Jara (surname)
# Jara (surname)

Jara is a Spanish surname, popular in various places in southern Spain, meaning rockrose or cistus.

## People with the surname

### Association football

**Europe**

* Francisco Chaparro Jara (born 1942), Spanish footballer and manager
* Kurt Jara (born 1950), Austrian footballer
* Santi Jara (born 1991), Spanish footballer
* Ginés de la Jara, Spanish Christian saint

**North America**

* Claudio Jara (born 1959), Costa Rican footballer
* Francisco Jara (born 1941), Mexican footballer
* Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869-1927), Mexican Roman Catholic priest and saint
* Geovanny Jara (born 1967), Costa Rican footballer
* Fernando Jara (born 1987), Panamanian jockey
* Guillermo Jara (born 1973), American football (soccer) player

**South America**

* Ángel Jara (1936–2008), Paraguayan footballer
* Cristino Jara (born 1973), Paraguayan footballer
* Diego Jara (born 1983), Argentinian footballer
* Franco Jara (born 1988), Argentinian footballer
* Gonzalo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer
* Alan Jara (born 1957), Colombian politician kidnapped by FARC
* Albino Jara (1877-1912), Paraguayan president
* Gualberto Jara (born 1959), Paraguayan football manager in Chile
* Leonardo Jara (born 1991), Argentinian footballer
* Rodrigo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer
* Luis Jara (singer) (born 1965), Chilean singer and actor
* Max Jara (1886–1965), Chilean poet
* Patricio Jara (born 1974), Chilean writer and journalist
* Víctor Jara (1932-1973), Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist
* Joan Jara (born 1927), activist, widow of Victor Jara
