Carvajal

Carvajal (also spelled Carbajal) is a surname and place name of Spanish origin. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Ailem Carvajal Gómez (born 1972), Cuban composer and pianist
 * Alfonso Carvajal (writer) (born 1958), Colombian writer and editor
 * Andarín Carvajal (1875–1949), Cuban athlete
 * Antonio Fernandez Carvajal (c.1590–1659), Portuguese Jewish merchant, and the first naturalized English Jew
 * Beatriz Carvajal (born 1949), Spanish actress
 * Bernardino López de Carvajal (1455–1523), Spanish cardinal
 * Dani Carvajal (born 1992), Spanish footballer
 * Francisco de Carvajal (1464–1548), Spanish military officer, conquistador, and explorer
 * Francisco Fernández Carvajal (born 1938), Spanish priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and author of several books
 * Francisco S. Carvajal (1870–1932), Mexican president in 1914
 * Gaspar de Carvajal (c.1500–1584), Spanish Dominican missionary to the New World
 * Iván Carvajal (born 1948), Ecuadorian poet, philosopher and writer
 * José de Carvajal y Hué (1835–1899), Spanish lawyer, economist and politician
 * José de Carvajal y Lancáster (1698–1754), Spanish statesman
 * Juan Carvajal (cardinal) (1400–1469), Spanish cardinal
 * Juan de Carvajal, Spanish conquistador, founder of El Tocuyo in 1545
 * Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566–1614), Spanish religious poet and writer
 * Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva (c. 1539–1595), Spanish-Portuguese adventurer, slave-trader and governor
 * Luis de Carvajal the Younger (c. 1566-1596), nephew of the above, wrote under the name José Lumbroso and was burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico City for Judaizing
 * Maria Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal (1944–2003), popularly known as Inday Badiday, a Filipino TV host and journalist
 * Marcos Carvajal (1984–2018), Venezuelan baseball player
 * Máximo Carvajal (1935–2006), Chilean comic book artist
 * Melitón Carvajal (1847–1935), Peruvian naval officer
 * Patricio Carvajal (1916–1994), Chilean admiral
 * Rafael Carvajal (1818–1881), President of Ecuador in 1865
 * Tomás José González-Carvajal (1753–1834), Spanish poet and statesman