List of bullfighters

Ask a question about 'List of bullfighters' Start a new discussion about 'List of bullfighters' Answer questions from other users Full Discussion Forum

Famous Toreros

Colombia

Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....

• César Rincón
  César Rincón
  
  Julio C?sar Rinc?n Ram?rez is a Colombian Torero born in Bogot? on 5 September 1965.References**...
  
• Nelson Segura Álvarez
• Luis Bolivar'
• Hector Villa - "El Chano"

Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a country in the Caribbean. It consists of the island of Cuba , the island of Isla de la Juventud, and several adjacent small islands....

• José Marrero

Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west....

• Guillermo Albán
• Mariano Crúz Ordóñez

France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....

• Patricia Pellen
• Stéphane Fernandez Meca
• Richard Milian
• Jean Baptiste Jalabert - Juan Bautista
• Julien Lescaret
• Sébastien Castella
• André Viard
• Alain Montcouquiol - Nimeño 1
• Christian Montcouquiol ("Nimeño II")
  Nimeño II
  
  Christian Montcouquiol was a French matador....
  

Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....

• El Niño del Sol Naciente

Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....

• Alejandro Amaya
• Carlos Arruza
  Carlos Arruza
  
  Carlos Arruza was one of the most prominent Torero s of the 20th century. He was known as "El Cicl?n" .Arruza was born in Mexico to Spanish parents....
  
• Humberto Flores
• Jaime Bravo
  Jaime Bravo
  
  Jaime Bravo was a famous Mexican matador during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in the infamous Tepito District of M?xico City, to Spanish parents....
  
• Eloy Cavazos
  Eloy Cavazos
  
  also known as "The Little Giant"Born: August 25, 1949, Ciudad Guadalupe, Nuevo Le?n, M?xico.Resides in Guadalupe, Nuevo Le?n, a suburb of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon M?xico....
  
• Manolo Martínez
• Rey Guevara-Vasquez, El Aleph
• Rafael Ortega
• Silverio Pérez
• Oscar López Rivera
  Oscar López Rivera
  
  Oscar L?pez Rivera is a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted and sentenced to 70 years in prison for numerous offenses. He was among the 16 Puerto Rican nationalists offered conditional clemency by U.S....
  
• Jose Ramon Tirado
• El Zotoluco
• Bette Ford
  Bette Ford
  
  Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein, , better known as Bette Ford, has been a model, an actress and the first American bullfighter ever to fight in the Plaza Mexico, making history for the United States....
  
• Alfredo Gomez "El Brillante"

Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....

• Vasco Taborda, Jr.
• José Falcão- Deceased
• Joaquim Bastinhas
• Paulo Caetano
• João Moura
• Vitor Ribeiro
• Luis Rouxinol
  Luís Rouxinol
  
  Luis Rouxinol is a top bullfighter in Portugal and averages around 40?60 bullfights a year. He was born in Peg?es, Montijo, with Jo?o Moura as his godfather....
  
• Joao Salgueiro
• Rui Salvador
• António Ribeiro Telles
• Mestre David Ribeiro Telles
• João Telles
• João Branco Núncio
  João Branco Núncio
  
  Jo?o Branco N?ncio was a Portugal bullfighter born in Alc?cer do Sal , Alc?cer do Sal, in a whitewashed house next to his uncle's Viscount of Alc?cer do Sal....
  
• Rodolfo El Pana Rodgriguez

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....

Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

• Paco Cespedes
• Conchita Cintrón
  Conchita Cintrón
  
  File:Conchita Cintron.jpgConcepci?n Cintr?n Verrill, also known as Conchita Cintr?n or La Diosa Rubia , was a Peruvian-Portuguese torero , perhaps the most famous in the history of bullfighting....
  

Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....

• Antonio Ordóñez
  Antonio Ordóñez
  
  Antonio Ord??ez was a famous Spain bullfighter.Bullfighting careerOrd??ez was born Antonio Ord??ez Araujo in Ronda, M?laga, Andaluc?a....
  
• Gomez Escorial

• Cayetano Ordóñez
  Cayetano Ordóñez
  
  Cayetano Ord??ez founder of the second bullfighting dynasty was born January 24,1904 Ronda,Spain - October 30,1961 Madrid,SpainHis parents owned a shoeshop called La Palma, which later became his nickname....
  
• El Yiyo
• Cristina Sánchez
  Cristina Sánchez
  
  Cristina S?nchez de Pablos is a famous former List of bullfighters. She is better known plainly as Cristina S?nchez.S?nchez enjoyed international fame: She was successful at bullrings in Ecuador and Mexico and is one of the most well recognized bullfighters at home....
  
• Curro Romero
  Curro Romero
  
  Francisco Romero L?pez Spain bullfighter, known as Curro Romero. Born in Camas, near Seville.He started his professional career in La Pa?oleta , on August 22, 1954 together with Lime?o....
  

• Enrique Ponce
  Enrique Ponce
  
  Alfonso Enrique Ponce Mart?nez Chiva, Valencia , Spain also known as Enrique Ponce is a famous Spanish bullfighter....
  
• El Soro
• El Fandi
  El Fandi
  
  El Fandi is statistically one of the most skilled toreros in the world. Currently, he is ranked number one among all bullfighters in Spain....
  
• Isidro Ramirez
• Emilio Muñoz
  Emilio Muñoz
  
  Emilio Mu?oz is a bullfighter and actor who has appeared in several Madonna videos and movies such as The Disappearance of Federico Garcia Lorca....
  
• Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
  Francisco Rivera Ordóñez
  
  Francisco Rivera Ord??ez is a Spanish bullfighter.He is the son of Francisco Rivera and Carmen Ord??ez. His father?s second wife was Isabel Pantoja, with whom Cayetano has a half brother, Francisco Rivera Pantoja....
  
• Francisco Montes Reina, Paquiro
  Francisco Montes Reina
  
  Francisco Montes Reina , nicknamed Paquiro, was a famous matador who was born in Chiclana, C?diz, Spain. He would have become a surgeon, but a certain marquis retracted his patronage, leaving Francisco's father in financial difficulties, hence the son became "Paquiro", since he was not satisfied just being a mason....
  
• Cúchares

• Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
  Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
  
  Ignacio S?nchez Mej?as was a Spanish bullfighter, one of the greatest in history. He was also a writer. He enjoyed enormous popularity — he was attractive to women, admired by men, and a sympathetic personality to artists, especially those of the Generation of '27....
  
• Javier Conde
  Javier Conde
  
  Javier Conde Becerra born February 19 1975, better known as Javier Conde, is one of the most famous Spanish bullfighters to come from Malaga....
  
• Jesulín de Ubrique
• Jerónimo Pimentel Gomez
• José María Manzanares
• José Ortega Cano
  José Ortega Cano
  
  Jos? Ortega Cano is a Spain bullfighter. He was married to Spanish singer Roc?o Jurado.Currently participating on a weekly TV program "Mira Quien Baila" where he shows no talent for dancing....
  
• Pepe-Hillo
• Joselito
  José Miguel Arroyo Delgado
  
  Jos? Miguel Arroyo Delgado is a famous List of bullfighters from Spain. He is better known in bullfighting circles as Joselito, a nickname he shares with at least two other notables: Jos? Gomez, the Jos?lito bullfighter of the 1910s, and Jos?lito, a teen idol singer from the 1960s....
  
• José Tomás Román Martín, José Tomás
• Juan Belmonte
  Juan Belmonte
  
  Juan Belmonte Garc?a was an Spain Torero , considered by many the greatest matador of all time.Born in the Triana area of Seville, Belmonte began his bullfighting career in 1908, touring around Spain in a children's bullfighting group called Los Ni?os Sevillanos....
  
• Julián López Escobar
  Julián López Escobar
  
  Juli?n L?pez Escobar commonly known as El Juli, is a Spanish matador....
  , El Juli

• Dominguín
  Luis Miguel González Lucas
  
  Luis Miguel Gonz?lez Lucas was a famous bullfighting from Spain, better known as Luis Miguel Domingu?n. His father was the legendary Domingo Domingu?n; he adopted his father's name to gain popularity....
  
• Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (Manolete)
  Manolete
  
  Manuel Laureano Rodr?guez S?nchez , better known as Manolete, was a famous Spanish bullfighter.He rose to prominence shortly after the Spanish Civil War and is considered by some to be the greatest bullfighter of all time....
  
• Manuel Benítez, El Cordobés
  El Cordobés
  
  Manuel Ben?tez P?rez, born 4 May 1936 in Palma del R?o near C?rdoba, Spain is known as El Cordob?s , the famous matador of the 1960s, who brought to the bullfighting an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style....
  .
• Manuel Díaz González, El Cordobés
• Mario Cabré
• Manuel Jesús Cid, El Cid
• Matias Tejela
• Miguel Ángel Perera

• Paquirri
  Paquirri
  
  Paquirri was a Spanish people bullfighter.During a bullfight in Pozoblanco , he was gored by a bull named "Avispado" and died while he was being moved to the hospital of C?rdoba....
  
• Pedro Romero
  Pedro Romero
  
  Pedro Romero Mart?nez was a legendary bullfighting from the Romero family in Ronda, Spain. His grandfather Francisco is credited with advancing the art of using the muletilla; his father and two brothers were also toreros....
  
• Pepe Luís Vázquez
• Rafael Molina Sánchez, Lagartijo
  Rafael Molina Sánchez
  
  Rafael Molina S?nchez "Lagartijo", the son of "Ni?o de Dios", and nephew of "Poleo", was born in C?rdoba, Spain on November 27, 1841. He fought in his home town on September 8, 1851 when he was nine years old....
  
• Rafael Guerra Bejarano, Guerrita
  Rafael Guerra Bejarano
  
  Rafael Guerra Bejarano "Guerrita" was born in C?rdoba, Spain, in the household of an employee of the slaughterhouse, one and half months before his side-whiskered uncle Jos? "El Pepote" was killed in Madrid by "Jocinero", on March 6, 1862....
  
• El Viti
• Frascuelo'

United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

• Eduardo Paz-Martinez, featured in Mexico City
• Mario Carrión
• Sidney Franklin
  Sidney Franklin (bullfighter)
  
  Sidney Franklin was the first United States of America to become a successful bullfighter.Born Sidney Frumkin in [Brooklyn, New York]], Franklin attended, but later dropped out of Columbia University....
  
• John Fulton (Short)
• Sean McSpadden
• John Locke
  John Locke
  
  John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricism, but is equally important to social contract theory....
  

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

• Santiago Wealands Tapia Robson
  Santiago Wealands Tapia Robson
  
  Santiago Wealands Tapia Robson was the first Anglo-Spanish bullfighter in history - and the first to write a book on the subject too....
   - the first Anglo-Spanish bullfighter
• Frank Evans

Fictional Bullfighters

• Vega (Street Fighter)
  Vega (Street Fighter)
  
  Vega, known as in Japan, is a fictional character from the Street Fighter fighting game series. Vega is a masked talon-wielding warrior from Spain who uses a personal fighting style combining Japanese Ninjutsu and Spanish matador, earning him the nickname the "Spanish Ninja"....
  , one of the bosses
  Boss (video games)
  
  A boss is a computer-controlled opponent which is found in video games. Their purpose is to test the skills that the player has accumulated over the course of a game....
   of the Street Fighter fighting game series.
• Abe Simpson, in The Simpsons
  The Simpsons
  
  The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
   episode Million Dollar Abie
  Million Dollar Abie
  
  Million Dollar Abie is the sixteenth episode of the The Simpsons of The Simpsons. It originally aired on April 2, 2006. The title of this episode is a play on the 2004 movie Million Dollar Baby....
  .

External links

• The English-language encyclopedia of bullfighting

See also

• Bullfighting
  Bullfighting
  
  Bullfighting or tauromachy , is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, some cities in southern France, and several Latin American countries, in which one or more live bulls are ritually killed as a public spectacle....