title: Defensor
text: # Defensor
  
  Defensor (Latin, 'one who defends') may refer to:
  
  ## Arts, entertainment and media
  
  * Defensor (comics), a character in Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions
  * Defensor (Transformers), a character in the media franchise
  
  ## People
  
  * Defensor, a monk, compiler of the early medieval anthology Liber Scintillarum
  * Arthur Defensor Sr. (born 1941), a Filipino politician
  * Arthur Defensor Jr. (born 1969), a Filipino politician
  * Matias Defensor Jr. (born 1943), a Filipino politician
  * Mike Defensor (born 1969), a Filipino politician
  * Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016), a Filipino academic, lawyer and statesman
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Defensor Arica, a Peruvian football club
  * Defensor Casablanca, a Chilean Football club
  * Defensores de Belgrano, an Argentine sports club
  * Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo, an Argentine sports club
  * Defensores de Cambaceres, an Argentine football club
  * Defensor La Bocana, a Peruvian football club
  * Defensor Lima, a Peruvian football club
  * Defensor San Alejandro, a Peruvian football club
  * Defensor San José, a Peruvian football club
  * Defensor Sporting, a sports club in Uruguay
  * Defensores Unidos, an Argentine football club
  * Defensor Villa del Mar, a Peruvian football club
  * Defensor Zarumilla, a Peruvian football club
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * El Defensor de Granada ('The Defender of Granada'), 19th/early 20th century Spanish newspaper
  * El Defensor del Obrero ('The Defender of the Worker'), Uruguayan newspaper 1895–1896
  