Miranda (surname)
Miranda is a Spanish, Portuguese, Sephardic Jewish, Swiss, Italian and Maltese surname of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration".[citation needed]
Notable people with the surname Miranda include:
Sports
- David Miranda (cyclist) (born 1942), Salvadoran cyclist
- Denok Miranda (born 1982), Filipino basketball player
- Enílton (Enílton Menezes de Miranda, born 1977), Brazilian footballer
- Edison Miranda, Colombian boxer
- Gabriel Miranda (born 1968), Venezuelan footballer
- George Miranda dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Gonzalo Miranda, Chilean track and road cyclist
- Jimmy Miranda, a member of the WWE ring crew who died in 2002 and for whom The Ultimate Warrior suggested a Jimmy Miranda Award be created
- Leandro Costa Miranda Moraes (born 1983), Brazilian football player
- Leandro Gil Miranda da Silva (born 1978), Brazilian football player
- Luís Mário Miranda da Silva (born 1976), Brazilian footballer
- Marcos Miranda, (born 1991) Brazilian footballer
- Miguel Ángel Miranda, Venezuelan boxer
- Michael Miranda (born 1990), Filipino basketball player
- Miranda (footballer, born 1984) (João Miranda de Souza Filho), Brazilian footballer
- Patricia Miranda, American wrestler
- Rafael Miranda da Conceição (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Richard Garcia Miranda (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
- Roberto Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- Willy Miranda, Cuban-American baseball player
- Zito (footballer) (José Ely de Miranda, 1932–2015), Brazilian footballer
Others
- Ana Miranda Paz, Spanish politician
- Ana Miranda (born 1951), Brazilian writer
- Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and motion picture star, sister of Carmen Miranda
- Carlo Miranda, Italian mathematician
- Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian singer and motion picture star, popularly known for wearing fruit headdresses
- Chyno Miranda (Jesús Alberto Miranda Pérez, born 1984), Venezuelan singer, part of Chino & Nacho
- David Miranda (politician) (born 1985), Rio de Janeiro city councilman
- Ernesto Miranda, defendant and appellant of Miranda v. Arizona, the case that was the basis of the Miranda warning
- Eurico Miranda, president of CR Vasco da Gama
- Eva Miranda, Spanish mathematician
- Flix Miranda, American engineer
- Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), Venezuelan revolutionary who is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar and other revolutionaries
- Frank de Miranda (1913–1986), Dutch sculptor, psychologist and publicist
- Giovanni Miranda (16th century), Italian Hispanist and grammarian
- Isa Miranda (1909–1982), Italian actress
- Isabel Miranda de Wallace (born 1951) Mexican social activist
- Ismael Miranda (1950–), Puerto Rican salsa singer
- José Luis de Jesús Miranda (1946–2013), cult leader, Messiah claimant, founder of Creciendo en Gracia (Growing in Grace International Ministry)
- João Bernardo de Miranda, Angolan politician and diplomat
- Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter (1614–1685)
- Juan García de Miranda (1677–1749), Spanish painter of the baroque period, a disciple of Juan Delgado and appointed Painter to the King
- Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906-1956), first Prime Minister of Suriname
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor, composer and lyricist (In the Heights, Hamilton)
- Mario Miranda, (1926–2011), Indian cartoonist and painter
- Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, Mexican clergyman
- Miriam Miranda, Honduran human rights activist
- Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda (1865–1925), Mexican eccentric who was famous for being a perennial presidential candidate
- Pedro Rodriguez de Miranda (1696–1766) Spanish painter of the late-Baroque period, nephew of Juan Garcia de Miranda, and related to several other de Miranda artists
- Pia Miranda (born 1973), Australian actress
- Rafael Cancel Miranda (born 1930), is a political activist, member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
- Ricardo Miranda (born 1976), Canadian politician
- Ronaldo Miranda (born 1948), Brazilian composer
- Roxana Miranda (born 1967), candidate for presidency of Chile
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