Garza (surname)
Garza is a Galician and Basque noble surname and the Spanish language equivalent of Heron (bird) Garza has also become a part of many placenames.
Garza was the surname of many Sephardic Jews that settled in Monterrey, Nuevo León and the name is still found in many famous people from that Mexican state. However, not all Garzas are of Sephardic descent, but of Galician and Basque descent with Catholic roots. Other Garzas settled in the neighboring states of Coahuila in Mexico and Texas in the United States.
From Monterrey
Governors of Nuevo León
- Arturo B. de la Garza – Governor of Nuevo León (1943–1949)
- Blas de la Garza Falcón – Governor of Nuevo León (1681)
- Diodoro de la Garza – Governor of Nuevo León (1916)
- Genaro Garza García – Governor of Nuevo León (1871)
- Generoso Chapa Garza – Governor of Nuevo León (1929)
- Juan Nepomuceno de la Garza y Evía – Governor of Nuevo León (1835–1837 and 1845–1846).
- Lázaro Garza Ayala – Governor of Nuevo León (1869)
- Pablo A. de la Garza – Governor of Nuevo León (1915 and 1916)
- Simón de la Garza Melo – Governor of Nuevo León
Other people
- Aarón Sáenz Garza – a politician
- Armando Garza Sada - a multi-millionaire, President of ALFA (Mexico)
- Eugenio Garza Lagüera – a multi-millionaire, former owner of the world's second Coca-Cola bottler (FEMSA)
- Eugenio Garza Sada – a multi-millionaire and philanthropist, father of Garza Lagüera and founder of the ITESM
- Héctor Garza – wrestler
- Mauricio Fernández Garza – a politician, former mayor of San Pedro Garza García, currently a PAN candidate for that same office
- Teresa García de Madero – a politician
- Manuel Uribe Garza, One of the Heaviest People
- Hector Garza - Writer and Poet
From Coahuila
- Aarón Sáenz Garza – a politician
- José María Garza Gallán – a politician, former governor of Coahuila
- Mariana Garza – an actress, sister of Jaime
- Venustiano Carranza de la Garza – President of Mexico
From Texas
- John Garza (born 1955), member of the Texas House of Representatives, R-San Antonio
- Ed Garza – fer mayor of ormSan Antonio, Texas
- Cayetano Garza – an American comic designer and illustrator
- Emilio M. Garza – an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Henry Garza – Guitarist and vocalist in Los Lonely Boys
- Jojo Garza – Bass player and vocalist in Los Lonely Boys
- Ringo Garza – Drummer and vocalist in Los Lonely Boys
- Daniel "Dani Doom" Garza - vocalist of the band Design the Skyline
- Juan Garza – an American murderer, executed under the death penalty in 2001
- Tony Garza – a Mexican American politician, current ambassador of the United States to Mexico and husband of María Asunción Aramburuzabala, the richest woman in Mexico
- Reynaldo G. Garza – the first Mexican American federal judge in the United States
Others
- Ale Garza – an American comic artist
- Matt Garza – a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers
- Pablo Garza - an American lightweight mixed martial arts fighter
See also
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