Diego (given name)
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Diego
is a very common male given name of Spanish
origin – also used in Portuguese
-speaking countries, Italy
and France
. It may refer to:
Diego
Diego is a Spanish male name derived from the Hebrew Yaʻăqōbh , via the name of Saint James the Great , re-analysed as Santiago and San Diego...
is a very common male given name of Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
origin – also used in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
-speaking countries, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It may refer to:
- DiegoDiego (footballer)-Brazilian footballers:* Diego Alves Carreira , goalkeeper* Diego Benedito Galvão Máximo , defender* Diego Cavalieri , goalkeeper* Diego da Costa Menezes , goalkeeper...
, a variety of footballers who are known as simply Diego (see article); - Diego de OviedoDiego (Bishop of Oviedo)Diego was the eighth Bishop of Oviedo. The chief source for information about him is his testament, which survives in the archives of the Cathedral of San Salvador, Oviedo. His episcopate began with the death of his predecessor, Oveco, sometime between 957 and 962.Diego was a native of the village...
, 10th-century Asturian prelate; - Diego de LeónDiego (bishop of León)Diego was the Bishop of León from 1112 or 1113 until his deposition in 1130. He succeeded his uncle Pedro, whose episcopate, and life, had ended in exile after the Battle of Candespina...
, 12th-century Leonese prelate; - Diego de OrenseDiego (bishop of Ourense)Diego was the third bishop of the restored diocese of Ourense from between 1097 and 1100 until his death. He was a canon of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and a protégé of its bishop, Diego Gelmírez, with whom he remained in close association even after his promotion to his own see...
, 12th-century Galician prelate; - Diego de AsturiasDiego, Prince of AsturiasDiego Félix of Austria, Infante of Spain was the third son of Philip II of Spain by his fourth wife Anna of Austria.-Life:...
, 16th-century Spanish Royal heir who died at age 7; - Diego AbatantuonoDiego AbatantuonoDiego Abatantuono is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, as well screenwriter.-Biography and career:Abatantuono was born in a popular quarter of the city to a father of Pugliese origin and a mother from Como...
, Italian actor and screenwriter; - Diego de AlmagroDiego de AlmagroDiego de Almagro, , also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo , was a Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro. He participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru and is credited as the first European discoverer of Chile.Almagro lost his left eye battling with coastal...
, Spanish conquistador; - Diego AlonsoDiego AlonsoDiego Martín Alonso López is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for C.A. Peñarol in the Uruguayan first division, as a striker.-Club career:Alonso was born in Montevideo, the country's capital. He made his professional debuts with C.A...
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player; - Diego AventínDiego AventínDiego Aventín is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera, TC 2000 and TRV6...
, Argentine race car driver; - Diego BengoleaDiego BengoleaDiego Didier Bengolea Vargas , is a Bolivian football midfielder. He currently plays for Wilstermann in second division.-Club career:Vargas' first club at the professional level was Wilstermann...
, Bolivian football (soccer) player; - Diego BuñuelDiego BuñuelDiego Buñuel is a French film-maker born in 1975 and the host and director of the National Geographic Channel series, Don't Tell My Mother. He is also the host of a television news show in France called Les Nouveaux Explorateurs, broadcast on Canal Plus....
, French journalist; - Diego CalderónDiego CalderónDiego Armando Calderón Espinoza is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for LDU Quito. He was part of the squad who won the 2008 Copa Libertadores.-Club career:...
, Ecuadorian footballer; - Diego CamachoDiego Camacho----Diego Camacho is a tennis player from Bolivia, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There he was defeated in the first round by America's Jeff Tarango. Camacho reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on March 19, 2001, when he became the number 954 of the...
, Bolivian tennis player; - Diego CapelDiego CapelDiego Ángel Capel Trinidad is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal in Portugal, as a left winger.-Sevilla:Groomed in Sevilla FC's youth system , Capel made his first professional appearance aged 16, playing three minutes in a 2–1 home win over Atlético Madrid, on 24...
, Spanish football (soccer) player; - Diego ColónDiego ColónDiego Columbus was the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 3rd Governor of the Indies. He was the firstborn son of Christopher Columbus and wife Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, and was born in 1479/1480 in Porto Santo, Portugal or 1474 in Lisbon, Portugal. He died February...
, 4th viceroy of New Spain; - Diego CorralesDiego CorralesDiego "Chico" Corrales was an American boxer.He was the WBC, WBO, & The Ring lightweight champion, and the WBO & IBF super featherweight champion....
, American boxer; - Diego DezaDiego DezaDiego Deza was a theologian and inquisitor of Spain. He was one of the more notable figures in the Spanish Inquisition, and succeeded the notorious Tomás de Torquemada to the post of Grand Inquisitor.-Early life:...
, Spanish theologian and inquisitor; - Diego DomínguezDiego DominguezDiego Dominguez is a former Argentine rugby union fly-half who played for Argentina and Italy, winning 74 caps for the latter....
, Italian-Argentine rugby union player; - Diego DuránDiego DuránDiego Durán was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, The History of the Indies of New Spain, a book that was much criticized in his lifetime for helping the "heathen" maintain their culture.Also known as the...
, Spanish Dominican friar; - Diego ForlánDiego ForlánDiego Forlán Corazo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Internazionale and the Uruguayan national team. He is a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe, and also received the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup.Forlán was born...
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player; - Diego GelmírezDiego GelmírezDiego Gelmírez was the second bishop and first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. He is a prominent figure in the history of Galicia and an important historiographer of the Spain of his day...
, first archbishop of Compostela; - Diego GodínDiego GodínDiego Roberto Godín Leal is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid in La Liga, as a central defender.A fast and composed defender, he combines physical presence with an ability to play the ball comfortably from behind.-Club career:...
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player; - Diego Gonzalez, Mexican singer, musician and actor – often known simply as Diego;
- Diego HartfieldDiego HartfieldDiego Hartfield , nicknamed El Gato Hartfield is a tennis player on the ATP Tour from Argentina.-Career:...
, Argentine tennis player; - Diego HerreraDiego HerreraDiego Rodrigo Herrera Larrea is a retired footballer from Ecuador. He played as an attacking midfielder during his career....
, Ecuadorian football (soccer) player; - Diego HypólitoDiego HypolitoDiego Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships...
, Brazilian gymnast; - Diego KlimowiczDiego KlimowiczDiego Fernando Klimowicz is an Argentine football forward who plays for Instituto.-Career:Klimowicz started his career at Instituto in the Argentine Primera B Nacional in 1993...
, Argentine footballer; - Diego de LandaDiego de LandaDiego de Landa Calderón was a Spanish Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán. He left future generations with a mixed legacy in his writings, which contain much valuable information on pre-Columbian Maya civilization, and his actions which destroyed much of that civilization's...
, 16th-century bishop of Yucatán; - Diego LatorreDiego LatorreDiego Fernando Latorre is a former Argentine football striker.Latorre was one of the first Argentine players to be labelled as the "New Maradona". He made his professional debut for Boca Juniors on October 18, 1987 against Platense scoring his first goal at the same match. He won the 1991...
, Argentine football (soccer) player; - Diego LuganoDiego LuganoDiego Alfredo "Tota" Lugano Moreno is a Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Uruguay national football team as a central defender....
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player; - Diego LunaDiego LunaDiego Luna is a Mexican actor known for his childhood telenovela work, a starring role in the film Y tu mamá también, and supporting roles in American films. He is also known for his roles in Rudo y Cursi and Milk. Luna also had minor roles in Frida and Before Night Falls...
, Mexican actor; - Diego MaradonaDiego MaradonaDiego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...
, Argentine football (soccer) player and coach; - Diego MartínezDiego MartínezDiego Alfonso Martínez Balderas is a football defender. He plays for CF La Piedad, on loan from Chivas de Guadalajara in the Primera Division de Mexico.-Biography:...
, Mexican football (soccer) player; - Diego MassonDiego MassonDiego Masson is a French conductor, composer, and percussionist.The son of artist André Masson and brother of the singer and actor Luís Masson, Diego Masson studied piano and composition at the Paris Conservatoire...
, French music conductor and composer; - Diego MilitoDiego MilitoDiego Alberto Milito is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for the Italian Serie A team Internazionale. He also plays for the Argentine national team. A prolific and consistent center-forward, Milito has statistically averaged just over a goal every two appearances, over the course of...
, Argentine football (soccer) player; - Diego MoralesDiego MoralesDiego Adán Morales is a Mexican professional boxer and the younger sibling of Erik Morales.- External links :...
, Mexican boxer; - Diego NargisoDiego NargisoDiego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte...
, Italian tennis player; - Diego Pérez (footballer)Diego Pérez (footballer)Diego Fernando Pérez Aguado , nicknamed "Ruso" , is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Bologna. He played for Uruguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2011 editions of the Copa América...
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player; - Diego Pérez (tennis)Diego Pérez (tennis)Diego Pérez is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1996...
, Uruguayan tennis player; - Diego PortalesDiego PortalesDiego José Pedro Víctor Portales Palazuelos was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto Diego Portales played a pivotal role in shaping the state and government politics in the 19th century, delivering with the Constitution of 1833 the framework of the...
, Chilean politician; - Diego Sebastián RibasDiego Sebastián RibasDiego Sebastián Ribas García is a Uruguayan footballer. He last known played for Uruguay Montevideo.He scored 2 goals in first half of 2006-07 Segunda División Uruguay.He also scored one in 2002 Segunda División Uruguay....
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player; - Diego Ribas da CunhaDiego Ribas da CunhaDiego Ribas da Cunha , commonly known as just Diego, is an international Brazilian footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid on loan from VfL Wolfsburg, as an attacking midfielder.-Santos:...
, Brazilian football (soccer) player; - Diego RiveraDiego RiveraDiego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...
, Mexican painter; - Diego RiveroDiego RiveroDiego Alejandro Rivero is an Argentine football midfielder. He currently plays for Boca Juniors.-Career:Rivero started his career in 1998 with Chacarita Juniors in the Primera B Nacional...
, Argentine football midfielder; - Diego SanchezDiego SánchezDiego J. Sanchez is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent, with a background in wrestling and Gaidojutsu, system of submission wrestling developed by his longtime trainer Greg Jackson...
, American mixed martial artist; - Diego SeguíDiego SeguíDiego Pablo Seguí González is a Cuban former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was known for his forkball.During a 16-year baseball career, Seguí played for the Kansas City Athletics , Washington Senators , Oakland Athletics , Seattle Pilots , Boston Red Sox , and Seattle Mariners . He batted and...
, Cuban baseball pitcher; - Diego SernaDiego SernaDiego Serna is a Colombian soccer player currently signed with Syracuse Silver Knights of the American Major Indoor Soccer League...
, Colombian football (soccer) player; - Diego SilangDiego SilangDiego Silang y Andaya was a revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation...
, Philippine revolutionary leader; - Diego SiloeDiego SiloeDiego Siloe or Diego de Siloé was a Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor, progenitor of the Granadan school of sculpture. He developed the majority of his work in Andalusia.-Biography:...
, Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor; - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer and coach;
- Diego de Souza Andrade, Brazilian football (soccer) player;
- Diego de Souza CarballoDiego de Souza CarballoDiego Alejandro de Souza Carballo is a Uruguayan footballer. He plays for Club Atlético Banfield in Argentine Primera División as a midfielder. He is nicknamed "Pepe" and "El ojo".-Club career:...
, Uruguayan football (soccer) player; - Diego de Souza Gama Silva, Brazilian football (soccer) player;
- Diego TardelliDiego TardelliDiego Tardelli Martins , simply known as Diego Tardelli, is a Brazilian football player who currently plays as a striker for Russian Premier League club FC Anzhi Makhachkala and for the Brazilian national team....
, Brazilian football (soccer) player; - Diego TorresDiego TorresDiego Antonio Caccia Torres , is an Argentine Grammy Award-nominated pop singer and composer.-Biography:Diego Torres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Argentine singer Lolita Torres...
, Argentine singer and composer; - Diego TristánDiego TristánDiego Tristán Herrera is a retired Spanish professional footballer.At his peak, he was considered amongst the best strikers in Europe, displaying a vast array of skills: dribble, shot accuracy, aerial ability and off-the-ball movements; he is best known for his Deportivo de La Coruña spell, where...
, Spanish football (soccer) player; - Diego de VargasDiego de VargasDiego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras , commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, today the U.S. states of New Mexico and Arizona, titular 1690 – 1692, effective 1692 – 1696 and 1703 – 1704...
, governor of New Spain; - Diego VelázquezDiego VelázquezDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...
, 17th century Spanish painter; - Diego Velázquez de CuéllarDiego Velázquez de CuéllarDiego Velázquez de Cuéllar was a Spanish conquistador. He conquered and governed Cuba on behalf of Spain.-Early life:...
, Spanish conquistador.
Fictional characters
- Diego, a saber-toothed tiger of the film series Ice Age;
- Diego AlcazarDiego AlcazarDiego Alcazar was a fictional character on the popular ABC daytime drama, General Hospital. Diego is the son of Lorenzo Alcazar and Maria Sanchez. Ignacio Serricchio originated the role of Diego in October 2004 and portrayed him until the character's "death" in November 2006...
, a character in the TV series General Hospital; - Diego Márquez, cousin of Dora the Explorer with his own spinoff TV show Go, Diego, Go!Go, Diego, Go!Go, Diego, Go! is a children's television series created by Chris Gifferd and Valerie Walsh, and is a spin-off of Dora the Explorer. The show premiered on September 6, 2005, on Nickelodeon. It also aired as part of the Nick Jr. on CBS block from September 17, 2005, to September 9, 2006. On...
; - Diego Armando, the defence attorney from Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations, who is mostly seen under the name Godot (who becomes a prosecutor).