Torres (sometimes spelled Torrez) is a surname in the
Portuguese and
Spanish languages, meaning "Towers".
History
A surname derived from any of several towns called ''Torres'', plural of ''torre'' (tower), from Latin "turris." Torres is the 50th most common surname in the United States and the 11th most common Spanish surname. It is a common surname in
Puerto Rico
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Dominican Republic
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Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
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Portugal
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Colombia,
Peru
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Cuba
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Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
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Venezuela
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and the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, among others. In
Italy
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, among other countries, it is found as a
Sephardic surname.
People with the surname
Athletes
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Abraham Torres
Abraham Torres (born January 16, 1968 in Turmero, Aragua) is a former Venezuelan boxer, who was nicknamed "Habran". At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he lost in the third round of the men's bantamweight
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sport ...
, Venezuelan boxer
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Albert Torres, Spanish racing cyclist
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Andrés Torres, Puerto Rican baseball player
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Arturo Torres (soccer)
Arturo Torres (born December 11, 1980) is an American soccer player, the first player in the history of Chivas USA of Major League Soccer.
Torres played college soccer at Loyola Marymount University from 1999 to 2002. As a freshman, although he ...
, American soccer player
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Aureliano Torres
Aureliano Torres Román (born 16 June 1982) is a Paraguayan former footballer who last played for 12 de Octubre in the Paraguayan División Intermedia. At club level, Torres achieved the 2002 Emperor's Cup in Japan, the Torneo Clausura of ...
, Paraguayan footballer
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Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer
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Carolina Torres
Carolina Alejandra Torres Guzmán (born March 16, 1979, in Temuco) is a Chilean pole vaulter.
She won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, vaulting her personal best of 4.30 metres. She also competed at the 2004 Su ...
, Chilean pole vaulter
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Dara Torres, American swimmer
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Dilson Torres
Dilson Darío Torres (born May 31, 1970) is a former Venezuelan pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals in their 1995 season. Listed at 6' 3", 200 lb., Torres batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Maracay, ...
, Venezuelan baseball player
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Erick Torres, Peruvian footballer
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Eve Torres
Eve Torres Gracie (born Eve Marie Torres on August 21, 1984) is an American actress, dancer, model, martial arts instructor, and former professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with WWE, where she was the first ever three-time WW ...
(born 1984), American professional wrestler
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Facundo Torres
Facundo Daniel Torres Pérez (born 13 April 2000) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Orlando City and the Uruguay national team.
Torres has previously played for Peñarol where he won ...
, Uruguayan footballer
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Félix Ricardo Torres
Felix may refer to:
* Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name
Places
* Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen
* Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...
, Paraguayan footballer
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Fernando Torres (born 1984), Spanish footballer
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Ferran Torres
Ferran Torres García (born 29 February 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.
Torres began his career at Valencia, where he made his senior debut in 2017 ...
, Spanish footballer
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Francisco Javier Torres
Francisco Javier Torres Zamora (born 12 May 1983) is a Mexican former footballer who last played for Lobos BUAP of Liga MX.
Torres was born in León, Guanajuato. He made his debut against La Piedad, in a semifinal match in which he played three ...
, Mexican footballer
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Georgie Torres, Puerto Rican basketball player
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Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
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Héctor Torres, Mexican baseball player
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Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer
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Joe Torres (baseball)
Joseph Torres (born September 3, 1982) is an American professional baseball assistant pitching coach for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball.
Career
Torres attended Gateway High School in Kissimmee, Florida. As a pitcher for the s ...
(born 1982), American baseball coach
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Johnny Torres
Johnny Torres (born April 24, 1976) is a Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach who is currently the head coach of his alma mater, Creighton Bluejays, Creighton University. Torres has played in Major League Soccer, USL-1, and also played ...
, American soccer player
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José Torres (1936–2009), Puerto Rican boxer
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José Torres (1938–2010), Portuguese footballer and coach
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José Francisco Torres
José Francisco Torres Mezzell (born October 29, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. He is popularly known by his nickname Gringo.
He is usually deployed as a central midfielder but can also play as a ...
, American soccer player
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Juan Francisco Torres
Juan Francisco Torres Belén (; born 9 January 1985), known as Juanfran (), is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
After starting out at Real Madrid, he went on to make a name for himself in La Liga with Osasun ...
, Spanish footballer
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Macnelly Torres
Macnelly Torres Berrío (born 1 November 1984) is a former Colombian footballer former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. A playmaker and known for his technical abilities with the ball he was able to win 16 t ...
, Colombian footballer
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Marco Torrès, French gymnast
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Mariano Torres
Mariano Néstor Torres (born 19 May 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for and captains Liga FPD club Saprissa.
On 8 September 2009 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista signed the Argentinian midfielde ...
, Argentine footballer
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Miguel Angel Torres (born 1981), American MMA fighter
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Miguel Torres Gómez, Spanish footballer
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Mike Torres
Michael Torres Cuevas (born 24 November 1994) is a Spanish- Dominican professional basketball player for CB Ciudad de Valladolid of the Spanish LEB Oro.
Club career
As a Late bloomer, Mike Torres worked his way up all the way from the Spanish fo ...
, Dominican basketball player
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Norbert Torres (born 1990), Filipino-Canadian basketball player
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Óscar Torres (basketball), Venezuelan basketball player
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Pau Torres
Pau Francisco Torres (born 16 January 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Spain national team.
He began his career with Villarreal, making 173 competitive appeara ...
(born 1997), Spanish footballer
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Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
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Raymundo Torres (boxer), Mexican boxer
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Raymundo Torres (footballer), Mexican footballer
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Roger Torres
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...
, Colombian footballer
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Salomón Torres, Dominican baseball player
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Sandra Torres
Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova ( born 5 October 1955) is a Guatemalan politician who was First Lady of Guatemala from 2008 to 2011 and an unsuccessful candidate for president in 2015 and 2019.
Early life and education
Sandra Julieta Torres Ca ...
, Argentine marathon runner
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Sergio Torres (born 1981), Argentine footballer
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Tecia Torres, American mixed martial artist
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Todd Torres
Todd Torres (born June 11, 1968) is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1992.
His best Olympic result was a 12th place in the Men's Freestyl ...
, Puerto Rican swimmer
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Xavi Torres
Xavier "Xavi" Torres Buigues (born 21 November 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Formed at Barcelona, he went on to amass La Liga totals of 156 games and six goals over eight seasons, with that club ...
, Spanish footballer
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Richard Torrez
Richard Torrez Jr. (born June 1, 1999) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur, Torrez qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Olympics where he won a silver medal. As a professional, as of October 14, 2023, he is 8–0 wit ...
(born 1999), American professional boxer
Performers and media figures
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Albert Torres, Puerto Rican American salsa dancer and promoter
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Antonio Torres Jurado, Spanish guitarist and guitar maker
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Bartolomé de Torres Naharro
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro (c. 1485, Torre de Miguel Sesmero, Extremadura – c. 1530) was a Spanish dramatist and Leonese language writer of Jewish converso descent.
Life
After some years of soldiering and of captivity in Algiers, Torres N ...
, Spanish dramatist
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Coraima Torres, Venezuelan actress
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Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress
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Diego Torres, Argentinian pop singer
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Eddie Torres, Puerto Rican American salsa dance instructor
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Eugenio Torres Villarreal, Mexican professional wrestler, television host and rapper
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Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress
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Fernando Torres, Brazilian actor
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Gina Torres, Cuban American actress
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Guillermo José Torres, Puerto Rican American TV reporter
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Joe Torres, American TV actor
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José Torres, Cuban-Polish musician and percussionist
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Judy Torres, Puerto Rican American pop musician and dancer
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Liz Torres
Elizabeth Larrieu Torres (born September 27, 1947) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Torres is best known for her role as Mahalia Sanchez in the NBC comedy series '' The John Larroquette Show'' (1993–1996), for which she received t ...
, American actress, singer and comedian
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Néstor Torres, Puerto Rican jazz flautist
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Rawy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
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Roberto Torres, Cuban musician
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Samantha Torres, Spanish model
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Tico Torres, Cuban American musician and Bon Jovi drummer
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Tommy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
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Torres, stagename of American musician Mackenzie Scott
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Eduardo Serrano Torres, Venezuelan composer
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Xavier Enrique Torres
Xavier Enrique Torres is a Puerto Rican actor, born in San Juan. He is the son of journalist and news anchor Ramón Enrique Torres, and brother of journalist Layza Torres.
In 2006, he got his first opportunity to enter the American mainland ma ...
, Puerto Rican actor
Artists and writers
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Alberto Torres
Alberto Torres (Itaboraí, 1885 - Rio De Janeiro State, 1917) was a politician and a Brazilian social thinker who was concerned about national unity and the organization of the society of Brazil.
In his work, he opposed the ideas of socialism ...
, Brazilian social thinker
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Andrés Torres Queiruga, Galician theologian, writer and translator
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Angelo Torres, American cartoonist
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Ben Fong-Torres, American rock journalist
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Diego de Torres Vargas, Puerto Rican historian
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Diego de Torres Villarroel, Spanish writer
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Edwin Torres, American/Puerto Rican poet
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Félix González-Torres
Félix González-Torres (November 26, 1957 – January 9, 1996) was a Cuban-born American visual artist. González-Torres's openly gay sexual orientation was influential in his work as an artist. González-Torres was known for his minimal inst ...
, Cuban artist
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Joaquín Torres García, Uruguayan artist
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Julio Romero de Torres, Spanish painter
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Raymunda Torres y Quiroga, Argentine writer and women's rights activist
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Tanya Torres, Puerto Rican artist, author, and poet
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Tereska Torrès, French novelist
Politicians and public figures
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Abdelkhalek Torres
Abdelkhalek Torres ( ar, عبد الخالق الطريس; 1910 – May 27, 1970) was a Moroccan journalist and nationalist leader based in Tetouan, Morocco during the Spanish protectorate of Morocco
The Spanish protectorate in Morocco ; e ...
, journalist and nationalist leader in Morocco
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Art Torres, American politician
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Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian Roman Catholic priest
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Camilo Torres Tenorio
José Camilo Clemente de Torres Tenorio (November 22, 1766 – October 5, 1816) was a Colombian politician. He is credited as being an early founder of the nation due to his role in early struggles for independence from Spain.
Biography
Tor ...
, Colombian politician
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Edwin Torres, American state supreme court judge
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Esteban Edward Torres, Californian politician
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Henri Torrès, French trial lawyer, politician, and writer
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Hugo Torres Jiménez
Hugo Torres Jiménez (25 April 1948 – 11 February 2022) was a Nicaraguan Sandinista guerrilla and military leader who was a brigadier general in the Nicaraguan Armed Forces. During the Sandinista National Liberation Front effort to overthrow ...
, Nicaraguan activist
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Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician
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Juan José Torres, Bolivian President
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Lucy Torres, Filipino politician
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Manuel Torres, first Colombian ambassador to the United States
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Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean statesman and scholar
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Raul Torres, American politician
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Ritchie Torres, American politician
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Ruben Torres, Filipino politician
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Sandra Torres
Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova ( born 5 October 1955) is a Guatemalan politician who was First Lady of Guatemala from 2008 to 2011 and an unsuccessful candidate for president in 2015 and 2019.
Early life and education
Sandra Julieta Torres Ca ...
, Guatemalan politician and former First Lady.
Scientists and explorers
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Belindo Adolfo Torres
Belindo Adolfo Torres (3 April 1917 – 4 November 1965) was an entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology wo ...
, Argentinian entomologist
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Carlos Torres, Chilean astronomer
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Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish engineer and mathematician
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Luis Vaz de Torres
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
, Spanish explorer of the Pacific
Criminals
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Raúl Meza Torres
César Raúl Meza Torres (; 31 October 1991 – 25 April 2010), commonly referred to by his alias "El Mini 6", was a Mexican suspected assassin of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He was the son of Raúl Meza Ontiveros ( ...
(1991–2010), Mexican suspected assassin
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Manuel Torres Félix (1958–2010), Mexican suspected drug lord
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Javier Torres Félix (1960), Mexican convicted drug lord
Other
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Chumel Torres
José Manuel "Chumel" Torres Morales (born 7 May 1982) is a Mexican comedian and YouTuber.
Early life and education
Torres was born on 7 May 1982 in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, and graduated from Mechanical Engineering at the Chihuahua Insti ...
, Mexican comedian
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Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, the 16th-century viceroy
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Jacques Torres, French pastry chef
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Susan Torres, American woman who gave birth while brain dead
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Tomás de Torres, Portuguese astrologer
Fictional characters
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Adam Torres, a character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''
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B'Elanna Torres, a character in ''Star Trek: Voyager''
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Callie Torres, a character in ''Grey's Anatomy''
* Diego Torres, a character in the Netflix series ''
13 Reasons Why''
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Drew Torres
'' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada a ...
, a character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''
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Eva "Papi" Torres, a character in ''The L Word''
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Eddie Torres, a character in ''New York Undercover''
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Izzie Torres, a character in ''Doctors''
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Lisa Torres, a character in ''Doctors''
* Pépé Torres, the young killer in John Steinbeck's 1938 short story
Flight (Steinbeck story)
* Nick Torres, a special agent from
NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to:
Law enforcement
* National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
* Fabiola Torres, a character from ''
Never Have I Ever''
* Drea Torres, a character in Netflix Original ''
Do Revenge''
See also
*
Luis Torres (disambiguation), several people
References
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Portuguese-language surnames
Sephardic surnames
Spanish-language surnames
Surnames of Spanish origin
Surnames of Colombian origin