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Torres (sometimes Torrez
[1] or Torrès ) is a surname in the
Catalan ,
Portuguese , and
Spanish languages, meaning "towers".
[2]
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.
[3] It is a common surname in
Puerto Rico ,
Dominican Republic ,
Spain ,
Portugal ,
Colombia ,
Peru ,
Cuba ,
Mexico ,
Venezuela and the
Philippines , among others. In
Italy , among other countries, it is found as a
Sephardic surname.
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Abraham Torres , Venezuelan boxer
Albert Torres , Spanish racing cyclist
Andrés Torres , Puerto Rican baseball player
Arturo Torres (soccer) , American soccer player
Aureliano Torres , Paraguayan footballer
Carlos Alberto Torres , Brazilian footballer
Carolina Torres , Chilean pole vaulter
Dara Torres , American swimmer
Dilson Torres , Venezuelan baseball player
Erick Torres , Peruvian footballer
Eve Torres (born 1984), American professional wrestler
Facundo Torres , Uruguayan footballer
Félix Ricardo Torres , Paraguayan footballer
Fernando Torres (born 1984), Spanish footballer
Ferran Torres , Spanish footballer
Francisco Javier Torres , Mexican footballer
Georgie Torres , Puerto Rican basketball player
Gleyber Torres , Venezuelan baseball player
Héctor Torres , Mexican baseball player
Leonardo Torres Quevedo , Spanish engineer
Joe Torres (baseball) (born 1982), American baseball coach
Johnny Torres , American soccer player
José Torres (1936–2009), Puerto Rican boxer
José Torres (1938–2010), Portuguese footballer and coach
José Francisco Torres , American soccer player
Juan Francisco Torres , Spanish footballer
Liberman Torres (born 2002), Ecuadorian footballer
Macnelly Torres , Colombian footballer
Marco Torrès , French gymnast
Mariano Torres , Argentine footballer
Matthew Torres (born 2001), American Paralympic swimmer
Miguel Angel Torres (born 1981), American MMA fighter
Miguel Torres Gómez , Spanish footballer
Mike Torres , Dominican basketball player
Norbert Torres (born 1990), Filipino-Canadian basketball player
Óscar Torres (basketball) , Venezuelan basketball player
Pau Torres (born 1997), Spanish footballer
Raffi Torres , Canadian ice hockey player
Raymundo Torres (boxer) , Mexican boxer
Raymundo Torres (footballer) , Mexican footballer
Roger Torres , Colombian footballer
Salomón Torres , Dominican baseball player
Sandra Torres , Argentine marathon runner
Sergio Torres (born 1981), Argentine footballer
Tecia Torres , American mixed martial artist
Todd Torres , Puerto Rican swimmer
Xavi Torres , Spanish footballer
Richard Torrez (born 1999), American professional boxer
Albert Torres , Puerto Rican American salsa dancer and promoter
Antonio Torres Jurado , Spanish guitarist and guitar maker
Bartolomé de Torres Naharro , Spanish dramatist
Coraima Torres , Venezuelan actress
Dayanara Torres , Puerto Rican actress
Diego Torres , Argentinian pop singer
Eddie Torres , Puerto Rican American salsa dance instructor
Eugenio Torres Villarreal , Mexican professional wrestler, television host and rapper
Fernanda Torres , Brazilian actress
Fernando Torres , Brazilian actor
Gina Torres , Cuban American actress
Guillermo José Torres , Puerto Rican American TV reporter
Joe Torres , American TV actor
José Torres , Cuban-Polish musician and percussionist
Judy Torres , Puerto Rican American pop musician and dancer
Liz Torres , American actress, singer and comedian
Néstor Torres , Puerto Rican jazz flautist
Rawy Torres , Puerto Rican musician
Roberto Torres , Cuban musician
Samantha Torres , Spanish model
Tico Torres , Cuban American musician and Bon Jovi drummer
Tommy Torres , Puerto Rican musician
Torres , stagename of American musician Mackenzie Scott
Eduardo Serrano Torres, Venezuelan composer
Xavier Enrique Torres , Puerto Rican actor
Alberto Torres , Brazilian social thinker
Andrés Torres Queiruga , Galician theologian, writer and translator
Angelo Torres , American cartoonist
Ben Fong-Torres , American rock journalist
Diego de Torres Vargas , Puerto Rican historian
Diego de Torres Villarroel , Spanish writer
Edwin Torres , American/Puerto Rican poet
Félix González-Torres , Cuban artist
Joaquín Torres García , Uruguayan artist
Julio Romero de Torres , Spanish painter
Raymunda Torres y Quiroga , Argentine writer and women's rights activist
Tanya Torres , Puerto Rican artist, author, and poet
Tereska Torrès , French novelist
Abdelkhalek Torres , journalist and nationalist leader in Morocco
Art Torres , American politician
Camilo Torres Restrepo , Colombian Roman Catholic priest
Camilo Torres Tenorio , Colombian politician
Edwin Torres , American state supreme court judge
Esteban Edward Torres , Californian politician
Guillermo Torrez , Bolivian politician
Henri Torrès , French trial lawyer, politician, and writer
Hugo Torres Jiménez , Nicaraguan activist
Jaime Torres Bodet , Mexican politician
Juan José Torres , Bolivian President
Lucy Torres , Filipino politician
Manuel Torres , first Colombian ambassador to the United States
Manuel Montt Torres , Chilean statesman and scholar
Raul Torres , American politician
Ritchie Torres , American politician
Ruben Torres , Filipino politician
Sandra Torres , Guatemalan politician and former First Lady.
Adam Torres , a character in
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Alex Torres, a character in
Knight Rider (2008 TV series)
B'Elanna Torres , a character in
Star Trek: Voyager
Callie Torres , a character in
Grey's Anatomy
Cesar Torres, a character in the analog horror series
The Mandela Catalogue
Dante Torres, a character in the NBC series
Chicago P.D.
Diego Torres, a character in the
Netflix series
13 Reasons Why
Drew Torres , a character in
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Eva "Papi" Torres , a character in
The L Word
Eddie Torres , a character in
New York Undercover
Izzie Torres , a character in
Doctors
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
Fabiola Torres, a character from
Never Have I Ever
Drea Torres, a character in
Netflix Original
Do Revenge