Álvarez (surname)

Family name
name = Alvarez


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meaning = Portuguese: son of Álvaro; Spanish: son of Álvar
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language = Portuguese, Spanish
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Álvarez is a Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Álvar".

Álvares is a Portuguese equivalent surname meaning "son of Álvaro".

A

* Abe Alvarez (born 1982), U.S. baseball player
* Al Alvarez (born 1929), English poet, writer, and critic
* Alfonso Álvares (died 1575), Portuguese royal architect 1557-1575
* Ana Ida Alvares (born 1965), Brazilian volleyball player
* Ana Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish model and actress
* Arturo Alvarez (born 1985), U.S. soccer player

B

* Baltasar Álvares (fl. 1570-1624), Portuguese royal architect
* Barry Alvarez (born 1946), U.S. football coach
* Bryan Alvarez (born 1975), professional wrestler and wrestling journalist

C

* Carlos Alvarez (mayor) (born 1952?), U.S. politician, mayor of Miami in 2004
* Clemente Alvarez (born 1968), Venezuelan-American baseball player
* Cristian Darío Álvarez (born 1985), Argentine football player
* Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez (born 1978) Argentine football player

D

* Damián Ariel Álvarez (born 1979) Argentine football player

E

* Emilio Álvarez Lejarza (1884–1969), Nicaraguan jurist and political writer
* Emilio Álvarez Montalván (born 1919), Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and political writer
* Everett Alvarez Jr. (born 1937), U.S. naval officer held prisoner in North Vietnam for over eight years

F

* Francisco Álvares (1465–1541), Portuguese missionary and explorer
* Francisco Álvarez (1892–1960), Argentine actor
* Francisco Alvarez (volleyball) (born 1969), Cuban beach volleyball player

G

* Gregorio Alvarez, Argentine historian
* Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (born 1926), Uruguayan general and dictator

H

I

J

* Javier Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish musician and singer-songwriter
* João Álvares, SJ, Assistant of the Society of Jesus in Portugal, ca. 1600.
* João Álvares Fagundes (active in 1521), Portuguese explorer
* Jorge Álvares (died 1521), Portuguese explorer, reached China and Hong Kong

* Julia Alvarez (born 1950), Dominican-American poet, novelist, essayist

K

* Karl Alvarez (born 20th century), U.S. bassist for the bands Descendents and All

L

* Leonel Álvarez (born 1965), Colombian football player
* Lorgio Álvarez (born 1978), Bolivian footballer
* Luciano Álvarez (born 1978), Argentine football player
* Luis Alvarez (1911–1988), U.S. physicist and author
* Luis F. Alvarez (1853–1937), Spanish/U.S. physician

M

* Mariano Alvarez (1818–1924), Filipino general, statesman, and teacher
* Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749–1810), Spanish Brigadier in the War of Spanish Independence
* Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), U.S. painter
*Mary Murielle Alvarez(1989-present), World Renowned Icon

N

* Nancy Alvarez (athlete) (born 1976), Argentine Olympic athlete
* Nancy Alvarez (psychologist) (born 20th century), Dominican psychologist and TV presenter
* Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), Portuguese general and constable of Portugal

O

* Oscar Marcelino Alvarez (born 1948), Argentine football player

P

* Pablo Sebastían Alvarez (born 1984), Argentine football player
* Pedro Álvares Cabral (about 1467 – about 1520), Portuguese navigator and explorer
* Pedro Alvarez (?), actor in "Blind Heat"
* Pedro Álvarez (?), actor in "Crónica cubana"
* Pedro Alvarez (?), photographer
* Pedro Alvarez (baseball player) (born 1987), U.S. baseball player in NCAA
* Pedro Alvarez (motorcycle racer) (?), motorcycle racer
* Pedro Alvarez Borrego (?), CEO of ALIMPORT
* Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban painter
* Bishop Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (1484-1563), Catholic Bishop of Osma
* Pedro Alvarez de Miranda (?), author
* Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Leiva (about 1585 – 1654), Spanish viceroy of Peru
* Pedro Álvarez de Toledo (1484–1553), Spanish viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples
* Pedro Álvarez-Ossorio (?), actor in "Una pasión singular"
* Pedro Álvarez-Tabio (?), Director of Cuba's Office of Historic Affairs.
* Pedro Antonio Álvarez Tostado (?), actor in "Dame tu cuerpo"
* Pedro Jose Álvarez (?), Colombian soccer player
* Pedro Manuel Álvarez (?), actor in "La tierra prometida"
* Pedro Pablo Alvarez Lois (?), Spanish economist

Q

R

* Rafael Álvarez (born 1971), Spanish diver
* Rich Alvarez, basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association
* Rimas Álvarez Kairelis (born 1974), Argentine rugby player
* Roderick Alain Alvarez (born 1972), Spanish-Filipino corporate activist

* Steve Alvarez (born 1973), Raley's Head Clerk

T

* Tony Alvarez (born 1979), Venezuelan-American baseball player

U

V

W

* Walter Alvarez (born 1940), U.S. professor of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley
* Walter C. Alvarez (1884–1978), U.S. doctor and author
* Wilson Alvarez (born 1970), Venezuelan-American baseball player

X

Y

Z

* Zayra Alvarez (born 194), Puerto Rican rock singer and musician