Árbenz is a surname that may refer to the Guatemalan political family of Swiss origin: Arabella Árbenz (1940–1965), Guatemalan model and actress Jacobo Árbenz (1913–1971), President of Guatemala Jacobo Árbenz Vilanova (born 1946), Guatemalan politician María Cristina Vilanova Castro de Árbenz (1915–2009), First Lady of Guatemala and wife of Jacobo