Gustavo
Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian.
It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, also spelled Gustaf, a Swedish name, likely from Slavic Gostislav.
People with the name
Drama, film and television
- Gustavo Alatriste, Mexican actor, director, and producer of films, married to Silvia Pinal
- Gustavo Aguerre, Argentine artist, curator, writer, and theatre designer
- Gustavo Monje, Argentine stage actor and director
- Gustavo Sorola, American actor, podcast host, and co-founder of the American company, Rooster Teeth
Engineering, religion and science
- Gustavo Colonnetti, Italian mathematician and engineer
- Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino, Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest regarded as the founder of Liberation Theology at the University of Notre Dame
- Gustavo Tamayo, Colombian ophthalmologist
- Gustavo Marín, Chilean-French economist and sociologist
- Gustavo Scuseria, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Professor of Materials Science & NanoEngineering at Rice University
Music
- Gustavo Angel, Mexican singer of Los Temerarios
- Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Brazilian jazz guitarist
- Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer
- Gustavs Butelis, Latvian rapper and producer known professionally as Gustavo
- Gustavo Gonzalez, also known as Big Duke, member of American hip-hop group Psycho Realm
- Gustavo Cerati, Argentine artist and songwriter
- Gustavo Cordera, Argentine rock musician
- Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan conductor
- Gustavo Lapis Ahumad, founding member of American goth rock band Bitter Grace
- Gustavo Ramírez Reyes, Mexican musician and composer
- Gustavo Santander, Colombian composer
- Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine musician, producer, and composer
- Gusttavo Lima, Brazilian singer, song writer and record producer
Military and politics
- Gustavo A. Madero, participant in the Mexican Revolution
- Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero, former vice-president of Guatemala
- Gustavo Arcos Bergnes, Cuban revolutionary alongside Fidel Castro
- Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños Cacho, President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970
- Gustavo Espinoza, Peruvian politician and Congressman
- Gustavo Esteva, Mexican activist who founded the Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian Colonel who served as President of Peru for six days
- Gustavo Leigh Guzmán, representative of the Air Force in the Government Junta that ruled Chile
- Gustavo Noboa Bejarano, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador from 2000 to 2003
- Gustavo Petricioli, Mexican economist and ambassador to the United States
- Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, military dictator and Colombian political figure
- Gustavo Vázquez Montes, Mexican politician of the PRI, governor of Colima
- , Spanish politician and diplomat
- Carlos Gustavo dos Anjos, São Toméan diplomat and Foreign Minister
Sports
- Gustavo Adrián López, Argentine footballer
- Gustavo Andrés Oberman, Argentine footballer
- Gustavo Ayón, Mexican basketball player
- Gustavo Badell, Venezuelan IFBB professional bodybuilder
- Gustavo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer
- Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan football defender and manager
- Gustavo Boccoli, Brazilian footballer
- Gustavo Borges, Brazilian swimmer
- Gustavo Cabrera, Guatemalan footballer
- Gustavo Chacín, Venezuelan starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Gustavo Santos Costa, Brazilian footballer for Hồ Chí Minh City F.C.
- Gustavo Dezotti, Argentine football striker
- Gustavo Endres, Brazilian volleyball player
- Gustavo Enrique García, Mexican footballer
- Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
- Gustavo Gonçalves, Portuguese canoeist
- Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
- Gustavo Marzi, Italian fencer
- Gustavo Manduca, Brazilian footballer
- Gustavo Méndez, Uruguayan footballer
- Gustavo Méndez (referee), Uruguayan football referee
- Gustavo Morínigo, Paraguayan football midfielder
- Gustavo Munúa, Uruguayan football goalkeeper
- Gustavo Nascimento da Costa, Brazilian footballer
- Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
- Gustavo Oliveros, Cuban fencer
- Gustavo Lobo Paradeda, Brazilian-born Russian futsal player
- Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
- Gustavo Pereira, Brazilian footballer for Retrô
- Gustavo Quinteros Desabato, Bolivian football player and coach
- Gustavo Salgueiro de Almeida Correia, Brazilian footballer
- Gustavo Sant'Ana Santos, Brazilian footballer for Sài Gòn
- Gustavo Claudio da Silva, Brazilian footballer for Nakhon Si United
- Gustavo Tambunting, Filipino politician
- Gustavo Valderrama, Venezuelan volleyball player
- Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- Gustavo Varela (footballer, born 2005), Portuguese footballer
- Luis Gustavo Dias, Brazilian footballer
- Arthur Gustavo Malzahn III, American football coach
Writing
- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish writer of poetry and short stories
- Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría, novelist and scriptwriter from Argentina
- Gustavo Adolfo Mellander, Swedish-Panamanian writer, professor, college president, and historian
- Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Cuban-American writer, poet, professor
- Gustavo Gorriti, Peruvian journalist
- Gustavo Sainz, Spanish language author from Mexico
Other professions
- Gustavo C. Garcia, American civil rights attorney and advocate
- Gustavo Charif, Argentine artist
- Gustavo Cisneros, Venezuelan-born media mogul
- Gustavo Ferraro, Argentine banker
- Gustavo Franco, Brazilian economist, president of the Brazilian Central Bank 1994–1995 and 1997–1999
- Gustavo Gianetti, Brazilian model, Mister World 2003
- Gustavo Lorgia, Colombian illusionist
- Gustavo Martínez Zuviría, de facto Federal Interventor of Córdoba, Argentina
- Gustavo Rol, Italian sensitive
- Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer
Fictional characters
- Gustavo, in the video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Gustavo, in the children's animated series Thomas & Friends
- Gustavo Fring, in the American television drama series Breaking Bad on AMC
- Gustavo Rocque, on the show Big Time Rush
- Gustavo, a playable character in ''Pizza Tower''