Batista
Batista is a Spanish or Portuguese surname (although in Portuguese more common in the spelling Baptista), literally meaning "batiste". It is also used as a middle name.
Notable persons with the name include:
- Eike Batista, Brazilian mining magnate
- Fulgencio Batista, Cuban general and president
- Miguel Batista, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Sergio Batista, Argentine former football player, now coach
- Tony Batista, professional baseball player
- William Batista, Brazilian footballer
- João Batista da Silva, Brazilian football player
- João Batista da Silva (athlete), Brazilian sprinter in athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 400 metres relay
- Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler and actor known by his ring name Batista
- Fictional
- Angel Batista, a character in Dexter
See also
- Baptiste (disambiguation)
- Batista (grape), Spanish name for the French wine grape Canari noir
- Batista procedure, a surgical operation
- Battista
- Bautista (disambiguation)
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