List of Famous people with last name Anaya

Ignacio Anaya García was a Mexican executive chef and restaurateur, who invented the popular snack nachos.

Elena Anaya Gutiérrez is a Spanish actress whose career started in 1995. She starred alongside Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In, for which she won the Goya award for Best Actress. She is also known for her roles in Van Helsing, Habitación en Roma (Room in Rome) and Doctor Poison in Wonder Woman.

José Antonio González Anaya is a Mexican economist who served as the minister of finance and public credit of Mexico until November 30, 2018. Previously he served as CEO of PEMEX and general director at the Mexican Social Security Institute. Also at the Ministry of Finance in Mexico he was: Undersecretary of Revenue; Chief of Staff of the Minister and head of the Unit of Coordination with States; head of the Unit of Pensions, Insurance and Securities; and chief of staff of the undersecretary. He was a lecturer and senior researcher at Stanford University; senior economist for Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru at the World Bank.

Rudolfo Anaya was an American author. Noted for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima, Anaya was considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature. The themes and cultural references of the novel, which were uncommon at the time of its publication, had a lasting impression on fellow Latino writers. It was subsequently adapted into a film and an opera.

Américo Villarreal Anaya is a Mexican cardiologist and politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement and the current Governor of Tamaulipas. He is the son of Américo Villarreal Guerra, Governor of Tamaulipas from 1987 to 1993. He previously served as a senator for the state.

Toney Anaya is an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as the 26th governor of New Mexico from 1983 to 1987.

Carlos Anaya (1777–1862) was a Uruguayan politician and historian.