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Diego is a Spanish and Portuguese name derived from the Latin "Didacus," popularized by Saint Didacus of Alcalá. Popular etymology sometimes connects the name Santiago (a contraction of "Sant Iago", from the Latin "Sanctus Iacobus", meaning "Saint James") with San Diego, but they are not etymologically related. Diego is also the name of a Blood type.
Some well known bearers of the name include,
- Diego Maradona — Argentine football Legend
- Diego Ribas da Cunha — football player for Brazil and Werder Bremen
- Diego Sánchez — Winner of Ultimate Fighter Season 1 reality series Middle Weight division
- Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin — The first Mexican saint.
- Diego Rivera — Mexican painter and muralist
- Diego de Montemayor — Spanish-born founder of Monterrey, Mexico
Fictional characters
- Don Diego de la Vega — the secret identity of Zorro
- Diego — Dora's cousin in Dora the Explorer and its spin-off Go, Diego, Go!
- Diego — a smilodon in the animated films Ice Age and its sequel Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
- DIEGO VERGARA -- the famous Hopewell Center fiend
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