Torquemada

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Torquemada may refer to:

Historical persons

• Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), prominent leader of the Spanish Inquisition.
• Juan de Torquemada (cardinal) (1388–1468), Spanish cardinal and ecclesiastical writer.
• Fray Juan de Torquemada (ca. 1562–1624), Spanish friar, missionary and historian of the New World.

In fiction

• "Torquemada", pseudonym of Edward Powys Mathers (1892–1939), British crossword setter.
• Torquemada (play), a play by Victor Hugo about the life of Tomás de Torquemada
• Alonzo Torquemada, a character on the HBO drama series Oz.
• Torquemada (comics), the main villain (Tomás de Torquemada) from the comic strip Nemesis the Warlock in the British comic 2000 AD
• "Horatio Torquemada Marley", Elaine Marley's grandfather in the Monkey Island series.
• Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède. Clockmaker in Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole

Places

• Torquemada, a municipality in Palencia, Spain

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