# Duran (surname)

Duran or Durán is a Spanish surname that may refer to the following people:

## Arts
### Actors

* Dan Duran (broadcaster), Canadian television entertainment journalist and actor
* Rafael Durán (1911–1994), Spanish actor
* Tita Duran (1929–1991), Filipina film actress

### Artists

* Carolus-Duran (Charles Auguste Émile Durand; 1837–1917), French painter
* Tony Duran (photographer), American photographer
* Victorina Durán (1899–1993), Spanish artist

### Musicians and composers

* Alejo Durán (1919–1989), Colombian composer, singer and accordionist
* Dolores Duran (1930–1959), Brazilian singer and composer
* Domingo Marcos Durán (c.1465–1529), Spanish music theorist and choirmaster
* Eddie Duran (1925–2019), American jazz guitarist
* Elena Duran (born 1949), Mexican American flautist
* Gustavo Durán (1906–1969), Spanish composer, soldier and diplomat
* Hilario Durán (born 1953), Cuban jazz pianist
* Ivan Duran, Belizean music producer and musician
* Joaquín Valverde Durán (1846–1910), Spanish composer, conductor and flautist
* Lucy Durán, UK-based ethnomusicologist, record producer and radio presenter
* Tony Duran, member of the American band Ruben and the Jets
* Elaine Duran, Filipino Singer

### Writers

* Aaron Duran (born 1976), American writer and media producer
* Diego Durán (1537–1588), 16th century chronicler of the Aztecs
* Jane Duran (born 1944), Cuban-born poet
* José María Pasquini Durán (1939–2010), Argentine journalist

## Politics

* Blanca Inés Durán Hernández (born 1971), Colombian politician
* Crisanta Duran (born 1980), American politician in Colorado
* Dianna Duran (born 1956), American politician in New Mexico
* Enric Duran (born 1976), Catalan anticapitalist activist
* Florencio Durán (1893–1978), President of the Senate of Chile from 1941 to 1944
* Francisco Martin Duran (born 1968), American criminal who attempted to assassinate President Bill Clinton in 1994
* Germán García Durán, Colombian diplomat
* John Duran, American politician in California
* José Antonio Durán (1810-1880), Argentine military man and politician
* Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (born 1952), Spanish politician
* Luisa Durán (born 1941), former First Lady of Chile
* Sixto Durán Ballén (1921–2016), former president of Ecuador

## Sports
### Baseball and softball

* Andrea Duran (born 1984), American softball player
* Dan Duran (baseball) (born 1954), American baseball player
* Ezequiel Durán (born 1999), Dominican baseball player
* Germán Durán (born 1984), Mexican-American baseball player
* Jarren Duran (born 1996), American baseball player
* Jhoan Durán (born 1998), Dominican baseball player
* Roberto Durán (baseball) (born 1973), Dominican baseball player

### Boxing and martial arts

* Jacob Duran (born 1951), American cutman
* José Durán (born 1945), Spanish boxer
* Kutluhan Duran (born 2000), Turkish karateka
* Massimiliano Duran (born 1963), Italian boxer
* Ossie Duran (born 1977 as Osumanu Yahaya), Ghanaian boxer
* Reuben Duran (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
* Roberto Durán (born 1951), Panamanian former professional boxer

### Football (soccer)

* Antonio Durán (1924–2009), Spanish football player and manager
* Favio Durán (born 1995), Argentine footballer
* Francisco Manuel Durán (born 1988), Spanish footballer
* Hugo González Durán (born 1990), Mexican footballer
* Jhon Durán (born 2003), Colombian footballer
* Luís Marcelo Durán (born 1974), Uruguayan footballer
* Manuel Agudo Durán (born 1986), Spanish footballer
* Rubén Durán (born 1983), Spanish footballer
* Sargon Duran (born 1987), Austrian footballer

### Other

* Alejandro Durán (cyclist) (born 1991), Argentine racing cyclist
* Arkaitz Durán (born 1986), Spanish racing cyclist
* Cassius Duran (born 1979), Brazilian diver
* Guillermo Durán (born 1988), Argentine tennis player
* Mariah Duran (born 1996), American skateboarder
* Rafael Duran (born 1938), Venezuelan former Olympic wrestler
* Salvador Durán (born 1985), Mexican racing driver
* Sergi Durán (born 1976), Spanish tennis player

## Other

* Agustín Durán (1789–1862), Spanish scholar
* Alfredo Duran (born 1936), Cuban-born American lawyer
* Andrés Durán (born 1966), Colombian rock historian, radio broadcaster and producer
* Carolyn Duran, American materials scientist
* Desiree Durán (born 1985), Bolivian model and beauty contestant
* Elvis Duran (born 1964), American radio host
* Enver Duran (born 1945), Turkish medic and educator
* Franklin Duran (born 1967), Venezuelan entrepreneur
* George Duran (born 1975), American chef and entertainer
* Inés García de Durán (1928–2011), Colombian folklorist
* Jaime González Durán (born 1971), Mexican drug trafficker
* José Durán (disambiguation), multiple people
* Khalid Duran (1939–2010), scholar of the Islamic world
* Manuel Garcia-Duran, Spanish businessman
* María Ángeles Durán (born 1942), Spanish sociologist
* Maria Duran (c. 1710 – ?), Portuguese nun
* Narciso Durán (1776–1846), Franciscan friar and missionary
* Profiat Duran, Catalan physician, philosopher, grammarian, and controversialist
* Simeon ben Zemah Duran (1361–1444), also known as the Rashbatz, Majorcan Rabbinical authority and medic
* Solomon ben Simon Duran (1400–1467), also known as the Rashbash, Algerian rabbi
* Ruphy Duran (born 1989), Filipino-Spanish Singer