# Rosales (surname)

Rosales is used as a name in historic and current Spanish countries. Notable people with the name include:
* José de Patiño y Rosales (1666–1736), Spanish statesman
* José Rosales Herrador (1827–1891), Provisional President of El Salvador from 18 June 1885 to 22 June 1885
* Vicente Pérez Rosales (1807–1886), Spanish politician and traveller
* Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales (1799–1865), Costa Rican politician
* Adam Rosales, American baseball player
* Albenis Antonio Rosales (born 1983), Venezuelan judoka
* Andrea Rosales Castillejos (born 1991), Venezuelan model and beauty pageant titleholder
* Angelo Kelly-Rosales (born 1993), Honduran-American footballer
* Antonio Ruiz-Rosales (born 1984), Mexican tennis player
* Armando Romero Rosales (born 1950), Mexican politician
* Benito Rosales (1795–1850), Nicaraguan politician, head of state in 1849
* Brian Rosales Sarracent (born 1995), Cuban footballer
* Carmen Rosales, Filipino actress
* Catalina Rosales, Mexican Paralympic athlete
* Celia Zaldumbide Rosales (1926–2014), Ecuadorian pianist, teacher, and cultural manager
* César Miguel Rosales Tardío (born 1970), Peruvian footballer
* Cristofer Jordan Rosales González (born 1994), Nicaraguan professional boxer
* Edmund Rosales, Filipino astronomer and meteorologist and a former president of the Philippine Astronomical Society
* Damian Rosales (born 1991), Mexican born American soccer player
* Eduardo Rosales (1836–1873), Spanish artist
* Elena Gallegos Rosales (1882–1954), Salvadoran-born wife of the 24th President of Costa Rica
* Elisa Ochoa (1897–1978), the first woman elected to the Philippine Congress in 1941
* Elvira Rodríguez Leonardi de Rosales, Argentine politician
* Etta Rosales, Filipino human rights activist
* Exar Javier Rosales Sánchez (born 1984), Peruvian footballer
* Fabiana Rosales Guerrero (born 1992), also known as Fabiana Rosales de Guaidó, Venezuelan journalist and social media human rights activist
* Gaudencio Rosales, Cardinal and Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
* Guillermo Rosales (1946–1993), Cuban novelist
* Harmonia Rosales, American artist
* Hector Rosales (born 1958), Uruguayan poet and writer
* Isabel Rosales Pareja (1895–1961), Ecuadorian piano prodigy
* Jaime Rosales, Honduran football player
* Jaime Rosales (director), Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer
* Jennifer Rosales, Filipino golfer
* Jericho Rosales, Filipino actor
* Jonathan Rosales (born 1998), American soccer player
* José Luis Rosales (born 1943), Salvadoran sports shooter
* José Manuel Ramírez Rosales (1804–1877), Chilean painter
* Julio Rosales, Cardinal Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
* Jūratė Regina Statkutė de Rosales, Lithuanian-born Venezuelan journalist and researcher
* Kris Rosales (born 1990), Filipino-American professional basketball player
* Leo Rosales, American baseball player
* Lina Rosales (born 1928), Spanish film and television actress
* Luis Rosales, Spanish poet
* Luis Ortiz Rosales, Spanish graphic artist
* Manuel Rosales, Venezuelan politician
* Mauricio Rosales (born 1992), Argentine professional footballer
* Mauro Rosales, Argentine football player
* Mayra Rosales (born 1980), American woman known for being, at one point, the heaviest living woman
* Manuel Rosales (organ builder), American organ builder
* Michel Rosales (born 1983), Mexican professional boxer
* Miguel Angel Rosales, Guatemalan-born architect and urban designer
* Miguel Rosales (born 1961), principal designer of Rosales + Partners, an architecture firm based in Boston
* Milangela Rosales (born 1987), Venezuelan race walker
* Paulo Rosales (born 1984), Argentine footballer
* Reynaldo Rosales, American actor
* Ricardo Rosales (footballer) (born 1993), Argentine-born Chilean professional footballer
* Ricardo Rosales (politician) (1934–2020), head of the Guatemalan Party of Labour
* RJ Rosales, Filipino-Australian singer and actor
* Roberto Rosales, Venezuelan football player
* Rosa Rosales, American political activist
* Rubén Alonso Rosales (1925–2000), Salvadoran political figure
* Samuel Rosales Olmos, Mexican politician
* Saudy Rosales Beneditt (born 1985), Costa Rican footballer
* Sergio Rosales, Venezuelan conductor
* Thomas Rosales, Jr. (born 1948), American actor and stuntman
* Ulises Rosales del Toro, Cuban general
* Vannesa Rosales (born 1989), Venezuelan activist and teacher
* Víctor Rosales (1776–1817), Mexican military
* Victor Vazquez Rosales, Spanish footballer
* Voltaire Y. Rosales, Filipino judge
* William Rosales Pérez (1954–2013), Puerto Rican politician