Tavares (surname)
Tavares is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this name is Tavárez. This surname was adopted by Sephardic Jews as well.
Notable people with the surname
General
- Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição, São Toméan politician
- António Raposo Tavares, Portuguese explorer and bandeirante
- Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos, Brazilian politician, writer and journalist
- Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general
- Carlos Tavares, Portuguese businessman
- Charmaine Tavares, American politician
- Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer
- Daniel Tavares, American serial killer
- Gonçalo M. Tavares, Portuguese writer
- Eugénio Tavares, Cape Verdean writer
- Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel
- Freddie Tavares, American musician and inventor
- Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer
- Kibwe Tavares, British film maker and architect
- Maria Cristina Tavares, Brazilian electrical engineer
- Maria da Conceição Tavares, Portuguese-Brazilian economist
- Miguel Sousa Tavares, Portuguese journalist and writer
- Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
- Rui Tavares, Portuguese politician
- Stafford Tavares, Canadian cryptographer
- Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Portuguese writer and journalist
- Zulmira Ribeiro Tavares, Brazilian poet and writer
Sports
- André Luiz Tavares, Brazilian footballer
- Brad Tavares, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer
- Diogo Tavares, Portuguese footballer
- D'Jamila Tavares, São Tomé and Príncipe runner
- Jimmy Tavares, French figure skater and actor
- John Tavares (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Tavares (lacrosse),Canadian lacrosse player
- Marcos Tavares, Brazilian footballer
- Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager
- Mickaël Tavares, Senegalese footballer
- Mikoyam Tavares, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
- Nuno Tavares, Portuguese footballer
- Stopira, real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer basketball player
- Thiago Tavares, Brazilian martial arts fighter
- Tony Tavares, American sports executive
- Walter Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player