Miranda (surname)
Miranda is a Maltese, Portuguese, Sephardic Jewish, and Spanish surname of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration".The name is also found in the Philippines, India.
Notable people with the surname Miranda include:
Sports
- David Miranda (cyclist), Salvadoran cyclist
- Denok Miranda, Filipino basketball player
- Enílton, Brazilian footballer
- Edison Miranda, Colombian boxer
- Gabriel Miranda, Venezuelan footballer
- George Miranda dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Gonzalo Miranda, Chilean track and road cyclist
- Jimmy Miranda, a member of the WWE ring crew who died in 2002 and for whom The Ultimate Warrior suggested a Jimmy Miranda Award be created
- José Miranda (baseball), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Leandro Costa Miranda Moraes, Brazilian football player
- Leandro Gil Miranda da Silva, Brazilian football player
- Luís Mário Miranda da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Márcio Miranda, Brazilian chess master
- Marcos Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- Miguel Ángel Miranda, Venezuelan boxer
- Michael Miranda, Filipino basketball player
- Miranda (footballer, born 1984), Brazilian footballer
- Patricia Miranda, American wrestler
- Pedro Miranda (baseball), Colombian baseball player
- Rafael Miranda da Conceição, Brazilian footballer
- Richard Garcia Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- Roberto Miranda, Brazilian footballer
- Roderick Miranda, Portuguese footballer
- Victoria Miranda, Argentine field hockey player
- Willy Miranda, Cuban-American baseball player
- Zito (footballer, born 1932), Brazilian footballer
Artist
- Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter
- Juan García de Miranda, Spanish painter of the baroque period, a disciple of Juan Delgado and appointed Painter to the King
- Mario Miranda,, Indian cartoonist and painter
Clergyman
- David Martins Miranda, Brazilian pastor
- Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, Mexican clergyman
- Robert Miranda (bishop), Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Gulbarga, India
Others
- Baptista Miranda, Angolan YouTuber and digital influencer
- Francisco Palacios Miranda 19th century Mexican Governor and Military Commandant of the Baja California Territory
- Ana Miranda Paz, Spanish politician
- Ana Miranda, Brazilian writer
- Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and motion picture star, sister of Carmen Miranda
- Carlo Miranda, Italian mathematician
- Santiago Creel Miranda Mexican lawyer and politician
- Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian singer and motion picture star, popularly known for wearing fruit headdresses
- Thalía Sodi Miranda, known mononymously, Mexican singer and actress
- Cecilia Miranda de Carvalho, Brazilian singer, sister of Carmen Miranda
- Chyno Miranda, Venezuelan singer, part of Chino & Nacho
- David Miranda (politician), Brazilian politician
- Erma Hoag Miranda, American singer, composer, music educator
- Ernesto Miranda, defendant and appellant of Miranda v. Arizona, the case that was the basis of the Miranda warning
- Eurico Miranda, Brazilian politician and president of CR Vasco da Gama
- Eva Miranda, Spanish mathematician
- Flix Miranda, American engineer
- Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary who is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar and other revolutionaries
- Frank de Miranda, Dutch sculptor, psychologist and publicist
- Giovanni Miranda, Italian Hispanist and grammarian
- Isa Miranda, Italian actress
- Isabel Miranda de Wallace, Mexican social activist
- Ismael Miranda, Puerto Rican salsa singer
- João Bernardo de Miranda, Angolan politician and diplomat
- José Luis de Jesús Miranda, cult leader, Messiah claimant, founder of Creciendo en Gracia
- Julius Caesar de Miranda, first Prime Minister of Suriname
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor, composer and lyricist
- Miriam Miranda, Honduran human rights activist
- Nicolás Zúñiga y Miranda, Mexican eccentric who was famous for being a perennial presidential candidate
- Pedro Rodriguez de Miranda Spanish painter of the late-Baroque period, nephew of Juan Garcia de Miranda, and related to several other de Miranda artists
- Pia Miranda, Australian actress
- Rafael Cancel Miranda, political activist, member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
- Ricardo Miranda, Canadian politician and trade unionist
- Robert Miranda (actor), American actor
- Roberta Miranda, Brazilian singer
- Carolina Miranda (actress) Mexican television actress
- Ronaldo Miranda, Brazilian composer
- Roxana Miranda, candidate for presidency of Chile
- Sol Miranda, Puerto Rican actress
- Sula Miranda, Brazilian singer, TV presenter and writer
- Thammy Miranda, Brazilian entertainer and politician