<P> Mora is a Spanish surname . Notable people with the surname include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Alberto J. Mora (born 1951), General Counsel of the United States Navy (2001--2006) </Li> <Li> Alfonso Mora (born 1964), Venezuelan former tennis player </Li> <Li> Bruno Mora (1937--1986), Italian football player and coach </Li> <Li> Cristian Mora (born 1979), Ecuadorian football goalkeeper </Li> <Li> Domingo Mora (d . 1911), Spanish born American sculptor and father of F. Luis Mora and Jo Mora . </Li> <Li> F. Luis Mora (1874--1940), Hispanic American artist and illustrator </Li> <Li> Ferenc Móra (1879--1934), Hungarian writer </Li> <Li> Georges Mora (1913--1992), German - born Australian entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur and restaurateur </Li> <Li> Iris Mora (born 1981), Mexican Olympic footballer </Li> <Li> Jesús Mora (baseball) (born 1933), Venezuelan ballplayer </Li> <Li> Jim E. Mora (born 1935), former National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League head coach </Li> <Li> Jim L. Mora (born 1961), former NFL and college head coach, son of Jim E. Mora </Li> <Li> Jim Mora (broadcaster), New Zealand television and radio presenter </Li> <Li> Jo Mora (1876--1947), American artist </Li> <Li> Joaquín Mora Fernández (1786--1862), provisional head of state of Costa Rica in 1837 </Li> <Li> José Mora (1642--1724), Spanish sculptor </Li> <Li> José Francisco Mora (born 1981), Spanish footballer </Li> <Li> Juan Mora Fernández (1784--1854), Costa Rica's first elected head of state, brother of Joaquín Mora Fernández </Li> <Li> Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814--1860), President of Costa Rica (1849--1859) </Li> <Li> Juan Luis Mora (born 1973), Spanish retired football goalkeeper </Li> <Li> Manuel Argüello Mora (1834--1902), Costa Rican writer </Li> <Li> Melvin Mora (born 1972), Venezuelan professional baseball player </Li> <Li> Miguel Mora Porras (1816--1887), President of Costa Rica in 1849 </Li> <Li> Mirka Mora (born 1928), French - born Australian visual artist </Li> <Li> Naima Mora (born 1984), Americas Next Top Model Cycle 4 winner </Li> <Li> Néstor Mora (1963--1995), Colombian cyclist </Li> <Li> Octavio Mora (born 1965), Mexican former footballer </Li> <Li> Philippe Mora (born 1949), French - born Australian film director </Li> <Li> Rick Mora, Native American actor </Li> <Li> Sergio Mora (born 1980), Mexican - American boxer and former World Boxing Council light middleweight champion </Li> <Li> Sergio Mora Sánchez (born 1979), Spanish footballer </Li> <Li> Tiriel Mora (born 1958), Australian television and film actor </Li> <Li> Víctor Mora (comics) (1931--2016), pseudonym of Eugenio Roca, Spanish writer of comic books </Li> <Li> Víctor Mora (athlete) (born 1944), Colombian long - distance runner </Li> <Li> Mauwen Mora Ricafort (born 1997), Inhinyerong Sibil </Li> </Ul>

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