Urueta is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlos Adolfo Urueta (1873–1931), Colombian diplomat and politician Chano Urueta (1904–1979), Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor Cordelia Urueta (1908–1995), Mexican artist Fernando Francisco Gómez-Mont Urueta (born 1963), Mexican politician Leonor Urueta (born 1954), Mexican swimmer Luis Urueta (born 1981), Colombian baseball coach Margarita Urueta (1918–2004), Mexican writer