Efraín is a masculine Spanish given name, a cognate of
Ephraim
Ephraim (; he, ''ʾEp̄rayīm'', in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath. Asenath was an Ancient Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughte ...
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Efrain Chacurian
Efraín or Yeprem "Chico" Chacurian (22 February 1924 - 15 February 2019) was an Argentine-American soccer forward. He earned four caps, scoring one goal, as a member of the U.S. national team in 1953 and 1954. He was inducted into the National ...
(1924–2019), Argentine-born naturalised American soccer player
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Efraín Cortés
Efraín Cortés Gruesso (born July 10, 1984), known as Efraín Cortés, is a Colombian football centre back.
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(born 1984), Colombian football defender
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Efraín Escudero (born 1986), Mexican mixed martial arts fighter
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Efraín Flores
Efraín Flores Mercado (born 6 February 1958) is a Mexican professional football Manager (association football), manager.
Career
Flores was named coach during the mid Primera División de México Apertura 2007, Apertura 2007 tournament, taking ...
(born 1958), Mexican football manager
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Efraín Forero Triviño
Efraín Forero Triviño (4 March 1930 – 12 September 2022) was a Colombian road racing cyclist.
Forero or El Zipa as he was known was involved in the organisation of the first Vuelta a Colombia. He was chosen to ride between the cities of Fr ...
(born 1931), Colombian cyclist
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Efraín Goldenberg
Efraín Goldenberg Schreiber, or Efraím (born 28 December 1929), is a Peruvian politician who served as Finance and Economy Minister, Foreign Relations Minister, and Prime Minister during the presidency of then-President Alberto Fujimori.
Ear ...
(born 1929), Peruvian politician
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Efrain Gonzalez (born 1948), Puerto-Rico born New York senator
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Efrain Guigui (1925–2007), US-based Panamanian clarinetist and conductor.
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Efraín Guzmán (circa 1937–2002), Colombian guerrilla leader
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Efraín Huerta (1914–1982), Mexican poet
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Efraïn Jonckheer (1917–1987), Netherlands Antilles prime minister
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Efraín Juárez (born 1988), Mexican football player
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Efraín López Neris
Efraín López Neris (born April 1, 1937) is a Sephardi Puerto Rican actor, producer and cinematographer that has had a long trajectory in Puerto Rico's national artistic scene.
Born in Caguas in April 1, 1937, he had his start in Puerto Rican te ...
(born 1937), Puerto Rican actor
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Efraín Medina (born 1979), Mexican singer
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Efraín Morote (1921–1989), Peruvian anthropologist
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Efraín Ríos Montt (1926–2018), former ''de facto'' President of Guatemala
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Efraín Rivera Pérez
Efraín Rivera Pérez (1951- 15 September 2013) born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, was a former Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. He held the position from 2000 to 2010. He died on 15 September 2013 in a motorcycle accident in ...
(1951–2013), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
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Efraín Sánchez
Efraín Elías "El Caimán" Sánchez Casimiro (26 February 1926 – 16 January 2020) was a Colombian footballer who played as goalkeeper. He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile. A ...
(1926–2020), Colombian footballer
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Efraín Valdez (born 1966), Dominican Republic baseball player
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Efraín Velarde
Efraín Velarde Calvillo (born 18 April 1986), also known as Chispa, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
Velarde joined the Pumas youth system at the age of 13 and worked his way through the ranks to debut in 2004; h ...
(born 1986), Mexican football player
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Spanish masculine given names