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or 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 ...

. Notable persons with the name include: *

Batista (footballer, born 1955) João Batista da Silva (born 8 March 1955), known as Batista, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in footba ...

, Brazilian football player João Batista da Silva *

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 *

Edina Alves Batista Edina Alves Batista (born 10 January 1980) is a Brazilian association football referee. Career She was an official at two games in April 2018 at the 2018 Copa América Femenina held in Chile. She officiated several matches at the 2019 FIFA ...

, Brazilian football referee *

Eike Batista Eike Fuhrken Batista da Silva (; born 3 November 1956) is a Brazilian-German serial entrepreneur who made and lost a multi-billion dollar fortune in mining and oil and gas industries. He engaged in a quest to promote Brazil's infrastructure wit ...

, Brazilian mining businessman *

Felix Batista Felix I. Batista (disappeared 10 December 2008) is a Cuban-American anti-kidnapping expert and former U.S. Army major who has negotiated resolution to nearly 100 kidnapping and ransom cases, dozens of them in Mexico. Batista was a consultant for ...

, American security expert who was kidnapped in 2008 *

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 *

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 *

Miguel Batista Miguel Descartes Batista Jerez (born February 19, 1971) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Arizo ...

, Dominican baseball player *

Pascual Batista Pascual Batista (9 May 1926 – 30 June 2004) was an Argentine rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London ...

, Argentine rower *

Randas Batista Randas José Vilela Batista (Passos, Minas Gerais, 1947) is a Brazilian medical doctor and cardiac surgeon. He graduated in medicine at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in 1972. After that, he moved to United States to do residency. Twel ...

, Brazilian medical doctor and cardiac surgeon *

Sergio Batista Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista (; born 9 November 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former international player for Argentina. As a footballer he played as a midfielder for Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, Nueva Chicago, Tosu Future ...

, Argentine football player and coach *

Tony Batista Leocadio Francisco "Tony" Batista Hernandez (born December 9, 1973) is a Dominican former Major League Baseball infielder. He played in the major leagues from to and to , and with the SoftBank Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League in . Care ...

, Dominican baseball player *

Wesley Batista Wesley Mendonça Batista (born 8 December 1972) is a Brazilian billionaire businessman, and founder of JBS S.A. Batista was the president of the JBS group and was responsible for the implementation of JBS operations in the US since the acquisit ...

(born 1972), Brazilian billionaire businessman * William Batista (footballer), Brazilian footballer *

William Batista (football manager) William Batista de Almeida (born 13 May 1993) is a Brazilian football coach. Career Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Batista played for Bragantino, Red Bull Brasil and Rio Ave before retiring at the age of 20 to pursue a coaching career. After wor ...

, Brazilian football coach ;Fictional characters *

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''

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