Álvaro
Álvaro or Álvar is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname of Germanic Visigothic origin.
The patronymic surnames derived from this name are Álvarez, Álvares and Alves.
Given name
Artists
- Álvaro Carrillo, Afro-Mexican songwriter.
- Alvaro (DJ), a DJ
- Álvaro Díaz González, Chilean screenwriter, producer and director
- Álvaro Guerrero, Mexican film actor
- Álvaro Guevara, Chilean painter
- Álvaro López, British drummer
- Álvaro Morte, Spanish film actor
- Álvaro Mutis, Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist
- Álvaro Pierri, Uruguayan classical guitarist
- Álvaro Pombo, Spanish poet and novelist
- Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer and songwriter
- Álvaro Torres, Salvadoran singer and songwriter
Politicians and statesmen
- Álvaro Alsogaray, Argentine liberal politician.
- Álvaro Arzú, President of Guatemala from 1996 to 2000
- Álvaro Antonio, Filipino politician
- Álvaro Araújo Castro, Colombian politician
- Álvaro Caminha, Portuguese Captain-major of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Álvaro de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal in the 1920s
- Álvaro Colom, President of Guatemala
- Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese communist politician
- Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, three times Prime Minister of Spain between 1912 and 1918
- Alvaro de Loyola Furtado, Indian politician
- Álvaro Delgado, Uruguayan veterinarian and politician
- Álvaro García Linera, Bolivian politician
- Álvaro García Ortiz, Spanish jurist and Attorney General
- Álvaro Gutiérrez (politician), Peruvian politician
- Álvaro de Luna, Spanish Constable of Castile
- Álvaro Noboa, Ecuadorian businessman and politician
- Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924
- Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010
Nobility
- Álvaro I of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1568 to 1587
- Álvaro II of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1587 to 1614
- Álvaro III of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1615 to 1622
- Álvaro IV of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1631 to 1636
- Álvaro V of Kongo, King of Kongo in 1636
- Álvaro VI of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1636 to 1641
- Álvaro VII of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1665 to 1666
- Álvaro VIII of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1666 to 1669
- Álvaro IX of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1669 to 1670
- Álvaro X of Kibangu, King of Kongo from 1688 to 1695
- Álvaro XI of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1764 to 1778
- Álvaro XIV of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1891 to 1896
- Álvar Fáñez, Leonese military leader
- Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1218), Castilian nobleman
- Álvaro, Count of Urgell, also Viscount of Àger
- Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1287), Castilian nobleman
- Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches, Portuguese nobleman
- Álvaro of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman
- Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Spanish explorer
- Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral
- Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquess of Santa Cruz
- Álvaro of Lencastre, 3rd Duke of Aveiro, Portuguese nobleman
- Infante Álvaro, Duke of Galliera, Spanish infante
Sports
- Álvaro (footballer, born 1931), Brazilian footballer, full name Álvaro José Rodrigues Valente
- Álvaro (footballer, born 1977), Brazilian footballer, full name Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino
- Álvaro (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian footballer, full name Álvaro Vieira de Oliveira
- Álvaro (footballer, born 2001), Brazilian footballer, full name Álvaro de Oliveira Felicíssimo
- Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish football player with the Spanish NT and Real Madrid CF
- Álvaro Bautista, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Álvaro Cervera, Spanish football player and coach
- Álvar Enciso, Spanish rugby union player
- Álvaro Espinoza, Venezuelan baseball player
- Álvaro Gestido, Uruguayan football player
- Álvar Gimeno, Spanish rugby union player
- Álvaro González (footballer, born 1990), Spanish football player with Marseille
- Álvaro Lozano, Colombian road cyclist
- Álvaro Magalhães, Portuguese football player
- Álvaro Martínez Beltrán, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Medrán, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Mejía (athlete), Colombian long-distance runner
- Álvaro Mejía (cyclist), Colombian cyclist
- Álvaro Mejía Pérez, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Mesén, Costa Rican football player
- Álvaro Morata, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Navarro Serra, Spanish Valencian pilota player
- Álvaro Negredo, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Novo, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Odriozola, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racecar driver
- Álvaro Pino, Spanish road racing cyclist
- Álvaro Quirós, Spanish professional golfer
- Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan football player
- Álvaro Ricaldi, Bolivian football player
- Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican football player
- Álvaro Salvadores, Chilean basketball player
- Álvaro Santos, Brazilian football player
- Álvaro Sierra, Colombian road cyclist
- Álvaro Tejero, Spanish football player
- Álvaro Velasco (weightlifter), Colombian weightlifter
- Álvaro Velasco (golfer), Spanish professional golfer
- Álvaro Vieira, Brazilian footballer, full name Alvaro Luis Tavares Vieira
- Álvaro Zamith, first president of the Brazilian Football Confederation
Other
- Álvaro Coutinho Aguirre, Brazilian agronomist, zoologist and naturalist
- Álvar García de Santa María, Spanish historian
- Álvaro de Mendaña, Spanish navigator, explorer, and cartographer
- Álvaro del Portillo, Spanish engineer and Roman Catholic bishop
- Álvaro Saieh, Chilean businessman
- Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
- Alvaro Luna Hernandez, American activist