- Peña (surname)
:"This is ia Spanish language surname; the name Peña is sometimes transliterated to "Pena" or "Penna"."Family name
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meaning ="one who lives near a crag"
region =Catalan, Galicia, Portugal
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footnotes=Peña is a locational
surname of Catalan (Penya), Galician, and Portuguese origin, meaning "one who lives near a crag (or cliff)". It is sometimes transliterated to "Pena" or "Penna". People with the surname or its variants include:*
Adela Peña (contemporary), American violinist, member of the Eroica Trio
*Alejandro Pena (born 1959), Retired Major League Baseball pitcher from the Dominican Republic
*Brayan Peña (born 1982), Cuban-American baseball player
*Carlos Peña (born 1978), Dominican-American baseball player
*Elizabeth Peña (born 1961), American actress
*Federico Peña (born 1947), American politician, Secretary of Transportation 1993–1997
*Guillermo Gómez-Peña (born 1955), Mexican-American writer and performance artist
*Horacio de la Peña (born 1966), Argentinian tennis player and tennis coach
*Jennifer Peña (born 1983), American pop singer
*Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789–1850), interim President of Mexico
*Luis Sáenz Peña (1822–1907), President of Argentina 1892–1895
*Mario Peña (contemporary), Peruvian congressman
*Paco Peña (born 1942), Spanish Flamenco guitarist
*Pedro Peña , President of Paraguay 1912
*Roque Sáenz Peña (1851–1914), President of Argentina 1910–1914
*Tony Peña (born 1957), Dominican-American baseball player and coach
*Wily Mo Peña (contemporary), Dominican-American baseball player
*Juan Manuel Peña , Bolivian football playerReferences
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