Cañizares is the surname of:
Alejandro Cañizares (born 1983), Spanish golferAntonio Cañizares Llovera (born 1945), Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of ValenciaAvelino Cañizares (born 1919), Cuban former baseball playerBárbaro Cañizares (born 1979), Cuban baseball player in the Mexican LeagueClaude R. Canizares, Massachusetts Institute of Technology former Vice President and physics professorJesús Cañizares Sánchez (born 1992), Spanish footballerJosé de Cañizares (1676-1750), Spanish playwright, cavalry officer, public official and authorJosé María Cañizares (born 1947), Spanish golferJuan Manuel Cañizares (born 1966), Spanish flamenco guitarist and composerOsvaldo Lara Cañizares (born 1955), Cuban retired sprinterSantiago Cañizares (born 1969), Spanish retired football goalkeeper