Pérez
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Pérez is a surname with at least two distinct origins. One is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Pero, Pedro, or Peter." In Castilian Spanish
, the name is pronounced ˈpeɾeθ; in Latin America, ˈpeɾes. In American English, it is often the hyperforeign pəˈrɛz .
The other is a Hebrew surname פרץ (cf. Genesis 38:29) meaning to "breach or burst forth."
Castilian Spanish
Castilian Spanish is a term related to the Spanish language, but its exact meaning can vary even in that language. In English Castilian Spanish usually refers to the variety of European Spanish spoken in north and central Spain or as the language standard for radio and TV speakers...
, the name is pronounced ˈpeɾeθ; in Latin America, ˈpeɾes. In American English, it is often the hyperforeign pəˈrɛz .
The other is a Hebrew surname פרץ (cf. Genesis 38:29) meaning to "breach or burst forth."
List of persons with the surname
- Adolfo Pérez EsquivelAdolfo Pérez EsquivelAdolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine sculptor, architect and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize.-Biography:Pérez Esquivel was born in Buenos Aires to a Spanish fisherman who emigrated to Argentina...
, Argentine activist - Al PerezAl PerezAl Perez is a retired American professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:Perez began wrestling as an amateur in high school and was one of the top athletes in his home state of Florida. He started professional wrestling in 1982.He formed a team in ICW with Joe Savoldi known as the "New...
, American professional wrestler - Albino PérezAlbino PérezAlbino Pérez was a Mexican soldier and politician.Pérez was appointed Governor of New Mexico in 1835. He was assassinated near the city of Santa Fe in 1837 during the Revolt of 1837 after he tried to impose taxes ordered by President Antonio López de Santa Anna.In June 2007 a monument...
, Mexican soldier and politician - Alfonso PérezAlfonso Pérez (boxer)Alfonso Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1971 he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games. He turned pro on April 6, 1973, and retired in 1981 after 40 bouts .-References:...
, Colombian boxer - Alfredo PérezAlfredo PérezAlfredo Pérez is a retired Venezuelan boxer. He competed for his South American nation at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he was defeated in the Men's Flyweight division by Poland's eventual bronze medal winner Leszek Błażyński...
, Venezuelan boxer - Alonso PérezAlonso PérezAlonso Pérez was a Spanish painter who worked at the end of the 19th, and the beginning of the 20th centuries.While very little is known of his life, it is believed that he received some academic training. As with many of his contemporaries, his works were done on a small, intimate scale that...
, Spanish painter - Amanda PerezAmanda PerezAmanda Nicole Perez is a female American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer of Mexican descent.-Biography:Amanda Perez was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana and grew up in the Waynedale community of Fort Wayne, where she attended North Side High School....
, American R&B/Hip-Hop artist - Angel PerezAngel Perez (volleyball)Ángel Pérez is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the setter claimed the silver medal at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim...
, Puerto Rican volleyball player - Antonio PérezAntonio Pérez]Antonio Pérez was a Spanish statesman, secretary of king Philip II of Spain.- Early years :Antonio Perez was born in Madrid in 1540. In 1542 he was legalized as son of Gonzalo Pérez, Secretary of the Council of State of king Charles I of Spain . Most probably Antonio was indeed the son of...
, Spanish statesman, secretary to King Philip II - Antonio PérezAntonio Pérez (baseball player)Antonio Miguel Pérez is a Major League Baseball player for the Atlanta Braves organization. In , he led the Los Angeles Dodgers with eleven stolen bases. Pérez signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals for the season, but was released during spring training...
, Dominican baseball player - Antonio Pérez DelgadilloAntonio Pérez DelgadilloAntonio Pérez Delgadillo is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in Atlante.-External links:...
, Mexican football goalkeeper - Arnaldo PérezArnaldo PérezArnaldo Pérez is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada, aged seventeen....
, Puerto Rican swimmer - Arturo Pérez-ReverteArturo Pérez-ReverteArturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for twenty-one years . His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his "Alatriste" series of novels...
, Spanish novelist and journalist - Ashley Pérez Moza, American-born Mexican pop singer, member of pop group Ha*Ash
- Bartolomé PérezBartolomé PérezBartolomé Pérez was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.Born in Madrid, he became the son-in-law and pupil of the painter Juan de Arellano. Known as a painter of flowers and still life, known as bodegones. He also painted scenography for performances at the theater of Buen Retiro, for which he...
(1634–1693), Spanish painter - Belle PerezBelle PerezMaribel Pérez , best known by her stage name Belle Perez, is a Flemish musician and songwriter.Born in Neerpelt to Spanish parents as María Isabelle Pérez Cerezo, the Flemish singer was discovered for her musical talents by Patrick Renier at a local talent show in 1997 at the age of 21...
, Belgian musician and songwriter - Benito Pérez GaldósBenito Pérez GaldósBenito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....
, Spanish novelist - Calixto PérezCalixto PérezCalixto Pérez is a retired boxer from Colombia, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics...
, Colombian boxer - Carlos Pérez (baseball player)Carlos Pérez (baseball player)Carlos Gross Pérez is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball and the brother of former major league players Melido Pérez and Pascual Pérez. -Biography:...
- Carlos Pérez (kayak sprinter)Carlos Pérez (kayak sprinter)Carlos Pérez Rial, is a Galician sprint canoer who has been competing since 1999...
- Carlos Andrés PérezCarlos Andrés PérezCarlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez , also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho , was a Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. His first presidency was known as the Saudi Venezuela due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to...
(1922–2010),was an ex President of Venezuela. - Carlota PerezCarlota PerezCarlota Perez is a Venezuelan scholar and expert on technology and socio-economic development most famous for her concept of Techno-Economic Paradigm Shifts and her theory of great surges, a further development of the Kondratieff waves.-Career:...
, Venezuelan economist - Chris PérezChris PerezChristopher Gilbert "Chris" Pérez is a American guitarist and the widower of "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena. He is currently a guitarist for A.B. Quintanilla III y Los Kumbia All Starz since he joined in 2006. Prior to that, Pérez was the lead guitarist for his wife's band Selena y Los Dinos...
, American guitarist - Cristina PérezCristina Pérez (judge)Cristina Pérez is an American TV judge who had a television show on the Telemundo/NBC network. She was born in New York City, received two BAs at UCLA and her JD at Whittier Law School...
, American judge, host of Corte de Familia - Cristina PérezCristina Pérez (reporter)Cristina Pérez is an Argentine television news journalist. She has worked, since 2002, alongside with Rodolfo Barilli, as newsanchor of Telefe's Telefe Noticias a las 20 ....
, Argentine television news journalist - Danilo PérezDanilo PérezDanilo Pérez is a Panamanian pianist and composer.-Early life:Danilo Pérez was born in Panama in 1965. He is considered one of the finest contemporary pianists and jazz composers of our era....
, Panamanian pianist and composer - Diego Pérez (footballer)Diego Pérez (footballer)Diego Fernando Pérez Aguado , nicknamed "Ruso" , is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Bologna. He played for Uruguay at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2011 editions of the Copa América...
, Uruguayan footballer - Diego Pérez (tennis)Diego Pérez (tennis)Diego Pérez is a retired professional tennis player from Uruguay. Pérez turned pro in 1981, and won one ATP Tour singles and three doubles titles in his career, which lasted until 1996...
, Uruguayan tennis player - Eddie PerezEddie Pérez (politician)Eduardo Alberto "Eddie" Perez is a politician of Puerto Rican origin and former Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to entering politics, Perez worked as a community activist...
, American politician - Eddie PerezEddie Pérez (baseball player)Eduardo Rafael "Eddie" Pérez is a former Venezuelan professional baseball player and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Brewers. He batted and threw right-handed. Pérez is the current bullpen coach for the...
, Venezuelan baseball player - Eduardo PerezEduardo PerezEduardo Atanasio Pérez, a Cuban-American is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently the hitting coach of the Miami Marlins. He batted and threw right-handed and joined the league in after playing college baseball under head coach Mike Martin for the...
, American baseball player - Efrén Pérez RiveraEfrén Pérez RiveraEfrén Pérez Rivera is a former college professor and noted Puerto Rican environmentalist leader.-Biography:Efrén Pérez Rivera was born on March 10, 1929 at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where he lived during his first years. At the age of four, he moved with his family to Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico...
, Puerto Rican environmentalist - Emilio Pérez TouriñoEmilio Pérez TouriñoEmilio Pérez Touriño is a Spanish politician and economist. He is the former secretary general of the Socialist Party of Galicia and, from August 2005 to March 2009, former president of the autonomous community of Galicia . Namely, he was president of the executive branch, the Xunta de Galicia...
, Spanish politician - Emily PerezEmily PerezEmily Jazmin Tatum Perez was the first female minority Cadet Command Sergeant Major in the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point.-Biography:...
, first female minority Command Sergeant at West Point - Esteban PérezEsteban PérezEsteban Daniel Pérez is a retired male basketball player from Argentina, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in ninth place in the overall-rankings. He was nicknamed "Gallo" during his career.-References:*...
, Argentine basketball player - Felipe Pérez RoqueFelipe Pérez RoqueFelipe Ramón Pérez Roque was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba from 1999 to 2009. At his appointment, he was not only the youngest member of the Cuban cabinet but also the only one to be born after the Cuban Revolution in 1959.Pérez Roque was formerly an electronics engineer and leader of...
, Cuban politician, current foreign minister of the Republic of Cuba - Félix Javier PérezFélix Javier PérezFélix Javier Pérez Rivera was a Puerto Rican basketball player and a member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team. He was born on May 31, 1971 in Guayama, Puerto Rico....
, Puerto Rican basketball player - Florentino PérezFlorentino PérezFlorentino Pérez Rodríguez is a Spanish businessman, civil engineer, former politician, and current president of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, as well as ACS...
, Spanish businessman - Francisco Pérez SierraFrancisco Pérez SierraFrancisco Pérez Sierra was a Neapolitan painter of Spanish origin. He was a disciple of Aniello Falcone and Juan de Toledo....
, Spanish painter - George PérezGeorge PérezGeorge Pérez is a Puerto Rican-American writer and illustrator of comic books, known for his work on various titles, including Avengers, Teen Titans and Wonder Woman.-Biography:...
, Puerto Rican-American illustrator and writer of comic books - Glória PerezGlória PerezGlória Maria Ferrante Perez is a Brazilian television telenovela writer born in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Glória Perez wrote the telenovelas O Clone and Caminho das Índias. Her only daughter, Daniella Perez, was a famous actress and was killed while acting in her mother's telenovela De Corpo e...
, Brazilian screenwriter - Hugo Pérez (disambiguation)
- Ibán PérezIbán PérezIbán Pérez is a volleyball player from Spain men's national volleyball team. Pérez represented Spain at the 2007 European Championship in Moscow, Russia. He was honored as the best scorer at the 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship.-References:*...
, Spanish volleyball player - Iván PérezIván PérezIván Ernesto Pérez Vargas is a water polo player from Spain. He was born in Cuba, but became a Spanish citizen...
, Cuban-born Spanish waterpolo player - Jairo PérezJairo PérezJairo Pérez Suárez is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Arles Castro and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit...
, Colombian track and road cyclist - Javier Pérez de CuéllarJavier Pérez de CuéllarJavier Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. He studied in Colegio San Agustín of Lima, and then at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully...
, Peruvian diplomat, the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations - Jefferson PérezJefferson PérezJefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada is a retired Ecuadorian race walker. He specializes in the 20 km event, in which he has won the only two medals his country has ever achieved in the Olympic Games....
, Ecuadorian track and field athlete - Jesús Pérez (disambiguation)
- Jorge M. PérezJorge M. PerezJorge M. Pérez is a Cuban American real estate magnate and author. Pérez was born in Argentina of Cuban parents and lived in Colombia before moving to Miami in 1968. He is graduate of Long Island University C.W...
, Cuban American real estate developer - José Pérez (disambiguation)
- José Pérez ReyesJosé Pérez ReyesJosé Pérez Reyes is a male boxer from the Dominican Republic, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the second round of the men's light flyweight division by Romania's Sabin Bornei.-References:*...
, Dominican Republic boxer - Juan Bautista PérezJuan Bautista PérezJuan Bautista Pérez , was a Venezuelan lawyer, magistrate and President between 1929 until 1931.Graduates as lawyer at the Central University of Venezuela near 1895, practicing his profession in the town of Villa de Cura, Aragua state...
, President of Venezuela - Juan José Pérez HernándezJuan José Pérez HernándezJuan José Pérez Hernández , often simply Juan Pérez, was an 18th century Spanish explorer. He was the first European to sight, examine, name, and record the islands near present-day British Columbia, Canada...
, Spanish explorer - Karlee PérezKarlee PerezKarlee Leilani Perez is an American professional wrestler, manager and authority figure, currently working for WWE appearing in their NXT season 5 show and competing in their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling , under the ring name Maxine. She also serves as acting general...
, American professional wrestler, manager and authority figure - Kenneth PerezKenneth PerezKenneth Pérez Dahl Jensen is a Danish former professional football player. Perez scored two goals in 24 matches for the Danish national team from 2003 to 2006, and he was chosen to compete at the 2004 European Championship....
, Danish football player - Leander PerezLeander PerezLeander Henry Perez, Sr. , was the Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern Louisiana during the middle third of the 20th century. Officially, he served as a district judge, later as district attorney, and as president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission...
, Louisiana judge - Luis Alberto Pérez-RiondaLuis Alberto Pérez-RiondaLuis Alberto Pérez-Rionda is a former sprinter from Cuba who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000. His personal best of 10.18 was set in 1997.-References:*...
, Cuban sprinter - Luis Ernesto PérezLuis Ernesto PérezLuis Ernesto Pérez Gómez is a Mexican international footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for CF Monterrey in the Primera División de México...
, Mexican football player - Manuel Benítez Pérez, Spanish bullfighter
- Marcos Pérez JiménezMarcos Pérez JiménezMarcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez was a soldier and Presidents of Venezuela from 1952 to 1958.-Career:Marcos Evangelista Pérez Jiménez was born in Michelena, Táchira State. His father, Juan Pérez Bustamante, was a farmer; his mother, Adela Jiménez, a schoolteacher...
, President of Venezuela 1952-1958 - María Dolores Pérez EncisoMaría Dolores Pérez EncisoMaría Dolores Pérez Enciso was a writer and journalist.She began her studies of education in Almería and then in Barcelona. After a brief marriage to Francisco del Olmo, she joined the Communist Party and during the Spanish Civil War she acted as Delegate of the Republic...
, Spanish-born Mexican writer and journalist - Marina PérezMarina PerezMarina Carolina Pérez is a Spanish top model known for her eyes. She has been the face for Jimmy Choo, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Pucci, Moschino, Giorgio Armani, St...
, Spanish fashion model. - Mariano Ospina PérezMariano Ospina PérezLuis Mariano Ospina Pérez was a Colombian engineer and political figure, member of the Colombian Conservative Party. He served as President of Colombia between 1946 and 1950.- Biographic data :...
, President of Colombia 1946-1950 - Mario Pérez Saldivar, a Mexican long-distance runner
- Mario Pérez ZúñigaMario Pérez ZúñigaMario Pérez Zúñiga is a Mexican footballer currently playing for Estudiantes Tecos in the Primera División de México.-Club:Pérez previously extensively in Mexico, for F.C. Atlas, Club Necaxa, San Luis F.C. and Club América...
, a Mexican footballer - Melido PérezMelido PérezMélido Turpen Gross Pérez , is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from through for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees. He made his major league debut for the Kansas City Royals on September 4, 1987. In that game, Pérez pitched seven innings of shutout...
, Dominican Republic baseball player - Melina PerezMelina PerezMelina Nava Perez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring mononym Melina....
, American professional wrestler - Mercedes PérezMercedes PérezMercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros is a female weightlifter from Colombia. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Pan American Championships for her native South American country, and represented Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, finishing in ninth place in her weight...
, Colombian weightlifter - Miguel Pérez (disambiguation)
- Miguel Pérez AlvaradoMiguel Pérez AlvaradoMiguel Pérez Alvarado is a Spanish poet.Between 1997 and 2003, he studied journalism and political science in Madrid at the Colegio Mayor Universitario Chaminade....
, Spanish poet - Neifi PérezNeifi PérezNeifi Neftali Pérez is a Major League baseball player who most recently played for the Detroit Tigers. He played with the Colorado Rockies , Kansas City Royals , San Francisco Giants , and the Chicago Cubs...
, Dominican Republic baseball player - Odalis PérezOdalis PérezOdalis Amadol Pérez is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He played with the Atlanta Braves , the Los Angeles Dodgers , the Kansas City Royals , and the Washington Nationals ....
, Dominican Republic baseball player - Oliver PérezOliver PérezÓliver Pérez Martínez is a left-handed pitcher currently in the Washington Nationals organization.-San Diego Padres:...
, Mexican baseball players - Orlando PerezOrlando PerezOrlando Perez is an American soccer defender, who is currently without a club, having been waived by Chivas USA of Major League Soccer....
, American soccer player - Óscar Pérez RojasÓscar Pérez RojasÓscar "El Conejo" Pérez Rojas is a Mexican football goalkeeper who currently plays for the Mexican team San Luis. Pérez Rojas stands at 5'8 and weights 165 pounds....
, Mexican football player - Óscar Pérez BovelaÓscar Pérez BovelaÓscar Pérez Bovela is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cádiz CF on loan from Granada CF, as a midfielder .-Football career:...
, Spanish football player - Pascual Pérez (boxing)Pascual Pérez (boxing)Pascual Nicolás Pérez was an Argentine flyweight boxer. Pérez was born in Tupungato in the Mendoza Province of Argentina, he went on to make history by becoming Argentina's first world boxing champion....
, Argentine flyweight - Patricia PérezPatricia PérezPatricia Pérez Peña is a female footballer from Mexico. She competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in 8th place with the Women's National Team....
, Mexican female footballer - Pedro PérezPedro PérezPedro Pérez Dueñas is a retired triple jumper from Cuba. He set the world record in the men's triple jump event on August 5, 1971, jumping 17.40 metres in the final of the Pan American Games.-Achievements:-References:* *...
, Cuban triple jumper - Rafael Pérez (baseball) baseball player
- Ricardo Pérez GodoyRicardo Pérez GodoyRicardo Pío Pérez Godoy was a general of the Peruvian army who launched a coup d'état in July 1962 and headed a military junta until March 1963....
, Peruvian politician, President of the Military Junta - Richard Ray PerezRichard Ray PerezRichard Ray Perez is an American documentary film producer and director. His productions include Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election, which is an acclaimed award-winning political documentary...
, American film producer and director - Robert Pérez (disambiguation)
- Rodolfo PérezRodolfo PérezRodolfo Adrian Pérez Gentile is a former field hockey player from Argentina. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 1996. Pérez finished in ninth and eleventh place with the national squad....
, Argentine field hockey player - Rosie PerezRosie PerezRosa María "Rosie" Pérez is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, director and community activist.- Early life :...
, American actress, dancer, choreographer and director - Rudy PérezRudy PérezRudy Pérez is a Cuban American composer, producer and Sound engineer specialized in Latin Ballad whose songs have been very successful. He is considered one of the most outstanding creators in the field of international pop music...
, composer and producer Cuban American. - Sara PérezSara PérezSara Pérez Sala is a female breaststroke swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.- References :*...
, Spanish breaststroke swimmer - Sergio PérezSergio PérezSergio Pérez Mendoza , also known as "Checo" Pérez, is a Mexican racing driver of Spanish descent, currently racing for Sauber in the 2011 Formula One season...
, Mexican F1 driver - Silverio PérezSilverio PérezSilverio Pérez is a musician, comedian, entrepreneur and broadcasting media host, born in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He is known for several reasons, among them:* hosting several successful Puerto Rican television shows during his career....
, Puerto Rican entertainer - Tomás PérezTomás PérezTomás Orlando Pérez is a former Major League Baseball infielder. Pérez was a utility infielder who throws right-handed and switch hits....
, Venezuelan baseball player - Tony PérezTony PérezAtanasio Pérez Rigal , more commonly known as Tony Pérez, is a former Major League Baseball player. He was also known by the nickname "Big Dog," "Big Doggie," and "Doggie."...
, Cuban-American baseball player - Vicente Pérez RosalesVicente Pérez RosalesVicente Pérez Rosales was a politician, traveller, merchant, miner and Chilean diplomat that organized the colonization by Germans and Chileans of the Llanquihue area. Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park is named after him....
, Chilean colonization agent - Victor PerezVictor PerezVictor "Young" Perez was a Sephardic Jew born in French Tunisia, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932. He was born to Khmaïssa Perez a household goods salesman and Khaïlou René Perez. He was raised along with his four siblings in Dar-El Berdgana, the Jewish quarter of Tunis...
, Tunisian world champion flyweight boxer - Vincent PérezVincent PérezVincent Pérez is a Swiss-born French speaking actor and director. He is best known internationally for playing the title character Ashe Corven in The Crow: City of Angels, and for starring in Queen of the Damned, playing Marius de Romanus...
, Swiss actor - Wilson PérezWilson PérezWilson Enrique Pérez Pérez is a retired Colombian football defender who was capped 47 times and scored 3 international goals for the Colombia national team between 1989 and 1997, including three matches at the 1994 World Cup.Pérez started his professionalplaying career in 1985 with América de...
, Colombian football defender - Yolanda PérezYolanda PerezYolanda Pérez is an American singer who specializes in banda music. She is sometimes known by the stage name "La Potranquita", , a name taken by her father from his home city of Zacatecas, Mexico....
, Mexican-American singer who specializes in banda music. - Yorkis PérezYorkis PérezYorkis Miguel Vargas Pérez is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander appeared in 337 games over nine seasons for the Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles, all as a relief pitcher...
, Dominican Republic baseball player