Correa (surname)

Correa is a Spanish surname meaning "leather strap". Notable people with the surname include:

• Alejandro Correa, Uruguayan football player
• Antonio Correa Cotto, Puerto Rican criminal
• Charles Correa, Indian architect
• Emilio Correa (boxer born 1953), Cuban boxer, Olympic Gold medalist 1972
• Emilio Correa (boxer born 1985), Cuban boxer, son of E.Correa Sr., PanAm Champion 2007
• Fernando Correa, Uruguayan football player
• Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Spanish organist and composer of the late Renaissance
• Francisco Correa, Spanish businessman
• Gilberto Correa, Venezuelan television personality
• Lou Correa, California State Senator of the 34th Senate District
• Maevia Noemi Correa (1914-2005, M.N.Correa), Argentine botanist
• Mark Anthony Correa, Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy
• Mathias F. Correa, U.S. intelligence pioneer, lawyer and prosecutor
• Mateo Correa Magallanes, often referred to as Father Correa or St. Mateo Correa, a Mexican Martyr
• Mireya Correa (born 1940), Panamanian botanist
• Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador