Chávez (surname)
Chávez or Chavez is a Spanish language surname, also common in the Philippines, with a Portuguese language variant. Notable people with the name include:
- Aaliyah Chavez, American basketball player
- Alexis Sebastian Chavez, Argentinian Paralympic athlete
- Agnes Chavez, American artist
- Angélico Chávez, American Franciscan priest, historian, author, poet, and painter
- Anthony Chavez, American baseball player
- Armando Chávez, Mexican rower
- Armando Neyra Chávez, Mexican politician
- Betssy Chávez, Peruvian politician
- Carlos Chávez (football administrator), Bolivian football administrator
- Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist
- César Chávez, American founder of the National Farm Workers Association, which became United Farm Workers
- Christian Chávez, Mexican actor and singer, most famously known for RBD and for coming out about his homosexuality
- Coronado Chávez, President of Honduras
- Dennis Chavez, American politician
- Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
- Eric Chavez, American baseball player
- Federico Chávez, President of Paraguay, 1949–1954
- Fermín Chávez, Argentinian historian, poet and journalist
- Gerardo Chávez, Peruvian painter, sculptor and visual artist
- Gilbert Espinosa Chávez, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Gina Chavez, American Latin folk singer and songwriter
- Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela
- Ignacio Chávez (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeanine Áñez Chávez, interim president of Bolivia
- Jesse Chavez, baseball player
- Jesús Chávez, Mexican boxer
- Jordan Chavez, American soccer player
- Jorge Chávez, Peruvian airplane pilot
- Jorge F. Chavez, American jockey
- José Chávez y Chávez, American outlaw, member of the Lincoln County Regulators
- Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer
- Julio César Chávez Jr., Mexican boxer, son of Julio César
- Kharla Chávez, Ecuadorian politician
- Laura Chavez, American blues, soul, and rhythm and blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer
- Linda Chavez, American author and commentator
- Linda Chavez-Thompson, American trade unionist
- Leo Chavez, American anthropologist
- Martha Chávez, Peruvian politician
- Martin Chavez, American politician from New Mexico
- Néstor Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
- Nicholas Alexander Chavez, American actor
- Omar Chávez, Mexican boxer, son of Julio César
- R. Martin Chavez, American banker
- Raúl Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
- Reydnier Chavez, Venezuelan ten-pin bowler
- Roberto Esteban Chavez, American artist
- Tito D. Chavez, American politician
Fictional characters
- Domingo Chavez, a fictional character in Tom Clancy's novels
- Maurice Chavez, a fictional character in "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
- America Chavez, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Todd Chavez, a main character from BoJack Horseman
- Jose Chavez y Chavez, character from the movie "Young Guns"