Rivera (disambiguation)

**Rivera** is a surname of Spanish beginnings that was the old spelling of _ribera_, the Spanish word for “riverbank”.

### By name

- Rivera, Albert (born 1979), politician
- Rivera, Alberto Magno Romero (1935–1997), anti-Catholic religious activist
- Rivera, Alexis, football player
- Rivera, Antonio (1963–2005), boxer
- Rivera, Aracely
- Rivera, Arturo (born 1945)
- Rivera, Benjamín, voice actor
- Rivera, Chita (born 1933), actress and dancer
- Rivera, Danny (born 1945), singer
- Rivera, Dennis Mario, Puerto Rican artist
- Rivera, Diego (1886–1957), Mexican muralist
- Rivera, Eliu
- Rivera, Erica (born 1988), American actress and singer
- Rivera, Filiberto (born 1983), basketball player
- Rivera, Francisco "Curro", Mexican bullfighter
- Rivera, Fructuoso (c. 1789–1854), Uruguayan politician
- Rivera, Gabriel
- Rivera, Geraldo (born 1943), journalist
- Rivera, Gianni (born 1943), Italian football player
- Rivera, Dr. Graciela (born 1921), singer
- Rivera, Luis Antonio (born 1930), Puerto Rican television personality and comedian
- Rivera, Guadalupe "Lupillo" (born 1972), Mexican banda singer
- Rivera, Guillermo (born 1975), baseball player
- Rivera, Ismael (1931–1987), renowned composer and singer of salsa music
- Rivera, Jake, music producer
- Rivera, James, singer
- Rivera, Jamie, Filipino Christian music diva and a cancer survivor
- Rivera, Jenni, musician
- Rivera, Jerry (born 1973), salsa singer
- Rivera, Jim (born 1922), baseball player
- Rivera, Joel (born 1978), politician
- Rivera, Jorge, fighter
- Rivera, Jorge (born 1973), basketball player
- Rivera, Jose (born 1936), politician
- Rivera, Jose Ariel Jimenez (born 1966), actor, singer, songwriter
- Rivera, José (born 1955), playwright
- Rivera, José Antonio (born 1973), boxer
- Rivera, José Eustasio (1888–1928), Colombian writer
- Rivera, Juan Luis (born 1978), baseball player
- Rivera, Juan Maria Antonio, 18th century Spanish explorer
- Rivera, Juan "Savio Vega" (born 1966), wrestler
- Rivera, Leandro, Spanish actor
- Rivera, Leonor, childhood sweetheart of Filipino writer and doctor Jose Rizal
- Rivera, Lionel, politician
- Rivera, Luciano (1930–1988)
- Rivera, Mailon, actor
- Rivera, Marco Anthony (born 1972), NFL player
- Rivera, Marian (born 1984), Filipino young actress and commercial model
- Rivera, Mariano (born 1969), Baseball pitcher from Panama
- Rivera, Marika (born 1919), actress
- Rivera, Mark, musician
- Rivera, Maura, Chilean ballerina
- Rivera, Mike (born 1976), baseball player
- Rivera, Naomi, politician
- Rivera, Oscar Lopez (born 1943)
- Rivera, Pedro Ignacio (c. 1759–1833), Bolivian revolutionary
- Rivera, Peter (born 1946), politician
- Rivera, Rachel, voice actress
- Rivera, René (born 1983), baseball player
- Rivera, Riberto Louis "Robbie", Puerto Rican house music producer and DJ
- Rivera, Robert
- Rivera, Ronald Eugene (born 1962), NFL player
- Rivera, Rubén Rivera (born 1973), baseball player
- Rivera, Sandy, American record producer, House music DJ and label owner
- Rivera, Saúl (born 1977), baseball player
- Rivera, Scarlet, American violinist
- Rivera, Sylvia Rae, (1951–2002), transgender activist
- Rivera, Temario C., professor
- Rivera, Tomás (1935–1984), Chicano author, poet, and educator
- Rivera, Victor, wrestler

### Variants

- de Rivera, José Antonio Primo, Spanish politician
- de Rivera, Miguel Primo, Spanish dictator
- Rivera Alers, Monserrate, musician
- Rivera Carrera, Norberto, Mexican cardinal
- Rivera Castillo, Efraín, musician
- Rivera Guerra, Carlos (born 1986), singer
- Rivera, Mendoza, Zuleyka Jerrís (born 1987), Miss Puerto Rico Universe and Miss Universe 2006
- Rivera Ordoñez, Francisco, Spanish bullfighter
- Rivera Pizarro, Alberto, Spanish footballer
- Rivera Santos, Ingrid Marie (born 1983), Miss World contestant

## Places

- Rivera Department, Uruguay
    - Rivera, Uruguay, capital of that department
- Rivera, Huila, Colombia
- Rivera, Switzerland
- Pico Rivera, California
- Rivera, a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina