# Álvarez (surname)

Álvarez (sometimes Alvarez) is a Spanish surname of Germanic origin, a patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro". Its Portuguese equivalent 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
* Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor
* Francisco Álvarez (actor) (1892–1960), Argentine actor
* George Alvarez, Cuban/American actor
* 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 1932), 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

* Carlos Álvarez (American politician) (born c. 1952), 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
* María Carmen Castilla Álvarez (born 1968), Spanish politician
* Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera (c. 1585–1654), 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
* 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
* 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
* 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

* 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
* 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
* 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

## 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
* José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba (1756–1796), Spanish patron of painter Goya
* 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