Valdez

Valdez is a surname of Spanish origin.

The name may also be spelled Valdés.

"Valdez" or "Valdés may be translated literally as "From Valentin" or "From the valley"

The name refers to:

*Persons
**Bebo Valdés, (1918–), Cuban jazz composer and arranger
**Cayetano Valdés y Flores (1767–1834), Spanish naval officer and explorer
**Chayito Valdez (1945–), Mexican musician and entertainer
**Chucho Valdés, (1945–), Cuban jazz musician and pianist
**Germán Valdés (1915–1973), Mexican actor, singer and comedian
**Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478–1557), Spanish historian
**Jerónimo Valdés (1785-1855), Spanish general and governor of Cuba
**Juan de Valdés (1500–1541), Spanish religious writer
**Juan Meléndez Valdés (1754–1817), Spanish poet.
**José Ramón Guizado Valdés (dates unknown), President of Panama 1955
**José Travassos Valdez (1787–1862), Portuguese soldier and statesman.
**Miguel Alemán Valdés (1902–1983), President of Mexico 1946–1952
**Nelson Haedo Valdez (1983–), Paraguayan footballer
**Peter Valdes (d. before 1219), founder of a Christian sect
**Ramon Maximiliano Valdés (dates unknown), President of Panama 1916–1918
**Ramón Valdés (1923–1988), Mexican actor
**Rodrigo Valdez (1946–), Colombian former middleweight boxer
**Roy Valdés (1920–), Cuban Major League Baseball player
**Víctor Valdés (1982–), Spanish football goalkeeper.

*Fictional persons
**Juan Valdez, fictional character appearing in advertisements for Colombian coffee

*Place names
**Valdés (Asturias), a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias
**Valdez, Alaska, seaport city in Alaska
**Valdez oil terminal, oil port in Valdez, Alaska, at the southern end of the Alaska Pipeline
**Valdez, California, in Yolo County
**Valdez, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
**Valdes Island, one of the Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
**Valdes Peninsula, peninsula along the Atlantic coast of Argentina

*Oil tanker
**Exxon Valdez, oil tanker involved in an oil spill in Alaska in 1989
**Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill, organization that claims to represent the victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill

*Other
**Valdez (gymnastics), a back walkover that begins in a sitting position
**Valdez Blockade, a protest by Alaskan fishermen in 1993