Maldonado is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:Abel Maldonado, American politician, 47th Lieutenant Governor of California Alana Maldonado, Brazilian Paralympic judoka Alejandro Maldonado (athlete), Argentine Paralympic athlete Alexis Maldonado, Argentine professional footballer Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Spanish explorer of the 16th century Ángel Maldonado (footballer), Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper Candy Maldonado, Puerto Rican baseball player Carlos Maldonado (footballer), Venezuelan football (soccer) player Claudio Maldonado, Chilean football (soccer) player Claudio Maldonado (musician), Argentine composer-performer Cristóbal Maldonado (1950–2019), Paraguayan footballer Eduardo Maldonado, Bolivian politician Estuardo Maldonado, Ecuadorian sculptor and painter Fabio Maldonado, Brazilian boxer and mixed martial arts fighter Francisco Maldonado (1480–1521), leader of the rebel Comuneros in the Revolt of the Comuneros, who was captured and beheaded at the Battle of Villalar, Spain Francisco José Maldonado, Spanish football (soccer) player Francisco Maldonado da Silva (1592–1639), Argentine physician and religious scholar executed by the Inquisition Giancarlo Maldonado, Venezuelan football (soccer) player Gonzalo Maldonado (disambiguation), several people Guillermo Maldonado (pastor), the co-founder of El Rey Jesus Guillermo Maldonado, Argentine retired racing driver Gunner Maldonado, American football player Javier Torres Maldonado, Mexican / Italian composer Jesús E. Maldonado, American geneticist Joseph Maldonado-Passage, American former zoo operator and convicted felon Juan Maldonado Juan Maldonado (humanist) (1485–1554), Spanish humanist and writer of a.o. Somnium Juan de Maldonado y Ordóñez de Villaquirán (1525–1572), Spanish conquistador in Venezuela and Colombia, founder of San Cristóbal, Venezuela Juan de Maldonado, governor of Cartagena (1554–1555) Juan (de) Maldonado (1533–1583), Spanish Jesuit Juan Villanueva Maldonado, Spanish conquistador and founder of Macas, Ecuador Juan Álvarez Maldonado, Spanish conquistador of Peru, who wrote about Paititi Juan Pacheco Maldonado, Spanish explorer of Morong, Rizal and Maynila, Philippines Juan Maldonado de Villasante, governor of Costa Rica Juan Manuel Maldonado, Mexican colonel involved in the foundation of Piedras Negras, Coahuila Juan Maldonado Waswechia Beltran (1857–1901), Mexican indigenous leader of the Yaqui resistance Felix Juan ("Felo") Maldonado (1938–2010), Puerto Rican baseball manager Juan L. Maldonado (1948–2018), administrator of Laredo Community College, Texas Juan Mayr Maldonado, photographer and ambassador of Colombia to Germany Juan Maldonado Jaimez, Brazilian football player Juan Carlos Maldonado, Argentine football player Juan Gabriel Maldonado, Paraguayan football player Kirstin Maldonado, an American solo singer, also a vocalist of the American a cappella group Pentatonix Lourdes Maldonado, Spanish journalist Lourdes Maldonado López (1954–2022), Mexican journalist María José Maldonado, Paraguayan beauty queen and singer Maria Maldonado, American beauty queen Marisol Maldonado, American fashion model, wife of musician Rob Thomas Martín Maldonado, Puerto Rican professional baseball player Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768), indigenous Zapotec painter in New Spain Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast Nancy L. Maldonado, American lawyer Norman Maldonado, Puerto Rican hematologist, former president of the University of Puerto Rico Pastor Maldonado, Venezuelan racing driver Patricia Maldonado (writer), Argentine-Brazilian writer Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704–1748), Ecuadorian scientist Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero (1892-1937), Mexican priest, saint and martyr Raul Maldonado, Argentine retired football player Santiago Maldonado (1989–2017), his death became a political scandal in Argentina Theresa A. Maldonado, American electrical engineer and academic administrator Tomás Maldonado (1922–2018), Argentine painter, designer, and thinker, Scientific Design movement theorist Tomás Maldonado Cera, Colombian serial killer Víctor Maldonado, Venezuelan hurdler