Luis Álvarez

Luis Álvarez or Luis Alvarez may refer to:

Writers

 * Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born 1957), Dominican writer, artist, filmmaker, and engineer; professionally known as Arambilet


 * Luis Álvarez Piñer (es) (1910–1999), Spanish poet and essayist


 * José Luis Álvarez Enparantza (1929–2012), better known by his pseudonym Txillardegi, Basque linguist, politician, and writer

Fictional characters

 * José Luis Álvarez, character played by Puerto Rican actor Luis Roberto Guzmán in the Mexican TV sitcom Lo que la vida me robó

Fine arts

 * José Luis Álvarez (1917–2012), Guatemalan painter
 * Luis Álvarez Catalá (1836–1901), Spanish painter

Performing arts

 * Luis Álvarez (es), vocalist and guitarist with the Mexican urban rock band, El Haragán y Compañía
 * Luis Álvarez Torres (es) (1913–1995), leading Peruvian actor

Government and public service

 * José Luis Álvarez y Álvarez (es) (1930–2023), Spanish politician, notary (lawyer) and former mayor of Madrid
 * José Luis Álvarez Blanco (gl) (born 1949), member of the People's Party of Galicia and mayor of Pantón, Spain
 * José Luis Álvarez Martínez (born 1968), Mexican politician
 * Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (1925–2016), President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986
 * Luis Héctor Álvarez (1919–2016), Mexican politician and industrialist
 * Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1922–2022), president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976

Military

 * Luis Álvarez (Argentine military) (es) (1806–1864), Argentine military officer from the Argentine Civil War of the 19th century
 * Luis Alvarez (Dominican hero) (es), Dominican hero of War of Independence in the Battle of Azua

Natural science and medicine

 * Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
 * Luis Fernández Álvarez (1853–1937), physician and grandfather of Luis Walter Alvarez
 * Luis Álvarez-Gaumé (born 1955), Spanish theoretical physicist specializing in string theory and quantum gravity

In sports

 * José Luis Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish fencer
 * José Luis Álvarez (es) (born 1968), Spanish taekwondo competitor (late 1980s — early 1990s)
 * José Luis Álvarez "Rocky" (es) (born 1954), former Spanish boxer
 * Jesús Luis Álvarez de Eulate Güergue (born 1970), commonly known as Koldo, former Andorran soccer player
 * Luis Antonio Álvarez Murillo (born 1991), Mexican archer, also known as El Abuelo
 * Luis Álvarez Gómez (es) (born 1959), former Spanish volleyball athlete
 * Luis Álvarez de Cervera (born 1947), Spanish equestrian
 * Luis Enrique Álvarez (es) (born 1990), Peruvian soccer player
 * Luis Hernán Álvarez (1938–1991), Chilean soccer player
 * Luis Roberto Álvarez (de) (born 1982), Spanish cyclist
 * Luis Manuel Alvarez Saldaña (es) (born 1955), former Spanish basketball player

Other uses

 * Luis Álvarez Renta (born 1950), Dominican economist
 * José Luis Álvarez Santacristina (es) (born 1954), convicted former member of the ETA, an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization