Alcalá (surname)

Alcalá (with an acute accent) or Alcala (lacking the acute accent) is a Spanish surname.

Alcalá (Spanish) and Alcalà (Catalan) are all ultimately derived (typically through placenames) from the Arabic word al-qalʿah (القلعة), meaning "the citadel" or "fortification".^[1] The variant Arcala is found in Ilocano language areas of the Philippine Islands, and some other places.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

Listed alphabetically in each section by given name

• Macedonio Alcalá (1831–1869), Mexican violinist, pianist and songwriter
• Nilo Alcala (born 1978), Philippine composer and chorister

• Blanca Alcalá (born 1961), Mexican politician
• Dora Alcala, American politician
• Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Spanish lawyer and politician who served a president of Spain (1931–1936)

• Angel Alcala (1929–2023), Filipino biologist
• Luis Alcalá, Spanish paleontologist

• Jorge Alcalá (born 1995), Dominican baseball player
• Santo Alcalá (born 1952), Dominican baseball player

• Alex Alcalá (born 2005), American-born footballer for Mexico
• Gil Alcalá (born 1992), Mexican footballer
• Josh Alcala (born 1984), American footballer
• Pedro Alcalá (born 1989), Spanish footballer

• Gerardo Alcalá (born 1961), Mexican long-distance runner
• Marc Alcalá (born 1994), Spanish middle-distance runner

• María José Alcalá (born 1971), Mexican diver
• Raúl Alcalá (born 1964), Mexican road racing cyclist
• Rubén Alcala (born 1953), Mexican basketball player

• Alfredo Alcala (1925–2000), Filipino comic book artist
• Guido Rodríguez Alcalá (born 1946), Paraguayan poet and literary critic
• Kathleen Alcalá (born 1954), American author
• Larry Alcala (1926–2002), Philippine cartoonist and illustrator
• Luis Espinosa Alcalá (1932–2009), Mexican poet, songwriter, and music promoter

• Alfonso de Alcalá (fl. 1520s), Spanish physician
• Félix Enríquez Alcalá (born 1951), American television and movie director, cinematographer and producer
• Guillermo Ríos Alcalá, Mexican potter
• María Luisa Alcalá (1943–2016), Mexican actress and director
• Rodney Alcala (1943–2021), American rapist and serial killer

• Alcalá (disambiguation)
• Alcalá-Galiano
• Alcalá-Zamora
• Alkalai (the Hebrew version of the name, found among Sephardic Jews)