Villalobos (surname)

Villalobos is a Spanish surname (meaning town of wolves) and common in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and Italy

Villalobos is a city in the province of Zamora in Spain which derives its name from Spanish villa "town" and lobos "wolves". The element villa was used for someone who lived in a village, as opposed to an isolated farmhouse or in the town. The word was later used of a group of houses forming a settlement.

Arts, music, and letters

• Carlos Villalobos (composer) (born 1975), American composer and musician
• Carmen Villalobos (born 1983), Colombian actress
• Gina Villalobos (born 1970), American singer-songwriter (daughter of Reynaldo, below)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), Brazilian classical composer
• Horacio Villalobos (born 1970), Mexican TV host and actor
• Kyle Alessandro, full name Kyle Alessandro Helgesen Villalobos (born 2006), Norwegian singer
• Ligiah Villalobos (first credit 2000), Mexican-American film producer
• Lupe Vélez, full name Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (1908–1944), Mexican film actress
• Osmariel Villalobos (born 1988), Venezuelan TV show host and Miss Earth Venezuela 2011
• Reynaldo Villalobos (born 1940), American cinematographer and director (father of Gina, above)
• Ricardo Villalobos (born 1970), Chilean-German DJ and music producer
• Yadhira Carrillo, full name Yadhira Carrillo Villalobos (born 1972), Mexican actress
• Kyle Alessandro, full name Kyle Alessandro Helgesen Villalobos (born 2006), Norwegian-Spanish singer and songwriter

Athletes

• Alberth Villalobos (born 1995), Costa Rican footballer
• Benji Villalobos (born 1988), Salvadoran footballer
• Eli Villalobos (born 1997), American baseball player
• Enrique Villalobos (born 1965), Spanish basketball player
• Josh Villalobos (born 1985), Puerto Rican footballer
• Kenia Villalobos (born 1999), Mexican paratriathlete
• Manuel Villalobos (born 1980), Chilean footballer
• Pablo Villalobos (born 1979), Spanish long-distance runner
• Saúl Villalobos (born 1991), Mexican footballer

Politics, law, and government

• Celia Villalobos (born 1949), Spanish politician
• Denise Villalobos, American politician
• J. Alex Villalobos (born 1963), American politician (grandson of Lolo, below)
• Joaquín Villalobos (born 1951), Salvadoran politician
• José Ángel Córdova Villalobos (born 1953), Mexican politician
• Josefina Villalobos (1924–2025), American-born Colombian-Ecuadorian public servant, First Lady of Ecuador (1992–1996)
• Juan Henríquez de Villalobos (1630–1689), Spanish soldier and governor of Chile
• Lolo Villalobos (1913–1997), Cuban politician (grandfather of J. Alex, above)
• Nervis Villalobos, Venezuelan politician
• Ruy López de Villalobos (1500–1544), Spanish explorer
• Sergio Villalobos (born 1930), Chilean historian

Other

• Francisco López de Villalobos, (1474–1549), Spanish physician and author
• Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla (1921–2022), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
• Maria Cristina Villalobos, American mathematician
• Román Arrieta Villalobos (1924–2004), Costa Rican Roman Catholic archbishop

Fictional people

• Esmeralda Villalobos, fictional character in the film Pulp Fiction

See also

• Villalobos (disambiguation)