Vargas (surname)

Contents 1 Actors and TV personalities 2 Financiers 3 Musicians, writers and artists 4 Politicians 5 Sportspeople 6 Fictional characters 7 Other 8 See also

Vargas is a Spanish, Portuguese and South American surname stemming from old nobility with two branches, de Vargas and de Vargas-Machuca, and may refer to the following:

Actors and TV personalities

• Vivian Vargas, Filipino actor.
• Elizabeth Vargas, ABC News anchor.
• Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor.
• Sibila Vargas, CNN reporter.
• Taliana Vargas, Colombian. First Runner up in Miss Universe 2008.
• Valentina Vargas, Chilean actress.
• Vic Vargas, Filipino, film actor.

Financiers

• Víctor José de Vargas y Irausquín, lawyer and owner of the Banco Occidental de Descuento
• María Margarita de Vargas y Santaella, daughter and heir of the above

Musicians, writers and artists

• Alberto Vargas, Peruvian painter of pin-up girls and erotica
• Álvaro Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, son of Mario Vargas Llosa
• Andrés de Vargas, Spanish painter
• Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican singer
• Fred Vargas, French writer
• Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and cartoonist
• Jose Antonio Vargas, Filipino-American journalist
• Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician and Nobel Prize laureate
• Mary Belle de Vargas, American artist
• Pedro Vargas, Mexican singer
• Wilfrido Vargas, Dominican musician
• Antonio Vargas, actor ("Strictly Ballroom").

Politicians

• José Augusto Vargas, Peruvian congressman
• José María Vargas, Venezuelan president
• Juan Vargas, United States politician
• Virgilio Barco Vargas, Colombian president
• Cortés Vargas, Colombian general
• Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian statesman
• Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Dominican politician
• Diego de Vargas, Spanish viceroy of New Spain
• Carlos Antonio Vargas Guatatuca, Antonio Vargas, Ecuatorian politician; Quechan.

Sportspeople

• Annerys Vargas, Dominican Republic volleyball player
• Claudio David Vargas Villalba, Paraguayan footballer
• Claudio Vargas, Milwaukee Brewers pitcher
• Debbie Green-Vargas, women's volleyball setter
• Eduardo Vargas, Chilean footballer
• Eleucadia Vargas, Dominican Republic judoka
• Fabián Andrés Vargas, Colombian footballer
• Fernando Vargas, boxer
• Freddy Vargas, Venezuelan road cyclist
• Gonzalo Vargas, Uruguayan footballer
• Gregorio Vargas, Mexican boxer
• Jason Vargas, Seattle Mariners pitcher
• Jefferson Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
• Jorge Francisco Vargas, Chilean footballer
• Miguel Rodrigo Vargas, Portuguese footballer
• Juan Manuel Vargas, Peruvian footballer
• Oscar Vargas, Panamanian footballer
• Óscar Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
• Nélson Vargas, Colombian road cyclist
• Rodrigo Vargas, Chilean-Australian footballer
• Ronald Vargas, Venezuelan footballer
• Tetelo Vargas, Dominican Republic baseball player

Fictional characters

• Maria Vargas, fictional actress played by Ava Gardner in "The Barefoot Contessa"
• Snake Vargas, desert ranger of Mexican descent in the videogame Wasteland.
• Feliciano Vargas, is a main character in the series Axis Powers Hetalia. He is the representation of Northern Italy.
• Lovino Vargas, is a character in the series Axis Powers Hetalia. He is the representation of Southern Italy.
• Edgar Vargas, is a character from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

Other

• Leonidas Vargas (1949-2009), Colombian drug lord
• King Vargas, A King on runescape

See also

• Vargas (disambiguation)

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