Avril is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
Avril Angers, English comedian
Avril Benoît, Canadian broadcaster
Kim Campbell, Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's first female Prime Minister
Avril Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, conductor, and composer
Avril Doyle, Irish politician
Avril (Frédéric Magnon), French electro-ambient musician
Avril Hoare, Irish radio personality
Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
Avril Phali, South African football player
Avril Williams, South African rugby player
Surname:
Cliff Avril American football player
Édouard-Henri Avril or his pseudonym Paul Avril, French painter
Étienne Avril (1748-1791), French furniture designer
Jacky Avril, French slalom canoer
Jane Avril, French dancer
Margaux Avril, French singer
Philippe Avril, French explorer
Prosper Avril, Haitian politician
Yola d'Avril, French actress
Fictional characters:
Avril Kent, character on Emmerdale
Avril Incandenza, mother of protagonist Hal Incandenza in the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
