Villalobos (surname)

Villalobos is a Spanish surname (meaning town of wolves) and common in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Italy

Villalobos is a city in the province of Zamora in Spain which derives its name from Spanish villa "town" and lobos "wolves". The element villa was used for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an isolated farmhouse or in the town. The word was later used of a group of houses forming a settlement.

Arts, music, and letters

 * Carlos Villalobos (born 1975), American composer and musician
 * Carmen Villalobos (born 1983), Colombian actress
 * Gina Villalobos (born 1970), American singer-songwriter (daughter of Reynaldo, below)
 * Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), Brazilian classical composer
 * Horacio Villalobos (born 1970), Mexican TV host and actor
 * Ligiah Villalobos (first credit 2000), Mexican-American film producer
 * Lupe Vélez, full name Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (1908–1944), Mexican film actress
 * Osmariel Villalobos (born1988), Venezuelan TV show host and Miss Earth Venezuela 2011
 * Reynaldo Villalobos (born 1940), American cinematographer and director (father of Gina, above)
 * Ricardo Villalobos (born 1970), Chilean-German DJ and music producer
 * Yadhira Carrillo, full name Yadhira Carrillo Villalobos (born 1972), Mexican actress

Athletes

 * Alberth Villalobos (born 1995), Costa Rican footballer
 * Benji Villalobos (born 1988), Salvadoran footballer
 * Eli Villalobos (born 1997), American baseball player
 * Enrique Villalobos (born 1965), Spanish basketball player
 * Josh Villalobos (born 1985), Puerto Rican footballer
 * Manuel Villalobos (born 1980), Chilean footballer
 * Pablo Villalobos (born 1979), Spanish long-distance runner
 * Saúl Villalobos (born 1991), Mexican footballer

Politics, law, and government

 * Celia Villalobos (born 1949), Spanish politician
 * J. Alex Villalobos (born 1963), American politician (grandson of Lolo, below)
 * Joaquín Villalobos (born 1951), Salvadoran politician
 * José Ángel Córdova Villalobos (born 1953), Mexican politician
 * Juan Henríquez de Villalobos (1630–1689), Spanish soldier and governor of Chile
 * Lolo Villalobos (1913–1997), Cuban politician (grandfather of J. Alex, above)
 * Nervis Villalobos, Venezuelan politician
 * Ruy López de Villalobos (1500–1544), Spanish explorer
 * Sergio Villalobos (born 1930), Chilean historian

Other

 * Francisco López de Villalobos, (1474-1549), Spanish physician and author
 * Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla (1921–2022), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
 * Maria Cristina Villalobos, American mathematician
 * Román Arrieta Villalobos (1924–2004), Costa Rican Roman Catholic archbishop

Fictional people

 * Esmeralda Villalobos, fictional character in the film Pulp Fiction