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Quevedo is a Spanish surname. It most frequently refers to:

Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco de Quevedo
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo...

, the leading baroque poet of Spain's Siglo de Oro (Golden Century)

Other uses of Quevedo include:

Places Quevedo, Ecuador Quevedo, Ecuador Quevedo is a city in Ecuador located in the Los Rios Province. It is the seat of Quevedo Canton, a vibrant community founded in 1943. According to the latest census, Quevedo's population is 173,000. Located at 237 km SW of Quito , or, 183 km NE of Guayaquil... NEWLIN

People José Quevedo, major in the Cuban army, fought Battle of La Plata Battle of La Plata The Battle of La Plata was part of Operation Verano, the summer offensive of 1958 launched by the Batistia government during the Cuban Revolution. The battle resulted from a complex plan created by Cuban General Cantillo to directly attack Castro's mountain base in the Sierra Maestra... during the Cuban Revolution Juan de Quevedo Juan de Quevedo Juan de Quevedo was a Spanish Franciscan priest and bishop. His antecedents are unknown.At the request of King Ferdinand, husband of Queen Isabella, Pope Leo X, on August 28, 1513, appointed Quevedo bishop of Santa Maria de la Antigua, or Darien, on the Isthmus, and he thus became the first bishop... , 16th century Spanish Franciscan bishop and missionary El Mami Quevedo, a Spanish footballer (soccer player) Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Miguel Ángel de Quevedo For the journalist, please see Miguel Ángel QuevedoMiguel Ángel de Quevedo was a Mexican architect, engineer, and environmentalist who founded Mexico City's Viveros de Coyoacán arboretum, as well as numerous other construction projects in Mexico City, and throughout the country, and promoted the... , Mexican botanist Oswaldo Quevedo Oswaldo Quevedo Oswaldo Jose Quevedo Boschetti is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who won the 50m and 100m Butterfly at the 2000 South American Open Championships in Mar del Plata... , Venezuelan Olympic swimmer Pedro Quevédo y Quintano Raymond Quevedo, birth name of Trinidadian calypsonian "Attila the Hun" Rubén Quevedo Rubén Quevedo Rubén Quevedo [IPA ru βen' ke βe' do] is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers . He batted and threw right-handed.... , Venezuelan baseball player Leonardo Torres y Quevedo Leonardo Torres y Quevedo Leonardo Torres y Quevedo was a Spanish civil engineer and mathematician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.- Biography :Torres was born on 28 December 1852, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, in Santa Cruz de Iguña, Molledo , Spain... , a Spanish engineer and mathematician, would be called "Torres" José Quevedo Quevedo, a Spanish Statistician, ex President of the National Statistics Institute NEWLIN

Other Club Deportivo Quevedo Club Deportivo Quevedo The Club Deportivo Quevedo is a soccer club based in Quevedo, Ecuador. They currently play in the country's second-level football league—the Serie B—after gaining promotion from the third-level Segunda Categoria.... , football (soccer) club in Ecuador Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Metro Miguel Ángel de Quevedo is a station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Mexico City's southern Coyoacán borough, at the junction of Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo and Avenida Universidad.The station logo represents a tree... , on the Mexico City Metro Quevedo (Madrid Metro) Quevedo (Madrid Metro) Quevedo is a station of Line 2 of the Madrid Metro.... , a station on the Madrid Metro NEWLIN

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