Álvarez (sometimes Alvarez) is a Spanish surname of Germanic origin, a patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro". Its Portuguese equivalent is Álvares. Notable people with the surname include:
Actors, singers, musicians Ana Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish model and actress Andreína Álvarez (born 1979), Venezuelan actor Angela Alvarez (1927–2024), Cuban-born American singer Carlos Álvarez (baritone) (born 1966), Spanish opera singer Cristian Álvarez (musician) (born 1972), Argentine musician David Alvarez (born 1994), Canadian dancer and actor Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor Francisco Álvarez (actor) (1892–1960), Argentine actor George Alvarez, Cuban/American actor Germán Álvarez Beigbeder (1882–1968), Spanish composer Ian Antonio Alvarez, also known as Bunji Garlin (born 1978), Trinidadian male soca singer Izabella Alvarez (born 2004), American actress Javier Álvarez (1956–2023), Mexican composer Julión Álvarez (born 1983), Mexican musician Karl Alvarez (born 1964), American musician Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979), Spanish composer Roy Alvarez (1950–2014), Filipino actor, director and screenwriter Zayra Alvarez, Puerto Rican musician
Military figures Ochoa de Alvarez de Isásaga (1470–1555), Spanish nobleman, Chief of the Supreme Council of the Indies, Order of Santiago Casta Álvarez (1776–1846), Spanish soldier Everett Alvarez Jr. (born 1937), American naval officer and prisoner of war Mariano Álvarez de Castro, Spanish brigadier Mariano Álvarez (1749–1810), Filipino general, statesman, and teacher Vicente Álvarez (general) (1862–1942), Filipino revolutionary
Painters, sculptors Ana Albertina Delgado Álvarez (born 1963), Cuban artist Celia Álvarez Muñoz (born 1937), American artist José Álvarez Cubero (1768–1827), Spanish sculptor in the neoclassical style Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), American oil painter, daughter of Luis F. Álvarez Negra Álvarez (born 1948), Salvadoran visual artist Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban painter
Politicians Amy Alvarez, Filipino politician Carlos Álvarez (American politician) (born ), Cuban-American politician from Florida Eugenio Alvarez (1918–1976), New York assemblyman Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925–2016), Uruguayan general and dictator José Manuel Álvarez, Argentine politician Juan Álvarez (1790–1867), Mexican general and president Julián Álvarez (lawyer) (1788–1843), Argentine politician Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez, Bolivian diplomat María Carmen Castilla Álvarez (born 1968), Spanish politician Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero (1940–2008), Argentine politician Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera (–1654), Spanish viceroy of Peru Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca (1484–1553), Spanish viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples
Vicente Álvarez Travieso (1705–1779), Spanish judge and politician
Sports figures Baseball Abe Alvarez (born 1982), American baseball player Andrew Alvarez (born 1999), American baseball player Armando Alvarez (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player Clemente Álvarez (born 1968), Venezuelan baseball player Eddy Alvarez (born 1990), American baseball player Francisco Álvarez (baseball) (born 2001), Venezuelan baseball player Hayden Alvarez (born 2007), Dominican baseball player Henderson Álvarez (born 1990), Venezuelan baseball player Jose Alvarez (baseball, born 1956), American baseball player José Álvarez (baseball, born 1989), Venezuelan baseball player Juan Alvarez (born 1973), American baseball player Nacho Alvarez Jr. (born 2003), American baseball player Pedro Alvarez (baseball) (born 1987), Dominican baseball player Rafael Álvarez (baseball) (born 1977), Venezuelan baseball player R. J. Alvarez (born 1991), American baseball player Tony Álvarez (born 1979), Venezuelan baseball player Veronica Alvarez (born 1983), American baseball catcher Wilson Álvarez (born 1970), Venezuelan baseball player Yadier Álvarez (born 1996), Cuban baseball pitcher Yordan Alvarez (born 1997), Cuban-born baseball player
Basketball Lester Alvarez (born 1988), Filipino basketball player Miguel Álvarez Pozo (1949–2016), Cuban basketball player Paul Alvarez (born 1968), Filipino basketball player Rich Alvarez (born 1980), Filipino basketball player
Football (soccer) Arturo Alvarez (born 1985), American footballer Carlos Alvarez (born 1990), American soccer player Cristian Darío Álvarez (born 1985), Argentine footballer Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez (born 1978), Argentine footballer Damián Ariel Álvarez (born 1979), Argentine footballer David Álvarez Aguirre, see Kily Álvarez Edson Álvarez (born 1997), Mexican footballer Julián Álvarez (born 2000), Argentine footballer Kevin Álvarez (footballer, born 1996), Honduran footballer Kevin Álvarez (footballer, born 1999), Mexican footballer Kily Álvarez (born 1984), Equatoguinean footballer Leonel Álvarez (born 1965), Colombian footballer Leonel Álvarez (born 1995), Argentine footballer Leonel Álvarez (born 1996), Argentine footballer Lorgio Álvarez (born 1978), Bolivian footballer Luciano Álvarez (born 1978), Argentine footballer Óscar Marcelino Álvarez (1948–2018), Argentine football player Pablo Sebastián Álvarez (born 1984), Argentine footballer Quique Álvarez (born 1975), Spanish footballer Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez (born 1988), Argentine footballer
Other sports Almudena Álvarez (born 1982), Spanish boxer Barry Alvarez (born 1946), American football coach and sports administrator Bernard Alvarez (born 1939), American NASCAR Cup Series driver Bryan Alvarez (born 1975), American wrestler and journalist Canelo Álvarez (Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán; born 1990), Mexican boxer Eddie Alvarez (born 1984), American mixed martial artist Francisco Álvarez (born 1969), Cuban beach volleyball player José Álvarez de Bohórquez, Spanish equestrian José Luis Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish fencer José Marcelo Álvarez (born 1975), Paraguayan fencer Lynn Alvarez (born 1985), American mixed martial artist María Fernanda Álvarez Terán (born 1989), Bolivian tennis player Nancy Alvarez (born 1976), Argentine Olympic athlete Oscar Álvarez (born 1977), Colombian road cyclist Rafael Álvarez (diver) (born 1971), Spanish diver Rimas Álvarez Kairelis (born 1974), Argentine rugby player Robin Álvarez (born 1987), Swedish ice hockey player Tania Alvarez (born 2002), Spanish boxer Tania Álvarez (born 1994), Spanish marathon canoeist Wilson Alvarez (born 1957), Bolivian player of American football
Writers, novelists, poets Al Alvarez (1929–2019), English writer Emilio Álvarez Lejarza (1884–1969), Nicaraguan jurist and political writer Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1919–2014), Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and political writer José María Álvarez de Sotomayor, Spanish playwright and poet José Sixto Álvarez, aka Fray Mocho, Argentine writer Julia Alvarez (born 1950), American writer Severiano Álvarez (1933–2013), Spanish writer Rogerio Alvarez (born 1953), Brazilian writer
Others Ada Álvarez, Cuban-Mexican operations researcher Onion News Network's Brooke Alvarez, played by Suzanne Sena Ciriaco Álvarez (1873-?), Chiloé businessman Fede Álvarez (born 1978), Uruguayan filmmaker Felix Alvarez (born 1951), Gibraltar human and civil rights activist and defender Gabriela Álvarez (engineer) (died 2017), Mexican mechanical engineer Gregorio Álvarez (historian) (1889–1986), Argentine physician and historian Ignacio Álvarez Aguerre (born 1971), Uruguayan journalist and television presenter José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (1756–1796), Spanish patron of painter Goya José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez (1975–2025), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop Juan Álvarez (historian), Argentine judge and historian Juan Manuel Alvarez, man convicted of causing the 2005 Glendale train crash Luis F. Álvarez (1853–1937), American physician, father of Mabel Alvarez and Walter C. Alvarez Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988), American physicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, son of Walter C. Alvarez, father of Walter Alvarez Mayra Álvarez, Mexican nanoscientist Melania Alvarez, Mexican mathematics educator in Canada Nancy Alvarez (psychologist) (born 1950), Dominican psychologist and TV presenter Pedro J. J. Alvarez, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University Pero Alvarez, 15th-century freed Portuguese slave Robert Alvarez (born 1948), American animator, television director, and writer Rosendo Álvarez Gastón (1926–2014), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop Thalía Álvarez (1962–2011), Ecuadorian anthropologist and activist Vincent Alvares (1680–1738), Indian doctor and clergyman Virginia Pereira Álvarez (1888–1947) Venezuelan physician Walter Alvarez (born 1940), American geologist responsible for discovering the reasons behind Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, son of Luis Walter Alvarez Walter C. Alvarez (1884–1978), American physician, son of Luis F. Álvarez, father of Luis Walter Alvarez
Fictional characters Dr Alvarez, criminal in James Bond Judy Alvarez, a braindance editor in Cyberpunk 2077
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