List of Famous people with last name Velazquez

Teresa Velázquez was a Mexican actress. She appeared in 86 films and television shows between 1957 and 1996. She starred in the film Young People, which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival. She died on 7 January 1998 in Mexico City after a long battle with colon cancer.

Nadine E. Velázquez is an American actress and model known for her roles as Catalina Aruca on My Name Is Earl and Sofia Ruxin on The League. She has also appeared in films such as War and Flight, and was a cast member on the TV series Major Crimes.

John R. Velazquez is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both years was given the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. He was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, rode his 5,000th winner in 2013, and became the leading money-earning jockey in the history of the sport in 2014.

Andrew Velazquez is an American professional baseball infielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, and Baltimore Orioles.

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period. He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, culminating in his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).

Manuel Velázquez Villaverde was a Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Julián Alberto Velázquez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club Tijuana as a centre back.

Lorena Velázquez is a Mexican actress and former beauty pageant titleholder.

Gerardo de Jesús Velázquez Molina is a Mexican actor, voice actor and singer.

José Manuel "Sema" Velázquez Rodríguez, is a Venezuelan football defender. He is playing for Deportivo Táchira and he is also playing for the Venezuela national football team.