Serrano (surname)
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Serrano is a Spanish
, Portuguese
, Filipino
and Italian
surname.
Notable bearers of the name include:
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
, Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
and Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
surname.
Notable bearers of the name include:
- Andres SerranoAndres SerranoAndres Serrano is an American photographer and artist who has become notorious through his photos of corpses and his use of feces and bodily fluids in his work, notably his controversial work "Piss Christ", a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported...
, American photographer - Antonio SerranoAntonio SerranoJosé Antonio Serrano Argüelles is a Mexican film director, actor, playwright and screenwriter.He graduated with a degree in Communications from the Universidad Iberoamericana. He also attended the Royal Weber Academy of Dramatic Art in England and the Odin Teatre of Denmark...
, Mexican film writer-director - Antonio Serrano (athlete)Antonio Serrano (athlete)Antonio Serrano Sánchez is a retired Spanish long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:58.56 min *5000 metres - 13:22.40 min...
, Spanish long-distance runner - Eva SerranoEva SerranoEva Serrano was an individual rhythmic gymnast. She started gymnastics at age seven. She retired in December 2000.-External links:*...
, French gymnast - Felix SerranoFelix SerranoFelix Serrano is an American comic book artist. He has colored comic books for Marvel, DC Comics, and Top Cow Productions.-External links:-References:...
, American Comic Book Artist - Francisco J. SerranoFrancisco J. SerranoFrancisco J. Serrano y Alvarez de la Rosa was a Mexican civil engineer and architect....
, Mexican civil engineer and architect - Francisco R. Serrano, Mexican Secretary of Defense
- Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la TorreFrancisco Serrano y Domínguez, Duke de la TorreDon Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, 1st Duke of la Torre Grandee of Spain, Count of San Antonio was a Spanish marshal and statesman...
, Spanish marshal and statesman - Heris Serrano, the central character in the Familias RegnantFamilias Regnant universeThe Familias Regnant is the name of the government of an area of the galaxy in the distant future from the Serrano series of books written by Elizabeth Moon. In the early books of the Serrano Legacy, the government is headed by a monarchy...
books - Irma SerranoIrma SerranoIrma Serrano is a Mexican actress of film, television, and theater; and also a singer, screenwriter and politician. Thanks to her beauty, her figure and her way of being controversial, coming out of the standards of the time, Serrano managed to attract the attention of directors and producers, so...
, Mexican actress - Ismael SerranoIsmael SerranoIsmael Serrano is a Singer/songwriter and guitarist from Spain, popular in Spain and Latin America, known for his insightful and often political lyrics and eclectic musical influences.-Early life:...
, Spanish Singer/Songwriter - J. Francisco Serrano CachoJ. Francisco Serrano CachoJosé Juan Francisco Alfonso Serrano Cacho is a Mexican architect.- Biography :Serrano was son of the architect Francisco J. Serrano. He studied at Universidad Iberoamericana until 1960. Afterwards he worked together with José Nava in the bureau of his father...
, Mexican architect - Jorge Serrano ElíasJorge Serrano ElíasJorge Antonio Serrano Elías was President of Guatemala from January 14, 1991 to May 31, 1993.-Career:Serrano was born April 26, 1945 in Guatemala City as the son of Jorge Adán Serrano and Rosa Elías...
, President of Guatemala - José SerranoJosé SerranoJosé Enrique Serrano is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
, Democrat, U.S. House of Representatives - José Serrano (composer)José Serrano (composer)José Serrano Simeón was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas. He was born in Sueca, Valencia, Spain.His most famous works include La dolorosa and La canción del olvido . Serrano’s works tend to be simple popular theater but filled with dramatic emotion...
, Spanish composer of zarzuelas - José Manuel SerranoJosé Manuel SerranoJosé Manuel Serrano Arenas is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cádiz CF as a defender.-Football career:Serrano was born in Seville, Andalusia...
, Spanish footballer - José Mariano SerranoJosé Mariano SerranoJosé Mariano Serrano was a Bolivian-born statesman and jurist. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán of 9 July 1816 which declared the Independence of the provinces of the River Plate and presided over the assembly that declared the independence of Bolivia.Serrano was born in...
, Bolivian member of the Congress of TucumánCongress of TucumánThe Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America on July 9, 1816, from the Spanish Empire.... - Joseph SerranoJoseph SerranoJoseph Serrano is a Puerto Rican who was an amateur boxing star.Serrano had an award winning career as an amateur. A member of the Bairoa Gym boxing team, he met, among others, Miguel Cotto during his career as an amateur boxer...
, Puerto Rican boxer - Juan SerranoJuan SerranoJuan Serrano, in the Spanish version , or João Serrão in the Portuguese original was a 16th century navigator who sailed with Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the world ....
, sixteenth century Portuguese navigator - Juan Serrano (Flamenco)Juan Serrano (Flamenco)Dr. Juan Serrano is a flamenco guitarist who has played concerts and made recordings throughout the world. He has devoted much of his life to giving concerts and teaching flamenco guitar in the United States....
, Spanish flamenco guitarist - Juan René SerranoJuan Rene SerranoJuan René Serrano Gutiérrez is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery.Serrano competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated...
, Mexican archer - Miguel SerranoMiguel SerranoMiguel Serrano was a Chilean diplomat, explorer and author of poetry, books on spiritual questing and Esoteric Nazism...
, Chilean diplomat and writer - Nestor SerranoNestor SerranoNestor Serrano is an American film and television actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law.Serrano began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit...
, American actor - Nina SerranoNina SerranoNina Serrano is an American poet, writer, storyteller, and independent media producer who lives in Oakland, California. She is the author of Heartsongs: The Collected Poems of Nina Serrano and Pass it on!: How to start your own senior storytelling program in the schools...
, American poet and storyteller - Pedro SerranoPedro SerranoPedro Luis Serrano was a Spanish sailor who was supposed to have been marooned for seven or eight years in the sixteenth century on a small desert island. Details of the story differ, but the most common version has him shipwrecked on a small island in the Caribbean off the coast of Nicaragua in...
, sixteenth century Spanish sailor - Ramón Serrano SúñerRamón Serrano SúñerRamón Serrano Súñer , was a Spanish politician during the first stages of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship, the Spanish State, between 1938 and 1942, when he held the posts of President of the Political Junta Política of Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS , and Interior and...
, Spanish politician