Ávila (surname)

Ávila or Avila is a Spanish language surname. Sometimes the variants de Ávila or de Avila, D'Ávila or D'Avila, Dávila.

Davila is actually a Galician surname, originally da Vila (who cames from the town).

It may refer to:

• Adolfo Dávila (born 1965), Mexican filmmaker
• Alberto Davila (born c. 1960), Mexican-American boxer
• Alex Avila, American baseball player Detroit Tigers
• Alexandru Davila (born 1862), Romanian dramatist, diplomat, public administrator, and memoirist, son of Carol Davila
• Andrea Ávila, Argentine long and triple jumper
• Artur Ávila, Brazilian mathematician
• Bobby Ávila, American baseball player
• Bonifacio Ávila, Colombian boxer
• Carlos Dávila (born 1887), Chilean statesman
• Carlos Lage Dávila (born 1951), Cuban politician
• Carol Davila (1828–1884), Romanian physician, physicist and general of French origin
• Charles F. Avila, American electrical engineer
• Desiree Davila, (b. 1983) American Olympic marathoner
• Enrico Caterino Davila (born 1576), Italian historian
• Eva Avila, Canadian singer
• Fidel Dávila Arrondo (born 1878), Spanish army officer
• Gabriel Ávila (1991) Panamanian footballer
• Guillermo Dávila (born 1955), Venezuelan actor and singer
• Gustavo Ávila, Venezuelan jockey
• Héctor Ávila, Dominican Republic boxer
• Joaquin Avila, managing director of the Carlyle Group
• John Avila, American bassist from Oingo Boingo
• José Antonio Dávila (born 1898), Puerto Rican poet
• Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Equatoguinean writer
• Leonardo Avila (1981) American IT programmer
• Lixion Avila, American weather forecaster
• Luis Davila (disambiguation), several people
• Miguel R. Dávila, President of Honduras
• Mónica Farro Dávila (born 1976), Uruguayan theatrical supervedette, actress and dancer
• Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994), Colombian political writer,
• Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) (born 1440), colonial administrator
• Pedro Ortiz Davila ("Davilita") (born 1912), Puerto Rican singer
• Robert R. Davila American advocate for the deaf, Assistant Secretary of Education, and President of Gallaudet University
• Rodrigo Ávila, Salvadoran politician
• Rudolph B. Davila, American Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II
• Saint Teresa of Ávila, Roman Catholic saint, 16th Century mystic
• Ulises Dávila (born 1991), Mexican association football player
• Virgilio Dávila (1869–1943), Puerto Rican poet, educator, politician and businessman
• Yiye Ávila (1925–2013), Puerto-Rican evangelist

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