Mendoza is a surname of Basque origin, also occurring as a place name. It means Cold Mountain, from words in the Basque language, mendi (mountain) and (h)otz (cold) + definite article '-a' (Mendoza being mendi+(h)otza). When related to Spain, it usually applies to the descendants of the Mendoza family, an old basque noble family originally from Alava. The spelling of place names in basque has varied from the original 'mendotza' to 'mendontze' in the 1890s, 'mendoche' in the 1920s, 'mendotxe' in the 1980s to the restored original of 'mendotza' being the current.^[1]

People having this name include:

People[link]

In academia

• Roger Lee Mendoza, American economist and scholar

In business

• Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan businessman
• Lorenzo Mendoza, Venezuelan businessman
• Tom Mendoza, Vice Chairman of NetApp, Inc. and namesake of Notre Dame's business school

In the arts and entertainment

• Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer
• Brillante Mendoza, Filipino film director
• Dayana Mendoza, Miss Universe 2008
• Eduardo Mendoza Ceballos, Spanish novelist
• Grace Jones (b. Grace Mendoza), Jamaican-American singer, model, actress
• Hazel Ann Mendoza, Filipina actress
• Linda Mendoza, American film and television director
• Lydia Mendoza, Tex-Mex singer and interpreter of "corridos"
• Mandoza, a South African musician famous for the Kwaito song 50/50
• Marco Mendoza, bass player
• Natalie Mendoza, Hong Kong-born Australian actress and musician
• Rebecca Jackson Mendoza, Australian actress, singer and dancer
• Thristan Mendoza, Filipino musician

In fiction

• Rodrigo Mendoza, fictional character of the movie The Mission

In military

• César Mendoza, Chilean soldier
• Pedro de Mendoza, conquistador
• Bernardino de Mendoza, Captain General

In politics and government

• Antonio de Mendoza, first Viceroy of New Spain
• Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish statesman and ambassador
• Carlos Antonio Mendoza, acting President of Panama
• César Mendoza, Chilean soldier
• Cristóbal Mendoza, First President of Venezuela
• Eduardo Mendoza Goiticoa, a Venezuelan cabinet minister and scientist
• Inés Mendoza, wife of Puerto Rico Governor Luis Muñoz Marín
• Juan González de Mendoza, Spanish minister and historian
• Leandro Mendoza, Philippine Secretary of Transportation and Communications
• Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman
• Susana Mendoza, Chicago, Illinois politician
• Victoria Muñoz Mendoza, Puerto Rico politician

In religion

• Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman

In royalty

• Ana de Mendoza e de la Cerda, Spanish aristocrat
• Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y de Guzmán, Baroness of Polop and Benidorm

In sport

• Alvin Mendoza, Mexican football (soccer) player
• Ana Mendoza, Mexican breaststroke swimmer
• Carlos Mendoza, baseball player
• Daniel Mendoza, English boxer
• Gabriel Mendoza, Chilean football (soccer) player
• Jessica Mendoza, American softball player
• Jesús Mendoza, Mexican football player
• Jonny Mendoza, Venezuelan boxer
• Mario Mendoza, baseball player
• Mike Mendoza, baseball player
• Ramiro Mendoza, baseball player
• Rigoberto Mendoza, Cuban marathon runner
• Saúl Mendoza, disabled athlete

This name may refer to:

See also[link]

• Mendonça (disambiguation), Portuguese variation

References[link]

Lorenzo Mendoza at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2012

Lorenzo Mendoza Giménez (born October 5, 1965) oversees Venezuela's largest privately held company, $ 4 billion (sales) Empresas Polar. He is the son of Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Quintero and Leonor Giménez Pocaterra.

Early life[link]

Mendoza received his Bachelors Degree at Fordham University and an M.B.A. in 1993 from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Personal life[link]

He is married to Maria Alexandra Pulido Mendoza, He has six children.

See also[link]

• List of billionaires - $4.1 Billion

External links[link]

• Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People

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Indio Solari performing in Uruguay

Indio Solari (born Carlos Alberto Solari, 17 January 1949) is an Argentine singer and musician. He was the leader of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota between 1976 and 2001. He, "Semilla" Bucciarelli and Skay Beilinson have been the only constant members of the group.

After the separation of Los Redondos, started his first solo work in 2004: El Tesoro de los Inocentes (Bingo Fuel), together with band Los Fundamentalistas del Aire Acondicionado. His last disc was released in December 2007 Porco Rex and El Perfume de la Tempestad in 2010. This was much less complex and very poetic.^{[original research?]} In the prologue he says: “Loneliness is the playing yard of Porco Rex.”

Discography[link]

With Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota[link]

• Gulp! (1985)
• Oktubre (1986)
• Un Baión para el Ojo Idiota (1987)
• ¡Bang! ¡Bang!!... Estás Liquidado (1989)
• La Mosca y la Sopa (1991)
• En Directo (1992)
• Lobo Suelto - Cordero Atado (1993)
• Luzbelito (1996)
• Último Bondi a Finisterre (1998)
• Momo Sampler (2000)

With Los Fundamentalistas del Aire Acondicionado[link]

• El Tesoro de los Inocentes (Bingo Fuel) (2004)
• Porco Rex (2007)
• El Perfume de la Tempestad (2010)

With Lito Vitale[link]

• Escuchame en el Ruido (2006)

External links[link]

• Indio Solari (in Spanish)
• Indio Solari's words (in Spanish)
• Porco Rex (in Spanish)

Carlos Ramón Mendoza (born November 4, 1974) is a former professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets (1997) and Colorado Rockies (2000), primarily as an outfielder. He batted and threw left-handed.

In a two-season career, Mendoza hit .182 with one RBI and no home runs in 28 games.

Mendoza currently serves as a coach for the Class-A Charleston RiverDogs in the South Atlantic League.^{[1][not in citation given]}

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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