List of Famous people named Jorge
Jorge Luis Pinto
Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador is a Colombian football manager.
Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres
Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, also known as "El Canaca" and "El Chacal," was a Chilean criminal who killed six people in what the Investigations Police of Chile has called one of the most important crimes of twentieth century Chile.
Jorge Garbajosa
Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro Jr., is a Spanish former professional basketball player and the current president of the Spanish Basketball Federation. Standing at 2.07 m, he played both power forward and small forward. He was an All-EuroLeague first team selection in 2003, and an All-EuroLeague second team selection in 2006, while playing for Unicaja. During his stint in the NBA, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2007. A serious injury the following season cut his NBA career short, and he never truly recovered until his retirement.
Jorge Donn
Jorge Donn, was an Argentine internationally known ballet dancer. He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century. He died of AIDS on 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jorge Alcocer Varela
Jorge Alcocer Varela is a Mexican immunologist, researcher, teacher and healthcare professional. Since December 1st, 2018 he is the head of Secretariat of Health of Mexico, appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. As a physician and emeritus researcher at the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition, Alcocer Varela has served Mexican public health in various capacities for more than 30 years.
Jorge Quiroga
Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez, nicknamed Tuto Quiroga is a Bolivian politician who served as the 36th Vice President of Bolivia from 1997 to 2001 under President Hugo Banzer. Following Banzer's resignation due to terminal illness, Quiroga assumed the presidency and served as the 62nd President of Bolivia from 2001 to 2002.
Jorge Rodríguez
Jorge Jesús Rodríguez Gómez is a Venezuelan politician and psychiatrist serving as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2021. He previously served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2007 to 2008 and as Mayor of the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality from 2009 to 2017. He is the brother of Delcy Rodríguez, the current vice president.
Jorge Daniel Benítez
Jorge Daniel Benítez Guillén is a Paraguayan professional footballer who last played as a forward for Club Sol de América.
Jorge Alessandri
Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador Allende. He was the son of Arturo Alessandri, who was president from 1920 to 1925 and again from 1932 to 1938.
Jorge Sharp
Jorge Esteban Sharp Fajardo is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He is the current Mayor of Valparaíso.