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Torres is a Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 languages surname meaning "Towers". It may refer to the following people or fictional characters:

Athletes

  • Abraham Torres
    Abraham Torres
    Abraham Torres 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 division to Thailand's eventual bronze medalist Phajol Moolsan.-External links:*...

    , Venezuelan boxer
  • Andrés Torres
    Andres Torres
    Andrés "Yungo" Torres Jr. is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the San Francisco Giants. He has also played for the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers.-Early life:...

    , Puerto Rican baseball player
  • Arturo Torres
    Arturo Torres
    Arturo Torres is an American soccer player, the first player in the history of Chivas USA of Major League Soccer....

    , American soccer player
  • Aureliano Torres
    Aureliano Torres
    Aureliano Torres Román is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Toluca in Mexico. Although naturally a midfielder, actually he has been a regular left back....

    , Paraguayan footballer
  • Carlos Alberto Torres
    Carlos Alberto Torres
    Carlos Alberto Torres is a former Brazilian footballer, one of the most highly regarded defenders of all time. He captained Brazil to victory in the 1970 World Cup and is a member of the World Team of the 20th Century, as well as the U.S...

    , Brazilian footballer
  • Carolina Torres
    Carolina Torres
    Carolina Alejandra Torres Guzmán 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 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Achievements:-References:...

    , Chilean pole vaulter
  • Cristián Torres
    Cristián Torres
    Cristián Damián Torres is a football midfielder from Argentina. He currently plays for Ravan Baku in Azerbaijan.-Career:...

    , Argentine footballer
  • Dara Torres
    Dara Torres
    Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...

    , American swimmer
  • Dilson Torres
    Dilson Torres
    Dilson Darío Torres is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the Kansas City Royals in 1995.Torres compiled a 1-2 record with 28 strikeouts and a 6.09 of ERA in 44.1 innings....

    , Venezuelan baseball player
  • Erick Torres
    Erick Torres
    Erick Torres is a professional Peruvian footballer.-Career:Torres currently plays for Sport César Vallejo. Between 1997 and 2006, he played 11 times for the Peru national team....

    , Peruvian footballer
  • Eve Torres
    Eve Torres
    Eve Marie Torres is an American dancer, model, and professional wrestler. She is working for WWE on Raw brand. She is a two time WWE Divas Champion.Torres began her career as a model and dancer...

    , American professional wrestler
  • Félix Ricardo Torres, Paraguayan footballer
  • Fernando Torres
    Fernando Torres
    Fernando José Torres Sanz , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker....

    , Spanish footballer
  • Francisco Javier Torres
    Francisco Javier Torres
    Francisco Javier Torres Zamores is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Club Atlas on loan from Santos Laguna....

    , Mexican footballer
  • Georgie Torres
    Georgie Torres
    Georgie Torres , better known as Georgie Torres, is a Puerto Rican. He is a well known former BSN basketball player. Torres broke the record for the most points scored in a career at that league, with over 16,000 points scored. He was the first player to reach that number of points...

    , Puerto Rican basketball player
  • Héctor Torres
    Héctor Torres
    Héctor Epitacio Torres Marroquin is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He played all or part of nine seasons in the majors, between and , for the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays...

    , Mexican baseball player
  • Johnny Torres
    Johnny Torres
    Johnny Torres is a Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach who is currently the interim head coach of his alma mater, Creighton University. Torres has played in Major League Soccer, USL-1, and currently also plays for the Omaha Vipers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He has also earned...

    , American soccer player
  • José Torres
    José Torres
    José Torres , was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano to win the WBC and WBA light heavyweight championships...

    , Puerto Rican boxer
  • José Francisco Torres
    José Francisco Torres
    José Francisco Torres is an American soccer player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Pachuca in the Primera División de México and the United States national team.-Personal:...

    , American soccer player
  • Juan Francisco Torres
    Juan Francisco Torres
    Juan Francisco Torres Belén , aka Juanfran, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid as a right winger.-Real Madrid:...

    , Spanish footballer
  • Macnelly Torres
    Macnelly Torres
    Macnelly Torres is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Atlético Nacional and for the Colombia national football team best known for his very accurate through passes...

    , Colombian footballer
  • Mariano Torres
    Mariano Torres
    Mariano Néstor Torres is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Huracán.On 8 September 2009 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista signed the Argentinian midfielder. He had previously played for Boca Juniors, LASK Linz and Godoy Cruz....

    , Argentine footballer
  • Miguel Angel Torres
    Miguel Torres (fighter)
    Miguel Angel Torres is an American mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. He is a former WEC Bantamweight champion. Prior to fighting with the WEC, Torres also held the bantamweight title for the US Shooto organization, as well as for the Ironheart Crown...

    , Mixed Martial Artist
  • Miguel Torres Gomez
    Miguel Torres Gómez
    Miguel Torres Gómez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Getafe CF in La Liga. Usually a right defender, he is equally at ease on the other flank.-Real Madrid:Torres joined Real Madrid's junior teams at the age of 12...

    , Spanish footballer
  • Raffi Torres
    Raffi Torres
    Raphael "Raffi" Torres is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the New York Islanders fifth overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He has additionally played in the NHL for the Edmonton Oilers,...

    , Canadian ice hockey player
  • Raymundo Torres
    Raymundo Torres
    Raymundo "Battling" Torres was a Mexican junior lightweight who fought from 1957 to 1967. Torres was a puncher, but proved to have difficulty taking punches himself...

    , Mexican boxer
  • Roger Torres
    Roger Torres
    Roger Torres is a Colombian footballer. He currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer, on loan from América de Cali.-Career:...

    , Colombian footballer
  • Salomón Torres
    Salomón Torres
    Salomón Torres Ramirez is a former Major League Baseball player. He began his career in with the San Francisco Giants, and also played for the Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Brewers.-San Francisco Giants:Torres is best known for starting the last game of the...

    , Dominican baseball player
  • Sandra Torres
    Sandra Torres
    Sandra Edith Torres Alvarez is a marathon runner from Argentina. She is a four-time winner of the Buenos Aires Marathon in her native country and represented Argentina in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless stated...

    , Argentine marathon runner
  • Sergio Torres
    Sergio Torres
    Sergio Raul Torres is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Crawley Town. He was signed from Peterborough United in July 2010. He holds an Italian passport, since his grandmother was Italian...

    , Argentine footballer
  • Todd Torres
    Todd Torres
    Todd Torres is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988....

    , Puerto Rican swimmer
  • Xavi Torres
    Xavi Torres
    Xavier 'Xavi' Torres Buigues is a Spanish footballer who plays for Levante UD on loan from Málaga CF, as a defensive midfielder.-Early career:...

    , Spanish footballer

Performers and media figures

  • Antonio Torres Jurado
    Antonio Torres Jurado
    Antonio de Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and luthier, and "the most important Spanish guitar maker of the 19th century."...

    , Spanish guitarist and guitar maker
  • Bartolomé de Torres Naharro
    Bartolomé de Torres Naharro
    Bartolomé de Torres Naharro was a Spanish dramatist and Leonese language writer of Jewish converso descent....

    , Spanish dramatist
  • Dayanara Torres
    Dayanara Torres
    Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, and former Miss Universe.Torres was discovered at age 17 while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She won the pageant and the right...

    , Puerto Rican actress
  • Diego Torres
    Diego Torres
    Diego Antonio Caccia Torres , is an Argentine Grammy Award-nominated pop singer and composer.-Biography:Diego Torres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Argentine singer Lolita Torres...

    , Argentinian pop singer
  • Eddie Torres
    Eddie Torres
    Eddie Torres is a salsa dance instructor. He has trained thousands of dancers, including some of the most well known contemporary dancers such as Frankie Martinez and Seaon Brystol. Through his dance school, he has taught thousands of people how to dance salsa in his own distinctive style...

    , Puerto Rican salsa dance instructor
  • Eugenio Torres Villarreal, Mexican professional wrestler, television host and rapper
  • Fernanda Torres
    Fernanda Torres
    Fernanda Pinheiro Monteiro Torres is a Brazilian movie, theatre and television actress. She is the daughter of the Oscar-nominated actress Fernanda Montenegro and the actor Fernando Torres....

    , Brazilian actress
  • Fernando Torres (actor)
    Fernando Torres (actor)
    Fernando Torres was a Brazilian actor and voice-over artist, as well as a television, film and theater director and producer. Torres' career in Brazilian film, stage and television spanned over five decades...

    , Brazilian actor
  • Gina Torres
    Gina Torres
    Gina Torres is an American television and movie actress. She is known for her roles in science fiction and fantasy. She has appeared in many television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys , Xena: Warrior Princess , the short-lived Cleopatra 2525, as well as Alias , Firefly Gina...

    , American actress
  • Guillermo José Torres
    Guillermo José Torres
    Guillermo José Torres is a Puerto Rican television reporter and news anchorman.-External links:*...

    , Puerto Rican TV reporter
  • Joe Torres, American TV actor
  • Judy Torres
    Judy Torres
    Judy Torres, also referred to as the "Queen of Freestyle", "The Legendary Miss Judy Torres", or "KTU's Own Judy Torres", is a Puerto Rican freestyle music artist...

    , Puerto Rican pop musician and dancer
  • Liz Torres
    Liz Torres
    Elizabeth "Liz" Torres is an actress, singer, and comedienne of Puerto Rican descent.-Early years:Torres was born in the Bronx borough of New York City where her parents had settled after moving from Puerto Rico. There she received her primary and secondary education...

    , American actress, singer and comedienne
  • Nestor Torres
    Nestor Torres
    Nestor Torres is a jazz flautist who was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in 1957. He took flute lessons at age 12 and began formal studies at the Escuela Libre de Música, eventually attending Puerto Rico’s Inter-American University. At 18, he moved to New York with his family...

    , Puerto Rican jazz flautist
  • Rawy Torres
    Rawy Torres
    Wilson "Rawy" Torres is a Puerto Rican singer, composer, and guitarist, who was a member of the well known boy band, Menudo.-Biography:...

    , Puerto Rican musician
  • Roberto Torres
    Roberto Torres
    Roberto Torres is a Cuban musician from Güines most famous for his interpretation of Simón Díaz's Caballo Viejo. He is considered to be one of the highest authorities in the history of the Cuban music. His singing career with Sonora Matancera puts him at the peaks and among the top singers of Cuba...

    , Cuban musician
  • Samantha Torres, Spanish model
  • Tico Torres
    Tico Torres
    Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres is an American drummer and percussionist for rock band classic, Bon Jovi. He also has taken lead vocals on a song on the box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, as well as backing vocals on a couple of the early Bon Jovi tracks, notably "Born to Be My...

    , American musician and Bon Jovi drummer

Artists and writers

  • Alberto Torres
    Alberto Torres
    Alberto Torres was a politician and a Brazilian social thinker who was concerned about national unity and the organization of the Brazilian society....

    , Brazilian social thinker
  • Angelo Torres
    Angelo Torres
    Angelo Torres is an American cartoonist and caricaturist whose work has appeared in many comic books, as well as a long-running regular slot in Mad magazine, typically film or television parodies.-Biography:...

    , American cartoonist
  • Ben Fong-Torres
    Ben Fong-Torres
    Benjamin Fong-Torres is an American rock journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his association with Rolling Stone magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle .-Biography:Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act, Fong-Torres' father, Ricardo Fong-Torres Benjamin Fong-Torres (方振豪; Cantonese:...

    , American rock journalist
  • Diego de Torres Vargas
    Diego de Torres Vargas
    Father Diego de Torres Vargas , a priest, was the first person to write a book about the history of Puerto Rico.-Early years:Torres Vargas was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a prosperous family...

    , Puerto Rican historian
  • Diego de Torres y Villaroel, Spanish writer
  • Edwin Torres (poet)
    Edwin Torres (poet)
    Edwin Torres is a "Nuyorican" poet.-Early years:Torres's parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. His father died when he was young and he was then raised by his mother and her brother Martin. Martin provided comfort and family support...

    , American/Puerto Rican poet
  • Felix Gonzales-Torres, Cuban artist
  • Joaquín Torres García
    Joaquín Torres García
    Joaquín Torres García , was a Uruguayan plastic artist and art theorist, also known as the founder of Constructive Universalism...

    , Uruguayan artist
  • Julio Romero de Torres
    Julio Romero de Torres
    Julio Romero de Torres was a Spanish painter.He was born and died in Córdoba, Spain, where he lived most of his life. His father was the famous painter Rafael Romero Barros and his mother was Rosario de Torres Delgado...

    , Spanish painter
  • Luis Llorens Torres
    Luis Lloréns Torres
    Luis Llorens Torres , was a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, and politician. He was an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico.-Early years:...

    , Puerto Rican writer and politician
  • Tereska Torres
    Tereska Torres
    Tereska Torrès is a French writer.Born to the Jewish Polish sculptor Marek Szwarc and his wife Guina she had to flee her native country in 1940 via Lisbon to England when France surrendered to Nazi Germany after the Battle of France while her father, serving in the Polish Armed Forces in the West,...

    , French novelist

Politicians and public figures

  • Abdelkhalek Torres
    Abdelkhalek Torres
    Abdelkhalek Torres was a Moroccan journalist and nationalist leader based in Tetouan, Morocco during the Spanish protectorate of Morocco era....

    , journalist and leader of Morocco
    Morocco
    Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

  • Camilo Torres Restrepo
    Camilo Torres Restrepo
    Father Camilo Torres Restrepo was a Colombian socialist, Roman Catholic priest, a predecessor of liberation theology and a member of the National Liberation Army guerrilla organisation...

    , Colombian Roman Catholic priest
  • Camilo Torres Tenorio
    Camilo Torres Tenorio
    Camilo Torres Tenorio 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:...

    , Colombian politician
  • Edwin Torres (judge)
    Edwin Torres (judge)
    -Early years:Both of Torres' parents emigrated from Jayuya, Puerto Rico and settled in the barrio in Manhattan's Spanish Harlem where Torres was born. Growing up in poverty, Torres graduated from Stuyvesant High School. From there he attended City College of the City University of New York,...

    , American supreme court judge
  • Esteban Edward Torres
    Esteban Edward Torres
    Esteban Edward Torres is a politician from the state of California. Torres was born in Miami, Arizona to Rena Gómez. His father was a miner who was deported to Mexico in the 1930s despite being an U.S. citizen....

    , Californian politician
  • Ignacio Torres Magaña, Mexican politician
  • Jaime Torres Bodet
    Jaime Torres Bodet
    Jaime Torres Bodet was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico....

    , Mexican politician
  • Juan José Torres
    Juan José Torres
    Juan José Torres González was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader. He served as President of Bolivia from October 7, 1970 to August 21, 1971. He was popularly known as "J.J."...

    , Bolivian President
  • Lucy Torres
    Lucy Torres
    Lucy Torres-Gomez is a Filipina congresswoman, actress, and television host.-Biography:Torres-Gomez was born on December 11, 1974, in Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines. Her family owned several hectares of land. Torres is of German, Spanish, Chinese, and native Malay descent. Torres attended elementary and...

    , Filipino politician
  • Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean statesman and scholar
  • Ruben D. Torres
    Rubén D. Torres
    Rubén Deloso Torres is a politician in the Philippines. He goes by the nom de guerre "Kadre" which he was known as a leftist during martial law.-Life:...

    , Filipino politician
  • Sandra Torres (politician)
    Sandra Torres (politician)
    Sandra Julieta Torres Casanova is the former First Lady of Guatemala. Along with her ex-husband, President Alvaro Colom Caballeros, she is of Guatemalan nationality, originally from the county of Melchor de Mencos, in the department of Petén...

    , First Lady of Guatemala

Scientists and explorers

  • Carlos Torres (astronomer), Chilean astronomer
  • Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
    Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
    Leonardo Torres y Quevedo was a Spanish civil engineer and mathematician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.- Biography :Torres was born on 28 December 1852, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, in Santa Cruz de Iguña, Molledo , Spain...

    , Spanish engineer and mathematician
  • Luis de Torres
    Luis de Torres
    Luis de Torres , perhaps born as יוסף בן הלוי העברי, Yosef Ben Ha Levy Haivri, was Christopher Columbus's interpreter on his first voyage and the first person of Jewish origin to settle in America....

    , interpreter for Christopher Columbus
  • Luis Váez de Torres, 17th century maritime explorer

Other

  • Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía
    Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía
    Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía Venegas y Ponce de León, primer conde de Villadompardo was Spanish viceroy of Peru from 1584 to November 20, 1589.In 1576 he was named the first count of Villadompardo by King Philip II....

    , the 16th-century viceroy
  • Angel Arce Torres
    Angel Arce Torres
    Angel Arce Torres was an American victim of a hit and run incident from Hartford, Connecticut. The incident attracted widespread comment and criticism for the callousness of the perpetrators, other drivers and pedestrians.-Incident:...

    , American hit and run victim
  • Floriberta Jimenez Torres, survivor
  • Susan Torres
    Susan Torres
    Susan Michelle Rollin Torres was an American woman who made headline news all over the world, when she gave birth to a baby girl while brain dead, with Stage IV Malignant Melanoma, and on a life support machine....

    , American woman who gave birth while brain dead
  • Tomás de Torres
    Tomás de Torres
    Tomás de Torres was a Portuguese teacher of King John III of Portugal, an astrologer and an eminent doctor during the early 16th century in Portugal. He was satirized by Gil Vicente in one of his plays as Doctor Torres in the Auto dos Físicos...

    , Portuguese astrologer

Fictional characters

  • Adam Torres, a character in Degrassi
  • B'Elanna Torres
    B'Elanna Torres
    B'Elanna Torres is a main character in Star Trek: Voyager played by Roxann Dawson. She is portrayed as a half-human half-Klingon born in 2349 on the Federation colony Kessik IV. Torres joined the Maquis in 2370 and was serving on the Val Jean when brought to the Delta Quadrant...

    , a character in Star Trek: Voyager
    Star Trek: Voyager
    Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...

    .
  • Callie Torres
    Callie Torres
    Calliope Iphegenia "Callie" Torres, M.D., is a fictional character from the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actress Sara Ramírez...

    , a character in Grey's Anatomy
    Grey's Anatomy
    Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...

  • Drew Torres, a character in Degrassi
  • Eva "Papi" Torres, a character in The L Word
    The L Word
    The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...

  • Ria Torres, a character in Lie to Me
    Lie to Me
    Lie to Me is a 2009-2011 American television series.Lie to Me may also refer to:* Lie to Me , a South Korean drama series* "Lie to Me" , an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

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