# 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 (born 1984), Paraguayan footballer
* 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