# Torres (surname)

Torres (sometimes Torrez or Torrès) is a surname in the Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, meaning "towers".

## History

A surname derived from any of several towns called Torres, plural of torre (tower), from Latin "turris." Torres is the 50th most common surname in the United States and the 11th most common Spanish surname. It is a common surname in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and the Philippines, among others. In Italy, among other countries, it is found as a Sephardic surname.

## People with the surname
### Athletes

* Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer
* Albert Torres, Spanish racing cyclist
* Andrés Torres, Puerto Rican baseball player
* Arturo Torres (soccer), American soccer player
* Aureliano Torres, Paraguayan footballer
* Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer
* Carolina Torres, Chilean pole vaulter
* Dara Torres, American swimmer
* Dilson Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
* Erick Torres, Peruvian footballer
* Eve Torres (born 1984), American professional wrestler
* Facundo Torres, Uruguayan footballer
* Félix Ricardo Torres, Paraguayan footballer
* Fernando Torres (born 1984), Spanish footballer
* Ferran Torres, Spanish footballer
* Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
* Georgie Torres, Puerto Rican basketball player
* Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
* Héctor Torres, Mexican baseball player
* Joe Torres (baseball) (born 1982), American baseball coach
* Johnny Torres, American soccer player
* José Torres (1936–2009), Puerto Rican boxer
* José Torres (1938–2010), Portuguese footballer and coach
* José Francisco Torres, American soccer player
* Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
* Justo Torres (1939–2006), Venezuelan jockey and race horse trainer
* Liberman Torres (born 2002), Ecuadorian footballer
* Macnelly Torres, Colombian footballer
* Marco Torrès, French gymnast
* Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
* Matthew Torres (born 2001), American Paralympic swimmer
* Miguel Angel Torres (born 1981), American MMA fighter
* Miguel Torres Gómez, Spanish footballer
* Mike Torres, Dominican basketball player
* Norbert Torres (born 1990), Filipino-Canadian basketball player
* Óscar Torres (basketball), Venezuelan basketball player
* Pau Torres (born 1997), Spanish footballer
* Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
* Raymundo Torres (boxer), Mexican boxer
* Raymundo Torres (footballer), Mexican footballer
* Roger Torres, Colombian footballer
* Salomón Torres, Dominican baseball player
* Sandra Torres, Argentine marathon runner
* Sergio Torres (born 1981), Argentine footballer
* Tecia Torres, American mixed martial artist
* Todd Torres, Puerto Rican swimmer
* Xavi Torres, Spanish footballer
* Richard Torrez (born 1999), American professional boxer

### Performers and media figures

* Albert Torres, Puerto Rican American salsa dancer and promoter
* Antonio Torres Jurado, Spanish guitarist and guitar maker
* Bartolomé de Torres Naharro, Spanish dramatist
* Coraima Torres, Venezuelan actress
* Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress
* Diego Torres, Argentinian pop singer
* Eddie Torres, Puerto Rican American salsa dance instructor
* Eugenio Torres Villarreal, Mexican professional wrestler, television host and rapper
* Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress
* Fernando Torres, Brazilian actor
* Gina Torres, Cuban American actress
* Guillermo José Torres, Puerto Rican American TV reporter
* Joe Torres, American TV actor
* José Torres, Cuban-Polish musician and percussionist
* Judy Torres, Puerto Rican American pop musician and dancer
* Liz Torres, American actress, singer and comedian
* Néstor Torres, Puerto Rican jazz flautist
* Rawy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
* Roberto Torres, Cuban musician
* Samantha Torres, Spanish model
* Torres, American musician
* Tico Torres, Cuban American musician and Bon Jovi drummer
* Tommy Torres, Puerto Rican musician
* Torres, stagename of American musician Mackenzie Scott
* Eduardo Serrano Torres, Venezuelan composer
* Xavier Enrique Torres, Puerto Rican actor

### Artists and writers

* Alberto Torres (politician), Brazilian social thinker
* Ana Teresa Torres, Venezuelan writer
* Andrés Torres Queiruga, Galician theologian, writer and translator
* Angelo Torres, American cartoonist
* Ben Fong-Torres, American rock journalist
* Diego de Torres Vargas, Puerto Rican historian
* Diego de Torres Villarroel, Spanish writer
* Edwin Torres, American/Puerto Rican poet
* Eloy Torrez, American painter
* Félix González-Torres, Cuban artist
* Fernanda Torres, Brazilian singer and actress
* Fernando Torres, Mexican singer
* Fina Torres, Venezuelan filmaker and writer
* Héctor Torres, Venezuelan writer
* Joaquín Torres García, Uruguayan artist
* Julio Romero de Torres, Spanish painter
* María Torres Frías, Argentine poet and writer
* Raymunda Torres y Quiroga, Argentine writer and women's rights activist
* Tanya Torres, Puerto Rican artist, author, and poet
* Tereska Torrès, French novelist

### Politicians and public figures

* Abdelkhalek Torres, journalist and nationalist leader in Morocco
* Aníbal Torres, Peruvian lawyer and politician
* Art Torres, American politician
* Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian Roman Catholic priest
* Camilo Torres Tenorio, Colombian politician
* Edwin Torres, American state supreme court judge
* Esteban Edward Torres, Californian politician
* Guillermo Torrez, Bolivian politician
* Gumersindo Torres, Venezuelan lawyer and politician
* Henri Torrès, French trial lawyer, politician, and writer
* Hugo Torres Jiménez, Nicaraguan activist
* Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician
* Juan José Torres, Bolivian President
* Lucy Torres, Filipino politician
* Manuel Torres, first Colombian ambassador to the United States
* Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean statesman and scholar
* Raul Torres, American politician
* Ritchie Torres, American politician
* Ruben Torres, Filipino politician
* Sandra Torres, Guatemalan politician and former First Lady

### Scientists and explorers

* Belindo Adolfo Torres, Argentinian entomologist
* Carlos Torres, Chilean astronomer
* Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer and mathematician
* Luis Vaz de Torres, Spanish explorer of the Pacific

### Criminals

* Raúl Meza Torres (1991–2010), Mexican suspected assassin
* Manuel Torres Félix (1958–2010), Mexican suspected drug lord
* Javier Torres Félix (1960), Mexican convicted drug lord

### Others

* Carlos Torres, Venezuelan professional umpire in Major League Baseball since 2015
* Chumel Torres, Mexican comedian
* Emma Torres, Mexican-American migrant rights activist from Arizona
* Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, the 16th-century viceroy
* Jacques Torres, French pastry chef
* Susan Torres, American woman who gave birth while brain dead
* Tomás de Torres, Portuguese astrologer

## Fictional characters

* Adam Torres, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Alex Torres, a character in Knight Rider (2008 TV series)
* B'Elanna Torres, a character in Star Trek: Voyager
* Callie Torres, a character in Grey's Anatomy
* Cesar Torres, a character in the analog horror series The Mandela Catalogue
* Dante Torres, a character in the NBC series Chicago P.D.
* Diego Torres, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
* Drew Torres, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Eva "Papi" Torres, a character in The L Word
* Eddie Torres, a character in New York Undercover
* Izzie Torres, a character in Doctors
* Lisa Torres, a character in Doctors
* Pépé Torres, the young killer in John Steinbeck's 1938 short story Flight (Steinbeck story)
* Nick Torres, a special agent from NCIS
* Fabiola Torres, a character from Never Have I Ever
* Drea Torres, a character in Netflix Original Do Revenge