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Diego de Valadés
Diego de Valadés (1533–1582) was a Franciscan friar, writer, and polyglot of New Spain, known for the Rhetorica christiana, a 1579 Latin treatise on preaching illustrated with etchings.
Diego de Vargas
Diego de Vargas, born in Madrid in 1643, was a Spanish governor of New Mexico who led its reconquest and resettlement after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
Diego Della Valle
Diego Della Valle, born in 1953 in Italy's Marche region, is the Italian businessman who built his family's shoe workshop into the luxury group Tod's.
Diego Durán
Diego Durán, born in Seville around 1537, was a Dominican friar in Mexico whose illustrated Historia de las Indias de Nueva España records Aztec rituals, myths, and history.
Diego Dzodan
Diego Dzodan is a technology executive who co-founded the Brazilian social-commerce marketplace Facily in 2018, after serving as vice-president of Facebook for Latin America from 2015 to 2018.
Diego e Victor Hugo (group)
Diego e Victor Hugo, also billed Diego & Victor Hugo, is a Brazilian sertanejo duo formed in 2008 in Uberlândia, best known for the hits 'Facas' and 'Tubarões'.
Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar
Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar, was a Spanish nobleman who served as viceroy of New Spain from 1612 to 1621 and of Peru from 1622 to 1629.
Diego Forlán
Diego Forlán Corazo (born 1979, Montevideo), Uruguayan striker and coach; Golden Ball winner at the 2010 World Cup, 112 caps and 36 goals, Europa League winner with Atlético Madrid, now Uruguay's interim senior coach and U20 coach since August 2026.
Diego Frazão Torquato
Diego Frazão Torquato, 'Diego do Violino' (1997–2010), Brazilian violinist of Rio's AfroReggae String Orchestra, famous for the photo of him weeping at his teacher Evandro João da Silva's 2009 funeral; died of leukemia at 12.
Diego Garcia
Diego Garcia is a coral atoll in the Chagos Archipelago in the central Indian Ocean, the largest island of the group and home to a joint UK-US military base.
Diego García Escobedo
Diego Iván García Escobedo is a Mexican technology entrepreneur who co-founded Clara, a corporate spend-management fintech, in Mexico City in 2020 and heads its product and technology.
Diego Godín
Diego Godín (Diego Roberto Godín Leal, born 1986) is a Uruguayan retired centre-back; 161 caps and Copa América 2011 with Uruguay, nine seasons and eight trophies at Atlético de Madrid, including the 2014 title-winning header at the Camp Nou.
Diego González Holguín
Diego González Holguín was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Peru who wrote the standard early grammar and dictionary of Quechua, published in Lima in 1607 and 1608.
Diego Klattenhoff
Diego Klattenhoff (born 1979, French River, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian actor known as Mike Faber in Homeland and FBI Agent Donald Ressler in The Blacklist (2013-2023), plus Mean Girls and Pacific Rim.
Diego Klein
Diego Klein is a Mexican actor who trained in Spain before returning to Mexico in 2019. He is known for his roles in Mi secreto and Con esa misma mirada.
Diego Lainez
Diego Lainez (Diego Lainez Leyva), Mexican winger born 2000 in Villahermosa; Club América academy debut at 16, Real Betis 2019 for about €14M, Tigres UANL since 2023 with Clausura 2023, Campeón de Campeones and Campeones Cup titles.
Diego Laxalt
Diego Laxalt (Diego Sebastián Laxalt Suárez), Uruguayan left-sided midfielder or left-back born 1993 in Montevideo; 24 Uruguay caps, 2018 World Cup squad, clubs include Inter, Genoa, Milan, Celtic, Dynamo Moscow, Peñarol.
Diego León (footballer, born 2007)
Diego León (Diego Basilio León Blanco) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a left-back for Manchester United, joining in July 2025 from Cerro Porteño.
Diego Llorente
Diego Javier Llorente Ríos (born 1993, Madrid), Spanish centre-back at Real Betis; ex-Real Madrid academy, Rayo Vallecano, Málaga, Real Sociedad, Leeds, Roma loans; 10 Spain caps, 0 goals.
Diego Lopes (fighter)
Diego Lopes, Brazilian UFC featherweight and elite jiu-jitsu grappler from a BJJ family; short-notice 2023 debut vs Evloev, beat Ortega and Jean Silva, lost two title fights to Volkanovski (UFC 314, 325).
Diego Lopez
Diego Lopez refers to several athletes: Spanish footballer Diego López Noguerol (Valencia CF, 2024 Olympic gold), Mexican triathlete Diego López Acosta (2014 Youth Olympics), Mexican Paralympic swimmer Diego López Díaz, and taekwondo athlete Juan Diego Lopez Garcia.
Diego López Pacheco, Marquis of Villena
Diego López Pacheco, Marquis of Villena (Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla), was a Spanish nobleman and the seventeenth viceroy of New Spain, 1640 to 1642.
Diego Luna
Diego Luna (Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander, born 1979) is a Mexican actor, director, and producer, star of Y Tu Mamá También, Rogue One, and Andor, and director of Abel and Cesar Chavez.
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona (Diego Armando Maradona, 1960–2020), Argentine number 10 who won the 1986 World Cup with the Hand of God and Goal of the Century, led Napoli to two Serie A titles, and holds records for World Cup assists and dribbles.
Diego Martins (Brazilian technology entrepreneur)
Diego Torres Martins is a Brazilian technology entrepreneur who co-founded unico, a digital identity and fraud-prevention company, in São Paulo in 2007 and leads it as chief executive officer.
Diego Milito
Diego Milito (Il Principe), Argentine striker born 1979 in Bernal; Racing, Genoa, Zaragoza, Inter. Scored 30 goals in 2009/10, deciding Inter's treble including both 2010 Champions League final goals; now Racing president.
Diego Morales (Indiana politician)
Diego Morales, born in Guatemala in 1979, is an American Republican politician serving as the 63rd Secretary of State of Indiana since his 2022 election, the first Latino elected to statewide office in Indiana.
Diego Murillo Bejarano
Diego Murillo Bejarano (Don Berna, born 1961) is a Colombian ex-paramilitary commander of the AUC's Cacique Nutibara bloc and the Oficina de Envigado, extradited to the US in 2008 and serving a 31-year drug sentence.
Diego Perotti
Diego Perotti (Diego Perotti Almeira), born 1988 in Moreno, Argentina, is a former Argentine winger for Sevilla, Genoa, AS Roma, Fenerbahçe, and Salernitana; a dribbling left-winger called up by Argentina in 2017.
Diego Portales
Diego Portales (1793–1837) was a Chilean politician and merchant who was the virtual ruler of Chile for seven years, shaped the Constitution of 1833, and was killed in the Quillota mutiny in 1837.