Correa (surname)
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Correa is a Spanish surname. Correa is found throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Correa means 'leather strap', 'belt', 'rein', 'shoelace', plural correas. Correa is from the Latin corrigia 'fastening', from corrigere 'to straighten', 'to correct'), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such articles. Correa is spelt Correia in Portuguese and Galician.
- Arleene Correa Valencia (born 1993), Mexican-born embroidery and textile artist
- Aurora Correa (1930–2008), Spanish-Mexican teacher and writer
- Caroline Correa (born 1979), Brazilian actress
- Chamin Correa (1929–2020), Mexican guitarist
- Drew Correa (born 1984), American music producer
- Enrique Gómez Correa (1915–1995), Chilean poet, lawyer and diplomat
- Eric "Bobo" Correa (born 1968), American musician
- Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654), Spanish organist and composer of the late Renaissance
- Francisco Laguna Correa (born 1982), Mexican writer and editor
- Hugo Correa (1926–2008), Chilean science fiction writer
- Isabella Correa (c. 1655–c. 1700), Dutch poet
- Juan Correa (1646–1716), Mexican painter
- Juan Correa de Vivar (1510–1566), Spanish painter
- Julio Correa (1890–1953), Paraguayan poet
- Mayuto Correa (born 1943), Brazilian percussionist, guitarist and composer
- Tiago Correa (born 1981), Chilean actor
Politicians
- Eric Correa Rivera (born 1975), Puerto Rican politician
- Lou Correa (born 1958), American-Puerto Rican politician
- Marie-Louise Correa (born 1943), Senegalese politician
- Rafael Correa (born 1963), Ecuadorian politician, 43rd President of Ecuador
- Ruth Stella Correa Palacio (born 1959), Colombian politician
