Torquemada may refer to:
- Historical persons
- Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), prominent leader of the Spanish Inquisition.
- Juan de Torquemada (cardinal) (1388–1468), Spanish cardinal and ecclesiastical writer.
- Fray Juan de Torquemada (ca. 1562–1624), Spanish friar, missionary and historian of the New World.
- In fiction
- "Torquemada", pseudonym of Edward Powys Mathers (1892–1939), British crossword setter.
- Torquemada (play), a play by Victor Hugo about the life of Tomás de Torquemada
- Alonzo Torquemada, a character on the HBO drama series Oz.
- Torquemada (comics), the main villain (Tomás de Torquemada) from the comic strip Nemesis the Warlock in the British comic 2000 AD
- "Horatio Torquemada Marley", Elaine Marley's grandfather in the Monkey Island series.
- Señor Torquemada, horloger de Tolède. Clockmaker in Ravel's opera L'heure espagnole
- Places
- Torquemada, a municipality in Palencia, Spain
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