Cognomen Purpura (Purple 
, Purpura 
, Púrpura 
) , around the world, is quite a common surname. The surname Purpura is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a common surname, Italy, where it is quite a rare surname, and Hong Kong. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Indonesia, the United States, and Italy. Likewise, Purpura is the forename as well as the last name.
| francesco purpura author (1801-2000) (b. 1801) |
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dominick p. purpura American neuroscientist (1927-2019), US (b. 1927) |
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| vincenzo purpura IT (b. 1885) |
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lia purpura American poet, writer, educator, US (b. 1964) |
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anthony purpura American-Czech rugby union footballer, US (b. 1986) |
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| gianfranco purpura Italian legal historian (1945-), IT (b. 1945) |
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| charles purpura (b. 1945) |
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| tim purpura American baseball executive, US (b. 1958) |
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| philip p. purpura (b. 1950) |
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| giulia purpura researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0003-2078-1943 |
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| steve purpura college basketball player (1992–1995) William & Mary |
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| james enos purpura professor of education and language, US |
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| valeria purpura Italian bioengineer |
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| lawrence j purpura researcher |
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| david j purpura researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-9427-914X) |
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