Menendez
# Menendez

Menéndez or Menendez is a Spanish name. In English the name is often spelled without the diacritic. A shorter form sharing the same root is Mendez. It may refer to:

## Persons

* Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (1879–1962), President of El Salvador twice, in 1934–1935 and 1944
* Emilio Menéndez (born 1945), Spanish politician and member of the European Parliament
* Francisco Menéndez (1830–1890), President of El Salvador 1885–1890
* Francisco Menendez (creole) (18th century), former slave who led a militia against the British in 1740
* Jorge Fernández Menéndez (contemporary), Mexican editor and columnist
* Katherine M. Menendez, American judge
* Luciano Benjamín Menéndez (1927–2018), Argentine general, Provisional Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina 1975
* Mario Benjamín Menéndez (1930–2015), Argentine general, military Governor of the Falklands during the Falklands War
* Lyle and Erik Menendez, American brothers who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989
* Manuel Menéndez (1793–1847), President of Peru for three brief periods 1841–1845
* Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856–1912), Spanish scholar, historian, and literary critic
* Matilde Menéndez (born 1944), Argentine psychiatrist and public official
* Osleidys Menéndez (born 1979), Cuban Olympic championship javelin thrower
* Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), first governor of Spanish Florida & governor of colonial Cuba
* Pidal Juan Menéndez (1861–1915), Spanish archivist, jurisconsult, historian, and poet
* Pidal Luis Menéndez (1860–1932), Spanish genre painter
* Pidal María Goyri de Menéndez (1873–1955), Spanish Hispanicist, professor, and author
* Ramón Menéndez Pidal or Pidal Ramón Menéndez (1869–1968), Spanish philologist and historian
* Robert "Bob" Menendez (born 1954), American politician, Representative and Senator from New Jersey

## Fictional characters

* Raul Menendez, the main antagonist of Call of Duty: Black Ops II

## Places

* San Francisco Menéndez, municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador

## Other uses

* Pedro Menendez High School, St. Johns County, Florida, United States
