Carrera
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Carrera, de la Carrera or Karrera is a surname originated in Venice, Italy. Later, also a Basque
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...

 surname from Alegría de Oria
Alegia
Alegia is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. On 2003 Alegia had a total population of 1,612.-External links:...

 and Amezketa
Amezketa
Amezketa is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community, in the north of Spain.-External links:* Information available in Spanish and Basque.* Information available in Spanish...

, in Guipúzcoa (Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

). Other references show that is a Castilian
Castilian people
The Castilian people are the inhabitants of those regions in Spain where most people identify themselves as Castilian. They include Castile-La Mancha, Madrid, and the major part of Castile and León. However, not all regions of the medieval Kingdom of Castile think of themselves as Castilian...

 surname. And may refer to:

Persons

  • Asia Carrera
    Asia Carrera
    Asia Carrera is a former American pornographic actress.- Early life and education :Asia Carrera was born in New York City to a Japanese father and German mother, the eldest of four siblings. She was raised in Little Silver, New Jersey, attending the Little Silver School District and Red Bank...

     (1973–), American porn star
  • Barbara Carrera
    Barbara Carrera
    Barbara Carrera is a Nicaraguan-born American film and television actress as well as a former model. She is best known for her roles as Bond girl Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again and as Angelica Nero on the soap opera Dallas.-Early life:Barbara Kingsbury was born in San Carlos, Río San Juan,...

     (1945–), Nicaraguan-American actress
  • Carrera family
    Carrera family
    The Carrera family of Chile became politically influential during the colonial period, and played a significant role in Chilean Independence. They remained politically important throughout the 19th century...

    , Chilean family prominent in the Chilean War of Independence
  • Evelyn Carrera
    Evelyn Carrera
    Evelyn Carrera Pichardo is a retired female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #5 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team...

     (1971–), Dominican Republic volleyball player
  • Félix Rigau Carrera
    Felix Rigau Carrera
    First Lieutenant Félix Rigau Carrera , known as "El Águila de Sabana Grande" , was the first Puerto Rican pilot and the first Hispanic fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps...

     (1884–1954), First Puerto Rican aviator
  • Gonzalo Carrera
    Gonzalo Carrera
    Gonzalo Carrera is a Spanish keyboard player in several progressive rock bands. He played in Landmarq, but is currently in Karnataka, playing in Nick May's Whimwise live band and working on a new project with Peter Banks....

     (contemporary), British rock musician
  • Ignacio Carrera Pinto
    Ignacio Carrera Pinto
    Ignacio Carrera Pinto is a Chilean hero of the War of the Pacific.He was born in Santiago, Chile; the son of José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla, of Basque descent, and of Emilia Pinto Benavente. He was the grandson of Jose Miguel Carrera Verdugo, one of Chile's independence heroes...

     (1848–1882), hero of the Chilean Army
  • Javiera Carrera
    Javiera Carrera
    Francisca Xaviera Eudoxia Rudecinda Carmen de los Dolores de la Carrera y Verdugo , better known as Javiera Carrera, was a member of one of the most aristocratic Chilean families, the Carrera family of Basque origin, who actively participated in the Chilean War of Independence...

     (1771–1862), hero of the Chilean war of Independence
  • José Miguel Carrera
    José Miguel Carrera
    José Miguel Carrera Verdugo was a Chilean general, member of the prominent Carrera family, and considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Carrera was the most important leader of the Chilean War of Independence during the period of the Patria Vieja...

     (1785–1821), hero of the Chilean War of Independence
  • Juan Luis Carrera
    Juan Luis Carrera
    Juan Luis Carrera is a musician and recording engineer based in Washington, D.C. As a musician, Carrera was the bassist for the Dischord Records band The Warmers and has also played with bands like Lungfish, Lois, Junk Man Ran, and The Junction....

     (contemporary), American musician and recording engineer
  • Leonardo Carrera
    Leonardo Carrera
    Leonardo Carrera Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler best known under the name Damián 666...

     (a.k.a. Damián 666) (1961–), Mexican professional wrestler
  • Leonardo Carrera
    Bestia 666
    Leornardo Carrera Lizarraga is a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bestia 666...

     (a.k.a. Bestia 666) (1989–), Mexican professional wrestler
  • Luis Carrera
    Luis Carrera
    Colonel Luis Florentino Juan Manuel Silvestre de los Dolores de la Carrera y Verdugo was a Chilean military officer who fought in the Chilean War of Independence. Together with his brothers José Miguel and Juan José, they were some of most important leaders of Chilean struggle for independence...

     (1791–1818), military leader in the Chilean War of Independence
  • Martín Carrera
    Martín Carrera
    Martín Carrera Sabat was a Mexican general and interim president of the country for about a month in 1855. He was a moderate Liberal....

     (1806–1871), President of Mexico briefly in 1855
  • Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942–), Mexican Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal
  • Pietro Carrera
    Pietro Carrera
    Pietro Carrera, chess player, historian, priest and author, born in Sicily, in Militello in Val di Catania , located in the Valley of Noto; here he grew up in the old colony of San Vito. He was born on July 12, 1573, he was the son of Donna Antonia Severino and Mariano Carrera, a traditional...

     (1573–1647), Sicilian chess player, priest, and author
  • Rafael Carrera
    Rafael Carrera
    José Rafael Carrera Turcios was the ruler of Guatemala from 1844 to 1848 and from 1851 until his death in 1865. During his military career and presidency, the new nations in Central America faced numerous problems...

     (1814–1865), ruler of Guatemala 1839–1865
  • Tia Carrere
    Tia Carrere
    Tia Carrere is an American actress, model, voice artist, and singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra Wong in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2, Queen Tyr'ahnee in Duck Dodgers, and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter.-Early life:Carrere was born in...

    (1967–), Filipina-American actress
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