# Aguirre (surname)

Aguirre is a surname of Basque origin. It shows different variants (Agerre, Agerri, Ager) and composite surnames (Eizagirre, Agirresarobe, Agirrezabala, etc.), meaning 'prominent' or 'exposed prominence/place'. Lope de Aguirre was one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas. Based on "the U.S. Census Bureau's 1990 and 2000 censuses," HowManyofMe.com estimates in mid-2013 that 68,990 people bear the surname Aguirre in the United States, making the name statistically the country's 508th most common surname.

## People with the surname
### Arts and entertainment

* Adriana Aguirre (born 1951), Argentine actress, vedette
* Alma Rosa Aguirre (1929–2025), Mexican actress
* Amber Aguirre (born 1958), American ceramic sculptor
* Ann Aguirre, American speculative fiction author
* Arantxa Aguirre, Spanish film director
* Carmen Aguirre, Canadian and Chilean actor, playwright, and writer
* Celso Aguirre Bernal (1916–1997), Mexican writer and historian
* Forrest Aguirre, American fantasy and horror author
* Francisco de Aguirre (painter) (fl. 1646), Spanish Baroque painter
* Francisco de Paula Aguirre (1875–1939), Venezuelan composer
* Ignacio Aguirre (1900–1990), Mexican engraver
* Margarita Aguirre (1925–2003), Chilean writer
* Maricarmen Arrigorriaga Aguirre (born 1957), Chilean television and film actress
* Memo Aguirre (born 1951), Chilean singer
* Ricardo Aguirre (1939–1969), Venezuelan musician
* Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, American writer
* Rosa Aguirre (1908–1981), Filipino actress
* Rosy Aguirre, Mexican voice actress
* Rubén Aguirre (1934–2016), Mexican actor

### Politics

* Amado Aguirre Santiago (1863–1949), Mexican general and politician
* Eduardo Aguirre (diplomat) (born 1946), former United States Ambassador to Spain
* Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (1912–1981), Guatemalan army officer and politician
* Esperanza Aguirre (born 1952), Spanish politician
* Gonzalo Aguirre (1940–2021), Uruguayan politician
* José Antonio Aguirre (politician) (1904–1960), Basque politician and footballer
* José Joaquín Aguirre (1822–1901), Chilean physician and politician
* Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya (1781–1837), Argentine politician
* Juana Aguirre Luco (1877–1963), First Lady of Chile, wife of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda
* Mike Aguirre (born 1949), American politician
* Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984), Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
* Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879–1941), President of Chile 1938–1941
* Rhina Aguirre (1939–2020), Bolivian politician and disability activist
* Roberto Aguirre Solís (born 1957), Mexican politician
* Salvador Aguirre (Honduras), Honduran politician
* Vitaliano Aguirre II, Filipino lawyer and justice minister

### Sports

* Carlos Aguirre (equestrian) (born 1952), Mexican Olympic equestrian
* Carlos Aguirre (volleyball) (born 1938), Mexican Olympic volleyball player
* Damaris Gabriela Aguirre (born 1977), Mexican Olympic weightlifter
* David Álvarez Aguirre (born 1984), naturalized Equatoguinean footballer
* Facundo Aguirre (born 1985), Argentine Olympic Alpine skier
* Francisco Aguirre Matos Mancebo (born 1970), Dominican baseball player and coach
* Gaizka Garitano Aguirre (born 1975), Basque football midfielder
* Gastón Aguirre (born 1981), Argentine football defender
* Gustavo Aguirre (born 1977), Argentine Olympic runner
* Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), American baseball pitcher
* Javier Aguirre (born 1958), Mexican football defender and coach
* Jeinkler Aguirre (born 1990), Cuban Olympic diver
* Jesús Aguirre (athlete) (1902–1954), Mexican Olympic athlete
* Jorge Aguirre (athlete), Mexican Olympic athlete
* Jorge Aguirre (judoka) (born 1962), Argentine Olympic judoka
* José Luis Aguirre (born 1967), Spanish Olympic rower
* Juan Aguirre (rower) (born 1970), Spanish Olympic rower
* Julio César Aguirre (born 1969), Colombian road cyclist
* Luis Aguirre (1911–?), Argentine Olympic sailor, brother of Rolando
* Mark Aguirre (born 1959), American basketball player
* Mason Aguirre (born 1987), American snowboarder
* Molly Aguirre (born 1984), American professional snowboarder
* Nicolás Aguirre (basketball) (born 1988), Argentine professional basketball player
* Nicolás Aguirre (footballer) (born 1990), Argentine football midfielder
* Ordan Aguirre (born 1955), Venezuelan footballer
* Roberto Aguirre (footballer) (born 1942), Argentine footballer
* Roberto Aguirre (football manager) (born 1968), Spanish football manager
* Rolando Aguirre (1904–1994), Argentine Olympic sailor, brother of Luis
* William Aguirre (born 1962), Nicaraguan Olympic runner

### Others

* Álvaro Coutinho Aguirre (1899–1987), Brazilian agronomist, zoologist and naturalist
* Carl and Clarence Aguirre (born 2002), former conjoined twins, from Philippines
* Francisco de Aguirre (conquistador) (1508–1581), Spanish conquistador of Chile
* Gary J. Aguirre, American securities lawyer and investigator
* Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán (1908–1996), Mexican anthropologist
* José Antonio Aguirre (early Californian) (1799–1860), Spanish settler in Alta California
* Joseph Saenz de Aguirre (1630–1699), Spanish cardinal
* Lope de Aguirre (c. 1510–1561), Basque conquistador
* Marcelo Aguirre (disambiguation), several people
* Mary Bernard Aguirre (1844–1906), American educator
* Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (1889–1977), Salvadoran military officer
* Pedro de Aguirre, Spanish explorer of San Antonio, Texas, in the 18th century
* Pilar Zabala Aguirre (born 1951), Spanish researcher, writer, and professor