Torres Naharro, Bartolomé de

Torres Naharro, Bartolomé de, fl. 1531, Spanish dramatist and lyric poet, b. Extremadura. As a young man he went to Italy and became a priest. Greatly influenced by the Italian Renaissance, he is considered the originator of the modern Spanish secular theater. He is known for his Propaladia (1517), a collection of eight plays and a prologue; the prologue is the first theoretical exposition of dramatic precepts for the Spanish stage.

Torres is a Spanish and Portuguese surname meaning "Towers". It may refer to the following people or fictional characters:

Real individuals

• Abdelkhalek Torres, journalist and leader of Morocco
• Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer
• Alberto Torres, Nicaraguaian social thinker
• Angelo Torres, American cartoonist
• Antonio Torres Jurado (luthier), Spanish guitarist and guitar maker
• April Torres, newscaster on Naked News
• Arturo Torres, American soccer player
• Aureliano Torres, Paraguayan football player
• Ben Fong-Torres, American rock journalist
• Bibi Torres
• Bartolomé de Torres Naharro, Spanish dramatist
• Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian Roman Catholic priest
• Camilo Torres Tenorio, Colombian politician
• Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer
• Carlos Torres, astronomer
• Carolina Torres, Chilean pole vaulter
• Celsa Torres
• Dara Torres, Olympic American swimmer
• Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress
• Diego de Torres Vargas, historian
• Diego de Torres y Villaroel, Spanish writer
• Diego Torres, pop singer
• Dilson Torres, baseball player
• Eda Torres
• Eddie Torres, salsa dance instructor
• Edwin Torres (Poet)
• Edwin Torres (Judge)
• Emanuel Torres
• Erick Torres, Peruvian football player
• Esteban Edward Torres, Californian politician
• Felix Gonzales-Torres, Cuban artist
• Félix Ricardo Torres, Paraguayan footballer
• Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress
• Fernando Torres, Spanish international footballer
• Fernando Torres (actor), Brazilian actor
• Floriberta Jimenez Torres, survivor
• Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
• Georgie Torres, basketball player
• Grand-Master G.J. Torres, American Martial Artist,founder of the Torres/Hei Long System
• Gina Torres, American TV star
• Guillermo José Torres, Puerto Rican TV reporter
• Hector Torres, baseball player
• Ignacio Torres Magaña, Mexican politician
• Israel Torres
• Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician
• Joaquín Torres García, artist of Uruguay
• Joe Torres, TV actor
• Johnny Torres, U.S. soccer player
• José Torres, boxer
• Juan José Torres, Bolivian President
• Judy Torres, pop musician and dancer
• Julio Romero de Torres, Spanish painter
• Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
• Liz Torres
• Louis Torres
• Lucy Torres, Filipina actress
• Luis de Torres
• Luis Llorens Torres
• Luis Váez de Torres, 17th century maritime explorer
• Manuel Montt Torres
• Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
• Mitzy Torres
• Nestor Torres
• Raffi Torres
• Rawy Torres
• Raymundo Torres
• Renato Torres
• Ricky Torres
• Roberto Torres
• Rodulfo Torres
• Ruben D. Torres
• Samantha Torres
• Salomón Torres
• Sandra Torres
• Sergio Torres
• Susan Torres
• Tereska Torres, French novelist
• Tico Torres
• Todd Torres, Puerto Rican swimmer
• Tomás de Torres

Families

Fictional characters

• B'Elanna Torres, a fictional character in Star Trek: Voyager.