Del Toro (surname)

Del Toro

Artistic street sign in Madrid, Spain.
Origin
Language(s)	Spanish
Meaning	"Of the Bull"
Region of origin	Zamora, Spain
Other names
Variant form(s)	Del Toro, del Toro, Deltoro, Toro

Del Toro (Of the Bull in English) is a surname first found in the Castilian province of Zamora in Spain, dating back to the sixteenth century. It is also found in sixty-five communes throughout Italy with a predominant presence in the provinces of Teramo (Abruzzo) and Siena (Tuscany).^[1]

• Angelo Del Toro (1947–1994), New York politician
• Arancha del Toro, also known as Arancha Solis (born 1973), Spanish film, television, and theater actress
• Benicio del Toro (born 1967), Puerto Rican actor
• Carlos Del Toro (born 1961), Cuban-born American businessman and U.S. Secretary of the Navy nominee
• Carlos del Toro Orihuela (born 1954), Cuban artist
• David del Toro Jiménez (born 1997), known as David Toro, Spanish footballer
• Emiliano Mercado del Toro (1891-2007), for a while the oldest person in the world
• Emilio del Toro Cuebas (1876-1955), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1909 to 1922
• Enrique Campos del Toro (1900–c.1970), Puerto Rican banker and law professor
• Guillermo del Toro (born 1964), Mexican film director
• Herminio Brau del Toro (1922–1998), Puerto Rican lawyer, engineer, professor, writer and industrialist
• Josefina del Toro Fulladosa (1901–1975), the first woman to become a library school professor in Puerto Rico
• Mario Enrique del Toro (born 1966), Mexican politician
• Miguel del Toro (1972–2001), Mexican baseball pitcher
• Miguel Carlos Francisco Alvarez del Toro (1917–1996), Mexican biologist
• Rebeca Pous Del Toro (born 1978), Spanish singer
• Salvador Barajas del Toro (born 1972), Mexican politician
• Tomás del Toro del Villar (born 1959), Mexican politician
• Ulises Rosales del Toro (born 1942), Cuban general and Minister of Agriculture
• Uriel del Toro (born 1978), Mexican actor and model