Álvarez (surname)

Álvarez (sometimes Alvarez) is a Spanish surname of Germanic origin, a patronymic meaning "son of Álvaro". Notable people with the surname include:

Actors, singers, musicians

 * Ana Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish model and actress
 * Andreína Álvarez (born 1979), Venezuelan actor
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

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 Álvarez (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 (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