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Romero is a Spanish
Spanish language
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 surname
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 meaning "pilgrim
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" or "rosemary
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It may refer to:

General

  • E. Antonio Romero
    E. Antonio Romero
    E. Antonio Romero was a Guatemalan philosopher, historian and writer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Spanish Wikipedia....

    , Guatemalan philosopher, historian and writer
  • Enrique Badia Romero
    Enrique Badia Romero
    Enrique Badía Romero is a Spanish comics artist, best known to English-speaking audiences for his work on Modesty Blaise...

    , Spanish comics artist known as Romero
  • Francisco Romero (philosopher)
    Francisco Romero (philosopher)
    Francisco Romero was a Latin American philosopher, considered a leader in the philosopher movement in the Latin American countries, especially in Argentina....

    , Argentine philosopher
  • John Romero
    John Romero
    Alfonso John Romero is a game designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and was a designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Doom and Quake...

    , United States computer game programmer and designer
  • Óscar Romero
    Óscar Romero
    Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a bishop of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He became the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, succeeding Luis Chávez. He was assassinated on 24 March 1980....

    , the murdered Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Paul Romero
    Paul Romero
    Paul Anthony Romero is an American computer and video game music composer and classical pianist who has won awards for his work.-Background:...

    , United States computer game music composer
  • Ric Romero
    Ric Romero
    Ric Romero is the consumer reporter for KABC, a television station in the U.S. city of Los Angeles.Born in Los Angeles, Romero graduated from San José State University with a degree in Broadcasting and Business and a minor in Theatre Arts...

    , United States consumer reporter
  • Romero
    Romero (beyblade)
    Romero, known in Japan as ', is a fictional character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade.-Teams:F-Dynasty Romero is the F-Dynasty's coach, and the one who taught Raul and Julia how to beyblade...

    , character in the anime series Beyblade

Politics

  • Carlos Romero Barceló
    Carlos Romero Barceló
    Carlos Antonio Romero Barceló is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the fifth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001, making him one of the more successful...

    , Puerto Rico Governor
  • Carmen Romero Rubio
    Carmen Romero Rubio
    Fabiana Sebastiana Maria Carmen Romero Rubio y Castelló , second wife of Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico.- Youth :...

     (1864-1944), Mexican First Lady
  • Miguel Romero
    Miguel Romero
    Miguel Alberto Romero is the 19th and current Puerto Rico Secretary of Labor, serving in the Governor Luis Fortuño Administration.-Early Life and education:...

     (born 1970), Puerto Rican politician

Cinema

  • Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. was an American film and television actor who was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years...

    , United States actor
  • Eddie Romero
    Eddie Romero
    Eddie Romero is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003....

    , Filipino film director
  • George A. Romero
    George A. Romero
    George Andrew Romero is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies." -Life and career:...

    , United States film director
  • Gloria Romero
    Gloria Romero (actress)
    Gloria Romero is a Filipino actress appearing in film and television. Her career spans 60 years and includes award winning performances in the films Tanging Yaman , Nagbabagang Luha and 1955's Dalagang Ilocana...

    , Filipina actress

Music

  • Aldemaro Romero
    Aldemaro Romero
    Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger and orchestral conductor. He was born in Valencia, Carabobo State.-Biography:...

    , Venezuelan musician
  • Chan Romero
    Chan Romero
    Robert Lee "Chan" Romero is an American rock and roll pioneer and contemporary of Ritchie Valens, best known for his seminal 1959 hit, Hippy Hippy Shake.-Life and career:...

    , American rock and roll singer
  • Eladio Romero Santos
    Eladio Romero Santos
    Eladio Romero Santos was a Dominican musician.Originally from Zenobí, a town outside of San Francisco de Macorís, Santos’ career spans over forty years. Santos started recording bachata at the same time as José Manuel Calderón and Cuco Valoy...

    , Dominican musician
  • Dyango
    Dyango
    Dyango, born José Gómez Romero on March 5, 1940 in Barcelona, is a Spanish musician. While he was born in Barcelona, capital of La Cataluña, he is not a Catalán, but rather, of Castilian or "Castellano" ancestry....

    , Spanish musician born José Gómez Romero
  • The Romeros
    The Romeros
    Los Romeros, The Romero Guitar Quartet, is a guitar quartet, sometimes known as "The Royal Family of the Guitar" — their personnel consists entirely of members of the Romero family....

    , Spanish classical guitar quartet featuring:
    • Celedonio Romero
      Celedonio Romero
      Celedonio Romero was a guitarist, composer and poet, perhaps best known as the founder of The Romeros guitar quartet....

      , classical guitarist, poet and composer
    • Pepe Romero
      Pepé Romero
      Pepe Romero is a world-renowned classical and flamenco guitarist. He is particularly famous for his outstanding technique and colorful musical interpretations on the instrument....

      , classical guitarist (son of Celedonio)
    • Ángel Romero
      Ángel Romero
      Ángel Romero is a Spanish classical guitarist, conductor and former member of the guitar quartet Los Romeros. He is the youngest son of Celedonio Romero, who in 1957 left Franco's Spain for the United States with his family....

      , classical guitarist and conductor (son of Celedonio)

Sports

  • Romero (bullfighter family)
    Romero (bullfighter family)
    Romero is family of bullfighters from Ronda, Spain, dating back to the 18th century. The only other family with a comparable history in bullfighting are the Ordóñez, whose founder, Cayetano Ordóñez, "El Niño de la Palmas", was also from Ronda....

    , a dynasty of 18th and 19th century bullfighters from Ronda, Andalusia, Spain, its most famous members being:
    • Francisco Romero (matador)
      Francisco Romero (matador)
      Francisco Romero was a significant Spanish matador. He reputedly introduced the famous red cape into bullfighting in around 1726....

    • Juan Romero (bullfighter)
    • José Romero (bullfighter)
      José Romero (bullfighter)
      José Romero was a Spanish bullfighter who performed during the late 18th and early 19th century. When bullfighting was prohibited in 1804 he was obliged to retire. Years later, in 1818, several bullfights were organised in Madrid in aid of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew...

    • Pedro Romero
      Pedro Romero
      Pedro Romero Martínez was a legendary bullfighter 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...

  • Andrés Romero, Chilean footballer
  • Andrés Romero
    Andres Romero
    For the Chilean footballer with the same name see Andrés Romero Andrés Fabián Romero is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour....

    , Argentine golfer
  • Antonio Romero
    Antonio Romero
    José Antonio Romero is a Mexican sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 1000 m event at the 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mexico City....

    , Mexican sprint canoer
  • Camilo Romero, Mexican football (soccer) player
  • Carmen Romero Ferrer
    Carmen Romero
    Carmen Romero Ferrer is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 69.08 metres, achieved in April 1976 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:...

     (born 1950), Cuban discus thrower
  • Cibeles Romero
    Cibeles Romero
    Cibeles Romero Misioner is a former female field hockey player from Spain, who was a member of the Women's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There the team ended up in fourth place under the guidance of Dutch coach Marc Lammers. She played club hockey for SPV 51 in...

    , Spanish field hockey player
  • Curro Romero
    Curro Romero
    Francisco Romero López Spanish bullfighter, known as Curro Romero. Born in Camas, near Seville.He started his professional career in La Pañoleta , on August 22, 1954 together with Limeño....

     (born 1933), Spanish bullfighter (not a member the Romero dynasty)
  • Eduardo Romero
    Eduardo Romero
    Eduardo Alejandro Romero is an Argentine professional golfer.Romero was born in Córdoba. He turned professional in 1982 at a relatively advanced age...

    , Argentine golfer
  • Enrique Romero
    Enrique Romero
    Enrique Fernández Romero is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.He played for four different clubs during his professional career over the course of 16 seasons - notably Deportivo de La Coruña, which he helped win four major titles, including its only La Liga championship -...

    , Spanish footballer
  • Gonzalo Romero
    Gonzalo Romero
    Gonzalo Antonio Romero Paz is a Guatemalan football midfielder who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division.-International career:...

    , Guatemalan footballer
  • Jose Romero (Australian rules footballer)
  • José Romero Jiménez
    José Romero Jiménez
    José Romero Jiménez, aka Joselito , is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Guijuelo as a forward.-External links:** *...

     'Joselito', Spanish footballer
  • Julio César Romero, Paraguayan footballer
  • Liborio Romero
    Liborio Romero
    Liborio Romero is a boxer from Mexico, who represented his native country in the Men's Light Flyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....

    , Mexican boxer
  • Mario Antonio Romero
    Mario Antonio Romero
    Mario Antonio Romero is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Dinamo Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.-Career:...

    , Argentine footballer
  • Mauricio Martín Romero
    Mauricio Martín Romero
    Mauricio Martín Romero is an Argentine football defender. He currently plays for Monarcas Morelia. Romero was captain of the from the Clausura 2009 until the Apertura 2010 until Jaime Lozano was named captain....

    , Argentine footballer
  • Pablo Romero
    Pablo Romero
    Pablo Romero Hernandez is a former Cuban amateur boxer best known for winning two light-heavyweight gold medals at World Championships. The dominant light-heavy of the eighties he never participated in Olympics as his country boycotted both the 1984 and 1988 games...

    , Cuban amateur boxer
  • Rafael Romero
    Rafael Romero
    Rafael Romero Sandrea is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. Romero claimed two medals at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.-References:*...

    , Venezuelan track and field athlete
  • Rebecca Romero
    Rebecca Romero
    Rebecca Jayne Romero MBE is an English sportsperson, a former World Champion and Olympic Games medallist at rowing, and a former World champion and reigning Olympic champion track cyclist.-Biography:...

    , British track cyclist and rower
  • Ricardo Romero (fencer)
    Ricardo Romero (fencer)
    Ricardo Romero was a Chilean Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and team sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.-References:...

    , Chilean Olympic fencer
  • Ricardo Romero (fighter)
    Ricardo Romero (fighter)
    Ricardo Romero is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a featured competitor on multiple occasions for the Ring of Combat promotion which featured on HDNet Fights and also competed for their Light Heavyweight title...

    , American mixed martial arts fighter
  • Ricky Romero (wrestler), American professional wrestler
  • Ricky Romero (baseball), American baseball pitcher
  • Rito Romero
    Rito Romero
    Rito Romero Loza was a successful luchador who wrestled in Mexico and in the NWA territories of Texas and Los Angeles. He appeared in several films in his native country along with a number of other luchadors...

    , Mexican professional wrestler
  • Sebastián Ariel Romero, Argentine footballer who plays for Banfield
  • Miguel Ángel Sebastián Romero
    Miguel Ángel Sebastián Romero
    Miguel Ángel Sebastián Romero is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Independiente Rivadavia.Romero started his career in 2000 with Chacarita Juniors, in 2003 he joined Spanish side Eibar....

    , Argentine footballer who plays for Independiente Rivadavia
  • Sergio Romero
    Sergio Romero
    Sergio Germán Romero is an Argentine football player who currently plays for Sampdoria in Italy and the Argentina national team.-Club career:...

    , Argentine footballer
  • Vicente Romero Romero
    Vicente Romero Romero
    Vicente Romero Romero is a Spanish footballer who plays for Catarroja CF as a right midfielder.-Football career:...

    , Spanish footballer
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