Heredia (surname)

Heredia is a surname originating in a place-name. One such surname is Basque, derived from the village Heredia in Álava, Basque Country.[1][2]

The following people have the surname:

• Agustín Heredia (born 1997), Argentine footballer
• Alberto Heredia (1924–2000), Argentine painter and sculptor
• Alberto Heredia Ceballos (born 1987), Spanish soccer player
• Alejandro Heredia (1788–1838), Argentine statesman
• Alonso Fernández de Heredia (died 1782), Spanish general and politician
• Ángel Guillermo Heredia Hernández (born 1975), Mexican sports coach and former discus thrower
• Arnold Heredia (born 1940), Pakistani Catholic priest and human rights activist
• Carlos María de Heredia, Mexican critical thinker, author of Spiritism and Common Sense (1922),[3] and friend of magician Harry Houdini
• Cayetano Heredia (1797–1861), Peruvian physician
• Daniel Heredia Abidal (born 1993), Spanish singer
• Enrique Fernández Heredia (fl. 1900s), Spanish military commander
• Fernando Martínez Heredia (1939–2017), Cuban politician
• Gil Heredia (born 1965), American baseball player
• Gonzalo Heredia (born 1982), Argentine actor
• Gonzalo Heredia (sailor) (born 1962), Argentine sailor
• Guillermo Heredia (baseball) (born 1991), Cuban baseball player
• Isabel de Herédia, Portuguese businesswoman, wife of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
• José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905), French poet
• José María Heredia y Heredia (1803–1839), Cuban poet and political activist
• Juan Carlos Heredia (born 1952), Argentine–Spanish retired footballer
• Juan Fernández de Heredia (c. 1310–1396), Aragonese historian
• Leonardo Heredia (born 1996), Argentine footballer
• Manual Heredia, 1832, a Spanish pioneer and businessman, Heredia company constructed the first charcoal-fired blast furnace for non-military purposes in Spain.[4]
• Pablo Heredia (born 1990), Argentine footballer
• Pedro de Heredia (died 1554), Spanish conquistador
• Ramón Heredia (born 1951), Argentine retired footballer
• Sebastiano Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627), Spanish composer and monk
• Ubaldo Heredia (born 1956), Venezuelan baseball player
• Víctor Heredia (born 1947), Argentine musician

References

1. López, O.B. (2014). Heráldica y genealogía en el sureste de Córdoba (Ss. XIII-XIX): linajes de Baena, Cabra, Carcabuey, Doña Mencía, Iznájar, Luque, Monturque, Priego, Rute, Valenzuela y Zuheros (in Spanish). Bubok Publishing. p. 339. ISBN 978-84-686-6080-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
2. Michelena, Luis (1997). Apellidos vascos. Txertoa. pp. 98–99.
3. Heredia, Carlos María de (October 22, 1922). "Spiritism and common sense". New York : P.J. Kenedy – via Internet Archive.
4. Harrison, Joseph (1978). An Economic History of Modern Spain. ISBN 9780719007040.