title: Torres (surname)
text: Torres (sometimes Torrez) 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
   Leonardo Torres Quevedo, Spanish engineer
   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
   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
   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, Brazilian social thinker
   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
   Félix González-Torres, Cuban artist
   Joaquín Torres García, Uruguayan artist
   Julio Romero de Torres, Spanish painter
   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
   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
   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 y 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
  
  Other
   Chumel Torres, Mexican comedian
   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
   B'Elanna Torres, a character in Star Trek: Voyager
   Callie Torres, a character in Grey's Anatomy
   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
  
  See also 
  Luis Torres (disambiguation), several people
  
  References
  
  Portuguese-language surnames
  Surnames of Sephardic origin
  Spanish-language surnames
  Surnames of Spanish origin
  Surnames of Colombian origin