Torquemada

Torquemada may refer to:

People

  • Juan de Torquemada (cardinal) (1388–1468), Spanish cardinal and ecclesiastical writer
  • Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), prominent leader of the Spanish Inquisition
  • Antonio de Torquemada (c. 1507–1569), Spanish writer
  • Fray Juan de Torquemada (c. 1562–1624), Spanish friar, missionary and historian of the New World
  • Edward Powys Mathers (1892–1939) (pseudonym Torquemada), British crossword setter

Fiction

  • Alonzo Torquemada, a character on the HBO drama series Oz
  • Horatio Torquemada Marley, Elaine Marley's grandfather in the Monkey Island series
  • Las novelas de Torquemada, four novels by Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós:
    • Torquemada en la hoguera (1889)
    • Torquemada en la Cruz (1893)
    • Torquemada en el purgatorio (1894)
    • Torquemada y San Pedro (1895)
  • Torquemada (play), an 1869 poem and an 1882 play by Victor Hugo about the life of Tomás de Torquemada
  • Torquemada (comics), the main villain (Tomás de Torquemada) from the comic strip Nemesis the Warlock in the British comic 2000 AD
  • Torquemada, a member of the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Comics universe
  • Torquemada, a fortress in the 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption
  • Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède, the Clockmaker in Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole

Places

  • Torquemada, Palencia, Spain

Music

  • "Torquemada 71", a song by doom metal band Electric Wizard
  • Torquemada, a vocal piece composed by Leonardo Balada
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