Bobadilla
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Bobadilla is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 of Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

 origin said to stem from the Arabic-Islamic origins of Abou Abdillah. The name refers to:
  • Aldo Bobadilla (b. 1976), Paraguayan professional football player
  • Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqués de Villena
    Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqués de Villena
    Don Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, 7th Duke of Escalona, 7th Marquis of Villena and 7th Count of Xiquena was a Spanish nobleman and, from August 28, 1640 to June 10, 1642, viceroy of New Spain.-Early life:López Pacheco was born into one of the most aristocratic families of Iberia...

     (1599–1653), Spanish nobleman; viceroy of New Spain 1640–42
  • Emilio Bobadilla Cáceres
    Emilio Bobadilla Cáceres
    He was born in Cerro Verá, in the town of Pirayú, Paraguay, on March 3, 1907. He was son of Ramón Bobadilla and Isabel Cáceres.-Childhood and Youth:...

     (1907–1979), Paraguayan guitarist and musician
  • Francisco de Bobadilla
    Francisco de Bobadilla
    Francisco de Bobadilla was a Spanish colonial administrator. Member of the Order of Calatrava, in 1499, de Bobadilla was appointed to succeed Christopher Columbus as the second governor of the Indies, Spain's new territories in America, by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella...

     (b. unknown, d. 1502), Spanish colonial administrator
  • Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
    Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
    Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla was a Spanish Roman Catholic Cardinal.-Biography:He was born in Cuenca, the son of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, first marquis of Cañete and Viceroy of Navarre during the reign of King Charles V...

     (1508–1566), Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Geronimo de Bobadilla
    Geronimo de Bobadilla
    Geronimo de Bobadilla, a Spanish painter, was born at Antequera, a small town in the vicinity of Seville, in 1620. According to Palomino he was a scholar of Francisco Zurbaran, whose manner he followed. He excelled in painting historical subjects of a medium size and perspective views. He used a...

     (b. unknown, d. 1680), Spanish Baroque painter
  • Inés de Bobadilla
    Inés de Bobadilla
    Inés de Bobadilla sometimes Isabel de Bobadilla was the daughter of Pedro Arias Dávila and Isabel de Bobadilla, she married, in 1537, Hernando de Soto who was then named governor of Cuba and Adelantado de Florida. Her husband leaving Cuba for his expedition in Florida, from 1539 to 1543, she...

     (b. unknown, d. 1543), wife of Hernando de Soto; governor of Cuba
  • Nicholas Bobadilla
    Nicholas Bobadilla
    Nicolas Bobadilla was one of the first Jesuits.He was born in Valencia, Spain, and was educated in his own country and in France. He fell under the influence of Ignatius of Loyola while studying at the University of Paris, and became one of the first Jesuits.Bobadilla was an effective preacher,...

     (1511–1590), Spanish Roman Catholic priest; one of the first Jesuits
  • Raúl Bobadilla
    Raúl Bobadilla
    Raúl Marcelo Bobadilla is an Argentine football player. He currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach.- Career :Bobadilla originally started out at River Plate but moved to Concordia Basel in the Swiss Challenge League...

     (b. 1987), Argentine professional football player
  • Bobadilla, Chile, a town in Chile's Maule Region
    Maule Region
    The VII Maule Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region takes its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a basin of about 20,600 km2...

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