Fierro is a Spanish and Italian surname and middle name meaning "
iron".
Notable people with the name include:
Surnames
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Fanny Carrión de Fierro
Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936) is an Ecuadorian poet, literary critic, essayist and university professor.
Life and career
She received a Doctorate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (Quito, 1981), as well as ...
(born 1936), Ecuadorian writer and literary critic
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Gonzalo Fierro
Gonzalo Antonio Fierro Caniullán (born 21 March 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.
Club career
Fierro began his career at Chilean giants Colo-Colo, being promoted to first-adult team in 2002. Al ...
(born 1983), Chilean football player
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Josefina Fierro de Bright (1914–1998), Mexican-American activist
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Juan Fierro
Juan Manuel Fierro González (born January 17, 1974 in Penco) is a male professional track and road cyclist from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Career
; 1995 Pan American G ...
(born 1974), Chilean road cyclist
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Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman
Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman (Mexico City, February 24, 1948) best known as Julieta Fierro is a Mexican astrophysicist and science communicator. She is a full researcher at the Institute of Astronomy and professor of the Sciences Faculty at the Na ...
(born 1948), Mexican astrophysicist
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Lee Fierro
Elizabeth Lee Fierro (February 13, 1929 – April 5, 2020) was an American actress and theater promoter best known for playing Mrs. Kintner in the ''Jaws'' film franchise.
Career
Fierro acted in a famous scene in the 1975 film ''Jaws'', in which ...
(1929–2020), American actress
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Martha Fierro (born 1977), Ecuadorian chess champion
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Martin Fierro (saxophonist) (1942–2008), Mexican-American saxophonist
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Michelle Fierro (born 1967), American artist
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Oscar Zeta Acosta Fierro, author, lawyer, Chicano activist - made famous by his depiction as Hunter S. Thompson's attorney in the novel and later movie ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas''
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Rodolfo Fierro (1880–1915), General in the Pancho Villa army during the Mexican Revolution
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Rodrigo Fierro (born 1930), Ecuadorian physician, writer and politician, Minister of Health of Ecuador from 1979 to 1981
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Aurelio Fierro (1923–2005), Italian actor and singer
Middle names
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Cynthia Fierro Harvey (born 1959), United Methodist Church bishop
Fictional characters
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Martín Fierro, a fictitious character in a poem by Argentine José Hernández
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Alex Fierro, a fictional character in Rick Riordan's ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' series
See also
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Fiero (disambiguation)
References
{{surname, Fierro
Italian-language surnames
Spanish-language surnames