Diego (given name)

Diego is a very common male given name of Spanish origin – also used in Portuguese-speaking countries, Italy and France. It may refer to:

• Diego, a variety of footballers who are known as simply Diego (see article);
• Diego de Oviedo, 10th-century Asturian prelate;
• Diego de León, 12th-century Leonese prelate;
• Diego de Orense, 12th-century Galician prelate;
• Diego de Asturias, 16th-century Spanish Royal heir who died at age 7;
• Diego Abatantuono, Italian actor and screenwriter;
• Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador;
• Diego Alonso, Uruguayan football (soccer) player;
• Diego Aventín, Argentine race car driver;
• Diego Bengolea, Bolivian football (soccer) player;
• Diego Buñuel, French journalist;
• Diego Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer;
• Diego Camacho, Bolivian tennis player;
• Diego Capel, Spanish football (soccer) player;
• Diego Colón, 4th viceroy of New Spain;
• Diego Corrales, American boxer;
• Diego Deza, Spanish theologian and inquisitor;
• Diego Domínguez, Italian-Argentine rugby union player;
• Diego Durán, Spanish Dominican friar;
• Diego Forlán, Uruguayan football (soccer) player;
• Diego Gelmírez, first archbishop of Compostela;
• Diego Godín, Uruguayan football (soccer) player;
• Diego Gonzalez, Mexican singer, musician and actor – often known simply as Diego;
• Diego Hartfield, Argentine tennis player;
• Diego Herrera, Ecuadorian football (soccer) player;
• Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast;
• Diego Klimowicz, Argentine footballer;
• Diego de Landa, 16th-century bishop of Yucatán;
• Diego Latorre, Argentine football (soccer) player;
• Diego Lugano, Uruguayan football (soccer) player;
• Diego Luna, Mexican actor;
• Diego Maradona, Argentine football (soccer) player and coach;
• Diego Martínez, Mexican football (soccer) player;
• Diego Masson, French music conductor and composer;
• Diego Milito, Argentine football (soccer) player;
• Diego Morales, Mexican boxer;
• Diego Nargiso, Italian tennis player;
• Diego Pérez (footballer), Uruguayan football (soccer) player;
• Diego Pérez (tennis), Uruguayan tennis player;
• Diego Portales, Chilean politician;
• Diego Sebastián Ribas, Uruguayan football (soccer) player;
• Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian football (soccer) player;
• Diego Rivera, Mexican painter;
• Diego Rivero, Argentine football midfielder;
• Diego Sanchez, American mixed martial artist;
• Diego Seguí, Cuban baseball pitcher;
• Diego Serna, Colombian football (soccer) player;
• Diego Silang, Philippine revolutionary leader;
• Diego Siloe, Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor;
• Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer and coach;
• Diego de Souza Andrade, Brazilian football (soccer) player;
• Diego de Souza Carballo, Uruguayan football (soccer) player;
• Diego de Souza Gama Silva, Brazilian football (soccer) player;
• Diego Tardelli, Brazilian football (soccer) player;
• Diego Torres, Argentine singer and composer;
• Diego Tristán, Spanish football (soccer) player;
• Diego de Vargas, governor of New Spain;
• Diego Velázquez, 17th century Spanish painter;
• Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador.

Fictional characters

• Diego, a saber-toothed tiger of the film series Ice Age;
• Diego Alcazar, a character in the TV series General Hospital;
• Diego Márquez, cousin of Dora the Explorer with his own spinoff TV show Go, Diego, Go!;
• Diego Armando, the defence attorney from Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations, who is mostly seen under the name Godot (who becomes a prosecutor).

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See also

• Juan Diego