Zamora (surname)

Zamora is a toponymic surname referring to the city of Zamora, Spain.^[1]

People with the name

Arts and entertainment

• Antonio de Zamora (1660–1727), Spanish playwright
• Cynthia Zamora (born 1938), Filipino actress
• Gwen Zamora (born 1990), Filipina-Italian actress, model, and dancer
• Javier Zamora, Salvadoran-American poet and activist
• Ramon Zamora (1935–2007), Filipino actor and martial artist
• Tico Zamora (born 1967), American rock musician
• Tye Zamora (born 1977), American musician
• Vanessa Zamora (born 1991), Mexican singer-songwriter
• Zamora the Torture King (born 1963), American circus performer
• Zamora (pianist) (born 1979), Venezuelan musician

Journalism

• José Rubén Zamora (born 1956), Guatemalan journalist
• Marcela Zamora, (born 1980), Salvadoran-Nicaraguan documentary director and journalist

Politics

• Francis Zamora (born 1977), Filipino politician, businessman, and basketball player
• Jesús Jiménez Zamora (1823–1897), Costa Rican president
• Manuel E. Zamora (born 1950), Filipino politician
• Martha Lucía Zamora (born 1960), Colombian lawyer and politician
• Mery Zamora (born 1972), Ecuadorian teacher, politician, and union leader
• Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1877–1949), Spanish president
• Ronaldo Zamora (born 1944), Filipino lawyer and politician
• Rubén Zamora (born 1942), Salvadoran politician
• Víctor Hugo Zamora (born 1970), Bolivian politician
• Xavier Espot Zamora (born 1979), Andorran politician and current prime minister of Andorra

Religion

• Jacinto Zamora (1835–1872) Filipino secular priest
• Nicolás Zamora (1875–1914), Filipino Methodist minister

Sport

Association football

• Alejandro Zamora (born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Bobby Zamora (born 1981), English footballer
• Jairon Zamora (born 1978), Ecuadorean footballer
• Jesús María Zamora (born 1955), Spanish footballer
• José Zamora (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Julio Zamora (born 1966), Argentine footballer and manager
• Ricardo Zamora (1901–1978), Spanish footballer
• Steven Zamora (born 1989), Ecuadorian footballer

Other sports

• Alfonso Zamora (born 1954), Mexican Olympic boxer
• Andrés Zamora (born 1983), Uruguayan Olympic long distance runner
• Brittney Zamora (born 1999), American stock car racer
• Daniel Zamora (born 1993), American baseball player

Other people

• Diane Zamora (born 1978), American murderer
• Ezequiel Zamora (1817–1860), Venezuelan military commander
• José Ángel Zamora López, Spanish antiquity historian
• Lonnie Zamora (1933–2009), English-American police officer
• Manuel A. Zamora (1870–1929), Filipino chemist and pharmacist
• Pedro Zamora (1972–1994), Cuban–American AIDS activist
• Pedro Zamora Álvarez (1964–2007), Guatemalan trade unionist

See also

• Zamora (disambiguation)

References

1. Hanks, Patrick, ed. (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set, Volume 1. Oxford University Press. p. 654. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 18 July 2019 – via Google Books.