Tavares
Tavares may refer to:
People
Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a toponym. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
General
- Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição, São Tomé and Principe politician
- Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general
- Charmaine Tavares, American politician, Mayor of Maui
- Gonçalo M. Tavares, Portuguese writer
- Emanuel Braga Tavares, Cape Verdean Cultural activist and poet
- Eugénio Tavares, Cape Verdean writer
- Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel
- Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer
- Miguel Sousa Tavares, Portuguese journalist and writer
- Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
- Stafford Tavares, United States cryptographer
- Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Portuguese writer and journalist
Sports
- André Luiz Tavares, Brazilian footballer
- Brad Tavares, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer
- Diogo Tavares, Portuguese footballer
- Jimmy Tavares, French figure skater and actor
- John Tavares (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Tavares (lacrosse player),Canadian lacrosse player
- Marco Morales Magno Tavares, Brazilian footballer
- Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager
- Mickaël Tavares, French footballer
- Mikoyam Tavares, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
- Thiago Tavares, Brazilian martial arts fighter
- Stopira, real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer
Places
- Brazil
- Jamaica
- Tavares Gardens, Kingston
- Portugal
- United States
Other