Torquemada
# Torquemada

Torquemada may refer to:

## People

* Juan de Torquemada (cardinal) (1388–1468), Spanish cardinal and ecclesiastical writer
* Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), prominent leader of the Spanish Inquisition
* Antonio de Torquemada (c. 1507–1569), Spanish writer
* Fray Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562–1624), Spanish friar, missionary and historian of the New World
* Edward Powys Mathers (1892–1939) (pseudonym Torquemada), British crossword setter

## Fiction

* Alonzo Torquemada, a character on the HBO drama series Oz
* Horatio Torquemada Marley, Elaine Marley's grandfather in the Monkey Island series
* Las novelas de Torquemada, four novels by Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós:
   * Torquemada en la hoguera (1889)
   * Torquemada en la Cruz (1893)
   * Torquemada en el purgatorio (1894)
   * Torquemada y San Pedro (1895)
* Torquemada (play), an 1869 poem and an 1882 play by Victor Hugo about the life of Tomás de Torquemada
* Torquemada (comics), the main villain (Tomás de Torquemada) from the comic strip Nemesis the Warlock in the British comic 2000 AD
* Torquemada, a member of the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Comics universe
* Torquemada, a fortress in the 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption
* Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède, the Clockmaker in Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole

## Places

* Torquemada, Palencia, Spain

## Music

* "Torquemada 71", a song by doom metal band Electric Wizard
* Torquemada, a vocal piece composed by Leonardo Balada
