Vera (surname)

Vera is an Italian and Spanish surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

• Alejo Vera (1834–1923), Spanish painter
• Alfredo Vera Vera (1910–1999), Ecuadorian politician
• Alfonso Vera (born 1974), Mexican radio and television host
• America Vera Zavala (born 1976), Romanian-born Swedish politician and political writer
• Anastacio Vera (born 1985), Paraguayan footballer
• Ángel Herrera Vera (born 1957), Cuban boxer
• Antonio Vera (born 1986), Spanish footballer
• Arturo Vera (born 1946), Argentine politician
• Augusto Vera (1813–1885), Italian philosopher
• Bernard Vera (born 1950), French politician
• Billy Vera (born 1944), American singer, actor, writer and music historian
• Brandon Vera (born 1977), Filipino-American professional mixed martial artist
• Brian Vera (born 1981), Mexican-American boxer
• Carlos Vera (born 1976), Ecuadorian football referee
• Carolina Vera (born 1962), Argentine meteorologist
• Cris de Vera (1924–1975), Filipino actor
• Cristobal de Vera (1577–1621), Spanish painter
• Dan Vera (first published 2004), Cuban-American poet and editor
• Daniel Bazán Vera (born 1973), Argentine footballer
• Danny Vera (singer) (born 1977), Dutch singer-songwriter
• Danny Vera (footballer) (born 1980), Ecuadorian footballer
• Diego Vera (born 1985), Uruguayan footballer
• Emmanuelle Vera (born 1994), Filipino-American singer-songwriter
• Enrique Vera (born 1979), Paraguayan footballer
• Enrique Vera Ibáñez, (born 1954), Mexican race walker
• Enzo Vera (born 1983), Chilean footballer
• Eusebio Guilarte Vera (1805–1849), Bolivian politician
• Francisco Vera Cabeza de Vaca (1637–1700), Spanish portrait painter
• Fredy Vera (born 1986), Paraguayan footballer
• Gerardo Vera (1947–2020), Spanish costume and set designer, actor and director
• Helio Vera (1946–2008), Paraguayan writer, lawyer and journalist
• Ignacio Loyola Vera (born 1954), Mexican politician
• Jacinto Vera (1813–1881), Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishop
• Jaime Vera (born 1963), Chilean footballer and manager
• JC de Vera (born 1986), Filipino actor and model
• Jenaro Gajardo Vera (1919–1998), Chilean lawyer, painter and poet
• Jesús Vera (born 1989), Argentine footballer
• Joey Vera (born 1963), American heavy metal bassist
• Jorge Gutiérrez Vera (first employed 1966), Mexican electrical engineer
• José de Azlor y Virto de Vera (c. 1677–1734), Spanish colonial governor
• José de Jesús Vera (born 1969), Venezuelan footballer
• José Raúl Vera López (born 1945), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
• José Santos González Vera (1897–1970), Chilean writer
• Juan de Vera (1453–1507), Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal
• Lissa Vera (born 1982), Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and actress
• Luciano Vera (born 2002), Argentine footballer
• Luis Vera (Chilean footballer) (1929–2014), Chilean footballer
• Luis Vera (Venezuelan footballer) (born 1973), Venezuelan footballer
• Luis R. Vera (born 1952), Chilean film director, producer, writer and academic
• Luis Santana Vera (born 1991), Ecuadorian footballer
• María Teresa Vera (1895–1965), Cuban singer-songwriter
• Mariano Vera (1780–1840), Argentine politician
• Marlon Vera (born 1992), Ecuadorian mixed martial artist
• Norge Luis Vera (born 1971), Cuban baseball pitcher
• Oscar Luis Vera (born 1976), Argentine footballer
• Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999), Ecuadorian writer and politician
• Pedro González Vera (born 1967), Chilean footballer
• Pedro Vera (Paraguayan footballer) (born 1984), Paraguayan footballer
• Pedro Vera (Venezuelan footballer) (born 1958), Venezuelan football manager and former player
• Peter Vera (born 1982), Uruguayan footballer
• Ricardo Vera (born 1962), Uruguayan long-distance runner
• Roberto Martínez Vera-Tudela (born 1967), Peruvian football manager
• Rolando Vera (athlete), (born 1965), Ecuadorian long-distance runner
• Rolando Vera (wrestler) (1915–2001), Mexican professional wrestler
• Rosa Vera, Mexican 1992 Summer Paralympics athlete
• Santiago de Vera, Spanish colonial governor of the Philippines starting 1584
• Santiago Vera-Rivera (born 1950), Chilean composer, teacher and musical researcher
• Saro Vera (1922–2000), Paraguayan religious leader
• Susej Vera (born 1976), Venezuelan actress and model
• Urko Vera (born 1987), Spanish footballer
• Veronica Vera (photographed by Mapplethorpe in 1982), American sexuality writer and actress
• Yvonne Vera (1964–2005), Zimbabwean writer

See also

• Vera (given name)
• Vera (disambiguation)