Canales (surname)

Canales is a Spanish surname, and may refer to:

• Anel Canales (born 1978), Panamanian footballer
• Antonio Canales Rosillo (1802–1852), a 19th-century Mexican politician, surveyor, and military general
• Blanca Canales (1906–1996), educator and Puerto Rican Nationalist
• Carla Dirlikov Canales, American mezzo-soprano singer
• Diosa Canales (born 1987), Venezuelan singer, actress, and model
• Enrique Canales (1936–2007), technologist, editor, political analyst, painter and sculptor
• Evaristo Merino Canales (died 1930), ninth Mayor of the commune of Pichilemu
• Felipe González de Canales, one of the founders of the Escuelas Familiares Agrarias (Agrarian Family Schools)
• Fernanda Canales (born 1974), Mexican architect, designer, critic and curator of Mexican architecture
• Fernando Canales Clariond (born 1946), Mexican politician and businessman affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN)
• Fernando J. Canales (born 1959), former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico and swimming coach
• Francisco Canales (born 1957), Puerto Rican former swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Gustavo Canales (born 1982), Argentine-born Chilean footballer
• Jimena Canales, Mexican-American physicist and engineer, award-winning historian of science and author
• Joaquín Canales (born 1962), Salvadoran former footballer
• Johnny Canales (born 1947), former Tejano singer, host of The Johnny Canales Show
• Jose Antonio Canales Rivera (born 1974), Spanish bullfighter
• José Ferrer Canales (1913–2005), educator, writer and a pro-independence political activist
• José Francisco Canales (born 1987), football goalkeeper
• José Tomás Canales (1877–1976), American lawyer, writer, businessman, and politician
• Juan Bosco Maino Canales (died 1976), photographer, political activist, opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile
• Juan Díaz Canales (born 1972), Spanish comics artist and an animated film director, co-creator of Blacksad
• Kaleb Canales (born 1978), American basketball assistant coach
• Laura Canales (1954–2005), American Tejano musician, an original inductee in the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame
• Lorea Canales, lawyer, journalist, translator and writer
• Lourdes Quiñones Canales (born 1953), Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI
• Manuel Martínez Canales (1928–2014), known as Manolín, Spanish professional footballer
• María Torre Canales (born 1974), Mexican politician from the New Alliance Party
• Marisa Canales (born 1959), Mexican flute player
• Marta Canales (1893–1986), Chilean violinist, choral conductor and composer
• Máximo Canales or Paul del Rio (1943–2015), Venezuelan sculptor, painter and revolutionary
• Mike Canales (born 1961), American college football coach and former player
• Nemesio Canales (1878–1923), Puerto Rican writer, politician and activist who defended women's civil rights
• Nicolás Canales (born 1985), Chilean footballer that plays as a striker for Deportes Temuco
• Ricardo Canales (born 1982), Honduran footballer
• Sergio Canales (born 1991), Spanish professional footballer
• Susana Canales (1933–2021), Spanish film and television actress
• Terry Canales, Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, serving since 2013
• Vic Canales, American radio and television personality of Spanish descent
• Viola Canales (born 1957), American writer originally from McAllen, Texas

See also

• Canales, Spain
• Chozas de Canales, Spain
• Villa Canales, Guatemala
• Canales Reservoir, Spain
• Canales de la Sierra, Spain
• Llera de Canales, Tamaulipas, Mexico
• Canale (disambiguation)
• Canal (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Canales
• All pages with titles containing Canales