{{wiktionary}} '''Cardenal''' is a surname of Spanish origin. People with that name include:
* Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020), Nicaraguan cleric and liberation theologian * Fernando Cardenal (1934–2016), Nicaraguan cleric and liberation theologian * José Cardenal (born 1943), Cuban-American former baseball player * José Francisco Cardenal (born 1940), Nicaraguan businessman and rebel * Juan Pablo Cardenal (born 1968), Spanish journalist and sinologist * Katia Cardenal (born 1963), Nicaraguan singer/songwriter * Peire Cardenal (1180–1278), Occitan troubadour * Salvador Cardenal (1960–2010), Nicaraguan singer/songwriter * Xavier Chamorro Cardenal (1932–2008), Nicaraguan editor of ''El Nuevo Diario'', a Nicaraguan newspaper
==See also== * Cardenal Caro (disambiguation) * Cardenal Quintero Municipality, in the Venezuelan state of Mérida * Cardinal (disambiguation) * Cardinale, a surname
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