Montoya

Montoya is a Basque and Spanish surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in the Basque region of northern Spain.[1] During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys[citation needed]. It has become more frequent among Gitanos than among the general Spanish population.[2]

People with the surname Montoya include:

  • Adam Montoya (born 1984), American video game commentator, better known as SeaNanners
  • Al Montoya (born 1985), American ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League
  • Aldo Montoya, a former ring persona of American professional wrestler Peter Polaco (born 1973), better known as Justin Credible
  • Carlos Montoya (1903–1993), Spanish flamenco guitarist and son of Ramón Montoya
  • Craig Montoya (born 1970), American rock musician
  • Daniela Montoya (born 1990), Colombian footballer
  • David Montoya (born 1978), Colombian footballer
  • Diego León Montoya Sánchez (born 1958 or 1961), Colombian cocaine trafficker on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
  • Eliud Montoya, American whistleblower and murder victim
  • Gabriel Montoya,(1868–1914), French chansonnier
  • Gustavo Montoya (1905–2003), Mexican painter
  • Jennifer Montoya (born 1985), Colombian journalist and news presenter
  • José Montoya (1932–2013), Chicano bilingual poet
  • Joseph Montoya (1915–78), U.S. Senator from New Mexico
  • Joseph B. Montoya (1939–2022), American politician from California
  • Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), Colombian motor racing IndyCar driver and former NASCAR and Formula One driver
  • Julián Montoya (born 1993), hooker for the Argentina national rugby union team
  • María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (1874–1949), Colombian saint (Roman Catholic)
  • Martha Montoya, Colombian American cartoonist and businesswoman
  • Martín Montoya (born 1991), Spanish association football player
  • Matilde Montoya (1859–1939), presumably the first female physician in Mexico to hold an academic degree
  • Pilar Montoya (1960–2015), Spanish flamenco dancer
  • Ramón Montoya (1880–1949), Spanish flamenco guitarist and father of Carlos Montoya
  • Ramón Montoya (baseball), Mexican baseball player (see Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame)
  • Richelle Montoya, American politician
  • Rose Montoya, American model, internet celebrity, and transgender activist
  • Rubén Montoya (born 1940), Argentine footballer
  • Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, or Sergio Henao (born 1987), Colombian bicycle road racer
  • Las Hermanas Montoya, Latin singing group, active 1948–1969
  • Martina Vigil-Montoya (1856–1916), Native American ceramics painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
  • Nestór Montoya, (1862-1923), United States Representative from New Mexico

Fictional characters

  • Carmelita Montoya Fox, a female INTERPOL officer from the Sly Cooper series of video games
  • Fritz Montoya, in the Honorverse book series
  • Inigo Montoya, a fencer from William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride and the movie from the novel
  • Domingo Montoya, father of Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride
  • Nemi Montoya, Norwegian comic book character
  • Renee Montoya, police detective in DC Comics' Gotham City Police Department
  • Josefina Montoya, an American Girl character residing in Santa Fe in 1824
  • Gabriel Montoya, one of the Spanish assassins from the 2015 film Bill

References

  1. ^ "Heráldica y escudos de los apellidos españoles e hispanoamericanos".
  2. ^ Faure, Roberto, ed. (2001). Diccionario de apellidos españoles (in Spanish). Madrid: Espasa. Section III.3.8 page XXXIX. ISBN 978-8423922895.
Surname list
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