Zamora is a
toponymic surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. referring to the city of
Zamora, Spain
Zamora () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital of the province of Zamora. The city straddles the Duero river. With its 24 characteristic Romanesque style churches of the ...
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People with the name
Arts and entertainment
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Antonio de Zamora (1660–1727), Spanish playwright
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Cynthia Zamora (born 1938), Filipino actress
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Gwen Zamora
Gwenaelle Tasha Mae Agnese-Semerád better known as Gwen Zamora (born 10 August 1990) is a Filipina-French actress, model and former dancer in the Philippines. She was previously under GMA Network for six years until switching management to Viva ...
(born 1990), Filipina-Italian actress, model, and dancer
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Javier Zamora, Salvadoran-American poet and activist
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Ramon Zamora
Ramon Artiaga Zamora (June 27, 1935 – August 26, 2007) was a Filipino film actor best known for his leading roles in local martial arts films and action movies of the 1970s. He was popularly dubbed as the "Bruce Lee of the Philippines".
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(1935–2007), Filipino actor and martial artist
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Tico Zamora (born 1967), American rock musician
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Tye Zamora (born 1977), American musician
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Vanessa Zamora
Vanessa Zamora Ramírez (born July 22, 1991) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and composer, known professionally as Vanessa Zamora. She speaks English and Spanish fluently. Zamora plays several instruments including acoustic guitar, piano, keyboa ...
(born 1991), Mexican singer-songwriter
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Zamora the Torture King
Zamora the Torture King is the stage name of Tim Cridland, an American sideshow performer. Zamora was an original member of the Jim Rose Circus, where he performed painful feats as entertainment. His stunts include fire eating, sword swallowing, ...
(born 1963), American circus performer
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Zamora (pianist)
Alejandro Jose Zamora Moya,[José Rubén Zamora
José Rubén Zamora Marroquín (born August 19, 1956) is an industrial engineer, entrepreneur, and the founder of three Guatemalan newspapers: ''Siglo Veintiuno'' ("21st Century") in 1990, and '' El Periódico'' ("The Newspaper") in 1996, and '' ...](_blank)
(born 1956), Guatemalan journalist
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Marcela Zamora
Marcela Zamora Chamorro (born 1980) is a Salvadoran born-Nicaraguan documentary director and journalist. She has worked in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Venezuela, and Cuba.
Career
Zamora studied journalism in Costa Rica and documentary f ...
, (born 1980), Salvadoran-Nicaraguan documentary director and journalist
Politics
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Francis Zamora
Francisco Javier "Francis" Manlapit Zamora (born December 5, 1977) is a Filipino politician, businessman, and former basketball player serving as the mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila since 2019. He previously was San Juan's vice mayor from 2010 to ...
(born 1977), Filipino politician, businessman, and basketball player
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Jesús Jiménez Zamora (1823–1897), Costa Rican president
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Manuel E. Zamora (born 1950), Filipino politician
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Martha Lucía Zamora
Martha Lucía Zamora Ávila (born 11 March 1960) is a Colombian lawyer and politician. She served as Attorney General of Colombia from 5 to 29 March 2012, after the resignation of Viviane Morales.
Professional career
Born in Zipaquirá, Martha ...
(born 1960), Colombian lawyer and politician
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Mery Zamora (born 1972), Ecuadorian teacher, politician, and union leader
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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
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(1877–1949), Spanish president
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Ronaldo Zamora
Ronaldo "Ronny" Bayan Zamora (born December 4, 1944) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who previously served as representative of the lone district of San Juan. He topped the bar exams in 1969 and was among the Ten Outstanding Young Men of th ...
(born 1944), Filipino lawyer and politician
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Rubén Zamora
Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas (born November 9, 1942) is a Salvadoran politician.
Education
*until the age of nineteen he studied in a Seminary, got influenced by the theology of liberation, was attracted by ecclesial base communities, where ...
(born 1942), Salvadoran politician
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Víctor Hugo Zamora (born 1970), Bolivian politician
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Xavier Espot Zamora
Xavier Espot Zamora (born 30 October 1979) is an Andorran judge and politician. He is a former minister of justice and the current prime minister of Andorra since 16 May 2019.
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(born 1979), Andorran politician and current prime minister of Andorra
Religion
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Jacinto Zamora
Jacinto Zamora y del Rosario (14 August 1835 – 17 February 1872) was a Filipino Catholic priest, part of the Gomburza, a trio of priests who were falsely accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th cent ...
(1835–1872) Filipino secular priest
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Nicolás Zamora
Nicolás Villegas Zamora (10 September 187514 September 1914) was a Methodist minister who is credited with the foundation of the first indigenous evangelical church in the Philippines, known as the ''Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Fi ...
(1875–1914), Filipino Methodist minister
Sport
Association football
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Alejandro Zamora (born 1984), Spanish footballer
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Bobby Zamora (born 1981), English footballer
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Jairon Zamora (born 1978), Ecuadorean footballer
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Jesús María Zamora
Jesús María Zamora Ansorena (born 1 January 1955) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Rentería, Gipuzkoa, Zamora played his entire professional career with local club Real Sociedad. ...
(born 1955), Spanish footballer
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José Zamora (born 1988), Spanish footballer
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Julio Zamora (born 1966), Argentine footballer and manager
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Ricardo Zamora
Ricardo Zamora Martínez (; 14 February 1901 – 8 September 1978) was a Spanish footballer and manager. He played as a goalkeeper for, among others, RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. As an international he played for both the Cata ...
(1901–1978), Spanish footballer
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Steven Zamora (born 1989), Ecuadorian footballer
Other sports
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Alfonso Zamora
Alfonso Zamora Quiroz (born 9 February 1954) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1980. He was the Lineal championship, Lineal and World Boxing Association, WBA bantamweight champion, and made five title defenses. As ...
(born 1954), Mexican Olympic boxer
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Andrés Zamora (born 1983), Uruguayan Olympic long distance runner
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Brittney Zamora
Brittney Zamora (born April 27, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing. She previously drove for Bill McAnally Racing full-ti ...
(born 1999), American stock car racer
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Daniel Zamora (born 1993), American baseball player
Other people
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Antonio Zamora
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...
(born 1942), author of books on the Carolina Bays
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Diane Zamora
Diane Michelle Zamora (born January 21, 1978) is a former United States Naval Academy midshipman and convicted murderer who, in 1995, murdered Adrianne Jessica Jones, who she believed was a romantic rival for her ex-fiancé and accomplice, David ...
(born 1978), American murderer
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Ezequiel Zamora
Ezequiel Zamora (; 1 February 1817 – 10 January 1860) was a Venezuelan soldier, and leader of the Federalists in the Federal War ''(Guerra Federal)'' of 1859–1863.
Biography
Zamora was born in Cúa, Miranda State. His parents were Alej ...
(1817–1860), Venezuelan military commander
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José Ángel Zamora López, Spanish antiquity historian
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Lonnie Zamora (1933–2009), English-American police officer
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Manuel B. Zamora, Jr. (born 1942), businessman, founder of
Nickel Asia Corporation
Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC) is a Philippine mining company based at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila which primarily mines lateritic nickel ore.
Mining
Founded in 1969 by Manuel “Manny” B. Zamora Jr, brother of busines ...
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Manuel A. Zamora (1870–1929), Filipino chemist and pharmacist
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Pedro Zamora (1972–1994), Cuban–American AIDS activist
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Pedro Zamora Álvarez (1964–2007), Guatemalan trade unionist
See also
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Zamora (disambiguation)
Zamora may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions
Europe
Spain
* Zamora, Spain, a city in the autonomous community of Castilla y León
* Province of Zamora, a province in the autonomous community of Castilla y León
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References
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Spanish-language surnames
Spanish toponymic surnames