# Quintana

Quintana may refer to:

## Places

* Quintana (castra), a street in a Roman camp

### Geographic features

* Quintana Island, an Antarctic island

### Settlements, and administrative and political divisions

* Quintana Municipality in São Paulo, Brazil
* Quintana, Texas, United States
* Quintana (Hato Rey), a sector in Puerto Rico
* Quintana (Belmonte), a parish in Asturias, Spain
* Quintana, Álava, a concejo in the Basque Country in Spain
* Quintana (Madrid), a ward in Madrid, Spain
* Quintana de la Serena, municipality in Spain
* Quintana Roo, a state in Mexico
* Quintana y Congosto, a municipality in Spain
* Villarta-Quintana, a municipality in Spain

### Structures and sites

* Estadio Quintana Roo, a football stadium in Quintana Roo
* La Quintana, a library park in Medellin, Colombia
* Quintana (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 5
* Quintana Square, the main square of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

## People

Quintana is a Spanish surname, associated with:
* Alfredo Quintana (1988–2021), Portuguese handballer
* Andrés Quintana Roo (1787–1851), Mexican politician
* Anton Quintana (1937–2017), Dutch writer
* Anxo Quintana (born 1959), Spanish politician
* Quintana Olleros (1851–1919, born Blas Olleros y Quintana), Spanish painter
* Charlie Quintana (1962–2018), US musician
* Carlos Quintana (disambiguation)
** Carlos Quintana (boxer) (born 1976), Puerto Rican boxer
** Carlos Morales Quintana (born 1970), Spanish architect and yachtsman, husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
** Carlos Quintana (baseball) (born 1965), Major League Baseball player
** Carlos Quintana (footballer) (born 1988), Argentine football defender
* Dayer Quintana (born 1992), Colombian professional road bicyclist
* Diego Quintana (born 1978), Argentine footballer
* Dionisio Quintana (born 1957), Cuban javelin thrower
* Gretchen Quintana (born 1984), Cuban heptathlete
* Enrique Quintana
* Enrique Fuentes Quintana (1924–2007), Spanish politician
* Ismael Quintana (1937–2016), Puerto Rican singer
* Janelle Quintana (born 1989), Filipina actress
* José Quintana (born 1989), Major League Baseball player
* Changuito (born 1948; as José Luís Quintana), Cuban percussionist
* José Luis Naranjo y Quintana (born 1944), Mexican politician
* Juan de Quintana (died 1534), Franciscan friar and confessor to the Holy Roman Emperor
* Juan Cortada y Quintana (1821–1889), Puerto Rican politician
* Leona Vicario (1789–1842; as Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo), Mexican independentist rebel
* Lope Conchillos y Quintana (died 1521), Spanish politician
* Manuel Quintana (1835–1906), President of Argentina from 1904 to 1906
* Manuel José Quintana (1772–1857), Spanish writer
* Mário Quintana (1906–1994), Brazilian writer
* Nairo Quintana (born 1990), Colombian racing cyclist
* Rosa Quintana (born 1959), Spanish civil servant and politician
* Sebastián Quintana (born 1983), Uruguayan/Qatari footballer
* Francisco J. Quintana (born 1974), American-Argentinean neuroscientist

### Characters

* Jesus Quintana, a character in the films The Big Lebowski and The Jesus Rolls, portrayed by John Turturro
* Dante Quintana, the main character from the book Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

## Sports

* Quintana Roo Tigres, a Mexican baseball team
* Academia Quintana, a Puerto Rican football team
* Quintana Roo (company), a company that produces time trial bicycles mainly for triathlons

## Biology

* Quintana atrizona, a Cuban fish species in the monotypic genus Quintana
* Bartonella quintana, or Rochalimaea quintana, a bacterium that causes trench fever

## Other uses

* Quintana Roo Speleological Survey of Quintana Roo, Mexico
* Operation Quintana Roo, Mexican anti-narcotics military operation
* Giostra della Quintana, a historical jousting tournament in Foligno, Italy