Fierro is a Spanish and Italian surname and middle name meaning "

iron Iron () is a chemical element with Symbol (chemistry), symbol Fe (from la, Wikt:ferrum, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 element, group 8 of the periodic table. It is, Abundanc ...

". Notable people with the name include:

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* Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936), Ecuadorian writer and literary critic *

Gonzalo Fierro Gonzalo Antonio Fierro Caniullán (born 21 March 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. Club career Fierro began his career at Chilean giants Colo-Colo, being promoted to first-adult team in 2002. Along ...

(born 1983), Chilean football player * Josefina Fierro de Bright (1914–1998), Mexican-American activist * Juan Fierro (born 1974), Chilean road cyclist * Julieta Norma Fierro Gossman (born 1948), Mexican astrophysicist * Lee Fierro (1929–2020), American actress * Martha Fierro (born 1977), Ecuadorian chess champion *

Martin Fierro (saxophonist) Martin Fierro (January 18, 1942 – March 13, 2008) was a saxophonist who played with the Sir Douglas Quintet, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jerry Garcia, and Zero. He is the father of actor David Fierro. Music career Fierro was born in Mexic ...

(1942–2008), Mexican-American saxophonist *

Michelle Fierro Michelle Fierro (born January 6, 1967) is an American artist. Life Fierro went to college at California State University, Fullerton in 1992, and then the Claremont Graduate school in 1995. She is married and currently works and lives in Los Ange ...

(born 1967), American artist *

Oscar Zeta Acosta Fierro Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro (; April 8, 1935 – disappeared 1974) was a Mexican-American attorney, politician, novelist and activist in the Chicano Movement. He was most well known for his novels '' Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo'' (1972) and ...

, author, lawyer, Chicano activist - made famous by his depiction as Hunter S. Thompson's attorney in the novel and later movie ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' *

Rodolfo Fierro General Rodolfo Fierro (1885 – 14 October 1915) was a railway worker, railway superintendent, federal soldier and a major general in the army of Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution in the . Fierro and his counterpart and fellow lieutena ...

(1880–1915), General in the Pancho Villa army during the Mexican Revolution *

Rodrigo Fierro Rodrigo Fierro Benítez (born 1930 in Ambato) is an Ecuadorean doctor, writer and politician. He was Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Ecuador during the government of Jaime Roldós Aguilera Jaime Roldós Aguilera (5 November 1940 ...

(born 1930), Ecuadorian physician, writer and politician, Minister of Health of Ecuador from 1979 to 1981 *

Aurelio Fierro Aurelio Fierro (13 September 1923 – 11 March 2005) was a successful Italian actor and singer who specialized in songs in the Neapolitan dialect. Career He was born in Montella, in the Province of Avellino, Italy. His singing career bega ...

(1923–2005), Italian actor and singer

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Cynthia Fierro Harvey Cynthia Fierro Harvey (born 1959) is an American bishop in the United Methodist Church and president of its Council of Bishops. She is the first Hispanic woman to lead the Council of Bishops. Harvey is the Resident Bishop of the Louisiana area ...

(born 1959), United Methodist Church bishop

Fictional characters

Martín Fierro ''Martín Fierro'', also known as ''El Gaucho Martín Fierro'', is a 2,316-line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, ''El Gaucho Martín Fierro'' (1872) and ''La Vuelta de Martín Fi ...

, a fictitious character in a poem by Argentine José Hernández *

Alex Fierro Alex Fierro is a fictional character and one of the main characters in Rick Riordan's '' Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' series. Alex's portrayal in '' The Hammer of Thor'' was praised for its honest and accurate approach to the character's ...

, a fictional character in Rick Riordan's ''Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard'' series

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