Esperanza is a Spanish feminine

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List of people with the given name Esperanza

* Esperanza Aguirre (born 1952), Aristocrat and president of the Spanish autonomous community of Madrid since 2003 * Esperanza Andrade (born 1949), Secretary of State of Texas * Esperanza Baur (1920–1961), Mexican actress and second wife of John Wayne * Esperanza Cabral, current Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines * Esperanza García (1975–2025), Spanish lawyer and politician * Esperanza Guisán, Spanish philosopher * Esperanza Malchi (died 1600), economic agent of the

Valide Sultan Valide Sultan (, lit. "Sultana mother") was the title held by the mother of a ruling sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans first formally used the title in the 16th century as an epithet of Hafsa Sultan (died 1534), mother of Sultan Suleima ...

Safiye * Esperanza Martinez (1934–1998), Mexican painter * Esperanza Osmeña (1896–1978), second wife of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña and is considered the fourth First Lady of the Philippines * Esperanza Perez Padilla (born 1964), better known as Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipina singer and actress * Esperanza Roy (born 1935), Spanish actress *

Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984), sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Aw ...

(born 1984), American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist, singer and composer * Esperanza Zambrano (1901-1992), Mexican poet

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