This is a list of real and fictional people with the surname Samaniego. A Adriano Samaniego, Paraguayan football striker Agatha Samaniego, fictional character in the Philippine television series Juan Happy Love Story played by Filipino actress Kim Domingo D Daniel Torres Samaniego, Mexican competition swimmer Danilo Samaniego, Ecuadorian football player Diego González Samaniego, Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mondoñedo E Enrique Samaniego, Paraguayan harpist and composer Estanislao Struway Samaniego, former Paraguayan soccer midfielder F Félix María de Samaniego, Spanish neoclassical fabulist Filoteo Samaniego, Ecuadorian novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat J Jesús Adrián Rodríguez Samaniego, Mexican radio journalist Jorge Samaniego, dancer and choreographer José Antonio Manso de Velasco y Sánchez de Samaniego, Spanish soldier, 1st Count of Superunda, governor of Chile, and viceroy of Peru Joseph Ruiz Samaniego, maestro de capilla at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza José Ramón Gil Samaniego, Mexican actor best known as Ramón Novarro Juan de Samaniego y Xaca, Spanish military officer and Governor of New Mexico L Lilian Samaniego (born 1965), Paraguayan pharmaceutical chemist and politician M Marcial Samaniego López, Paraguayan general, author, and government official R Roberto Durán Samaniego, Panamanian professional boxer best known as Roberto Durán S Santiago Samaniego, professional boxer See also Spanish-language surnames Lists of people by surname