Maldonado (surname)

Maldonado is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Don Hernando Maldonado (Hernán Pérez De Aldana) founder of this surname created after winning an honour duel with a said "Guillaume" or "William" (Possibly either William IX "The Troubadour" Duke of Aquitaine, William II "The Conqueror" Duke Of Normandy, or William the Son of Hugh, "Le Grand" ou "Le Maisné" Count of Vermandois) and hence forcing "The Amorous" King Philip I Of France to "Badly Give" him five golden Fleurs De Lis for his coat of arms in order to spare the said man's Life, which (due to there being three Fleurs De Lis in the coat of arms of the Royal House of France to symbolize their honor) was a humiliation that implied that Don Hernando's family was more honorable than the Royal House of France. (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
 * Abel Maldonado (born 1967), American politician, 47th Lieutenant Governor of California
 * Alana Maldonado (born 1995), Brazilian Paralympic judoka
 * Alejandro Maldonado (athlete) (born 1977), Argentine Paralympic athlete
 * Alexis Maldonado (born 1997), Argentine professional footballer
 * Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Spanish explorer of the 16th century
 * Ángel Maldonado (born 1973), Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper
 * Candy Maldonado (Cándido Maldonado Guadarrama) (born 1960), Puerto Rican baseball player
 * Carlos Maldonado (born 1963), Venezuelan football (soccer) player
 * Claudio Maldonado (born 1980), Argentine composer-performer
 * Claudio Maldonado (born 1980), Chilean football (soccer) player
 * Eduardo Maldonado (born 1968), Bolivian politician
 * Estuardo Maldonado (born 1928), Ecuadorian sculptor and painter
 * Fabio Maldonado (born 1980), Brazilian boxer and mixed martial arts fighter
 * Francisco Maldonado (1480–1521), leader of the rebel Comuneros in the Revolt of the Comuneros, who was captured and beheaded at the Battle of Villalar, Spain
 * Francisco José Maldonado (born 1981), Spanish football (soccer) player
 * Francisco Maldonado da Silva (1592–1639), Argentine physician and religious scholar executed by the Inquisition
 * Giancarlo Maldonado (born 1982), Venezuelan football (soccer) player
 * Gonzalo Maldonado (disambiguation), several people
 * Guillermo Maldonado (pastor), the co-founder of El Rey Jesus
 * Guillermo Maldonado (racing driver) (born 1952), Argentine retired racing driver
 * Gunner Maldonado, American football player
 * Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968), Mexican / Italian composer
 * Jesús E. Maldonado, American geneticist
 * Joseph Maldonado-Passage (born 1963), American former zoo operator and convicted felon
 * Juan Maldonado
 * Juan Maldonado (humanist) (1485–1554), Spanish humanist and writer of a.o. Somnium
 * Juan de Maldonado y Ordóñez de Villaquirán (1525–1572), Spanish conquistador in Venezuela and Colombia, founder of San Cristóbal, Venezuela
 * Juan de Maldonado (16th century), governor of Cartagena (1554–1555)
 * Juan (de) Maldonado (1533–1583), Spanish Jesuit
 * Juan Villanueva Maldonado (16th century), Spanish conquistador and founder of Macas, Ecuador
 * Juan Álvarez Maldonado (16th century), Spanish conquistador of Peru, who wrote about Paititi
 * Juan Pacheco Maldonado (16th century), Spanish explorer of Morong, Rizal and Maynila, Philippines
 * Juan Maldonado de Villasante (17th century), governor of Costa Rica
 * Juan Manuel Maldonado (19th century), Mexican colonel involved in the foundation of Piedras Negras, Coahuila
 * Juan Maldonado Waswechia Beltran (1857–1901), Mexican indigenous leader of the Yaqui resistance
 * Felix Juan ("Felo") Maldonado (1938–2010), Puerto Rican baseball manager
 * Juan L. Maldonado (1948–2018), administrator of Laredo Community College, Texas
 * Juan Mayr Maldonado (b. 1952), photographer and ambassador of Colombia to Germany
 * Juan Maldonado Jaimez (b. 1982), Brazilian football player
 * Juan Carlos Maldonado (b. 1986), Argentine football player
 * Juan Gabriel Maldonado (b. 1990), Paraguayan football player
 * Kirstin Maldonado (born 1992), an American solo singer, also a vocalist of the American a cappella group Pentatonix
 * Lourdes Maldonado (born 1973), Spanish journalist
 * Lourdes Maldonado López (1954–2022), Mexican journalist
 * María José Maldonado (born 1985), Paraguayan beauty queen and singer
 * Maria Maldonado (born 1982), American beauty queen
 * Marisol Maldonado (born 1970?), American fashion model, wife of musician Rob Thomas
 * Martín Maldonado (born 1986), Puerto Rican professional baseball player
 * Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768), indigenous Zapotec painter in New Spain (now Mexico)
 * Mildred Maldonado (born 2001), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
 * Nancy L. Maldonado (born 1975), American lawyer
 * Norman Maldonado (born 1985), Puerto Rican hematologist, former president of the University of Puerto Rico
 * Pastor Maldonado (born 1985), Venezuelan racing driver
 * Patricia Maldonado (writer) (born 1956), Argentine-Brazilian writer
 * Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704–1748), Ecuadorian scientist
 * Pedro De Jesús Maldonado Lucero (1892-1937), Mexican Saint, Catholic Priest from Chihuahua, Martyr of the Cristero War
 * Raul Maldonado (born 1975), Argentine retired football player
 * Santiago Maldonado (1989–2017), his death became a political scandal in Argentina
 * Theresa A. Maldonado, American electrical engineer and academic administrator
 * Tomás Maldonado (1922–2018), Argentine painter, designer, and thinker, Scientific Design movement theorist
 * Tomás Maldonado Cera (born 1971), Colombian serial killer
 * Víctor Maldonado (born 1939), Venezuelan hurdler