Carmona (surname)

Last updated January 24, 2025

Carmona is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Notable persons with that name include:

Adriana Carmona (born 1972), Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner
Alberto Porro Carmona (born 1980), Spanish conductor, composer, author, music lecturer, teacher and saxophonist
Alejandro Carmona (born 1983), Puerto Rican basketball player
Ana María Cobo Carmona (born 1973), Spanish politician
Andrea Meza Carmona (born 1994), Miss Universe 2020
Anthony Carmona (born 1953), fifth President of Trinidad and Tobago
Antonio Carmona Añorve (living), Mexican director of police, current governor of Baja California
Arthur Paul Carmona (1982–2008), American wrongfully convicted person
Carlos Carmona (born 1987), Chilean football player
Carlos Carmona Bonet (born 1987), Spanish football player
Carmona Rodrigues (born 1956), Portuguese university professor and politician, grand-nephew of Óscar
Chango Carmona (born 1944), Mexican boxer
Fausto Carmona, false name used until 2012 by Roberto Hernández (born 1980), Dominican baseball pitcher
Fernando Ocaranza Carmona (1876–1965), Mexican surgeon, university rector and military officer
Giancarlo Carmona (born 1985), Peruvian football player
Grégory Carmona (born 1979), French football player
Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, Spanish engraver
Luis Salvador Carmona, Spanish sculptor
Manuel Salvador Carmona (1734–1820), Spanish engraver and designer
Nicanor Carmona (1842–1940), Peruvian politician
Olga Carmona (born 2000), Spanish footballer
Óscar Carmona (1869–1951), President of Portugal, 1926–1951
Pedro Carmona Estanga (born 1941), Venezuelan businessman, transitional president during the coup attempt of 2002
Pedro Carmona (Oaxaca), Mexican politician
Pedro Carmona-Alvarez (born 1972), Chilean novelist, poet and musician
Pedro Carmona (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian football player
Rafael Carmona (born 1972), Puerto Rican baseball player
Reema Harrysingh-Carmona (born 1970), First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago, of Indo-Trinidadian American heritage
Richard Carmona (born 1949), American physician, nurse, police officer, public health administrator, and politician
Rigoberto Romero Carmona (1940–1991), Cuban photographer
Robert Carmona-Borjas, Venezuelan lawyer, academic and writer
Salvador Carmona (born 1975), Mexican football player
Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Cuban geographer and journalist
Walter Carmona (born 1957), Brazilian judoka

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