Baez

For the village in Villa Clara Province, Cuba, see Báez.

Báez or Baez is a surname of Hispanic origin meaning "son of Pelayo"^[1] (Peláez > Páez > Báez). As of 2008, it was the 20th most popular surname in Paraguay.^[2]

People

People having this surname include:

• Albert Baez (1912–2007), physicist, father of Joan Baez
• Anthony Baez (1965–1994), victim of NYPD police brutality
• Danys Báez (born 1977), Cuban baseball player
• Javier Báez (born 1992), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Joan Baez (born 1941), American folk singer
• John C. Baez (born 1961), mathematical physicist, cousin of Joan Baez
• José Báez (disambiguation), several people
• Luis Báez (born 2004), Dominican baseball player
• Luis Báez de Torres (born c. 1565; fl. 1607), Iberian maritime explorer
• Maria Baez, a former New York City councilwoman
• Maria Baez, a fictional detective on the TV series Blue Bloods
• Michel Báez (born 1996), Cuban baseball player
• Myrna Báez, painter and printmaker
• Pedro Báez (born 1988), Dominican baseball player
• Ramón Buenaventura Báez (1812–1884), president of the Dominican Republic
• Ramón Báez (1858–1929), provisional president of the Dominican Republic
• Ramón Báez III, Dominican businessman and sportsman
• Ramón Báez IV (born 1956), Dominican businessman, jailed from the collapse of Banco Intercontinental
• Sebastián Báez (born 2000), Argentinian professional tennis player
• Xavier Báez (born 1987), Mexican football player

See also

• All pages with titles containing Baez