Tamayo (surname)

Tamayo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 1942), Cuban cosmonaut
 * Francisco Tamayo (1902-1985), Venezuelan botanist
 * Franz Tamayo (1878–1956), Bolivian intellectual
 * Gustavo Tamayo, Colombian ophthalmologist
 * Jeff Tamayo, pioneer of Taekwondo and military officer in the Philippines
 * José Luis Tamayo (1858–1947), Ecuadorian president
 * Juan José Tamayo (born 1946), Spanish theologian
 * Manuel Tamayo y Baus (1829–1898), Spanish dramatist
 * María Fernanda Tamayo, Ecuadorian police official
 * Misael Tamayo Hernández (1952–2006), Mexican journalist
 * Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991), Mexican painter