José Martínez Limeño

José Martínez Limeño
Martínez
Personal information
Birth nameJosé Martínez Ahumada
Full nameJosé Isaac Martínez Ahumada
NicknamePepe Limeño
NationalitySpanish
Born(1936-09-19)19 September 1936
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain
Died18 December 2015(2015-12-18) (aged 79)
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain
Home townSanlúcar de Barrameda
OccupationBullfighter
Years active1951–1971
AgentEnrique Barrilaro Martínez
José Gómez "Sevillano"
(apoderados)
ChildrenJosé Luis Martínez
Parents
  • Juan ("Chocolate") Martínez Ávila (father)
  • Concepción ("Concha") Ahumada (mother)
Relative(s)Juan Luís Martínez Ahumada (brother)
Antonio Martínez Ahumada (brother)
Miguel Ángel Martínez Ahumada (brother)
Manuel Martínez Ahumada (brother)
Katherine Adams Martinez (granddaughter)
Other interestsBusiness, reviewing bulls

José Isaac Martínez Ahumada (Spanish: [xoˈse isaˈak maɾˈtineθ auˈmaða]; 19 September 1936 – 18 December 2015), known as Limeño (Spanish: [liˈmeɲo]), was a Spanish bullfighter from Andalusia whose heyday was in the 1960s. Three of his brothers, Juan Luís, Antonio, and Miguel Ángel, also went into tauromachy, although they never rose above the level of novillero sin picadores.