Ferrer
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Ferrer is a Catalan surname meaning iron-worker and may refer to the following:
- People
- Albert Ferrer (born 1970), Spanish footballer
- Alex Ferrer, judge in the courtroom television show Judge Alex
- Chucho Ferrer (born 1929), Mexican composer
- Dennis Ferrer, American Deep House music producer and DJ
- David Ferrer (born 1982), Spanish tennis player.
- Eduardo Blasco Ferrer (born 1956), Spanish-born specialist in the Sardinian language
- Fernando Ferrer (born 1950), American politician in The Bronx, New York City
- Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia (1859–1909), Catalan educator, anarchist, and free-thinker who founded the Escuela Moderna
- Ibrahim Ferrer (1927–2005), popular Cuban musician best known for his participation in the Buena Vista Social Club project with Ry Cooder
- José Ferrer (1909–1992), Puerto Rican actor and film director
- José Figueres Ferrer (1906–1990), three-time President of Costa Rica
- Lupita Ferrer (born 1947), Venezuelan telenovela actor
- Mel Ferrer (born 1917), American actor, film director, and film producer
- Miguel Ferrer (born 1955), Puerto Rican-American actor, son of José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney
- Saint Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and Roman Catholic saint
- Ysa Ferrer (born 1972), Algerian-born French actress and singer
- Places
- Two parishes in Brazil called São Vicente Ferrer (Portuguese for Saint Vincent Ferrer):
- São Vicente Ferrer, Pernambuco
- São Vicente Ferrer, Maranhão
- Other
- Ferrer Schools, or Modern Schools, socially progressive American schools formed in the early 20th century after the model of Francisco Ferrer’s Escuela Moderna