Caballero (surname)

Caballero, a common surname deriving from the Spanish word caballero , meaning "knight", "gentleman", or "vaquero"; can refer to:

Academics

• Alberto Caballero (astronomer), Spanish astronomer
• Francis Caballero, French lawyer and academic
• Manuel Caballero, Venezuelan historian
• María Emilia Caballero, Mexican mathematician
• Pino Caballero Gil (born 1968), Spanish computer scientist
• Ricardo J. Caballero, Chilean economist

Clergy

• Félix Caballero, Dominican priest
• Juan Caballero y Ocio, priest

Performers

• Elizabeth Caballero, Cuban-American soprano
• Eula Caballero, Filipina actress
• Flavio Caballero, Colombian actor
• Jordi Caballero, Spanish actor
• Jorge Caballero (actor), Mexican actor
• Roxann Caballero (born 1958), American actress and director, known as Roxann Dawson, R. Biggs, R. Biggs-Dawson

Politicians

• Anna Caballero, member of the California State Assembly
• Bernardino Caballero, President of Paraguay from 1880 until 1886 and founder of the Colorado Party
• Enrique Caballero Peraza, Mexican medical doctor, psychologist and politician
• Francisco Largo Caballero, Spanish politician and trade unionist
• Guillermo Caballero Vargas, Paraguayan politician and businessman
• Javiera Caballero, American politician
• Raymond Caballero, the mayor of El Paso, Texas from 2001 until 2003

Sportspeople

• Celestino Caballero, Panamanian boxer
• Fabián Caballero, Argentine footballer
• Gabriel Caballero, Mexican footballer
• Jean Caballero, French footballer
• Jorge Luis Caballero Torres, Mexican footballer
• Jorge López Caballero, Colombian footballer
• José Caballero (baseball), Panamanian baseball infielder
• Luis Caballero (footballer), Paraguayan footballer
• Mauro Caballero, Paraguayan footballer
• Miguel Caballero Ortega, Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner
• Putsy Caballero, American baseball infielder
• Randy Caballero, Nicaraguan-American boxer
• Roberney Caballero (born 1995), Cuban footballer
• Samuel Caballero, Honduran football defender
• Steve Caballero, professional skateboarder
• Willy Caballero, Argentinian soccer player

Others

• Diego Caballero, Conquistador
• Eugenio Caballero, Mexican production designer
• Fernán Caballero, pseudonym adopted from the name of a village in the province of Ciudad Real by the Spanish novelist Cecilia Francisca Josefa Arrom de Ayala
• Guy Caballero, a character in the Canadian sketch comedy series SCTV portrayed by Joe Flaherty
• María Cristina Caballero, Colombian journalist
• Raimundo Diosdado Caballero, Catholic miscellaneous writer