Tavares (surname)

Tavares is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this name is Tavárez. This surname was adopted by Sephardic Jews as well.

General

 * Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born 1949), São Toméan politician
 * António Raposo Tavares (1598–1658), Portuguese explorer and bandeirante
 * Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos (1839–1875), Brazilian politician, writer and journalist
 * Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general
 * Carlos Tavares (born 1958), Portuguese businessman
 * Charmaine Tavares (born 1943), American politician
 * Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer
 * Daniel Tavares (born 1966), American serial killer
 * Gonçalo M. Tavares (born 1970), Portuguese writer
 * Eugénio Tavares (1867–1930), Cape Verdean writer
 * Fernanda Tavares (born 1980), Brazilian supermodel
 * Freddie Tavares (1913–1990), American musician and inventor
 * Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer
 * Kibwe Tavares, British film maker and architect
 * Maria da Conceição Tavares (1930–2024), Portuguese-Brazilian economist
 * Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 1952), Portuguese journalist and writer
 * Patrícia Tavares (born 1977), Portuguese actress
 * Rui Tavares (born 1972), Portuguese politician
 * Stafford Tavares, Canadian cryptographer
 * Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model
 * Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013), Portuguese writer and journalist

Sports

 * André Luiz Tavares (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
 * Brad Tavares (born 1987), American mixed martial arts fighter
 * Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer
 * Diogo Tavares (born 1987), Portuguese footballer
 * D'Jamila Tavares (born 1994), São Tomé and Príncipe runner
 * Jimmy Tavares (born 1984), French figure skater and actor
 * John Tavares (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
 * John Tavares (lacrosse) (born 1968),Canadian lacrosse player
 * Marcos Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
 * Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager
 * Mickaël Tavares (born 1982), Senegalese footballer
 * Mikoyam Tavares (born 1981), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
 * Nuno Tavares (born 2000), Portuguese footballer
 * Stopira (born 1988), real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer basketball player
 * Thiago Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian martial arts fighter
 * Tony Tavares, American sports executive
 * Walter Tavares (born 1992), Cape Verdean basketball player