Aguirre (surname)

Aguirre is a surname of Basque origin. It shows different variants (Agerre, Agerri, Ager) and composite surnames (Eizagirre, Agirresarobe, Agirrezabala, etc.), meaning 'prominent' or 'exposed prominence/place'. Lope de Aguirre was one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas. Based on "the U.S. Census Bureau's 1990 and 2000 censuses," HowManyofMe.com estimates in mid-2013 that 68,990 people bear the surname Aguirre in the United States, making the name statistically the country's 508th most common surname.

Arts and entertainment

 * Adriana Aguirre (born 1951), Argentine actress, vedette
 * Amber Aguirre (born 1958), American ceramic sculptor
 * Ann Aguirre, American speculative fiction author
 * Arantxa Aguirre, Spanish film director
 * Carmen Aguirre, Canadian and Chilean actor, playwright, and writer
 * Celso Aguirre Bernal (1916–1997), Mexican writer and historian
 * Forrest Aguirre, American fantasy and horror author
 * Francisco de Aguirre (painter) (fl. 1646), Spanish Baroque painter
 * Francisco de Paula Aguirre (1875–1939), Venezuelan composer
 * Ignacio Aguirre (1900–1990), Mexican engraver
 * Margarita Aguirre (1925–2003), Chilean writer
 * Maricarmen Arrigorriaga Aguirre (born 1957), Chilean television and film actress
 * Memo Aguirre (born 1951), Chilean singer
 * Ricardo Aguirre (1939–1969), Venezuelan musician
 * Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, American writer
 * Rosa Aguirre (1908–1981), Filipino actress
 * Rosy Aguirre, Mexican voice actress
 * Rubén Aguirre (1934–2016), Mexican actor

Politics

 * Amado Aguirre Santiago (1863–1949), Mexican general and politician
 * Eduardo Aguirre (diplomat) (born 1946), former United States Ambassador to Spain
 * Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre (1912–1981), Guatemalan army officer and politician
 * Esperanza Aguirre (born 1952), Spanish politician
 * Gonzalo Aguirre (1940–2021), Uruguayan politician
 * José Antonio Aguirre (politician) (1904–1960), Basque politician and footballer
 * José Joaquín Aguirre (1822–1901), Chilean physician and politician
 * Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya (1781–1837), Argentine politician
 * Juana Aguirre Luco (1877–1963), First Lady of Chile, wife of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda
 * Mike Aguirre (born 1949), American politician
 * Pamela Aguirre Zambonino (born 1984), Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
 * Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879–1941), President of Chile 1938–1941
 * Rhina Aguirre (1939–2020), Bolivian politician and disability activist
 * Roberto Aguirre Solís (born 1957), Mexican politician
 * Salvador Aguirre (Honduras), Honduran politician
 * Vitaliano Aguirre II, Filipino lawyer and justice minister

Sports

 * Carlos Aguirre (equestrian) (born 1952), Mexican Olympic equestrian
 * Carlos Aguirre (volleyball) (born 1938), Mexican Olympic volleyball player
 * Damaris Gabriela Aguirre (born 1977), Mexican Olympic weightlifter
 * David Álvarez Aguirre (born 1984), naturalized Equatoguinean footballer
 * Facundo Aguirre (born 1985), Argentine Olympic Alpine skier
 * Francisco Aguirre Matos Mancebo (born 1970), Dominican baseball player and coach
 * Gaizka Garitano Aguirre (born 1975), Basque football midfielder
 * Gastón Aguirre (born 1981), Argentine football defender
 * Gustavo Aguirre (born 1977), Argentine Olympic runner
 * Hank Aguirre (1931–1994), American baseball pitcher
 * Javier Aguirre (born 1958), Mexican football defender and coach
 * Jeinkler Aguirre (born 1990), Cuban Olympic diver
 * Jesús Aguirre (athlete) (1902–1954), Mexican Olympic athlete
 * Jorge Aguirre (athlete), Mexican Olympic athlete
 * Jorge Aguirre (judoka) (born 1962), Argentine Olympic judoka
 * José Luis Aguirre (born 1967), Spanish Olympic rower
 * Juan Aguirre (rower) (born 1970), Spanish Olympic rower
 * Julio César Aguirre (born 1969), Colombian road cyclist
 * Luis Aguirre (1911–?), Argentine Olympic sailor, brother of Rolando
 * Mark Aguirre (born 1959), American basketball player
 * Mason Aguirre (born 1987), American snowboarder
 * Molly Aguirre (born 1984), American professional snowboarder
 * Nicolás Aguirre (basketball) (born 1988), Argentine professional basketball player
 * Nicolás Aguirre (footballer) (born 1990), Argentine football midfielder
 * Ordan Aguirre (born 1955), Venezuelan footballer
 * Roberto Aguirre (footballer) (born 1942), Argentine footballer
 * Roberto Aguirre (football manager) (born 1968), Spanish football manager
 * Rolando Aguirre (1904–1994), Argentine Olympic sailor, brother of Luis
 * William Aguirre (born 1962), Nicaraguan Olympic runner

Others

 * Álvaro Coutinho Aguirre (1899–1987), Brazilian agronomist, zoologist and naturalist
 * Carl and Clarence Aguirre (born 2002), former conjoined twins, from Philippines
 * Francisco de Aguirre (conquistador) (1508–1581), Spanish conquistador of Chile
 * Gary J. Aguirre, American securities lawyer and investigator
 * Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán (1908–1996), Mexican anthropologist
 * José Antonio Aguirre (early Californian) (1799–1860), Spanish settler in Alta California
 * Joseph Saenz de Aguirre (1630–1699), Spanish cardinal
 * Lope de Aguirre (c. 1510–1561), Basque conquistador
 * Marcelo Aguirre (disambiguation), several people
 * Mary Bernard Aguirre (1844–1906), American educator
 * Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (1889–1977), Salvadoran military officer
 * Pedro de Aguirre, Spanish explorer of San Antonio, Texas, in the 18th century
 * Pilar Zabala Aguirre (born 1951), Spanish researcher, writer, and professor