Palma is both a surname and a given name of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian origin. Notable people with the name include:
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Palma Vecchio (c. 1480–1528), Italian painter
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Palma il Giovane
Iacopo Negretti (1548/50 – 14 October 1628), best known as Jacopo or Giacomo Palma il Giovane or simply Palma Giovane ('Young Palma'), was an Italian painter from Venice and a notable exponent of the Venetian school.
After Tintoretto's death ...
(1548/50–1628), Italian painter
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Adalberto Palma (born 1981), Mexican football player
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Adiel Palma (born 1970), Cuban baseball player
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Alejandra Palma (born 1960), Argentine field hockey player
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Andrea Palma (architect) (1644/64–1730), Italian architect
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Andrea Palma (actress) (1903–1987), Mexican actress
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Angélica Palma (1878–1935), Peruvian writer
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Annabel Palma, American politician
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Armando Contreras Palma (born 1947), Salvadoran football manager
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Arturo Alessandri Palma
Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (; December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to ...
(1868–1950), Chilean political figure
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Belita Palma (1932–1988), Angolan singer
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Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma (; born September 11, 1940) is an Americans, American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for work in the suspense, Crime film, crime, and psychological thriller genres. ...
(born 1940), American film director and writer
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Carlo Di Palma (1925–2004), Italian cinematographer
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Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (1913–2006), Filipino jurist
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Clemente Palma (1872–1946), Peruvian writer and critic
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Dalila Palma (born 1999), Cuban volleyball player
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Donald Palma, American double bassist, conductor and instructor
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Emilio Palma (born 1978), Argentine national born in Antarctica
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Enrique Tortosa Palma (born 1991), Spanish footballer
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Esteban de Palma (born 1967), Argentinian volleyball player
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Ever Palma (born 1992), Mexican racewalker
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Félix J. Palma, Spanish author
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Fernando Palma (born 1993), Honduran diplomat, actor, model
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Gustavo Adolfo Palma (1920–2009), Guatemalan singer and actor
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Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (born April 29, 1960), commonly known as "El Güero Palma", is a Mexican former drug trafficker and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. After his boss Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo or ...
(born 1960), Mexican drug trafficker
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Isaac Palma (born 1990), Mexican racewalker
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Joe Palma
Joe Palma (born Joseph Provenzano; March 17, 1905 – August 14, 1994) was an American film actor. Palma appeared in over 120 films between 1937 and 1968. He was well known as a supporting player for The Three Stooges and his brief tenure a ...
(1905–1994), American actor
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Jorge Palma (born 1950), Portuguese singer and songwriter
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José Palma
José Palma y Velásquez (: June 3, 1876 February 12, 1903) was a Filipino poet and soldier. He was on the staff of ''La independencia'' at the time he wrote "Filipinas", a patriotic poem in Spanish. It was published for the first time in th ...
(1876–1903), Filipino poet and soldier
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José Ignacio Palma (1910–1988), Chilean engineer and politician
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José Joaquín Palma (1844–1911), Cuban revolutionary and poet
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José Luis Di Palma (born 1966), Argentine racing driver
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Jose S. Palma (born 1950), Filipino archbishop
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Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny de Palma (1736–1809), French engineer and explorer
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Jula de Palma (born 1932), Italian singer
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Laura Palma, Mexican actress and model
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Leticia Palma (1926–2009), Mexican actress
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Luis González Palma (born 1957), Guatemalan photographer
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Manuel Solís Palma
Manuel Solís Palma (3 December 1917 in Los Santos Province – 6 November 2009) was the acting president of Panama from 26 February 1988 to 1 September 1989, under the military rule of Manuel Noriega. He served as education minister in seve ...
(1917–2009), Panamanian politician
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Marcelo Palma (born 1966), Brazilian racewalker
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Mário Palma (born 1950), Portuguese basketball coach
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Mario Alberto Molina Palma (born 1948), Panama-born archbishop of Guatemala
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Master of San Martino alla Palma (fl. 14th century), Florentine painter
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Michael Palma (born 1945), American poet and translator
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Milagros Palma (born 1973), Cuban fencer
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Francesco Nitto Palma (born 1950), Italian politician
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Odelmys Palma (born 1971), Cuban javelin thrower
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Omar Palma (born 1958), Argentine football player
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Patricio Di Palma (born 1971), Argentine racing driver
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Paulo da Palma (born 1965), German-born Portuguese football player
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Piero de Palma (1925–2013), Italian singer
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Precioso Palma, Filipino novelist and playwright
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Rafael Palma (1874–1939), Filipino politician, writer, educator and mason
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Raúl Palma (born 1950), Mexican basketball player
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Ricardo Palma (1833–1919), Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician
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Rossy de Palma (born 1964), Spanish actress and model
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Ruben Palma (born 1954), Chilean-born Danish writer
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Rubén Luis di Palma (1944–2000), Argentine racing driver
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Samuel De Palma (1918–2002), American diplomat
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Silvestro Palma (1754–1834), Italian composer
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Sylvester Romero Palma, bishop of Belize
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Tina Monzon-Palma
María Cristina "Tina" Mapa Monzón-Palma (; born March 29, 1951) is a Filipina broadcast journalist and anchorwoman. She is best known as a late night news presenter in various Philippine television news programs in different television ne ...
(born 1951), Filipino news anchor
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Tomás Estrada Palma
Tomás Estrada Palma (; July 9, 1835 – November 4, 1908) was a Cuban politician, the president of the Republic of Cuba in Arms during the Ten Years' War, and the first President of Cuba, between May 20, 1902, and September 28, 1906.
His colla ...
(1832–1908), Cuban political figure
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