José Ortega may refer to:

• José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), Spanish Conservative philosopher
• José Ortega Spottorno (1916–2002), Spanish journalist and publisher
• José Ortega Cano (born 1953), Spanish bullfighter
• José Ortega Torres (born 1943), poet
• José Ortega (boxer) (born 1963), Spanish Olympic boxer
• José Francisco Ortega (1734–1798), Spanish soldier and explorer with the 1769 Portola expedition
• José Ortega (baseball) (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball pitcher
• José Benito Ortega (1858–1941), American sculptor