Famous People with Name Herrera

Julio Enrique González Herrera            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Julio Enrique González Herrera: was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Washington Senators in 1949.

Erik Batte Herrera            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Erik Batte Herrera: is a retired Cuban hurdler. He finished seventh at the 1995 World Championships, eighth at the 1996 Summer Olympics and third at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Yargelis Savigne Herrera            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Yargelis Savigne Herrera: is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump. Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively. She continued her form throughout the year to place third at the World Athletics Final with 14.81. She won a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in the triple jump, with a distance of 15.28 m. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships, Savigne lay in second before her final attempt, with an area record of 14.95 m, behind Hrysopiyi Devetzi's Greek record of 15.00 m. However, Savigne jumped 15.05 m on her final attempt to take the gold medal.

Irisberto Herrera            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Irisberto Herrera: is a Spanish-Cuban chess grandmaster. On the January 2008 FIDE list his Elo rating was 2458.

Mirta Cerra Herrera            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Mirta Cerra Herrera: was a Cuban painter. She had a solo exhibition in 1943 titled Exposición de Pintura Mirta Cerra at the Lyceum, Havana. In 1950 she showed her works at the Club de las Naciones Unidas, Washington, D.C. In 1955 she had a show in New York titled Mirta Cerra, at the Galería Sudamericana. Later in 1983 some of hers works were exhibited as Vida Plena. Pinturas y Dibujos de Mirta Cerra at Galería L in Havana.