Cintrón is a surname. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, it may have originated as a nickname derived from an abbreviated form of Spanish cinturón 'belt.'
Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Cintrón (born 1978), Major League Baseball infielder Benjamín Cintrón Lebrón, Puerto Rican politician Carlos Juan Cintrón (1918–1998), mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico from 1957 to 1961 Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Chilean torera (female bullfighter) Edna Cintrón (1954–2001), victim of the September 11 attacks known as the Waving Woman Ivette Cintron, Puerto Rican singer and model Jailene Cintrón (born 1966), Puerto Rican singer and TV personality James Tuller Cintrón, Puerto Rican police superintendent Jeyvier Cintrón (born 1995), Puerto Rican boxer José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (1912–1992), Puerto Rican actor, theater and film director Juan H. Cintrón García (1919–2012), Puerto Rican politician, Mayor of Ponce 1968–1972 Kermit Cintrón (born 1979), Puerto Rican boxer Manolo Cintrón (born 1963), Puerto Rican professional basketball player Manuel Egozcue Cintrón (1855–1906), Basque-born Puerto Rican businessman and politician Nemir Matos-Cintrón (born 1949), Puerto Rican author who currently resides in Florida Nitza Margarita Cintrón (born 1950), Chief of Space Medicine & Health Care Systems Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center Pedro Cintrón, Puerto Rican basketball coach Roberto Feliberti Cintrón (born 1963), Puerto Rican judge Rosendo Matienzo Cintrón (1855–1913), Puerto Rican lawyer and political leader Sharon Cintron (1945–2017), American model and actress Wilfredo Mattos Cintrón (born ), Puerto Rican educator
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