Escobar is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abelardo Escobar Prieto, Mexican politicianAida Luz Santos de Escobar, ambassador of El Salvador to CyprusAnasol Escobar, Colombian singerAlcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball playerAlex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball playerAlexander Escobar (born 1984), Salvadoran footballerAlexander Escobar Gañán (born 1965), Colombian footballerAlexandra Escobar (born 1980), Ecuadorian weightlifterAna Vilma de Escobar (born 1954), Salvadoran politicianAndrea Escobar (born 1992), Colombian actressAndrés Escobar (1967–1994), Colombian footballerAndrés Ramiro Escobar (born 1991), Colombian footballerÁngel Escobar, Venezuelan baseball playerAntonio Escobar Núñez (born 1976), Spanish musicianAntonio Escobar y Mendoza, 17th-century Spanish ethicistArturo Escobar (anthropologist) (born 1952), Colombian-American anthropologist and development scholarArturo Escobar y Vega, Mexican politicianBrandon Escobar (born 1990), Honduran sport wrestlerCarlos Escobar Casarin (born 1990), Chilean footballerCarlos Escobar Ortíz (born 1989), Chilean footballerCésar Antonio Díaz Escobar, Chilean footballerDaniel Escobar (1964–2013), American actorDaniela Escobar (born 1969), Brazilian actress and television presenterDarío Escobar (born 1971), Guatemalan artistEduardo Escobar (born 1989), Venezuelan baseball playerElizam Escobar (born 1948), Puerto Rican painterEnzo Escobar (born 1951), Chilean footballerEusebio Escobar (born 1936), Colombian footballerFabio Escobar (born 1982), Paruguayan footballerFrancisco Escobar (born 1991), Colombian beauty pageant winnerGavin Escobar (born 1991), American football playerHenry Escobar (born 1990), Salvadoran footballerIsabella Escobar (born 1992), Guatemalan tennis playerJesús Escobar, American historianJosé Escobar (baseball) (born in 1960), Venezuelan baseball playerJosé Escobar Saliente (1908-1994), Spanish comic writer and artistJuan Carlos Escobar (born 1982), Colombian footballerJuan Carlos Ortiz Escobar (Cuchilla), Colombian drug dealerJuan Francisco Escobar (born 1949), Paraguayan football refereeJosé Luis Escobar Alas (born 1959), Salvadoran bishopJuan M. Escobar, American judgeKatherine Escobar, Colombian model and actressKelvim Escobar (born 1976), Venezuelan baseball playerLuis Escobar (footballer) (born 1984), Colombian footballerLuis Escobar (polo) (born 1971), American polo playerLuis Escobar (swimmer) (born 1984), Mexican swimmerLuis Escobar Kirkpatrick (1908-1991), Spanish actorLuis Antonio Escobar (composer)Luis Antonio Escobar (footballer)Manolo Escobar (1931–2013), Spanish singerMarisol Escobar (1930–2016), Venezuelan-born sculptorMatías Escobar (born 1982), Argentine footballerPablo Escobar (1949 –1993), Colombian drug lordPablo Andrés Escobar (born 1987), Colombian footballerPablo Daniel Escobar (born 1978), Paraguayan-born Bolivian footballerPánfilo Escobar (born 1974), Paraguayan footballerPatricio Escobar (1843–1912), President of ParaguayPedro de Escobar, 16th-century Portuguese composerPepe Escobar (born 1954), Brazilian investigative journalistPêro Escobar, 15th-century Portuguese explorerReynaldo Escobar Pérez, Mexican politicianRolando Escobar (born 1981), Panamanian footballerSergi Escobar (born 1974), Spanish cyclistSílvio Escobar (born 1986), Paraguayan footballerSixto Escobar, Puerto Rican boxerSusana Escobar (born 1987), Mexican swimmerTicio Escobar (born 1947), Paraguayan minister of cultureVicente Escobar (1757–1834), Cuban painterWalter Escobar (born 1968), Colombian footballerYasmani Copello Escobar (born 1987), Cuban-Turkish hurdlerYunel Escobar (born 1982), Cuban-American baseball playerSebastián Marroquín, born Juan Pablo Escobar