Tirado

Tirado is a surname and a given name of Castilian origin. The Tirado lineage has its roots in the mountains of León, where the earliest manor or casa solar is found. During the Reconquista, branches of Tirado spread to New Castile (La Mancha), Extremadura (Cáceres), Valencia (Castellón) and Andalusia (Huelva), wherefrom it passed to the Americas. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:


 * Alfonso Ortiz Tirado (1893–1960), opera singer and doctor of medicine from Álamos (Sonora), Mexico
 * Álvaro Tirado Mejía (born 1940), historian, diplomat and professor, former president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
 * Ángel Buendía Tirado (born 1951), Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party
 * Cándido Tirado, Puerto Rican playwright who moved to the Bronx from Puerto Rico at age 11
 * Carlos Iván Tirado Magaña (born 2005), professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates from El Habal (Mazatlán), Mexico
 * Carlos José Tirado Tirado (born 1958), lawyer and nurse, president of the council of nursing colleges of Castile and La Mancha, Spain
 * Carlos J. Tirado Yepes (born 1964), Venezuelan artist, painter and sculptor in southern Florida, United States
 * Fabio Betancur Tirado (1938–2011), archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manizales (Caldas), Colombia
 * Fernando Tirado y Cardona (1862–1907), royal portrait painter and professor of fine arts from Sevilla (Andalusia), Spain
 * Filipo Tirado (born 1949), Puerto Rican puppeteer
 * Francisco Sutil Tirado (born 1984), Spanish professional footballer
 * Jacob Tirado (1540–1620), merchant and shipowner, one of the founders of the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam, Holland
 * Jeannie Tirado, American voice actress
 * Josep Pasqual Tirado (1884–1937), author of mythological adventure stories from Castellón de la Plana (Valencia), Spain
 * Juan Tirado y Cabello de Aguilar (1674–1749), military officer of the Spanish empire, colonial mayor of Medellín (Antioquia), Colombia
 * Juan Carlos Tirado Carroza (born 1968), classical theater actor and director from Mérida (Extremadura), Spain
 * Juan Carlos Tirado Zavala (1955–2020), journalist and diplomat, ambassador of Mexico to Iran, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic
 * Juan Cortada Tirado (1864–1937), Puerto Rican politician, businessman, and landowner
 * Linda Tirado, author of Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America
 * Luis Norberto Tirado Gordillo (1906–1964), Chilean former football player and team manager
 * Nelida Tirado, American flamenco dancer based in New York City
 * Romualdo Tirado (1880–1963), stage actor and theater impresario with a prolific career in Spanish language films produced in Hollywood
 * Teodoro José Tirado García (born 1985), known as Teo, Spanish professional footballer
 * Tony Tirado, Peruvian sports commentator and former football goalkeeper in the North American Soccer League

Given name:


 * Anthony Tirado Chase (born 1961), American professor of international relations and human rights
 * Cirilo Tirado Delgado, Puerto Rican politician and attorney
 * Cirilo Tirado Rivera (born 1964), Puerto Rican politician and Senator
 * Domingo Tirado Benedí (1898–1971), Spanish-born educator
 * Nixa Tirado (born 1977), Puerto Rican singer and songwriter
 * Reyna Tirado Gálvez (born 1982), Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party