De las Casas (surname)

De las Casas is a Spanish surname, more famously worn by Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566), Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. Other notable people with the surname include:

• Alberto de las Casas (died 1544), Catholic church figure
• Arán de las Casas (born 1989), Venezuelan actor and singer
• Dianne de Las Casas (1970–2017), Philippine-born American author and storyteller
• Emmanuel de Las Cases (1766-1842), French noble and writer
• Francisco de las Casas (1461–1536), 16th-century Spanish conquistador
• Horacio González de las Casas (1942–2025), Mexican politician
• José de Urrutia y de las Casas (1739–1803), Spanish captain general and military engineer
• Juan Bautista de las Casas (d. 1811), 18th-century Tejano revolutionary
• Julio Jesús de las Casas (born 1945), Venezuelan sports shooter
• Luis de Las Casas (1745–1800), Spanish Governor of Cuba
• Luis Felipe de Las Casas Grieve (1916–1988), Peruvian politician and engineer
• Manuel de las Casas (1940–2014), Spanish architect
• Mario de las Casas (1905–2002), Peruvian footballer

Fictional characters

• Yunior de Las Casas, the subject of two short story collections by author Junot Diaz

See also

• Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, a municipality in the department of Alta Verapaz
• San Cristóbal de las Casas, a town and municipality located in the state of Chiapas
• San Cristóbal de las Casas National Airport