Montoya

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Montoya is a Basque surname. It originally comes from a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava, in the Basque region of northern Spain.^[1] During the Reconquista, it extended southwards throughout Castille and Andalusia. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys^{[citation needed]}. It has become more frequent among Gitanos than among the general Spanish population.^[2]

People with the surname Montoya include:

• Al Montoya (born 1985), American ice hockey goaltender in the American Hockey League
• Aldo Montoya, a former ring persona of American professional wrestler Peter Polaco (born 1973), better known as Justin Credible
• Carlos Montoya (1903–93), Spanish flamenco guitarist and son of Ramón Montoya
• Craig Montoya (born 1970), American rock musician
• Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian cocaine trafficker on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
• Gabriel Montoya, (1868–1914), French chansonnier
• Gustavo Montoya (1905–2003), Mexican painter
• José Montoya (1932–2013), Chicano bilingual poet
• Joseph Montoya (1915–78), U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Juan Pablo Montoya (born 1975), Colombian motor racing IndyCar driver and former NASCAR and Formula One driver
• Martín Montoya (born 1991), Spanish association football player
• Matilde Montoya (1859–1939), presumably the first female physician in Mexico to hold an academic degree
• Ramón Montoya (1880–1949), Spanish flamenco guitarist and father of Carlos Montoya
• Ramón Montoya (baseball), Mexican ballplayer (See Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Las Hermanas Montoya, RCA/Victor recording artists. Latin Sister Singing Group

Fictional characters:

• Carmelita Montoya Fox, fictional female INTERPOL officer from the Sly Cooper series of video games
• Fritz Montoya, character in the Honorverse
• Inigo Montoya, fencer from William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride and the movie from the novel
• Nemi Montoya, Norwegian comic book character
• Renee Montoya, police detective in DC Comics’ Gotham City Police Department
• Josefina Montoya, American Girl character residing in Santa Fe in 1824