Tavares (, , ) is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this name is Tavárez. This surname was adopted by Sephardic Jews as well.
Notable people with the surname
General Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born 1949), São Toméan politician António Raposo Tavares (1598–1658), Portuguese explorer and bandeirante Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos (1839–1875), Brazilian politician, writer and journalist Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general Carlos Tavares (born 1958), Portuguese businessman Charmaine Tavares (born 1943), American politician Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer Daniel Tavares (born 1966), American serial killer Djé Tavares (born 2003), Cape Verdean footballer Gonçalo M. Tavares (born 1970), Portuguese writer Eugénio Tavares (1867–1930), Cape Verdean writer Fernanda Tavares (born 1980), Brazilian supermodel Freddie Tavares (1913–1990), American musician and inventor Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer Kibwe Tavares, British film maker and architect Maria Cristina Tavares, Brazilian electrical engineer Maria da Conceição Tavares (1930–2024), Portuguese-Brazilian economist Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 1952), Portuguese journalist and writer Monica Tavares, known professionally as Mo'Kalamity, roots reggae musician Patrícia Tavares (born 1977), Portuguese actress Rui Tavares (born 1972), Portuguese politician Stafford Tavares, Canadian cryptographer Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013), Portuguese writer and journalist Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares (1930-2018), Brazilian poet and writer
Sports André Luiz Tavares (born 1983), Brazilian footballer Brad Tavares (born 1987), American mixed martial arts fighter Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer Diogo Tavares (born 1987), Portuguese footballer D'Jamila Tavares (born 1994), São Tomé and Príncipe runner Jimmy Tavares (born 1984), French figure skater and actor John Tavares (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player John Tavares (lacrosse) (born 1968), Canadian lacrosse player Marcos Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian footballer Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager Mickaël Tavares (born 1982), Senegalese footballer Mikoyam Tavares (born 1981), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer Nuno Tavares (born 2000), Portuguese footballer Stopira (born 1988), real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer basketball player Thiago Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian martial arts fighter Tony Tavares, American sports executive Walter Tavares (born 1992), Cape Verdean basketball player