Paniagua
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Paniagua is a name derived from the word "agua" (Spanish) and "pani" (Hindi/Urdu), both of which mean "water". Notable people with the name include:
- Asdrubal PaniaguaAsdrubal PaniaguaAsdrúbal Paniagua Ramírez is a retired professional football player from Costa Rica. Better known as "Yuba", he played most of his career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he is still remembered as an idol....
, Costa Rican retired professional football player - Cenobio PaniaguaCenobio PaniaguaCenobio Paniagua y Vásques was a Mexican composer.Paniagua completed his studies in violin and became the Second Conductor of the Cathedral Orchestra of Mexico City. He founded a music academy in the city...
, Mexican composer - César Montenegro PaniaguaCésar Montenegro PaniaguaCésar Montenegro Paniagua was a communist Guatemalan politician, who was assassinated on April 7, 1970.Montenegro was born into one of Guatemala's largest and most influential families and was one of twelve children. His father was a successful army general while his mother was a home maker...
, Guatemalan politician - Eduardo PaniaguaEduardo PaniaguaEduardo Paniagua is a Spanish architect and musician, specializing in medieval Spanish music.Between 1966 and 1983, he was a member of the group Atrium Musicae de Madrid, led by his older brother Gregorio, playing wind instruments and percussion...
, Spanish architect and musician, member of the ensemble Atrium Musicae de Madrid - Gregorio Paniagua, founder of Spanish early music ensemble Atrium Musicae de MadridAtrium Musicae de MadridAtrium Musicae was an early music ensemble from Madrid, Spain, founded in 1964 by Gregorio Paniagua, a Spanish monk.-Background:Perhaps the group's most famous recording is Musique de la Grèce Antique , in which they performed ancient Greek music carefully taken down off scattered fragments of...
- Javier Paniagua FuentesJavier Paniagua FuentesJavier Paniagua Fuentes is a Spanish author and politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party .After qualifying in philosophy Paniagua received a doctorate in history with a thesis on Spanish anarchism...
, a Spanish author and politician - José PaniaguaJosé PaniaguaJosé Luis Paniagua Sánchez is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who had his most prominent years with the Seattle Mariners organization. His most recent major league stint consisted of one game with the Chicago White Sox in . As a member of the Chicago White Sox, Paniagua came in with a 6...
, retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher - Leonardo PaniaguaLeonardo PaniaguaLeonardo Panigua is one of the Dominican Republic's most popular bachata musicians. He emerged from obscurity to overnight stardom in the 1970s, when he recorded his first 45rpm record, "Amada, Amante" for Discos Guarachita....
, Dominican Republic's bachata musician - Valentín PaniaguaValentín PaniaguaValentín Paniagua Corazao was a Peruvian politician and former Interim President of Peru. Paniagua was elected by the Peruvian Congress to serve as interim president of the country after Alberto Fujimori was ousted from office by Congress in November 2000.As Interim President, his main task was to...
, Peruvian politician and former Interim President of Peru.