Borges (surname)

Borges (Spanish: [ˈboɾxes], European Portuguese: [ˈbɔɾʒɨʃ]) is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Jorge Luis Borges, the most notable person with this name, notes that his family name, like Burgess in English, means "of the town", "bourgeois".^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• António Borges (1949–2013), Portuguese economist and banker
• António Borges (equestrian) (1906–2011), Portuguese horse rider
• Ary Borges (born 1999), Brazilian footballer
• Carlos Borges (1932–2014), Uruguayan footballer
• Celso Borges (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer
• Desmin Borges, American actor
• Fernanda Borges, East Timorese politician
• Francisco L. Borges (born 1951), American politician born in Cape Verde
• Graciela Borges (born 1941), Argentine actress
• Gustavo Borges (born 1972), Brazilian swimmer
• Hernâni Borges (born 1981), Cape Verdean footballer
• Humberlito Borges Teixeira (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
• Jorge Guillermo Borges Haslam, Argentine writer
• Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), Argentine writer
• José Borges, Cuban baseball player
• José Francisco Borges (1935–2024), Brazilian folk poet and woodcut artist
• Juan Borges Mateos (born 1966), Cuban chess player
• Julio Borges (born 1969), Venezuelan politician
• Lô Borges (born 1952), Brazilian songwriter, singer, and guitarist
• Lucas Borges (born 1980), Argentine rugby player
• Norah Borges (1901–1998), Argentine artist
• Nuno Borges (born 1997), Portuguese tennis player
• Phil Borges (born 1942), photographer
• Raúl Borges (1882–1967), Venezuelan pedagogue, guitarist and composer
• Ron Borges, American sportswriter
• Rowllin Borges (born 1992), Indian footballer
• Tristan Borges (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
• Víctor Borges (born 1955), Cape Verdean foreign minister
• Wágner de Andrade Borges (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
• Willian Borges da Silva (born 1988), Brazilian footballer

See also

• Borges (disambiguation)
• Burges, English surname
• Burgess (surname), English surname
• Borge (surname), Danish surname