List of Famous people named Alonso
Alonso Medel
Alonso Ignacio Medel Araya is a Chilean badminton player. In 2016, he won the Chile International tournament in men's doubles event partnered with Diego Castillo and the runner-up in mixed doubles event partnered with Mickaela Skaric. He represented his country competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Alonso de Mendoza
Alonso de Mendoza was a Spanish captain, conquistador, and the founder of the city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz. He was appointed by Pedro de la Gasca, the "Peacemaker," to found the city to commemorate the peace in the Peruvian colonies after the defeat of the Pizarro brothers.
Alonso de Covarrubias
Alonso de Covarrubias was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the Renaissance, active mainly in Toledo.
Alonso Rodriguez
Alphonsus (Alonso) Rodriguez, born in 1538 at Valladolid, Spain, and died 21 February 1616 at Seville, was a Spanish Jesuit priest and spiritual writer of renown. His writings, a single book, underline much the ascetical dimension of religious life.
Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo I, arzobispo de Sevilla [1464 - 1473]
Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ávila (1445–1454), Archbishop of Seville, and Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1465–1469).
Alonso de León
Alonso de León "El Mozo" was explorer and governor, who led several expeditions into the area that is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas.
Alonso de Ojeda
Alonso de Ojeda was a Spanish explorer, governor and conquistador. He travelled through Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Curaçao, Aruba and Colombia. He navigated with Amerigo Vespucci who is famous for having named Venezuela, which he explored during his first two expeditions, for having been the first European to visit Guyana, Curaçao, Colombia, and Lake Maracaibo, and later for founding Santa Cruz.
Alonso de Zuazo
Alonso de Zuazo was a Spanish lawyer and colonial judge and governor in New Spain and in Santo Domingo. He served in New Spain during the period of Hernán Cortés's government and before the appointment of the first viceroy. He was a member of all of the various triumvirates that governed the colony between October 12, 1524 and May 23, 1525, in the absence of Cortés.
Alonso Llano Ruiz
Alonso Llano Ruiz was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop.
Alonso de Alvarado
Alonso de Alvarado Montaya González de Cevallos y Miranda (1508–1555) was a Spanish conquistador and knight of the Order of Santiago.