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Andrés Bzurovski

Andrés Bzurovski Bay is a Uruguayan fintech entrepreneur who co-founded the cross-border payments company dLocal in 2016, Uruguay's first unicorn in 2020 and the first Uruguayan company to go public in the United States.

Andres Campo

Andrés Campo is a Spanish techno DJ and producer from Huesca, known for a long-running residency at Florida 135 and for co-founding the label EI8HT in 2019.

Andrés Castellanos-Gómez

Andrés Castellanos-Gómez is a Spanish materials scientist and Research Professor at CSIC in Madrid, known for seminal work on strain engineering of atomically thin 2D semiconductors.

Andrés Cervantes

Andrés Cervantes is a Spanish medical oncologist, Scientific Director of the INCLIVA institute in Valencia, who researches colorectal cancer and led ESMO as president from 2023 to 2024.

Andres Cortes

Andres Cortes ('Savage', born 1997) is an undefeated American boxer from Las Vegas, 25-0 (13 KOs), junior lightweight turned lightweight, ex-Top Rank now Zuffa Boxing; key wins over Nova, Garcia, and Magsayo (2026).

Andrés Cuenca

Andrés Cuenca (Andrés Cuenca Cejudo), Spanish left-footed centre-back born 2007 in Adamuz, Córdoba. La Masia product, Barcelona Champions League debutant 2024, UEFA Youth League and Spain U19 Euro 2026 winner, now at Como 1907 on loan at Sporting Gijón.

Andrés de Olmos

Andrés de Olmos was a Franciscan friar and missionary in New Spain, author of the Arte de la lengua mexicana, the first complete surviving grammar of Nahuatl, finished in 1547.

Andrés de Urdaneta

Andrés de Urdaneta (1508–1568) was a Basque navigator and Augustinian friar who discovered the tornaviaje, the eastward Pacific return route from the Philippines to New Spain.

Andres E. Leschziner

Andrés E. Leschziner is an Argentine-born structural biologist, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Weill Cornell since 2025, who uses cryo-EM to study dynein and LRRK2.

Andrés Eloy Blanco

Andrés Eloy Blanco was a Venezuelan poet and politician, born in 1896, best known for the poem "Píntame angelitos negros" and for dying in exile in Mexico in 1955.

Andrés Escobar

Andrés Escobar, full name Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga, was a Colombian defender for Atlético Nacional who was murdered in 1994, ten days after an own goal at the World Cup.

Andrés F. Weintraub Pohorille

Andrés F. Weintraub Pohorille is a Chilean operations researcher at the University of Chile, elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2012 and awarded Chile's National Prize in Applied Sciences in 2000.

Andres Fanjul

Andres Fanjul is an American sugar executive and one of four Fanjul brothers who run Florida Crystals, the West Palm Beach sugar company their Cuban refugee family founded in 1960.

Andrés Galarraga

Andrés "Big Cat" Galarraga (El Gran Gato), born 1961 in Caracas, Venezuelan MLB first baseman, 1985-2004; 399 HR, .288, 1993 NL batting title with Rockies; two-time cancer survivor and 2000 Comeback Player of the Year; distinct from pitcher Armando Galarraga.

Andrés García

Andrés García (Andrés García García, 1941–2023), Dominican-born Mexican actor and telenovela galán, star of Chanoc, Pedro Navaja, Tú o nadie and El cuerpo del deseo; died in Acapulco at 81.

Andres Gazzotti

Andrés Gazzotti (1896–1984), Argentine 9-goal polo player; captained Argentina to 1936 Berlin Olympic gold, beating Mexico 15-5 and Great Britain 11-0; won 1931 US Open and 1938 Argentine Open.

Andrés Guardado

Andrés Guardado (El Principito), Mexican midfielder born 1986 in Guadalajara; record 182 caps for Mexico across five World Cups; won Eredivisie titles with PSV and Copa del Rey with Betis; retired 2024, now coaching.

Andrés Hidalgo

Andrés Hidalgo (Andrés Hidalgo Alonso) is a Spanish immunologist known for research reframing neutrophils as a heterogeneous population, and is Professor of Immunobiology at Yale.

Andrés Holguín

Andrés Holguín, born Andrés Holguín Holguín (1918–1989), was a Colombian poet, translator, critic, and diplomat from Bogotá whose anthologies of Colombian and French poetry became reference works.

Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete

Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete, was a Spanish nobleman who served as the third viceroy of Peru from 1556 until his death in 1560.

Andrés Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta Luján (born 1984) is a retired Spanish midfielder, Barcelona legend with 674 appearances and 32 trophies, 2010 World Cup final match-winner, Euro 2008 and 2012 champion, later at Vissel Kobe and Emirates Club.

Andres Jäschke

Andres Jäschke (born 1962) is a German chemist and professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at Heidelberg University, known for discovering NAD-capped bacterial RNAs and developing super-resolution RNA imaging methods.

Andrés Jose García

Andrés Jose García, also known as Andrés J. García, is an American bioengineer at Georgia Tech who designs biomaterials for regenerative medicine and was elected to both the National Academy of Engineering and Medicine in 2021.

Andrés LNG Terminal

The Andrés LNG Terminal is an LNG import, storage, and regasification terminal near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, commissioned by AES in February 2003 and still the country's only onshore LNG import terminal.

Andres Lozano

Andrés M. Lozano is a Spanish-born neurosurgeon at the University of Toronto and University Health Network known for pioneering deep brain stimulation for depression, anorexia, and Alzheimer's disease.

Andrés Manjón

Andrés Manjón (1846–1923) was a Spanish priest, jurist, and pedagogue who founded the Escuelas del Ave María, free Catholic schools for the poorest children in Granada.

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán (Andy), son of former Mexican president AMLO, was Morena's Secretary of Organization (Oct 2024–May 2026), later left to seek a Tabasco deputy seat; his US visa was revoked in 2026 amid denied allegations.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), born 1953 in Tabasco, president of Mexico 2018–2024 and founder of MORENA; earlier PRD leader, Mexico City mayor, three-time presidential candidate.

Andrés Mazali

Andrés Mazali (1902–1975) was a Uruguayan goalkeeper nicknamed El Buzo who spent his career at Nacional and won Olympic gold with Uruguay in 1924 and 1928.

Andrés Montoyo

Andrés Montoyo, full name Juan Andrés Montoyo Guijarro, is a Spanish computer scientist and full professor at the University of Alicante, known for word sense disambiguation and opinion mining.