Ximénez (surname) explained
Ximénez or Ximenez is a Spanish family name. Variants include Giménez (or Gimenez), Jiménez (or Jimenez), and Ximenes.
Notable people with the name or pseudonym include:
- Fortún Ximénez (died 1533), Spanish sailor who led a mutiny during an early expedition along the coast of Mexico
- Francisco Ximénez (1666 - 1729), Spanish Catholic priest known for his conservation and translation of the Popol Vuh
- Francisco Ximénez de Tejada (1703 - 1775), the 69th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- José Ximénez (1601 - 1672), Spanish organist and composer
- Juan Ximenez and his father Miguel Ximénez (artist), Spanish Renaissance painters
- Juan Ximénez Cerdán (1355 - 1435), lawyer and legal theorist, Justicia Mayor of the Kingdom of Aragon 1390–1423
- Mariana Diaz Ximenez, (born 1983), East Timorese athlete who specialises in the marathon
- Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez (1824 - 1900), Uruguayan political figure
- Miguel Ximénez (born 1977), Uruguayan footballer (striker)
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