Alva (surname)

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Alva is a surname. It is found among the Catholic community and the Bunt community of coastal Karnataka, India.

Notable people

The following is a list of notable people with last name Alva.

A. Shanker Alva (born 1906), Indian politician and lawyer

Bartolomé de Alva (born 1590s), Novohispanic mestizo secular priest and Nahuatl translator

Jeevaraj Alva (died 2001), Indian politician

Joachim Alva (1907–1979), Indian freedom fighter, journalist and politician

K. Nagappa Alva (born 1908), Indian politician

Leonel Mário d'Alva, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (1974–1975)

Luigi Alva, Peruvian opera singer

Margaret Alva (born 1942), first woman governor of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, daughter-in-law of Joachim Alva

Piero Alva (born 1979), Peruvian footballer

Ramón Alva de la Canal (1892–1985), Mexican painter and illustrator

Tony Alva (born 1957), pioneering skateboarder

Violet Alva (1908–1969), Indian politician, wife of Joachim Alva

Walter Alva (born 1951), Peruvian archaeologist

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