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Álvarez (surname)

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Language(s) of origin
  
Spanish

Meaning
  
Spanish: "Son of Álvaro"

Álvarez (sometimes Alvarez) is a Spanish patronymic surname either from Arabic al-Faris (الفارس) "the knight", or possibly from "son of Álvaro".

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Among those with the surname are:

General

  • Al Alvarez, British author
  • Felix Alvarez, Gibraltar human and civil rights activist and defender, recipient of the Queen's OBE award.
  • any of several members of a prominent Spanish-American family:
  • Luis F. Álvarez , U.S. physician
  • Walter C. Alvarez, U.S. physician
  • Mabel Alvarez, U.S. oil painter
  • Walter Alvarez, U.S. geologist responsible for discovering the reasons behind Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event
  • Onion News Network's Brooke Alvarez, played by Suzanne Sena
  • Al Alvarez English writer
  • Ana Álvarez, Spanish model and actress
  • Carlos Álvarez (baritone), Spanish opera singer
  • Carlos Álvarez (mayor), U.S. politician
  • Celia Álvarez Muñoz (born 1932), American artist
  • Emilio Álvarez Lejarza, Nicaraguan jurist and political writer
  • Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and political writer
  • Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor
  • Eugenio Alvarez (1918–1976), New York assemblyman
  • Everett Alvarez, Jr., U.S. military and war prisoner
  • Francisco Álvarez (actor), Argentine actor
  • Gregorio Álvarez (historian) (1889-1986), Argentine physician and historian
  • Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Uruguayan general and dictator
  • Javier Álvarez (composer), Mexican composer
  • José Álvarez Cubero (23 April 1768 - 26 November 1827), Spanish sculptor in the neoclassical style
  • José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, Spanish patron of painter Goya
  • José Manuel Álvarez, Argentine politician
  • José María Álvarez de Sotomayor, Spanish playwright and poet
  • José Sixto Álvarez, aka Fray Mocho, Argentine writer
  • Juan Álvarez (historian), Argentine judge and historian
  • Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president
  • Juan Manuel Alvarez, man convicted of causing the 2005 Glendale train crash
  • Julia Alvarez, U.S. writer
  • Julián Álvarez, Argentine politician
  • Karl Alvarez, U.S. musician
  • Laura Alvarez, Mexican businesswoman and wife of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn
  • Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988), U.S. physicist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Luis F. Álvarez , U.S. physician
  • Mabel Alvarez, U.S. painter
  • Mariano Álvarez de Castro, Spanish Brigadier
  • Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general, statesman, and teacher
  • Miguel Álvarez-Fernández, Spanish composer
  • Nancy Alvarez (psychologist), Dominican psychologist and TV presenter
  • Pedro Álvarez Castelló, Cuban painter
  • Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera, Spanish viceroy of Peru
  • Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples
  • Robert Alvarez, U.S. animator, television director, and writer
  • Rosendo Álvarez Gastón (1926–2014), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop
  • Roy Alvarez (1950–2014), Filipino actor, director and screenwriter
  • Severiano Álvarez (1933–2013), Spanish writer
  • Walter Alvarez, U.S. Earth scientist
  • Walter C. Alvarez, U.S. doctor and author
  • Zayra Alvarez, Puerto Rican musician

    • Sports

  • Abe Alvarez, American baseball player
  • Arturo Alvarez, American footballer
  • Barry Alvarez (born 1946), American football coach and sports administrator
  • Bryan Alvarez, American wrestler and journalist
  • Canelo Álvarez (Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán; born 1990), Mexican boxer
  • Carlos Alvarez (soccer), American soccer player
  • Clemente Álvarez, Venezuelan baseball player
  • Cristian Darío Álvarez, Argentine footballer
  • Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez, Argentine footballer
  • Damián Ariel Álvarez, Argentine footballer
  • David Álvarez Aguirre, see Kily Álvarez
  • Francisco Álvarez, Cuban beach volleyball player
  • Henderson Álvarez, Venezuelan baseball player
  • Jose Alvarez (baseball), American baseball player
  • José Álvarez de Bohórquez, Spanish equestrian
  • José Luis Álvarez, Spanish fencer
  • José Marcelo Álvarez, Paraguayan fencer
  • Juan Alvarez (baseball), American baseball player
  • Kily Álvarez (born 1984), Equatoguinean footballer
  • Leonel Álvarez, Colombian footballer
  • Lester Alvarez, Filipino basketball player
  • Lorgio Álvarez, Bolivian footballer
  • Luciano Álvarez, Argentine footballer
  • María Fernanda Álvarez Terán, Bolivian tennis player
  • Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Cuban basketball player
  • Nancy Alvarez, Argentine Olympic athlete
  • Oscar Álvarez, Colombian road cyclist
  • Óscar Marcelino Álvarez, Argentine football player
  • Pablo Sebastián Álvarez (born 1984), Argentine footballer
  • Paul Alvarez, Filipino basketball player
  • Pedro Alvarez (baseball), Dominican baseball player
  • Rafael Álvarez, Spanish diver
  • Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez (born 1988), Argentine footballer
  • Rich Alvarez, Filipino basketball player
  • Rimas Álvarez Kairelis, Argentine rugby player
  • Robin Álvarez, Swedish ice hockey player
  • Tony Álvarez (born 1979), Venezuelan baseball player
  • Wilson Álvarez, Venezuelan baseball player
  • Wilson Alvarez (American football) (born 1957), Bolivian player of American football
  • Yadier Álvarez, baseball pitcher

    • References

    Álvarez (surname) Wikipedia
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