Rivera (disambiguation)

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

## Individuals
### 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