The following is a list of notable male bullfighters which include includes

bullfighters A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Portuguese words for bullfighter and describe all the performers in the activit ...

by country. The

list of female bullfighters This is a list of female bullfighters who are notably participating, or have in the past participated, in bullfighting. Women in bullfighting has been traced to the sport's earliest renditions in Spain, namely during the late-1700s and early-1800 ...

catalogues the spread of women in the sport.

Colombia

* Luis Bolívar (born 1985). * Pepe Cáceres (1935–1987). * Edgar García, ''El Dandy'' (1959/1960–2020). * Henry Higgins (1944–1978). * Álvaro Múnera (born 1965). * César Rincón (born 1965). * Rodolfo Rincón Sosa (born 1954).

France

* (born 1983). * (born 1989). * ''Clemente'' (born 1995). * ''Juan Bautista'' (born 1981). * ''Juan Leal'' (born 1992). * Christian Montcouquiol, ''Nimeño II'' (1954–1991). * (born 1997).

Mexico

Alejandro Amaya Alejandro Hank Amaya (born 2 August 1977, in Tijuana) is a Mexican matador A bullfighter (or matador) is a performer in the activity of bullfighting. ''Torero'' () or ''toureiro'' (), both from Latin ''taurarius'', are the Spanish and Po ...

Carlos Arruza Carlos Arruza (February 17, 1920 – May 20, 1966), born Carlos Ruiz Camino, was one of the most prominent bullfighters of the 20th century. He was known as "El Ciclón" ("the cyclone"). Arruza was born in Mexico to Spanish parents. He bega ...

''El Ciclón'' * Inigo Arsuaga *

Jaime Bravo Jaime Bravo (September 8, 1932 – February 2, 1970) was a Mexican matador during the 1950s and 1960s. Bravo was known for his death-defying style and numerous relationships with various women and Hollywood starlets. Early life Bravo was bo ...

Guillermo Capetillo Guillermo Eduardo Capetillo de Flores (born 30 April 1958) is a Mexican actor, singer and matador. Family Capetillo was born in Mexico City, and is a member of the Capetillo family. His father (Manuel Capetillo, Sr.) (1926-2009) and his brother ...

* Manuel Capetillo * Manuel Capetillo hijo *

Eloy Cavazos Eloy Cavazos (born 25 August 1949 in Ciudad Guadalupe, Nuevo León, México) was a Mexicab matador. History He debuted in Plaza México on 12 July 1966, with Gonzalo Iturbe and Leonardo Manzanos. He took his alternativa in Plaza Monterrey, N ...

* José Flores ''Pepillo'' *

Rodolfo Gaona Rodolfo Gaona Jiménez (22 January 1888 – 20 May 1975), was a Mexican torero, known as "The Caliph De León". He was born in Lion of the Aldamas, Guanajuato City, Mexico on 22 January 1888. His parents were Roberto Gaona and Regina Jiménez ...

''El Califa de León'' *

Ricardo Moreno Ricardo Moreno Escamilla (February 7, 1937 - June 25, 2008) was a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division. Moreno was ranked #76 on The Ring's list of 100 All time Greatest Punchers. Early life Moreno was born and raise ...

''El Estudiante'' *

Silverio Pérez Silverio Pérez Figueroa (born July 18, 1948 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican musician, writer, comedian, entrepreneur and broadcasting media host. Early life Pérez is the oldest of the eleven children of Silverio Pérez Rosado and ...

''El Faraón de Texcoco'' *Luis Procuna ''El Berrendito de San Juan'' * Leandro Quiroga ''Machaquito'' *

Carmelo Torres Bernardo del Carmen Fregoso Cázares, who worked and lived under the name Carmelo Torres Fregoso (July 16, 1927 in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico – January 29, 2003 in Caracas, Venezuela) was a matador, businessman, journalist, author and TV pro ...

* José Torres ''El Pajarito'' * Bruno Vogt

Mozambique

* Ricardo Chibanga

Perú

* (1920–2007). * (born 1995). * (born 1996). * Rafael Santa Cruz (1928–1991).

Portugal

*Mário Coelho *Manolo Dos Santos ''El Lobo'' * José Falcão * João Branco Núncio * Luis Rouxinol * José Júlio * Mário Coelho

Puerto Rico

Ernesto Pastor Ernesto Pastor Lavergne (April 4, 1892 - June 11, 1921) was the first of only two Puerto Rican-born bullfighters (''toreros'') to gain international fame, the other being Juan Ramón Fernandez. Early life and career Some date Pastor's birth ye ...

(1892–1921).

Spain

Francisco de Goya - Portrait of the Matador Pedro Romero - Google Art Project

Julio Aparicio Díaz Julio Aparicio Díaz (born 1969), also known as Julito Aparicio, is a Spanish bullfighter from Seville. Aparicio made his public début in bullfighting at the age of fourteen in 1984. He was confirmed as a torero, or matador, in 1994. Early life ...

''Julito Aparicio'' (born 1969) *

José Miguel Arroyo Delgado José Miguel Arroyo Delgado (born May 1, 1969) is a Spanish bullfighter. He is better known in bullfighting circles as Joselito, a nickname he shares with at least two other notables: José Gomez, the Joselito bullfighter of the 1910s, and Joseli ...

, ''Joselito'' (born 1969) *

Juan Belmonte Juan Belmonte García (14 April 1892 – 8 April 1962) was a Spanish bullfighter. He fought in a record number of bull fights and was responsible for changing the art of bullfighting. He had minor deformities in his legs which forced him to des ...

, ''El Pasmo de Triana'' (1892–1962) * Manuel Benítez Pérez, ''

El Cordobés Manuel Benítez Pérez (born 4 May 1936), more commonly known as ''El Cordobés'' (The Cordovan), is a Spanish bullfighter, matador, and actor active in the 1960s who brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style to the bullring. Career ...

'' (born 1936) * Alfonso Cela, ''Celita'' (1885–1932) * Javier Conde (born 1975) * Marcos de Celis (1932–2018) * Manuel Díaz González, ''El Cordobés'' (born 1968) * Luis Miguel González Lucas, ''Luis Miguel Dominguín'' (1926–1996) * David Fandila Marín, ''El Fandi'' (born 1981) *

Iván Fandiño Iván Fandiño Barros (September 29, 1980 – June 17, 2017) was a Spanish bullfighter. Fandiño died of injuries he sustained after being gored by a bull on June 17, 2017, in Aire-sur-l'Adour, France. Fandiño stumbled after he tripped on a ca ...

(1980–2017) * José Gallego Mateo, ''Pepete III'' (1883–1910) * Juan José García Corral (1952–2020) *

José Gómez Ortega José Gómez Ortega (8 May 1895 – 16 May 1920), commonly known as Joselito (), was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century. Younger brother of matador de toros Rafael Gómez Ortega ("El Gallo"), Joselito was considered a child pro ...

, ''Joselito'' (1895–1920) * Rafael Gómez Ortega, ''El Gallo'' (1882–1960) * Dámaso González (1948–2017) *

Rafael Guerra Bejarano Rafael Guerra Bejarano (Professionally known as Guerrita , a diminutive nickname of his surname) (January 1862 – 6 February 1941) was born in Cordoba. He was a professional Spanish bullfighter who achieved fame during the 1890s. His uncle, Jo ...

, ''Guerrita'' (1862–1941) * Óscar Higares (born 1971) * Julián López Escobar, ''El Juli'' (born 1982) * Pablo Lozano, ''La Muleta de Castilla'' (1932–2020) * Jairo Miguel (born 1993) * Francisco Montes Reina, ''Paquiro'' (1804–1851) *

Emilio Muñoz Emilio Muñoz (born 22 May 1962) is a Spanish film actor and bullfighter. Early life Muñoz was born in Seville, Spain. Career Bullfighting Muñoz seriously injured his right leg while fighting a bull in the late summer of 1999. As of Septem ...

''El pequeño Mozart del toreo'' (born 1962) * Manolo Navarro (1926–2020) *

Antonio Ordóñez Antonio Ordóñez Araujo (16 February 1932 – 19 December 1998) was a Spanish bullfighter. Early life Antonio Jiménez Ordóñez Araujo was born in Ronda, Spain, on 16 February 1932. His father was Cayetano Ordóñez, called ''Niño de la Pal ...

(1932–1998) *

Cayetano Ordóñez Cayetano Ordóñez y Aguilera (January 24, 1904, Ronda, Spain - October 30, 1961, Madrid, Spain) is the patriarch of the Ordóñez family of bullfighters. His parents owned a shoeshop called ''La Palma'', which gave him his nickname (Niño de ...

''Niño de la Palma'' (1904–1961) *

José Ortega Cano José María Ortega Cano (born 23 December 1953) is a Spanish bullfighter. He was married to Spanish singer Rocío Jurado. They adopted two Colombian people, Colombian children, one boy and one girl. He began his bullfighting career in 1973 in M ...

(born 1953) * Juan José Padilla ''Ciclón de Jerez'' (born 1973) *

Ángel Peralta Pineda Ángel Peralta Pineda, known as Centauro de las Marismas (18 March 1926 – 7 April 2018), was a Spanish rejoneador. Career His public debut was in the Plaza de La Pañoleta (Seville) in 1945 and in Las Ventas in 1948 with a bull of Molero, ...

, ''El Centauro de las Marismas'' (1926–2018) *

Enrique Ponce Alfonso Enrique Ponce Martínez (born 8 December 1971 in Chiva, Valencia, Spain), also known as Enrique Ponce, is a Spanish bullfighter. Biography He made his first public appearance on 10 August 1986 in the Plaza De Toros in Baeza ( Jaén). Som ...

(born 1971) *

Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez Antonio Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez (born January 13, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish ''torero'' or 'bullfighter'. Family ties Rivera is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez. He belongs to a long line of famous bullfigh ...

(born 1977) *

Francisco Rivera Ordóñez Francisco de Asís Rivera Ordóñez (prev. The Duke of Montoro; born 3 January 1974 in Madrid) is a Spanish ''torero'' or 'bullfighter'. Family lineage Rivera comes from a long line of famous bullfighters: his great-grandfather was Cayetano Or ...

(born 1974) * José Ruiz Baos ''Calatraveño'' (1946–2022) *

Jaime Ostos Jaime Ostos Carmona (8 April 1931 – 8 January 2022) was a Spanish bullfighter. Biography Ostos made his debut in Écija on 1 June 1952 alongside Bartolomé Jiménez Torres. His debut with '' picadors'' took place in Osuna on 5 April 1953 ag ...

(1931–2022) * Francisco Rivera Pérez, ''

Paquirri Francisco Rivera Pérez, known as Paquirri (March 5, 1948 – September 26, 1984), was a Spanish bullfighter. Death Paquirri was gored by a bull named "Avispado" (Spanish for street-smart, or wasp-like) during a bullfight in Pozoblanco ( Cór ...

'' (1948–1984) * José Rivera Pérez, ''Riverita'' (1947–2021) * Enrique Robles, ''Chicorrito'' * José Rodríguez Davié, ''Pepete II'' (1867–1899) * Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, ''Manolete'' (1917–1947) * José Dámaso Rodríguez y Rodríguez, ''Pepete'' (1824–1862) *

Curro Romero Francisco Romero López (born 1 December 1933) is a Spanish bullfighter, known as Curro Romero. Born in Camas, near Seville. He started his professional career in La Pañoleta (Seville), on August 22, 1954, together with Limeño. His first c ...

(born 1933) *

Ignacio Sánchez Mejías Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (6 June 1891, Seville – 13 August 1934, Madrid) was a Spanish matador. After his death following a goring (''cornada'') in the Plaza of Manzanares, he was memorialized by several poets of the Generation of '27, notably ...

(1891–1934)

United States

* Sidney Franklin (1903–1976). * John Fulton (1932–1998). * David Renk ''El Texano'' (1963–2018).

United Kingdom

* Frank Evans *

Alexander Fiske-Harrison Alexander Rupert Fiske-Harrison (born 22 July 1976) is an English author, producer, financier and conservationist. His writing is known for his immersion in his subject matter. He trained and worked for some years as a Method actor. For his fi ...

* Henry Higgins

Fictional bullfighters

*Escamillo, in Bizet's opera ''

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'' and the short story by Prosper Merimée on which it was based *Don Flamenco, Spanish boxer and bullfighter in the video game

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, in ''

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'' episode " Million Dollar Abie" *Lydia González, in 2002 Spanish drama film ''

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'' by

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*Paco Pedro, regarded as the world's greatest matador and seducer, has appeared in three short films to date *Raul Bourneau, minor character in Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu's classic novel ''Fecioarele despletite'' (The Disheveled Maidens) *

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, one of the bosses in the video game ''

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'' *El Primero, legendary but egotistical bullfighter who's the main antagonist in the movie

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*Luis Montoya, retired, legendary Mexican bullfighter and antagonist in the television series

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, Season 5, Episode 4 "A Matter of Honor".

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