Escalante
Escalante is a family name that may refer to:
- Amat Escalante (* 1979), Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter
- Aníbal Escalante , economist and co-founder of the Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC)
- Bernardino de Escalante (1537–1605), Spanish author who wrote one of the first European books on China
- Dionicio Escalante (* 1990), Mexican soccer player
- Enrique Escalante , Puerto Rican volleyball player
- Fabián Escalante , head of the Cuban secret service
- Fernando Fernández Escalante (1920–2005), Argentine diplomat
- Francis Garcia Escalante , Mexican actor and transvestite
- Francisco Escalante Molina (* 1965), Venezuelan Archbishop, Diplomat of the Holy See
- Francisco Javier Escalante Plancarte (1887–1972), Mexican astronomer
- Francisco Sosa Escalante (1848–1925), Mexican author and historian
- Gonzalo Escalante (* 1993), Argentinian football player
- Heliodoro Escalante Ramírez (1895–1970), Mexican ambassador
- Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda , Spanish writer
- Jaime Escalante (1930-2010), American mathematician of Bolivian descent who campaigned for disadvantaged young people
- Joe Escalante , bass player and drummer for the band The Vandals
- Jorge Luis Volpi Escalante , Mexican writer
- Juan de Escalante , Spanish commander and captain on the Hernán Cortés expedition en route from Cuba to the Aztec empire
- Juan Antonio Escalante (1633–1669), Spanish baroque painter
- Manuel G. Escalante (* ~ 1946), Argentine botanist
- Marlon Escalante (* 1974), Venezuelan football referee
- Ruben Escalante (* 1979), Salvadoran diplomat
- Silvestre Vélez de Escalante , Spanish priest, missionary and explorer
- Wenceslao Escalante , Argentine Minister of Agriculture and Professor of Law
Places:
- Escalante (Cantabria) , Spain
- Escalante, Colorado , in Delta County
- Escalante, Utah , in Garfield County
- Escalante Crossing , in Cochise County, Arizona
- Escalante City , Philippines
- Wenceslao Escalante (Cordoba) , Argentina
Others:
- (5095) Escalante , an asteroid
- Escalante (crater) , a crater on the planet Mars
- Escalante (volcano) , also "El Apagado", a stratovolcano on the Chilean side on the border between Bolivia and Chile
- Escalante (desert) , a desert in the US state of Utah
- Escalante River , a river in the US state of Utah
- Escalante Department , an administrative district in Argentina
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument , a national monument in the US state of Utah
- Río Escalante (Nicaragua) , a river in Nicaragua
- Río Escalante (Venezuela) , a river in Venezuela
- The Escalante , a famous Fred Harvey Company hotel in Ash Fork that closed in 1948
Escalante is a Spanish word for mountaineer
