Polanco (surname)
Polanco is a Spanish surname of noble lineage originating from the municipality of Polanco, Cantabria in Spain. Notable people with the surname include:
- Juan Alfonso de Polanco (1517-1576)- Spanish Jesuit Priest, secretary to Ignatius of Loyola and only person present at Loyola's deathbed
- Polanco family, noble family from Santillana del Mar, Cantabria that extended to other parts of Spain and America in the 17th-18th century
- Polanco (painters), two brothers active in 17th century Valencia, Spain as painters
- Jesús Polanco (1929–2007), Spanish businessman and founder of El Pais and media empire Grupo PRISA. Ranked in Forbes' richest list 2006
- Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (1614-1685), prolific Spanish composer, father of the Spanish Opera and of the Zarzuela
- Alfonso Polanco, mayor of Palencia,Spain since 2011
- Nicolás Manrique de Lara y Polanco, noble title holder of the Marquesado de Lara in Peru in 1739
- Eduardo Saenz de Buruaga y Polanco, prominent Spanish military General, recipient of the Military Medal of Spain
- Tomas Polanco Alcantara, Venezuelan writer and historian, recipient of the Order of Isabella the Catholic in Spain
- Antonio Botín Polanco, Spanish writer from Santander, Cantabria
- Luis Polanco, Governor of the municipality of Toledo, Spain in 1886
- Francisco Polanco, Spanish baroque painter based in Sevilla in the 17th century
- Gaspar Polanco Borbón, prominent Dominican military commander and President
- Raymundo Polanco Alegría, Dominican military Air Force commander and businessman in the commercial aviation industry
- Dalilah Polanco, Mexican actress
- Amelia Vega Polanco, Miss Universe 2003
- Santiago Polanco-Abreu (1920–1988), Puerto Rican politician
- Richard G. Polanco, American Politician, former California State Senate Majority Leader and member of California State Assembly
- Mario Polanco, Guatemalan human rights activist
- Plácido Polanco (born 1975), Dominican-American Major League Baseball infielder
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