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Biography
Infobox family name| name = López| image = Spanish surnames by province of residence.png| caption = López in the Spanish provinces| meaning = "son of Lope" ( Wolf )| region = Italy Spain | language = Spanish| search = Lopez| related names = Lopes, Lopas, Lopaz, Lupo (Italian), Lupescu (Romanian), Ochoa/Otxoa López is a common surname in the Spanish language (it can also lack the acute accent in a not purely hispanophone context). It was originally a patronymic , meaning Son of Lope , Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus , meaning wolf . The surname is first attested in Old Castile in the heart of Spain , where the name originated in Visigoths|Visigothic times , http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/lopez-family-crest.htm however the name is not of Germanic language origin, but from Latin or Italian. Its Portuguese language|Portuguese equivalent is Lopes , its Italian language|Italian equivalent is Lupo (surname)|Lupo , its Romanian language|Romanian equivalent is Lupescu or Lupu, its Catalan language|Catalan equivalent is Llopis . López is the most common Spaniards in the United Kingdom#Hispanic Surnames|Spanish surname in the United Kingdom .citation needed|date=October 2010
People
Politicians
Adolfo López Mateos , Mexican president
Alfonso López Caballero , Colombian politician
Alfonso López Michelsen , President of Colombia
Alfonso López Pumarejo , President of Colombia
Andrés Manuel López Obrador , Mexican politician
Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876), Mexican general and dictator
Antonio López-Istúriz White , Spanish politician member of the European Parliament
Carlos Lopez-Barillas , Guatemalan Photographer Lopez-barillas
American Ballet Theatre#Soloists|Carlos Lopez American Ballet Theatre soloist
Donald Lopez , American Air Force fighter and test pilot
Eugenio Lopez , Filipino patriarch, founder of the Lopez Group of Companies (one of the Philippines largest business conglomerates)
Felipe López (archer)
Fernão Lopez , first permanent resident of the island of Saint Helena
Francisco Solano López (comics)|Francisco Solano López , Argentine comics artist
Gabe Lopez , American singer-songwriter and producer
García López de Cárdenas , Spanish conquistador
George A. Lopez , American academic
Gerardo I. Lopez , CEO and President, AMC Theaters
Graciano Lopez Jaena , Filipino hero
Inaki López (José Ignacio López de Arriortúa), automotive executive, accused by General Motors of stealing intellectual property when hired by Volkswagen in 1992 http://www.newsweek.com/id/115045/page/3
Jennifer Lopez (meteorologist) , meteorologist for KXAS-TV
Jesús López-Cobos , Spanish conductor
Jimmy Lopez , Peruvian composer
Jose M. Lopez , American Medal of Honor recipient
Kathryn Jean Lopez , American conservative columnist
Lourdes Lopez , New York City Ballet principal dancer
