Villanueva (surname)

Villanueva is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abdiel Villanueva (Track and Field Athlete and Engineer) (1987) Puerto Rico
• Alejandro Villanueva (footballer) (1908–1944), Peruvian football (soccer) player
• Alejandro Villanueva (American football) (born 1988), American Football Player for Pittsburgh Steelers
• Alex Villanueva, American law enforcement officer, Los Angeles County sheriff since 2018
• Alex Villanueva (soccer) (born 2002), American soccer player
• Anthony Villanueva (1945–2014), Filipino boxer, represented Philippines in Olympics
• Antonio Villanueva (born 1940), Mexican runner
• Armando Villanueva (1915–2013), Peruvian politician, full name Armando Villanueva del Campo
• Carlos Villanueva (baseball) (born 1983), Dominican professional baseball player in USA
• Carlos Villanueva (footballer) (born 1986), Chilean football (soccer) player
• Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900–1975), Venezuelan architect
• Cesar L. Villanueva, Philippine attorney and professor
• Charlie Villanueva (born 1984), Dominican-American basketball player for the NBA
• Christian Villanueva (born 1991), Mexican professional baseball player
• Danny Villanueva (1937–2015), American football kicker for the NFL
• Darío Villanueva, Spanish literary critic
• Eddie Villanueva (Eduardo Villanueva, born 1946), religious and political figure in the Philippines
• Eduar Villanueva (born 1984), Venezuelan Olympic middle distance runner
• Edgar David Villanueva, Peruvian congressman
• Enrico Villanueva, Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippines
• Héctor Villanueva (born 1964), Puerto Rican professional baseball player in USA
• José Villanueva, amateur boxer from the Philippines
• Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva, Spanish priest, historian and writer.
• José Luis Villanueva (born 1981), Chilean football (soccer) player
• Juan de Villanueva (1739–1811), Spanish neoclassical architect
• Karen Villanueva (born 1998), Mexican rhythmic gymnast
• Lord Villanueva (born 1975), Filipino associate justice of the Sandiganbayan
• Mariana Villanueva (born 1964), Mexican composer
• Matthías Villanueva (born 1993), Chilean football (soccer) player
• Muriel Villanueva i Perarnau (born 1976), Spanish writer
• Nathanael Villanueva (born 1995), Filipino football (soccer) player
• Raul Villanueva (born 1963), Filipino associate justice of the Supreme Court
• Rene Villanueva (1954–2007), Filipino author published in the Philippines
• Ron Villanueva (born 1970), American politician serving in the Virginia House of Delegates
• Sal Villanueva, American record producer (1999–2007)
• Vicente Villanueva (1924–2014), Peruvian footballer