Alcalá or Alcala is a Spanish surname. Alcalá (Spanish), Alcalà (Catalan), Alcala and the derivative Arcala are all ultimately derived (typically through placenames) from the Arabic word al-qalʿah (القلعة), meaning "the citadel" or "fortification".

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Notable people with the surname Alcalá include: *

Blanca Alcalá Blanca Alcalá Ruiz (born 8 October 1961 in Tlaxcala City) is a Mexican politician. From 2008 to 2011, she served as the mayor of Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, the capital city of the Puebla, State of Puebla. She was the first female mayor in the histo ...

(born 1961), Mexican politician *

Félix Enríquez Alcalá Félix Enríquez Alcalá (sometimes credited as Felix Alcala) (born March 7, 1951 in Bakersfield, California) is an Argentinean-American film and television director. Career Alcalá's first major breakthrough came in 1991 when he was hired by L ...

(born 1951), American television and movie director, cinematographer and producer *

Jorge Alcalá Jorge Luis Alcalá (born July 28, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Houston Astros Alcalá signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in December ...

(born 1995), Dominican baseball player *

Kathleen Alcalá Kathleen Alcalá (born 29 August 1954) is the author of a short-story collection, three novels set in the American Southwest and nineteenth-century Mexico, and a collection of essays. She teaches creative writing at workshops and programs in Was ...

(born 1954), American author * Luis Espinosa Alcalá (1932–2009), Mexican poet, songwriter, and music promoter *

Macedonio Alcalá Macedonio Alcalá Prieto (September 12, 1831 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca – August 24, 1869 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca) was a Mexican violinist, pianist and songwriter remembered today especially for his waltz, "Dios nunca muere" (God Never Dies). Alcalá was ...

(1831–1869), Mexican violinist, pianist and songwriter *

Niceto Alcalá-Zamora Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres (6 July 1877 – 18 February 1949) was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served, briefly, as the first prime minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then—from 1931 to 1936—as its president. Early life ...

, president of Spain, 1931-36 *

Raúl Alcalá Raúl Alcalá Gallegos (born 3 March 1964) is a former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2010. As an amateur, Alcalá competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, fini ...

(born 1964), Mexican road racing cyclist

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Notable people with the surname Alcala include: *

Alfredo Alcala Alfredo P. Alcala (August 23, 1925 – April 4, 2000) was a Filipino comics artist, born in Talisay, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Alcala was an established illustrator whose works appeared in the ''Alcala Komix Magazine''. His 1963 cre ...

(1925–2000), Filipino comic book artist * Dora Alcala, American politician * Joshua Alcala (born 1984), American footballer *

Larry Alcala Lauro "Larry" Zarate Alcala (August 18, 1926 – June 24, 2002) was a well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines."The hiLARRYous Art of Alcala", by Ruben Defeo, Today (22 August 1995), p. 20"Slices of Larry Alcala" by N ...

(1926–2002), Philippine cartoonist and illustrator *

Nilo Alcala Nilo Alcala is a Filipino-American composer and 2019 The American Prize Winner in Composition. He is the first Philippine-born composer to be commissioned by Grammy winner Los Angeles Master Chorale, and also to receive the Aaron Copland House Re ...

(born 1978), Philippine composer and chorister *

Rodney Alcala Rodney James Alcala (born Rodrigo Jacques Alcala Buquor; August 23, 1943 – July 24, 2021), dubbed the Dating Game Killer, was an American serial killer and sex offender who died of natural causes while on death row in California. He was senten ...

(1943–2021), American rapist and serial killer * Santo Alcala (born 1952), Dominican baseball player

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