Contreras
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Contreras can refer to a number of different things:
- People
- Pedro de Alvarado (Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras), Spanish conquistador.
- Eleazar López Contreras, Venezuelan politician and former president.
- José Contreras, Cuban baseball pitcher.
- Joseph Contreras, Spanish famous maker of violins. known as 'Granadino' from his birthplace. b.1710, d.approx 1780. Worked in Madrid from about 1745, making beautiful violins in the style of Stradivarius.
- Joseph Contreras, son of the above, also violin maker. Label 'Matriti per filium Granadensis'.
- Joseph Contreras, son of the above, specialised in repairs and double-bass making.
- Manuel Contreras (Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda), Chilean head of intelligence during Pinochet's dictatorship.
- Patricio Contreras, Chilean actor
- Raoul Lowery (Raoul Lowery Contreras), Mexican-American journalist.
- Louie Contreras, 2006 Riverside County, Southern California, Congressional candidate.
- Places
- Magdalena Contreras, borough of the Mexican Federal District.
- Contreras, in Burgos Province, Spain.
- Events
- Battle of Contreras, during the Mexican-American War.
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