Miranda (surname)
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Miranda is a Maltese,[1] Portuguese,[2][3] Sephardic Jewish,[4] and Spanish surname of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration".[citation needed]The name is also found in the Philippines, India (among the Goan and Mangalorean Catholics of Konkan Coast and among the Paravar of Southern Tamil Nadu).[citation needed]
Notable people with the surname Miranda include:
- Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614–1685), Spanish painter
- Juan García de Miranda (1677–1749), Spanish painter
- Mario Miranda, (1926–2011), Indian cartoonist and painter
Politicians
- Ana Miranda Paz (born 1971), Spanish politician
- Santiago Creel Miranda (born 1954), Mexican lawyer and politician
- David Miranda (politician) (1985–2023), Brazilian politician
- Eurico Miranda (1944–2019), Brazilian politician
- João Bernardo de Miranda (born 1952), Angolan politician and diplomat
- Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906–1956), first Prime Minister of Suriname
- Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda (1865–1925), Mexican eccentric
- Nilmário Miranda (born 1947), Brazilian politician
- Rafael Cancel Miranda (1930–2020), political activist
- Ricardo Miranda (born 1976), Canadian politician and trade unionist
- Roxana Miranda (born 1967), candidate for the presidency of Chile
- Thammy Miranda (born 1982), Brazilian entertainer and politician
Religion
- David Martins Miranda (1936–2015), Brazilian pastor
- Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez (1895–1986), Mexican clergyman
- Robert Miranda (bishop) (born 1952), Bishop of the Diocese of Gulbarga, India
