Correa (surname)

Correa is a Spanish surname. Correa is found throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Correa means 'leather strap', 'belt', 'rein', 'shoelace', plural correas. Correa is from the Latin corrigia 'fastening', from corrigere 'to straighten', 'to correct'), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such articles. Correa is spelt Correia in Portuguese and Galician.

Arts

Aurora Correa (1930–2008), Spanish-Mexican teacher and writer
Caroline Correa (born 1979), Brazilian actress
Chamin Correa (1929–2020), Mexican guitarist
Drew Correa (born 1984), American music producer
Enrique Gómez Correa (1915–1995), Chilean poet, lawyer and diplomat
Eric "Bobo" Correa (born 1968), American musician
Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654), Spanish organist and composer of the late Renaissance
Francisco Laguna Correa (born 1982), Mexican writer and editor
Hugo Correa (1926–2008), Chilean science fiction writer
Isabella Correa (c. 1655–c. 1700), Dutch poet
Juan Correa (1646–1716), Mexican painter
Juan Correa de Vivar (1510–1566), Spanish painter
Julio Correa (1890–1953), Paraguayan poet
Mayuto Correa (born 1943), Brazilian percussionist, guitarist and composer
Tiago Correa (born 1981), Chilean actor

Politicians

Eric Correa Rivera (born 1975), Puerto Rican politician
Lou Correa (born 1958), American-Puerto Rican politician
Marie-Louise Correa (born 1943), Senegalese politician
Rafael Correa (born 1963), Ecuadorian politician, 43rd President of Ecuador
Ruth Stella Correa Palacio (born 1959), Colombian politician

Sportspeople

Footballers

Alejandro Correa (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer
Andrés Correa (born 1994), Colombian footballer
Andrés Felipe Correa (born 1984), Colombian footballer
Ángel Correa (born 1995), Argentine footballer
Bernardo Correa (born 1995), Chilean footballer
Cláudio Correa (born 1993), Paraguayan footballer
Fernando Correa (born 1974), Uruguayan footballer
Gabriel Correa (footballer) (born 1968), Uruguayan footballer
Gary Correa (born 1990), Peruvian footballer
Jaime Correa (born 1979), Mexican footballer
Joaquín Correa (born 1994), Argentine footballer
Jorge Correa (born 1993), Argentine footballer
José Erick Correa (born 1992), Colombian footballer
Julio Correa (born 1948), Uruguayan footballer
Lucas Correa (born 1984), Argentine footballer
Maximiliano Correa (born 1989), Argentine footballer
Nicolás Correa (born 1983), Uruguayan footballer
Pablo Correa (born 1967), Uruguayan football manager and former player
Rober Correa (born 1992), Spanish footballer
Rubén Correa (born 1941), Peruvian footballer
Tomi Correa (born 1984), Spanish footballer
Vanina Correa (born 1983), Argentine footballer

Other sportspeople

Ana Correa (born 1985), Spanish volleyball player
Carlos Correa (born 1994), Puerto Rican baseball player
Carmelita Correa (born 1988), Mexican pole vaulter
Ed Correa (born 1966), Puerto Rican baseball player
Emilio Correa (born 1953), Cuban boxer, Olympic Gold medalist 1972
Emilio Correa (born 1985), Cuban boxer, son of E. Correa Sr., PanAm Champion 2007
Fernando Correa (born 1961), Venezuelan cyclist
Harold Correa (born 1988), French triple jumper
Javier Correa (born 1976), Argentine sprint canoeist
Kai Correa (born 1988), American baseball coach
Kamalei Correa (born 1994), American football player
Miguel Correa (born 1983), Argentine sprint canoeist

Other

Antonio de los Reyes Correa (1665–1758), Puerto Rican military officer of Spanish ancestry
Antonio Correa Cotto (1926–1952), Puerto Rican criminal
Carolina Correa Londoño (1905–1986), First Lady of Colombia from 1953 to 1957
Charles Correa (1930–2015), Indian architect
Gilberto Correa (born 1943), Venezuelan television personality
Heriberto Correa Yepes (1916–2010), Colombian Roman Catholic bishop
Jaime Correa (born 1957), Colombian-American urban planner and architect
Luis Fernando Correa Bahamon (born 1955), Colombian businessman, philanthropist and investor
Maevia Noemí Correa (1914–2005), Argentine botanist
Mathias F. Correa (1910–1963), U.S. intelligence pioneer, lawyer and prosecutor
Mateo Correa Magallanes (1866–1927), often referred to as Father Correa or St. Mateo Correa, a Mexican Martyr
Mireya Correa (1940–2022), Panamanian botanist
Raquel Correa (1934–2012), Chilean journalist

References

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