José Ortega may refer to:
José Francisco Ortega (1734–1798), Spanish soldier and explorer with the 1769 Portola expedition José Benito Ortega (1858–1941), American sculptor José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), Spanish philosopher José Ortega Spottorno (1916–2002), Spanish journalist and publisher José Ortega Torres (1943–2025), Spanish poet, writer, and professor José Daniel Ortega (born 1945), Nicaraguan politician José Ortega Cano (born 1953), Spanish bullfighter José Ortega (boxer) (born 1963), Spanish Olympic boxer José Ortega (baseball) (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball pitcher José Ortega (footballer) (born 1991), Spanish football goalkeeper