Batista is a
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
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Portuguese surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
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Batista (footballer, born 1955), Brazilian football player João Batista da Silva
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Batista (wrestler)
David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of the most prolific professional wrestlers of his generation, he rose to fame for his multiple stints in WWE between ...
(Dave Bautista, born 1969), American actor and professional wrestler
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Edina Alves Batista, Brazilian football referee
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Eike Batista, Brazilian mining businessman
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Felix Batista, American security expert who was kidnapped in 2008
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Fernando Batista
Fernando Ariel Batista (born 20 August 1970) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of the Venezuela national team.
Playing career
Born in Buenos Aires, Batista started his playi ...
, Argentine football manager and retired player
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Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (born Rubén Zaldívar; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of t ...
(1901–1973), Cuban general, president, and dictator
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Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
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Pascual Batista, Argentine rower
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Randas Batista, Brazilian medical doctor and cardiac surgeon
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Sergio Batista, Argentine football player and coach
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Tony Batista, Dominican baseball player
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Wesley Batista (born 1972), Brazilian billionaire businessman
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William Batista (footballer), Brazilian footballer
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William Batista (football manager), Brazilian football coach
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Angel Batista
Angelo "Angel" Juan Marcos Batista (; Spanish ) is a fictional character in the Showtime (TV network), Showtime television series ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'' and the novels by Jeff Lindsay (writer), Jeff Lindsay upon which it is based. He is ...
, a character in ''Dexter''
See also
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Batiste (disambiguation) Batiste is a lightweight woven fabric.
Batiste may also refer to:
People
* Batiste (surname)
* Batiste Madalena (1902–1988), American commercial artist
See also
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* Baptiste (disambiguation)
* Baptist (disambiguation)
* Batista
* Battiste
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Baptiste (disambiguation)
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Baptista (disambiguation)
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Baptist (disambiguation)
Baptist or baptists or ''variation'', may refer to:
Religion
* A person who baptizes people, who performs a baptism
** John the Baptist, Jewish religious figure and element of Christian religion
* The Baptists, a Protestant Christian denomination
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Batista (grape), Spanish name for the French wine grape Canari noir
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Batista procedure, a surgical operation
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Batiste (surname)
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Battista
Battista is a given name and surname which means John the Baptist, Baptist in Italian language, Italian.
Given named
* Battista Agnese (died 1564), cartographer from the Republic of Genoa, who worked in the Venetian Republic
* Battista Dossi, al ...
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Bautista
References
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Portuguese-language surnames
Spanish-language surnames