# Álvaro

Álvaro or Álvar (Galician:, Portuguese:, Spanish:) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin.
The patronymic surname derived from this name is Álvarez.

## Given name
### Artists

* Álvaro Carrillo, Afro-Mexican songwriter.
* Alvaro (DJ), a DJ
* Álvaro Díaz González (born 1972), Chilean screenwriter, producer and director
* Álvaro Guerrero, Mexican film actor
* Álvaro Guevara, Chilean painter
* Álvaro López, British drummer
* Álvaro Morte, Spanish film actor
* Álvaro Mutis, Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist
* Álvaro Pierri, Uruguayan classical guitarist
* Álvaro Pombo, Spanish poet and novelist
* Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer and songwriter
* Álvaro Torres, Salvadoran singer and songwriter

### Politicians and statesmen

* Álvaro Alsogaray (1913 - 2005), Argentine liberal politician.
* Álvaro Arzú (1946–2018), President of Guatemala from 1996 to 2000
* Álvaro Antonio, Filipino politician
* Álvaro Araújo Castro, Colombian politician
* Álvaro Caminha (fl. 1493–1499), Portuguese Captain-major of São Tomé and Príncipe
* Álvaro de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal in the 1920s
* Álvaro Colom (1951–2023), President of Guatemala
* Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005), Portuguese communist politician
* Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones (1863–1950), three times Prime Minister of Spain between 1912 and 1918
* Alvaro de Loyola Furtado (died 1981), Indian politician
* Álvaro Delgado (born 1969), Uruguayan veterinarian and politician
* Álvaro García Linera (born 1962), Bolivian politician
* Álvaro García Ortiz, Spanish jurist and Attorney General
* Álvaro Gutiérrez (politician) (fl. 2006–2011), Peruvian politician
* Álvaro de Luna ((between 1388 and 1390–1453), Spanish Constable of Castile
* Álvaro Noboa (born 1950), Ecuadorian businessman and politician
* Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928), Mexican general and President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924
* Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 1952), President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010

### Nobility

* Álvaro I of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1568 to 1587
* Álvaro II of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1587 to 1614
* Álvaro III of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1615 to 1622
* Álvaro IV of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1631 to 1636
* Álvaro V of Kongo, King of Kongo in 1636
* Álvaro VI of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1636 to 1641
* Álvaro VII of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1665 to 1666
* Álvaro VIII of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1666 to 1669
* Álvaro IX of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1669 to 1670
* Álvaro X of Kibangu, King of Kongo from 1688 to 1695
* Álvaro XI of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1764 to 1778
* Álvaro XIV of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1891 to 1896
* Álvar Fáñez (died 1114), Leonese military leader
* Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1218) (c. 1170–1218), Castilian nobleman
* Álvaro, Count of Urgell (1239–1268), also Viscount of Àger
* Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1287) ((c. 1261–1287), Castilian nobleman
* Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches (c. 1390–1449), Portuguese nobleman
* Álvaro of Braganza (c. 1440–1504), Portuguese nobleman
* Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (died 1559), Spanish explorer
* Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526–1588), Spanish admiral
* Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquess of Santa Cruz (1571-1646)
* Álvaro of Lencastre, 3rd Duke of Aveiro (1540–1626), Portuguese nobleman
* Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera (1910–1997), Spanish infante

### Sports

* Alvaro (footballer), Brazilian footballer, full name Alvaro Luis Tavares Vieira
* Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish football player with the Spanish NT and Real Madrid CF
* Álvaro Bautista, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
* Álvaro Cervera, Spanish football player and coach
* Álvar Enciso (born 1974), Spanish rugby union player
* Álvaro Espinoza, Venezuelan baseball player
* Álvaro Gestido, Uruguayan football player
* Álvar Gimeno (born 1997), Spanish rugby union player
* Álvaro González (footballer, born 1990), Spanish football player with Marseille
* Álvaro Lozano, Colombian road cyclist
* Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino, Brazilian football player
* Álvaro Magalhães, Portuguese football player
* Álvaro Martínez Beltrán, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Medrán, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Mejía (athlete), Colombian long-distance runner
* Álvaro Mejía (cyclist), Colombian cyclist
* Álvaro Mejía Pérez, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Mesén, Costa Rican football player
* Álvaro Morata, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Navarro Serra, Spanish Valencian pilota player
* Álvaro Negredo, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Novo, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Odriozola, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racecar driver
* Álvaro Pino, Spanish road racing cyclist
* Álvaro Quirós, Spanish professional golfer
* Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan football player
* Álvaro Ricaldi, Bolivian football player
* Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican football player
* Álvaro Salvadores, Chilean basketball player
* Álvaro Santos, Brazilian football player
* Álvaro Sierra, Colombian road cyclist
* Álvaro Tejero, Spanish football player
* Álvaro Velasco (weightlifter) (born 1971), Colombian weightlifter
* Álvaro Velasco (golfer) (born 1981), Spanish professional golfer
* Álvaro Vieira de Oliveira (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
* Álvaro Zamith, first president of the Brazilian Football Confederation

### Other

* Álvaro Coutinho Aguirre (1899–1987), Brazilian agronomist, zoologist and naturalist
* Álvar García de Santa María (1370–1460), Spanish historian
* Álvaro de Mendaña (1542–1595), Spanish navigator, explorer, and cartographer
* Álvaro del Portillo, Spanish engineer and Roman Catholic bishop
* Álvaro Saieh, Chilean businessman
* Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
* Alvaro Luna Hernandez (born 1952), American activist