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), Acting President of El Salvador in 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
• José Luis Rosales (born 1943), Salvadoran sports shooter
• José Manuel Ramírez Rosales (1804–1877), Chilean painter
• José Rosales (footballer) (born 1993), Guatemalan footballer
• 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 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 (born 1989), Spanish footballer
• Voltaire Y. Rosales, Filipino judge
• William Rosales Pérez (1954–2013), Puerto Rican politician

See also

• Rosas (surname), a which Rosales is a spelling variation

Surname list

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