Marcano is a

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of Spanish origin. The Italian version of this surname is "Marciano". It was a military family that came to the New World with Christopher Columbus. The Family later grew and spread throughout the Caribbean, where the surname became rooted in the countries of Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Venezuela (Margarita Island) and eventually Trinidad & Tobago.

People

Notable people with the surname include: * Alfredo Marcano (1947–2009), Venezuelan boxer *

Arturo J. Marcano Guevara Arturo J. Marcano Guevara, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, is an author on the topic of professional baseball in Latin America. With Professor David P. Fidler of Indiana University, Marcano has been at the forefront of generating awareness in the ...

, Venezuelan sports author and activist *

Bobby Marcano Roberto "Bobby" Marcano Cherubini (June 7, 1951 – November 13, 1990) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player who made a name for himself playing in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and for Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Wi ...

(1951–1990), Venezuelan baseball player *

César Marcano César Mervin Marcano Sánchez (born October 22, 1987 in Carabobo) is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alongsid ...

(born 1987), Venezuelan cyclist *

Cristina Marcano Cristina Marcano (born 1960), is a biographer of former Venezuelan President of Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez. Along with Alberto Barrera Tyszka, she authored ''Hugo Chávez Sin Uniforme: Una Historia Personal'', which was published in 2005 by ...

(born 1960), Venezuelan biographer of

Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...

* Danielle Marcano (born 1997), American soccer player * Elias Marcano (born 1971), Venezuelan wrestler *

Héctor Marcano Héctor Marcano (born November 3, 1956) is a Puerto Rican producer, host, actor, and comedian. Marcano is also an owner of low-power television station WWXY-LD Channel 38. Hector Marcano currently serves as Vice President of Hispanic Operation ...

(born 1956), Puerto Rican television producer, host, actor and comedian * (born 1979), Venezuelan lawyer and politician former mayor of

Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality The Diego Bautista Urbaneja Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities (municipios) that makes up the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui and, according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipali ...

Iván Marcano Iván Marcano Sierra (; born 23 June 1987) is a Spanish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Portuguese club FC Porto. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a left-back. After starting out at Racing de Santander ...

(born 1987), Spanish footballer * Jason Marcano (1983–2019), Trinidad and Tobago footballer * Jesús Rosas Marcano (1930–2001), Venezuelan educator, journalist, poet and composer *

José Rafael Marcano José Rafael Marcano Santelli is a Venezuelan engineer and videogame developer. First years and education José Rafael discovered programming at the age of eleven and has stated that by that time he decided that it was the profession he wante ...

, Venezuelan engineer and videogame programmer. * Karen Marcano (born 1979), Venezuelan bowler *

Liz Yeraldine Marcano Cabeza Liz Yeraldine Marcano Cabeza (born 3 June 1992) is a Venezuelan karateka. She was eligible to participate at the Deaflympics as Karate has been recognised as a sporting event at the Deaflympics since 2009. Marcano Cabeza represented Venezuela ...

(born 1992), Venezuelan karateka *

Luis Marcano {{Infobox military person , name = Luis Marcano Álvarez , image = Luis Marcano Álvarez.jpg , caption = , birth_date = {{Birth date, 1831, 11, 29 , death_date = {{Death date and age, 1870, 05, 16, 18 ...

(1831–1870), Dominican general *

María Marcano de León María A. Marcano de León is a Puerto Rican government official. She served as the interim Secretary of State of Puerto Rico from August 4, 2019, to December 19, 2019, following the resignation of Luis Rivera Marín. Marcano was previously the d ...

, Puerto Rican government official *

Neville Marcano Neville Marcano (1916–13 May 1993), known as the Growling Tiger, was a Trinidadian calypsonian. Biography Born in Diego Martin, Trinidad, Tiger was originally a boxer who won the Trinidad flyweight championship in 1929.Thompson, Dave (2002), '' ...

(1916–1993), Trinidad and Tobago musician and boxer *

Noé Marcano Noé Marcano Rivera is a Puerto Rican politician and the current mayor of Naguabo. Rivera is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and has served as mayor since 2013. Rivera has a master's degree from the Interamerican University of ...

(born 1980), Puerto Rican politician *

Pablo Marcano García Pablo Marcano García (born January 15, 1952, in Gurabo, Puerto Rico), is a Puerto Rican artist. He holds a bachelor's degree in social science (cum laude) from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey. In 1975 he completed all his partial require ...

(born 1952), Puerto Rican artist *

Ray Marcano Ray Marcano is an American journalist, music critic, and musician known for his work as a medical reporter, and later a music critic, for the ''Dayton Daily News'' in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2000, he became president of the Society of Professional ...

, American journalist, music critic and editor *

Soraya Marcano Soraya Marcano (born 1965 in Cidra, Puerto Rico) is a visual artist based in New York City. She studied at the University of Puerto Rico and completed a master's degree in Fine Arts at Pratt Institute. Work Her mixed media artwork has been exhibi ...

(born 1965), American artist * Tucupita Marcano (born 1999), Venezuelan baseball player *

Zuray Marcano Zuray Marcano Fuenmayor (26 May 1954 – 23 August 2020) was a Venezuelan teacher and Paralympic powerlifter. In 2016, she was a competitor at the Rio Paralympics at the age of 62. Life Marcano was born in 1954 and suffered from polio whilst s ...

(1954–2020), Venezuelan Paralympic powerlifter and educator

References

* Diario Las Americas, ''Los Hermanos Marcano'' by A.P. Marcano, October 10, 1976 *''Historia de Familias Cubanas'' (Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida 1985 ) * Bayamo by Jose Maceo Verdecia pages 193-199 (Havana, Cuba, Unknown date) {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcano Surnames of Spanish origin