title: Bedoya (surname)
text: # Bedoya (surname)
  
  Bedoya is a common surname in Spanish-speaking countries. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * Alfonso Bedoya (1904–1957), Mexican actor, frequently in U.S. films
  * Lucía Bedoya, Colombian actress and model
  * Miguel Harth-Bedoya (born 1968), Peruvian conductor
  
  ## Politics and government
  
  * Alvaro Bedoya (born 1982), American privacy advocate and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominee
  * Carlos García-Bedoya (1925–1980), Peruvian diplomat
  * Felipe Francisco Molina y Bedoya, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Central America
  * Harold Bedoya Pizarro (1938–2017), former General and Commander of the Colombian National Army
  * Hernán Bedoya (died 2017), Colombian land rights activist
  * Javier Bedoya (born 1948), Peruvian politician and former Congressman from Lima (2006–2011 term)
  * Jineth Bedoya Lima (born c. 1974), Colombian journalist and advocate
  * José Díaz de Bedoya, member in Paraguayan Triumvirate following death of Francisco Solano López from November to December 1870
  * José Manuel García Bedoya, Peruvian politician in the early 1930s
  * Luis Bedoya Reyes (1919–2021), Peruvian Christian Democrat politician in the late 1960s
  * María Dolores Bedoya (1783–1853), Guatemalan independence activist
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Alejandro Bedoya (born 1987), American soccer player
  * Gerardo Bedoya (born 1975), Colombian footballer
  * Jorge Bedoya (1929–2001), Argentinian equestrian
  * John Jairo Bedoya Jr., known professionally as "Xavier" (1977–2020), American wrestler
  * Miguel Bedoya (born 1986), Spanish footballer
  * Yhonatan Bedoya (born 1996), Colombian footballer
  
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