Avril is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
Avril Angers, English comedianAvril Benoît, Canadian broadcasterKim Campbell, Avril "Kim" Campbell, Canada's first female Prime MinisterAvril Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, conductor, and composerAvril Doyle, Irish politicianAvril (Frédéric Magnon), French electro-ambient musicianAvril Hoare, Irish radio personalityAvril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriterAvril Phali, South African football playerAvril Williams, South African rugby playerSurname:
Cliff Avril American football playerÉdouard-Henri Avril or his pseudonym Paul Avril, French painterÉtienne Avril (1748-1791), French furniture designerJacky Avril, French slalom canoerJane Avril, French dancerMargaux Avril, French singerPhilippe Avril, French explorerProsper Avril, Haitian politicianYola d'Avril, French actressFictional characters:
Avril Kent, character on EmmerdaleAvril Incandenza, mother of protagonist Hal Incandenza in the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace