqués de Villamanrique
    Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, marqués de Villamanrique
    Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, 1st marqués de Villamanrique , Spanish nobleman and the seventh viceroy of New Spain. He governed from October 17, 1585 to January 26, 1590.-Early life and appointment as viceroy:...

    , (d. 1590), Spanish nobleman and the seventh viceroy of New Spain.
  • Baltasar de Zúñiga
    Baltasar de Zúñiga
    Baltasar de Zúñiga was a Spanish royal favourite of Philip III, his son Philip IV and a key minister in two Spanish governments...

     (1561–1622), Spanish diplomat, royal favourite and minister.
  • Baltasar de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Arión (1658–1727), Spanish viceroy of New Spain
  • Bernardita Zúñiga
    Bernardita Zúñiga
    -Miss World 2007:She was chosen on October 15, 2007, under the organization of Catwalk Latam. She won the "Miss Silhouette" award. Zúñiga represented Chile in Miss World 2007, which took place in Sanya, China, on December 1, 2007. She did not rank in the contest, which was won by Zhang Zilin,...

    , Chilean model
  • Daphne Zuniga
    Daphne Zuniga
    Daphne Eurydice Zuniga is an American actress known for her roles as Jo Reynolds on the Fox primetime soap Melrose Place, as Victoria Davis on The CW teen drama One Tree Hill and as Princess Vespa in Spaceballs.-Early life:...

     (1962– ), American actress
  • Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco
    Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco
    Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco, 4th Count of Nieva was the sixth viceroy of Peru, from April 17, 1561 to his death on February 20, 1564.-Early career:...

    , (~1510–1564, Lima, Peru), Spanish viceroy of Peru
  • Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros
    Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros
    Felipe de Zúniga y Ontiveros was a scientist, cartographer and publisher in New Spain during the Spanish colonial period. He was also royal land surveyor and hydraulic and mining engineer....

     (1717–1793), scientist of New Spain
  • Francisco López de Zúñiga
    Francisco López de Zúñiga
    Francisco López de Zúñiga y Meneses, 2nd Marquis of Baides and Count of Pedrosa was a Spanish soldier who served as Royal Governor of Chile from May of 1639 to May of 1646....

     (1599 – 1655), Spanish soldier who served as Royal Governor of Chile
  • Francisco Zúñiga
    Francisco Zúñiga
    thumbJosé Jesús Francisco Zúñiga Chavarría was a Costa Rican and Mexican artist, known both for his painting and his sculpture...

     (1912–1998), Costa Rican and Mexican artist
  • Fulgencio Zúñiga
    Fulgencio Zúñiga
    Fulgencio Zúñiga is a professional boxer of 178 cm height, current IBO Super middleweight champion, having beaten previously undefeated knockout artist Victor Oganov for the vacant title on September 1, 2007...

     (1977– ), Colombian boxer
  • Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey
    Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey
    Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca, 5th Count of Monterrey , Spanish nobleman, the ninth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from November 5, 1595 to October 26, 1603...

     (1560–1606), Spanish nobleman, the ninth viceroy of New Spain
  • Gerardo Flores Zúñiga
    Gerardo Flores Zúñiga
    Gerardo Flores Zúñiga is a Mexican footballer, who is a defender for Cruz Azul in Primera División de México.-Club career:...

     (1986– ), Mexican footballer
  • Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez
    Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez
    Guillermo Héctor Zúñiga Martínez is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served in the Mexican House of Representatives.-Professional career:...

     (1942– ), Mexican politician
  • Hernaldo Zúñiga
    Hernaldo Zúñiga
    Hernaldo Zúñiga is a Nicaraguan singer and music composer. He was born in Managua but lived his childhood and adolescence in Masaya.-Career:...

     (1955– ), Nicaraguan singer
  • Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga
    Iñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga
    Don Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga , cardinal, archbishop of Burgos and bishop of Coria, was a Castilian clergyman and diplomat in the service of Emperor Charles V....

     (1476–1535), Castilian cardinal, archbishop of Burgos, bishop of Coria and abbot of Santa Maria de la Vid
  • José de Züñiga
    José de Züñiga
    José de Zúñiga was a soldier and early California and Arizona settler.Zúñiga was born 1755 in Cuautitlán, near Mexico City, to Spanish parents.He enlisted on October 18, 1772 as an officer trainee in the frontier army....

     (1755–?), Spanish settler in California and the Far West
  • Jose Zuniga
    Jose Zuniga
    José Zúñiga is an American actor.Zúñiga was born in Honduras. He is best known for his roles in films such as Alive, Ransom, Con Air, Fresh, Crooklyn, Next Stop Wonderland and Twilight...

    , Honduran–American actor
  • Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca
    Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca
    Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba was a Spanish military and political figure...

     (1640–1716), Spanish military and political figure
  • Juan Zúñiga
    Juan Zúñiga
    Juan Camilo Zúñiga Mosquera is a Colombian football defender who currently plays for Serie A club Napoli and Colombian national team.-Career:...

     (1985– ), Colombian footballer
  • Julio Granda Zuñiga (1967– ), Peruvian chess player
  • Laura Zúñiga
    Laura Zúñiga
    Laura Elena Zúñiga Huizar is a Mexican model and beauty queen, center of a drug trafficking scandal in December of 2008...

     (1985– ), Mexican model and beauty queen
  • Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens
    Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens
    Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga also known as Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens was a Spanish politician and diplomat.-Biography:Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga was born at Molins de Rei...

     (1528–1576), Spanish governor of the Netherlands
  • Maite Zúñiga
    Maite Zúñiga
    Maite Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-External links:...

     (1964– ), Basque athlete
  • Manuel Zúñiga
    Manuel Zúñiga
    Manuel Zúñiga Fernández is a retired Spanish footballer, who played as a right midfielder.-Club career:...

     (1960– ), Spanish footballer
  • Mario Pérez Zúñiga
    Mario Pérez Zúñiga
    Mario Pérez Zúñiga is a Mexican footballer currently playing for Estudiantes Tecos in the Primera División de México.-Club:Pérez previously extensively in Mexico, for F.C. Atlas, Club Necaxa, San Luis F.C. and Club América...

     (1982– ), Mexican footballer
  • Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga
    Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
    Markos Moulitsas Zúniga , often known by his username and former military nickname "Kos" , is the founder and publisher of Daily Kos, a blog focusing on liberal and Democratic Party politics in the United States. He is also a weekly columnist at the Washington, D.C...

     (1971– ), American political columnist and publisher
  • Martín Zúñiga
    Martín Zúñiga
    Martín Zúñiga was a Mexican soccer goalkeeper, who last played for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer....

     (1970– ), Mexican footballer
  • Mauricio de Zúñiga
    Mauricio de Zúñiga
    Mauricio de Zuñiga was the governor of Florida in 1812-13, and 1816. He participated in theFort Gadsden, trying for recovered to slaves in Florida.- Early years :...

    , Governor of La Florida
    La Florida
    La Florida is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Florida spans an area of and has 365,674 inhabitants . Of these, 365,563 lived in urban areas and 111 in rural areas...

     in 1812–13 and 1816.
  • Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda
    Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda
    Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda was a Mexican eccentric who was famous for being a perennial candidate in his country's presidential elections. Although he never managed to win a significant share of the votes, he considered himself to be the victor every time.Zúñiga y Miranda was born in Zacatecas into...

     (1865–1925), Mexican eccentric
  • Oscar J. Zuniga
    Oscar J. Zuniga
    Oscar J. Zuñiga, Sr. , was a registered professional engineer and land surveyor who played an important role in the construction of several residential neighborhoods in his native Laredo, Texas...

     (1922–2007), American engineer
  • Pablo Zúñiga (1972– ), Chilean journalist and television presenter.
  • Rafael Zuñiga
    Rafael Zuñiga
    Rafael Zuñiga Medrano is a retired Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Featherweight division. Zuñiga won the bronze medal in the same weight category a year earlier at the 1983 Pan American Games.-References:*...

     (1963– ), Bolivian boxer
  • Ysrael Zúñiga
    Ysrael Zúñiga
    Herlyn Ysrael Zúñiga Yañez is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for Club Juan Aurich as a striker in the Peruvian First Division.- Career :...

     (1976– ), Peruvian footballer

Science

  • Zuniga (genus), a genus of jumping spider
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