Garza (surname)

Garza is a Galician and Basque surname and the Spanish word for the heron. Garza has also become a part of many placenames.

The Garza Family originated from Galicia in The Kingdom of Spain in Europe, and first arrived in New Spain around 1514 (Particularly in modern day Mexico, then colonized Texas) with Juan de la garza, and Don Blas Maria Garza, both Spaniards. The Garza Family was among some of the First European Families to establish cities and settlements and live in the New World. More popular, the Garza family is common in Spain.

People bearing the name include:

Aarón Sáenz Garza (1891–1983), Mexican politician
Ale Garza (born 1977), American comic artist
Alex Garza (born 1994), American politician
Alicia Garza (born 1981), American civil rights activist known for co-founding Black Lives Matter
Cayetano Garza (born 1972), American comic designer and illustrator
Daniel Garza (born 1985), Mexican tennis player
Daniel "Dani Doom" Garza, a former member of the band Design the Skyline
Ed Garza (born 1969), former mayor of San Antonio, Texas
Emilio M. Garza (born 1947), American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Eugenio Garza Lagüera (1923–2008), Mexican businessman and philanthropist
Eugenio Garza Sada (1892–1973), Mexican industrialist and philanthropist, father of Garza Lagüera
Jaime Garza (actor) (1954–2021), Mexican actor
Jaime Garza (boxer) (born 1959), Mexican American boxer
John Garza (born 1955), American politician
José Garza, American lawyer and district attorney
José María Garza Galán (1846–1902), Mexican politician and governor of Coahuila
Juan Raul Garza (1956–2001), American murderer
Justin Garza (born 1994), American baseball player
Lázaro Garza Ayala (1830–1913), Governor of Nuevo León (1869)
Luka Garza (born 1998), American basketball player
Mariana Garza (born 1970), Mexican singer and actress
Matt Garza (born 1983), American baseball player
Mauricio Fernández Garza (born 1950), Mexican politician, businessman and collector
Manuel Uribe Garza (1965–2014), one of the heaviest people who ever lived
Pablo González Garza (1879–1950), a general during the Mexican Revolution, considered to be the main organizer of the assassination of Emiliano Zapata
Pablo Garza (fighter) (born 1983), American lightweight mixed martial arts fighter
Ralph Garza Jr. (born 1994), American baseball player
Reynaldo G. Garza (1915–2004), the first Mexican American federal judge in the United States
Roque González Garza (1885–1962), Mexican president
Tony Garza (born 1959), Mexican-American politician, current ambassador of the United States to Mexico and husband of María Asunción Aramburuzabala, the richest woman in Mexico

A family of professional wrestlers:
- Angel Garza (born 1992), known in the US as Angel Garza (without the acute accent)
- Héctor Garza (1969–2013), ring name of Héctor Solano Segura; uncle of Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo
- Humberto Garza Carrillo (born 1995), known as Humberto Carrillo

The three members of American band Los Lonely Boys:
- Henry Garza (born 1978), guitarist and vocalist
- Jojo Garza (born 1980), bass player and vocalist
- Ringo Garza (born 1981), drummer and vocalist

See also