Jara (surname)

Jara is a Spanish surname, popular in various places in southern Spain, meaning rockrose or cistus.

People with the surname

Association football

Europe

• Francisco Chaparro Jara (born 1942), Spanish footballer and manager
• Kurt Jara (born 1950), Austrian footballer
• Santi Jara (born 1991), Spanish footballer

North America

• Claudio Jara (born 1959), Costa Rican footballer
• Francisco Jara (born 1941), Mexican footballer
• Geovanny Jara (born 1967), Costa Rican footballer
• Guillermo Jara (born 1973), American football (soccer) player

South America

• Ángel Jara (1936–2008), Paraguayan footballer
• Cristino Jara (born 1973), Paraguayan footballer
• Diego Jara (born 1983), Argentine footballer
• Franco Jara (born 1988), Argentine footballer
• Gonzalo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer
• Gualberto Jara (born 1959), Paraguayan football manager in Chile
• Leonardo Jara (born 1991), Argentine footballer
• Rodrigo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer

Other

• Alan Jara (born 1957), Colombian politician kidnapped by the FARC
• Albino Jara (1877-1912), Paraguayan president
• Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869-1927), Mexican Roman Catholic priest and saint
• Fernando Jara (born 1987), Panamanian jockey
• Ginés de la Jara, Spanish Christian saint
• Joan Jara (born 1927), Chilean activist
• Juan Antonio Jara (1845-1887), Paraguayan politician
• Luis Jara (singer) (born 1965), Chilean singer and actor
• Max Jara (1886–1965), Chilean poet
• Patricio Jara (born 1974), Chilean writer and journalist
• Víctor Jara (1932-1973), Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist

See also

• Jara Saguier