Batista 4193918 224784145 2008-07-10T11:58:29Z James086 1482496 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Candygalx|Candygalx]] to last version by Aiabee (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{distinguish|Barista}} {{Family name | name = Batista |image= |imagesize= |caption= | pronunciation = | meaning = baptist | region = | origin = | related names = | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> }} '''Batista''' is a [[Spain|Spanish]] or [[Portugal|Portuguese]] surname, literally meaning "[[baptist]]". It also used as middle name. It may refer to: == People == *[[Dave Batista|David '''"Batista"''' Bautista]] - Filipino-Greek professional wrestler that is signed under [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) *[[Esteban Batista]] - [[Maccabi Tel Aviv]] basketball player *[[Fulgencio Batista]] - [[Cuba]]n leader overthrown by [[Fidel Castro]] in 1959 *[[J. P. Batista]] - [[basketball player]], [[BC Lietuvos Rytas]] ([[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]) *[[Miguel Batista]] - [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] [[baseball]] player *[[Norkys Batista]] - [[Venezuela]]n [[actor|actress]] *[[Rafael Batista]] - Dominican baseball player ;Football (soccer) players *[[Adalto Batista da Silva|'''Adalto''' Batista da Silva]] (born 1978) Brazilian footballer *[[Ricardo Batista|'''Ricardo''' Jorge Cecília '''Batista''']] (born 1986) Portuguese footballer *[[William Batista|'''William''' Rosha '''Batista''']] (born 1980) Brazilian footballer *[[João Batista Casemiro Marques|'''João Batista''' Casemiro Marques]] (born 1975) Brazilian footballer *[[João Batista Inácio|'''Piá''' — João Batista Inácio]] (born 1982) Brazilian footballer *[[João Batista da Silva|'''João Batista''' da Silva]] (born 1955) Brazilian footballer *[[José Batista Leite da Silva|José '''Batista''' Leite da Silva]] (born 1979) Brazilian footballer *[[Sergio Batista]], Argentinian footballer == In fiction == *[[List of Dexter characters#Angelo “Angel” Batista|Angel Batista]], a character in the [[Showtime]] TV series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' and in the novels on which the show is based. == See also == * [[Baptista]] * [[Baptiste]] (French) * [[Battista]] (Italian) * [[Bautista]] {{surname|nocat}}<!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname --> [[Category:Portuguese surnames]] [[Category:Spanish surnames]] [[de:Batista]] [[es:Batista]] [[fr:Batista]] [[id:Batista]] [[he:בטיסטה]] [[nl:Batista]] [[no:Batista]] [[pt:Batista]] [[ro:Batista]] [[fi:Batista]] [[vi:Batista]] [[tr:Batista]]