Zapata (surname)
Zapata is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, Spanish Roman Catholic bishop
- Argiro Zapata, Colombian road racing cyclist
- Bernabé Zapata Miralles, Spanish tennis player
- Carmen Zapata, American actress
- Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer
- Duván Zapata, Colombian footballer
- Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary
- Franky Zapata, French personal watercraft inventor
- Hilario Zapata, Panamanian boxer
- Javier de Jesús Zapata, Colombian road racing cyclist
- Javier Farinós, full name Francisco Javier Farinós Zapata, Spanish footballer
- José Antonio Zapata , Spanish painter
- José Antonio Zapata Cabral, Mexican journalist and filmmaker
- Karen Zapata, Peruvian world chess champion
- Marcos Zapata, Peruvian painter
- Mario Zapata Vinces, Peruvian chess player
- Mesías Zapata, Ecuadorian race walker
- Mia Zapata, American musician
- Orlando Zapata, Cuban human rights activist
- Pedro León Zapata, Venezuelan cartoonist
- Róbinson Zapata, Colombian footballer
- Rodolfo Zapata, Argentine footballer and football manager
- Rodolfo Zapata , Argentine singer-songwriter and actor
- Víctor Zapata, Argentine footballer
Fictional characters:
- Marcos Zapata, the alter-ego of the superhero Relámpago
