Alvarez
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Alvarez may refer to:
[edit] Surname
Alvarez is a common Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Álvar". Its Portuguese equivalent is Álvares.
- Abe Alvarez (1982–), American baseball player
- Al Alvarez (1929–), English poet, writer, and critic
- Arturo Alvarez (1985–), American soccer player
- Barry Alvarez (1946–), American football coach
- Bernice Alvarez Brownson (1913–), writer and photographer
- Carlos Alvarez (contemporary), American politician, mayor of Miami 2004
- Clemente Alvarez (1968–), Venezuelan-American baseball player
- Don José Alvarez (1768–1827), Spanish sculptor
- Don Gregorio Alvarez Argentinian historian
- Everett Alvarez Jr. (1937- ), American naval officer held prisoner in North Vietnam for over eight years
- Francisco Alvarez (1465–1541), Portuguese missionary and explorer
- Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1926 - ), Uruguayan general and dictator
- Javier Álvarez Spanish musician
- Juan Manuel Alvarez (1978–), American suspected of causing the January 2005 Glendale train crash
- Julia Álvarez, a poet, novelist, and essayist
- Leonel Álvarez (1965–), Colombian football player
- Luis Alvarez (1911–1988), American physicist and author
- Luis F. Alvarez (1853–1937), Spanish/American physician
- Mariano Alvarez (1818–1924), Filipino general, statesman, and teacher
- Mariano Alvarez de Castro (1749–1810) Spanish Brigadier in the War of Spanish Independence
- Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), American painter
- Nancy Alvarez (1976–), Argentinian Olympic athlete
- Pedro Álvarez Castelló (1967–2004), Cuban painter
- Roderick Alain Alvarez (1972 - ), Spanish-Filipino corporate activist
- Rodrigo Alvarez Icaza (1974 - ), Mexican-Scientist / Engineer
- Tony Alvarez (1979–), Venezuelan-American football player
- Walter Alvarez (1940–), American professor of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley
- Walter C. Alvarez (1884–1978), American doctor and author
- Wilson Alvarez (1970–), Venezuelan-American baseball player
- Zayra Alvarez (contemporary), Puerto Rican rock musician
[edit] Places
- Gen. Mariano Alvarez, municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines
- Los Alvarez, place in Starr County, Texas, USA
[edit] Other
- Alvarez Guitars, an acoustic guitar manufacturer
- Alvarez, automobile manufactured in Spain 1921–1923
- Alvarez, a song by the band Funeral for a Friend