Mendoza (name)

Mendoza is a common Spanish surname. The Portuguese version is Mendonça.

People:

• Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman
• Pedro de Mendoza, conquistador
• Daniel Mendoza, British boxer
• Saúl Mendoza, disabled athlete
• Mario Mendoza, baseball player
• Carlos Mendoza, baseball player
• Ramiro Mendoza, baseball player
• Thristan Mendoza, Filipino musician
• Lorenzo Mendoza, Venezuelan businessman
• Alvin Mendoza, Mexican football player
• Jesús Mendoza, Mexican football player
• Ines Mendoza, wife of Luis Munoz Marin
• César Mendoza, Chilean soldier
• Victoria Muñoz Mendoza, Puerto Rico politician
• Rodrigo Mendoza, fictional character of the movie The Mission

Places:

• Mendoza, a city in Argentina, the capital of Mendoza Province, both of which were named for the conquistador

Other:

• The mendoza is a musical instrument, see monkey stick
• The Codex Mendoza, a pre-Columbian document of Mexico
• Mendoza Line, a baseball term