Valdez (surname)

Valdez or Valdés is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Al Valdes, Canadian football player
• Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán, Spanish naval officer for whom Valdez, Alaska is named
• Bebo Valdés, (1918–2013), Cuban jazz composer and arranger
• Cayetano Valdés y Flores (1767–1834), Spanish naval officer and explorer
• Chayito Valdez (born 1945), Mexican musician and entertainer
• Chucho Valdés, (born 1941), Cuban jazz musician and pianist
• Cynthia Valdez (born 1987), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
• Germán Valdés (1915–1973), Mexican actor, singer and comedian
• Juan Dominguez y Valdez (1784 -?) military of Texas
• 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
• Juan Valdez, a Costa Rican man who played a role in the Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee litigation
• 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 (born 1983), Paraguayan footballer
• Peter Valdes (died before 1219), founder of the Waldensians
• Ramon Maximiliano Valdés, President of Panama 1916–1918
• Ramón Valdés (1923–1988), Mexican actor
• Rodrigo Valdez (born 1946), Colombian former middleweight boxer
• Roy Valdés (born 1920), Cuban Major League Baseball player
• Víctor Valdés (born 1982), Spanish football goalkeeper
• Wendy Valdez (born 1982), Filipina beauty queen, former reality star, and actress
• Wilmar Valdez (born 1965), Uruguayan football executive
• Gov. Juan Valdez, colonial governor of Texas

Fictional characters

• Juan Valdez, a character appearing in advertisements for Colombian coffee
• Leo Valdez, a character appearing in novels by Rick Riordan