Ximénez (surname)

Ximénez or Ximenez is a Spanish family name. Variants include Giménez (or Gimenez), Jiménez (or Jimenez), and Ximenes.

Notable people with the name or pseudonym include:


 * Fortún Ximénez (died 1533), Spanish sailor who led a mutiny during an early expedition along the coast of Mexico
 * Francisco Ximénez (1666–1729), Spanish Catholic priest known for his conservation and translation of the Popol Vuh
 * Francisco Ximénez de Tejada (1703–1775), the 69th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
 * José Ximénez (1601–1672), Spanish organist and composer
 * Juan Ximenez and his father Miguel Ximénez (artist), Spanish Renaissance painters
 * Juan Ximénez Cerdán (1355–1435), lawyer and legal theorist, Justicia Mayor of the Kingdom of Aragon 1390–1423
 * Mariana Diaz Ximenez, (born 1983), East Timorese athlete who specialises in the marathon
 * Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez (1824–1900), Uruguayan political figure
 * Miguel Ximénez (born 1977), Uruguayan footballer (striker)