Tejada (surname)

The distribution of Spanish births, are most common in Seville with 9.57% of people with the surname and it being their first surname, Madrid (7.90%), Barcelona (7.85%), Granada (6.83%) and Badajoz (6.71%).^[1]

• Cosme Gómez Tejada de los Reyes (died c. 1661), Spanish writer, poet and dramatist
• Manuel de Velasco y Tejada (born 17th c.), Spanish commander
• Martín Fernández de Navarrete y Ximénez de Tejada (1765–1844), Spanish sailor and historian
• Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (1812–1861), Mexican statesman and leader of the Revolution of Ayutla
• Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (composer) (1869–1941), Mexican composer
• Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823–1889), jurist and Liberal president of Mexico
• Manuel Aguirre de Tejada (1827–1911) Spanish politician and lawyer
• José Joaquín Tejada (1867–1934), Cuban painter
• José Luis Tejada Sorzano (1882–1938), 34th President of Bolivia, 23rd Vice President of Bolivia
• Gabriel Gosálvez Tejada (1899–1957), Bolivian economist and diplomat
• Francisco Elías de Tejada y Spínola (1917–1978), Spanish scholar and politician
• Lidia Gueiler Tejada (1921–2011), 56th President of Bolivia
• Luis García Meza Tejada (1929–2018), 57th President of Bolivia
• Raquel Tejada (1940–2023), American actress
• Alberto Tejada Noriega (born 1956), Peruvian football referee
• John Tejada (born 1974), Mexican-American music producer
• Miguel Tejada (born 1974), Dominican baseball player
• Carlos Tejada (born 1980), Venezuelan volleyball player
• Luis Tejada (born 1982), Panamanian football player
• Francisco Jiménez Tejada (born 1986), Spanish football player
• Rubén Tejada (born 1989), Panamanian baseball player