# Aguilar (surname)

Aguilar is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballer
* Alberto Aguilar (Mexican footballer) (born 1960), Mexican footballer and manager
* Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer
* Alejandro Aguilar (born 1990), Costa Rican footballer
* Alfredo Aguilar (born 1988), Paraguayan footballer
* Amalia Aguilar (1924–2021), Cuban and Mexican film actress and dancer in the 1940s and 1950s
* Américo Aguiar (born 1973), Portuguese Catholic cardinal
* Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley (1924-1995), Venezuelan lawyer and diplomat
* Annette A. Aguilar (born 1957), American percussionist, bandleader, and educator
* Antonio Aguilar Barraza (1919–2007), Mexican singer
* Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (1942), Ecuadorian writer
* António Aguilar (rugby union) (born 1978), Portuguese rugby player
* Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar (1699–1759), Spanish Marrano
* Belmer Aguilar (born 1973), Colombian footballer
* Carlene Aguilar (born 1982), Filipino actress and former beauty queen
* Carlos Aguilar (born 1988), American soccer player
* Cynthia Aguilar–Villar (born 1950), Filipina politician
* Christina Aguilar (born 1966), Thai pop singer
* Daniel Aguilar (born 1998), Mexican footballer
* Danny Aguilar (born 1986), Colombian footballer
* Edwin Aguilar (born 1985), Panamanian footballer
* Elías Aguilar (born 1991), Costa Rican footballer
* Elisa Aguilar (born 1976), Spanish women's basketball player
* Emanuel Abraham Aguilar (1824–1904), English composer and concert pianist, brother of Grace Aguilar
* Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar
* Eugenio Aguilar (1804–1879), President of El Salvador 1846–1848
* Everard F. Aguilar (1913 – 1966), Jamaican horticulturist and philatelist
* Felipe Aguilar (born 1974), Chilean golfer
* Francisco de Aguilar (conquistador) (1479–c. 1571), Spanish conquistador and later Dominican friar
* Francisco de Aguilar (politician) (19th century), Acting President of Honduras 1855–1856
* Francisco Javier Aguilar García (1949–2020), Spanish footballer
* Florencio Flores Aguilar (contemporary), military ruler of Panama 1981–1982
* Francis J. Aguilar, American scholar of strategic management
* Freddie Aguilar (contemporary, born 1953), Filipino Pinoy rock musician
* Gabriel Aguilar (born 1987), Bolivian footballer
* Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489–c. 1531), 16th-century Spanish conquistador and translator for Hernán Cortés
* Gloria Aguilar (born 1990), Guatemalan footballer
* Gonzalo Aguilar (born 1987), Uruguayan footballer
* Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist, sister of Emanuel Abraham Aguilar
* Guen Garlejo Aguilar (born 1976), Filipino convicted killer and former maid
* Iván Aguilar (born 1991), Spanish footballer
* Japeth Aguilar (born 1987), Filipino basketball player
* Jessica Aguilar (born 1982), Mexican American mixed martial artist
* Jesús Aguilar (born 1990), Venezuelan professional baseball player
* Joel Aguilar (born 1975), Salvadoran football referee
* Jorge Aguilar [es], Venezuelan singer and composer
* Jorge Aguilar (born 1985), Chilean tennis player
* Jorge Aguilar (footballer) (born 1993), Paraguayan footballer
* Jorman Aguilar (born 1994), Panamanian footballer
* José Aguilar (baseball) (born 1990), Mexican baseball player
* José Aguilar (boxer) (1958–2014), Cuban boxer
* José Aguilar (footballer) (born 2001), Spanish footballer
* José Aguilar Álvarez (1902–1959), Mexican physician
* José Alberto Aguilar Iñárritu (born 1954), Mexican politician
* José Alejandro Aguilar López (born 1963), Mexican politician
* José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas (born 1949), Mexican politician
* José Marcos Aguilar Moreno (born 1935), Mexican politician
* José Óscar Aguilar González (born 1957), Mexican politician
* Josefina Aguilar (contemporary), Mexican folk artist
* Juan Aguilar (footballer) (born 1989), Paraguayan footballer
* Juan Fernando López Aguilar (born 1961), Spanish politician and government minister
* Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar (1583–1641), Spanish poet
* Julio Aguilar (born 1986), Paraguayan footballer
* Kluiverth Aguilar (born 2003), Peruvian footballer
* Lorena Aguilar (born 1985), Ecuadorian footballer
* Luis Aguilar (soccer) (born 1984), American soccer defender
* Luis Aguilar (actor) (1918–1997), Mexican actor and singer
* Luis A. Aguilar (contemporary), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
* Pedro Pablo Aguilar, Venezuelan politician
* Macarena Aguilar (born 1985), Spanish handballer
* Manuel Aguilar (disambiguation)
* Mario Aguilar (disambiguation)
* Miguel Aguilar (Bolivian footballer) (born 1953), Bolivian footballer
* Miguel Aguilar (Salvadoran footballer) (born 1953), Salvadoran footballer and coach
* Miguel Aguilar (baseball) (born 1991), Mexican baseball player
* Miguel Aguilar (Mexican footballer) (born 1993), Mexican footballer
* Mila D. Aguilar (contemporary), Filipina poet and revolutionary
* Natasha Aguilar (born 1970), Costa Rican freestyle swimmer
* Pablo Aguilar (disambiguation)
* Paul Aguilar (born 1986), Mexican footballer
* Pedro Pablo Aguilar, Venezuelan politician
* Pepe Aguilar (born 1968), Mexican-American singer-songwriter
* Pepe Aguilar (footballer) (born 1970), Spanish footballer
* Rafael Aguilar Talamantes (1940–2016), Mexican politician
* Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Spanish military officer and 56th Governor-General of the Philippines
* Rafael Manzanares Aguilar (1918–1999), Honduran folklorist, author and composer
* Robert Aguilar (1931–2020), former U.S. federal judge
* Roberto Ivan Aguilar Gomez (contemporary), Bolivian politician
* Ronnie Aguilar (born 1987), American basketball player
* Rose Aguilar (contemporary), Californian broadcaster and journalist
* Rotceh Aguilar (born 2001), Peruvian footballer
* Ruben Aguilar (born 1993), French footballer
* Ryan Aguilar (born 1994), American baseball player
* Samuel Aguilar (1933–2013), Paraguayan footballer
* Slick Aguilar (born 1954), American guitarist
* Teresa Aguilar Suro (1931–2017), Mexican painter
* Zach Aguilar (born 1998), American voice actor

## Families

* Aguilar Family, early 20th century Native American potters from New Mexico