List of Famous people named Soraya
Soraya Tarzi
Soraya Tarzi, also known as Suraiya Shahzada Khanum, was the first Queen consort of Afghanistan in the early 20th century and the wife of King Amanullah Khan. Born in Syria, she was educated by her father, who was the Afghan leader and intellectual Sardar Mahmud Beg Tarzi. She belonged to the Mohammadzai Pashtun tribe, a sub-tribe of the Barakzai dynasty.
Soraya Esfandiari-Bakhtiari
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary was the queen consort of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951.
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
María Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón is a Spanish politician of the People's Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of the Presidency from 2011 to 2018. She was member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid from 2004 until 2018.
Soraya Arnelas
Soraya Arnelas Rubiales, better known by her stage name Soraya, is a Spanish singer. Soraya represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the song "La noche es para mí" finishing 23rd with 23 points.
Soraya Jiménez
Soraya Jiménez Mendivil was a Mexican weightlifter and Olympic champion. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won a gold medal. Jiménez became the first ever female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal.
Soraya Thronicke
Soraya Vieira Thronicke is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. She has spent her political career representing Mato Grosso do Sul, having served as state senator since 2019.
Soraya Rodríguez
María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos is a Spanish lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She previously was a Deputy of the PSOE in the Congress of Deputies.
Soraya Haque
Soraya Abdullah
Soraya Abdullah was an Indonesian actress.
Soraya de Visch Eijbergen
Soraya de Visch Eijbergen is a Dutch badminton player. She won the Dutch National Badminton Championships in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Junior Badminton Championships in the mixed doubles event. On 25 September 2018, she announced her departure from the Dutch national team and emigration to Switzerland in pursuit of further badminton ambitions. Currently she plays inter-club competition in France for Badminton Club Chambly Oise. She competed at the 2019 Minsk European Games.