Jara is a Spanish surname, popular in various places in southern Spain, meaning rockrose or cistus.
People with the surname
Association football
Europe
- Francisco Chaparro Jara (born 1942), Spanish footballer and manager
- Kurt Jara (born 1950), Austrian footballer
- Santi Jara (born 1991), Spanish footballer
North America
- Claudio Jara (born 1959), Costa Rican footballer
- Francisco Jara (born 1941), Mexican footballer
- Geovanny Jara (born 1967), Costa Rican footballer
- Guillermo Jara (born 1973), American football (soccer) player
South America
- Ángel Jara (1936–2008), Paraguayan footballer
- Cristino Jara (born 1973), Paraguayan footballer
- Diego Jara (born 1983), Argentine footballer
- Franco Jara (born 1988), Argentine footballer
- Gonzalo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer
- Gualberto Jara (born 1959), Paraguayan football manager in Chile
- Leonardo Jara (born 1991), Argentine footballer
- Rodrigo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer
Other
- Alan Jara (born 1957), Colombian politician kidnapped by the FARC
- Albino Jara (1877-1912), Paraguayan president
- Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869-1927), Mexican Roman Catholic priest and saint
- Fernando Jara (born 1987), Panamanian jockey
- Ginés de la Jara, Spanish Christian saint
- Joan Jara (born 1927), Chilean activist
- Juan Antonio Jara (1845-1887), Paraguayan politician
- Luis Jara (singer) (born 1965), Chilean singer and actor
- Max Jara (1886–1965), Chilean poet
- Patricio Jara (born 1974), Chilean writer and journalist
- Víctor Jara (1932-1973), Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist
See also
References
- "Jara Name Meaning & Jara Family History at Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
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