Ramiro

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Ramiro is a Spanish and Portuguese name from the latinisation of the Gothic given name *𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐍂 (*Ranamir). Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Ramiro I of Asturias (c. 790–850), king of Asturias
• Ramiro II of León (c. 900–951), king of Leon
• Ramiro III of León (961–985), king of Leon
• Ramiro I of Aragon (before 1007–1063), king of Aragon
• Ramiro II of Aragon (c. 1075–1157), king of Aragon

A-C

• Ramiro Arias (born 1993), Argentine football defender
• Ramiro Arrue (1892–1971), Basque painter, illustrator, and ceramist
• Ramiro Benavides (born 1947), Bolivian tennis player
• Ramiro Benavides (swimmer) (born 1954), Guatemalan former swimmer
• Ramiro Benetti (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
• Ramiro Blacut (1944-2024), Bolivian footballer
• Ramiro Borja (born 1961), Ecudorean-American soccer player
• Ramiro Bravo (born 1962), Spanish foil fencer
• Ramiro Bruschi (born 1981), Uruguayan football forward
• Ramiro Cabrera (born 1988), Uruguayan cyclist
• Ramiro Canovas (born 1981), Argentine football center back
• Ramiro Carballo (born 1978), Salvadoran footballer
• Ramiro Carrera (born 1993), Argentine football midfielder
• Ramiro Cáseres (born 1994), Argentine footballer
• Ramiro Castro de la Mata (1931–2006), Peruvian physician
• Ramiro Castillo (1966–1997), Bolivian football midfielder
• Ramiro Cepeda (born 1975), Argentine football manager and player
• Ramiro Civita, Argentine cinematographer
• Ramiro Choc, Guatemalan Mayan peasant leader
• Ramiro L. Colón (1904–1983), general manager of the Cooperativa de Cafeteros de Puerto Rico
• Ramiro Corrales (born 1977), American soccer player
• Ramiro Cortés (1933–1984), American composer
• Ramiro Cortés (basketball) (1931–1977), Uruguayan basketball player
• Ramiro Costa (born 1992), Argentine football striker

E-L

• Ramiro Estrada (born 1962), Mexican swimmer
• Ramiro Fassi (born 1982), Argentine football defender
• Ramiro Fergonzi (born 1989), Argentine football forward
• Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle (born 1977), Spanish beach soccer player
• Ramiro Fróilaz (1120–1169), Leonese magnate, statesman, and military leader
• Ramiro Funes Mori (born 1991), Argentine footballer
• Ramiro Garay (born 1997), Argentine football midfielder
• Ramiro Garcés (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Ramiro Garcés of Viguera (died 981), king of Viguera
  • Ramiro Garcés, Lord of Calahorra (c. 1052–1083), second son of king García Sánchez III of Navarre
• Ramiro Georgescu (born 1982), Romanian water polo player
• Ramiro Hernández García (born 1954), Mexican politician
• Ramiro Herrera (born 1989), Argentine rugby union footballer
• Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905–1936), Spanish national syndicalist politician, essayist, and journalist
• Ramiro de León Carpio (1942–2002), President of Guatemala
• Ramiro de León (basketball) (1938–2007), Uruguayan basketball player
• Ramiro Leone (born 1977), Argentine football midfielder

M-O

• Ramiro Macagno (born 1997), Argentine football goalkeeper
• Ramiro de Maeztu (1875–1936), Spanish political theorist, journalist, literary critic, and diplomat
• Ramíro Mañalich (1887–?), Cuban fencer
• Ramiro Marino (born 1988), Argentine professional BMX cyclist
• Ramiro Martinez (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Ramiro Martinez (police officer) (born 1937), American police officer
  • Ramiro Martínez (rugby union) (born 1970), Argentine-born Italian rugby union player
  • Ramiro Martinez (sportscaster) (1923–2015), Cuban sportscaster
  • Ramiro Martinez, Jr. (born 1962), American criminologist
• Ramiro Martins (born 1941), Portuguese cyclist
• Ramiro Mayor (born 1991), Spanish footballer
• Ramiro Mendoza (born 1972), Panamanian baseball pitcher
• Ramiro Moyano (born 1990), Argentine rugby union player
• Ramiro Navarro (born 1943), Mexican football forward
• Ramiro Núñez de Guzmán (c. 1600–1668), Spanish nobleman
• Ramiro Oliveros, Spanish film and television actor
• Ramiro Ortiz, Nicaraguan businessman
• Ramiro Ortíz (1903–1982), Puerto Rican sports shooter
• Ramiro Otero Lugones (1928–2013), Bolivian lawyer, docent and human rights defender

P-V

• Ramiro Peña (born 1985), Mexican baseball infielder
• Ramiro Pez (born 1978), Italian-Argentine rugby union footballer
• Ramiro Ponce Monroy (1923–2010), Guatemalan vice presidential candidate
• Ramiro Pruneda (born 1983), Mexican American football offensive tackle
• Ramiro Prialé (1904–1988), Peruvian politician
• Ramiro Quintana (born 1977), Argentine Olympic show jumping rider
• Ramiro Rampinelli (1697–1759), Italian mathematician and physicist
• Ramiro Reducindo (born 1979), Mexican boxer
• Ramiro Rodrigues Valente (born 1933), Brazilian footballer
• Ramiro Saavedra (born 1984), Peruvian singer
• Ramiro Sánchez (1070–1116), noble kinsman of the kings of Navarre
• Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro (1918–2011), Brazilian politician and diplomat
• Ramiro Suárez Corzo (born 1960), Colombian politician
• Ramiro Valdés (born 1932), Cuban politician
• Ramiro Villapadierna (born 1964), Spanish reporter and observer

Surname

• Federico Ramiro (born 1962), Spanish basketball player
• Luis Ramiro (born 1976), Spanish singer-songwriter
• Marcelo Ramiro Camacho (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
• Rubén Ramiro Pastor (born 1993), Spanish football striker
• André Ramiro, A Brazilian actor

Nickname

• Mauricio Hernández Norambuena (born 1958), Chilean guerrilla fighter, popularly known as "Commander Ramiro". ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::