Santiago (surname)

Santiago is both a Spanish and Portuguese surname. The surname Santiago was first found in Galicia, Spain. There are other forms that are shortened versions of Santiago: Sant, Santo, Sancto, Sancti, Sanct, Sanctis Santi. Also, these spellings apply to all the righteous men of the Calendar of the days of the Patron Saints. Santiago is a habitational name from any of the numerous places named for the dedication of churches to St. James (Sant Iago).

People

 * Adalberto Santiago (born 1937), salsa singer
 * Americo Santiago (born 1951), American politician
 * Anuel AA (born 1992), Puerto Rican singer
 * Benito Santiago (born 1965), Puerto Rican baseball catcher
 * Benito Santiago Jr. (born 1989), son of the above; Puerto Rican basketball player
 * Brytiago, Puerto rican singer
 * Carlos E. Santiago, economist and educator; Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee[307]
 * Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago (1918–1963), beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001; first Puerto Rican and first Caribbean-born layperson to be beatified
 * Charles Santiago (born 1960), Malaysian politician
 * Daniel Santiago (born 1976), former NBA basketball player
 * Eddie Santiago (born 1955), salsa singer
 * Eduardo Santiago Delpín, surgeon; wrote the first book in Spanish about organ transplants
 * Elena Santiago (1941–2021), Spanish writer
 * Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948), author
 * Emile Santiago (1899–1995), American costume designer
 * Ezequiel Santiago (1973–2019), American politician
 * Hector Santiago (born 1987), American baseball player
 * Héctor Santiago-Colón (1942–1968), posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
 * Herman Santiago (born 1941), rock n roll singer; composed song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
 * Hugo Santiago (1939–2018), film director
 * Irene Santiago, peace negotiator from the Philippines
 * Joey Santiago (born 1965), guitarist of the Pixies and The Martinis
 * Jordan Santiago (born 1991), Canadian soccer player and coach
 * Luis Santiago (1977–2005), Filipino TV director
 * Manuela Santiago Collazo (1936–2010), Mayor of Vieques
 * Margaret Santiago (1931–2018), American museum registrar
 * María Elena Santiago (born 1932), widow of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly
 * Marikit Santiago (born 1985), Filipina-Australian artist
 * Marvin Santiago (1947–2004), Puerto Rican salsa music singer
 * Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016), Filipino politician
 * Nellie R. Santiago (born 1943), New York state senator
 * O. J. Santiago (born 1974), NFL player
 * Rafael Santiago Maria (born 1984), a Brazilian footballer known as Santiago
 * Ramón Santiago (born 1979), American baseball player and coach
 * Randy Santiago (born 1960), Filipino singer and actor
 * Renoly Santiago (born 1974), actor
 * Richard Santiago (born 1970), a Puerto Rican boxer
 * Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born 1956), actor and playwright
 * Saundra Santiago (born 1957), actress
 * Sonia Santiago (born 1966), a ballerina in Germany
 * Tony Santiago (born 1950), military historian
 * Vidal Santiago Díaz (1910–1982), political activist; barber of Pedro Albizu Campos and uncle of the novelist Esmeralda Santiago
 * Zoraida Santiago (born 1952), singer and composer
 * Melvin Jose Santiago Aponte, integrated marketing expert working for Univision Hartford-Springfield, broadcast sales and production
 * Dr Jose Martínez Santiago, scientist and founder of The Formulation Studio based in London

Fictional characters

 * Amy Santiago, a detective in Brooklyn's ninety-ninth precinct in the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine
 * Bobby Santiago, a supporting character in The Loud House and main character in The Casagrandes
 * Ronnie Anne Santiago, Bobby's sister in The Loud House and The Casagrandes
 * Maria Santiago, Bobby and Ronnie Anne's mother in The Loud House and The Casagrandes
 * Arturo Santiago, Bobby and Ronnie Anne's father in The Loud House and The Casagrandes
 * Colonel Corazon Santiago, a faction leader in the PC strategy game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
 * Mila Santiago, a character in Belgian series Ghost Rockers
 * President Luis Santiago, in the television series Babylon 5
 * Omar Santiago, in the television series Harsh Realm
 * Raphael Santiago, a vampire from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, as well as The Bane Chronicles, by the same author
 * William Santiago, a member of the United States Marine Corps who was murdered at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in the movie A Few Good Men
 * Santiago, a character in Mike Resnick's novels Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986), and The Return of Santiago (2003)
 * Santiago, a character on the United States television show Friday Night Lights, set in Texas (based on Buzz Bissinger's book)
 * Santiago, the main character of Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist
 * Santiago, a character in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
 * Santiago, the titular character of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea