Palma (name)

Palma is both a surname and a given name of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian origin. Notable people with the name include:

• Palma Vecchio (c. 1480–1528), Italian painter
• Palma il Giovane (1548/50–1628), Italian painter
• Adalberto Palma (born 1981), Mexican football player
• Adiel Palma (born 1970), Cuban baseball player
• Alejandra Palma (born 1960), Argentine field hockey player
• Andrea Palma (1644/64–1730), Italian architect
• Andrea Palma (actress) (1903–1987), Mexican actress
• Angélica Palma (1878–1935), Peruvian writer
• Annabel Palma, American politician
• Armando Contreras Palma (born 1947), Salvadoran football manager
• Arturo Alessandri Palma (1868–1950), Chilean political figure
• Belita Palma (1932–1988), Angolan singer
• Brian De Palma (born 1940), American film director and writer
• Carlo Di Palma (1925–2004), Italian cinematographer
• Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (1913–2006), Filipino jurist
• Clemente Palma (1872–1946), Peruvian writer and critic
• Donald Palma, American double bassist, conductor and instructor
• Emilio Palma (born 1978), Argentine national born in Antarctica
• Enrique Tortosa Palma (born 1991), Spanish footballer
• Esteban de Palma (born 1967), Argentinian volleyball player
• Ever Palma (born 1992), Mexican racewalker
• Félix J. Palma, Spanish author
• Fernando Palma (born 1993), Honduran diplomat, actor, model
• Gustavo Adolfo Palma (1920–2009), Guatemalan singer and actor
• Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (born 1960), Mexican drug trafficker
• Isaac Palma (born 1990), Mexican racewalker
• Joe Palma (1905–1994), American actor
• Jorge Palma (born 1950), Portuguese singer and songwriter
• José Palma (1876–1903), Filipino poet and soldier
• José Ignacio Palma (1910–1988), Chilean engineer and politician
• José Joaquín Palma (1844–1911), Cuban revolutionary and poet
• José Luis Di Palma (born 1966), Argentine racing driver
• Jose S. Palma (born 1950), Filipino archbishop
• Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny de Palma (1736–1809), French engineer and explorer
• Jula de Palma (born 1932), Italian singer
• Laura Palma, Mexican actress and model
• Leticia Palma (1926–2009), Mexican actress
• Luis González Palma (born 1957), Guatemalan photographer
• Manuel Solís Palma (1917–2009), Panamanian politician
• Marcelo Palma (born 1966), Brazilian racewalker
• Mário Palma (born 1950), Portuguese basketball coach
• Mario Alberto Molina Palma (born 1948), Panama-born archbishop of Guatemala
• Master of San Martino alla Palma (fl. 14th century), Florentine painter
• Michael Palma (born 1945), American poet and translator
• Milagros Palma (born 1973), Cuban fencer
• Francesco Nitto Palma (born 1950), Italian politician
• Odelmys Palma (born 1971), Cuban javelin thrower
• Omar Palma (born 1958), Argentine football player
• Patricio Di Palma (born 1971), Argentine racing driver
• Paulo da Palma (born 1965), German-born Portuguese football player
• Piero de Palma (1925–2013), Italian singer
• Precioso Palma, Filipino novelist and playwright
• Rafael Palma (1874–1939), Filipino politician, writer, educator and mason
• Raúl Palma (born 1950), Mexican basketball player
• Ricardo Palma (1833–1919), Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician
• Rossy de Palma (born 1964), Spanish actress and model
• Ruben Palma (born 1954), Chilean-born Danish writer
• Rubén Luis di Palma (1944–2000), Argentine racing driver
• Samuel De Palma (1918–2002), American diplomat
• Silvestro Palma (1754–1834), Italian composer
• Sylvester Romero Palma, bishop of Belize
• Tina Monzon-Palma (born 1951), Filipino news anchor
• Tomás Estrada Palma (1832–1908), Cuban political figure