Borges (surname)
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Borges (Spanish: [ˈboɾxes], European Portuguese: [ˈbɔɾʒɨʃ]) is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Jorge Luis Borges, the most notable person with this name, notes that his family name, like Burgess in English, means "of the town", "bourgeois".[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- António Borges (1949–2013), Portuguese economist and banker
- António Borges (equestrian) (1906–2011), Portuguese horse rider
- Ary Borges (born 1999), Brazilian footballer
- Carlos Borges (1932–2014), Uruguayan footballer
- Celso Borges (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer
- Desmin Borges, American actor
- Fernanda Borges (born 1969), East Timorese politician
- Francisco L. Borges (born 1951), American politician born in Cape Verde
- Graciela Borges (born 1941), Argentine actress
- Gustavo Borges (born 1972), Brazilian swimmer
- Hernâni Borges (born 1981), Cape Verdean footballer
- Humberlito Borges Teixeira (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
- Ione Borges (1951–2025), Brazilian television presenter and actress
- Jorge Guillermo Borges Haslam, Argentine writer
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), Argentine writer
- José Borges, Cuban baseball player
- José Francisco Borges (1935–2024), Brazilian folk poet and woodcut artist
- Juan Borges Mateos (born 1966), Cuban chess player
- Julio Borges (born 1969), Venezuelan politician
- Lô Borges (1952–2025), Brazilian songwriter, singer and guitarist
- Lucas Borges (born 1980), Argentine rugby player
- Maria Borges (born 1992), Angolan model
- Neusa Borges (born 1941), Brazilian actress
- Norah Borges (1901–1998), Argentine artist
- Nuno Borges (disambiguation), several people
- Phil Borges (born 1942), photographer
- Raúl Borges (1882–1967), Venezuelan pedagogue, guitarist and composer
- Ron Borges, American sportswriter
- Rowllin Borges (born 1992), Indian footballer
- Tristan Borges (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
- Víctor Borges (born 1955), Cape Verdean foreign minister
- Wágner de Andrade Borges (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
- Willian Borges da Silva (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
