title: Jara (surname)
text: # 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
  