Tavares (surname)

Tavares (European Portuguese: [taˈvaɾɨʃ], Brazilian Portuguese: [taˈvaɾiʃ, -ɾis]) 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 (born 1949), São Toméan politician
• António Raposo Tavares (1598–1658), Portuguese explorer and bandeirante
• Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos (1839–1875), Brazilian politician, writer and journalist
• Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general
• Carlos Tavares (born 1958), Portuguese businessman
• Charmaine Tavares (born 1943), American politician
• Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer
• Daniel Tavares (born 1966), American serial killer
• Gonçalo M. Tavares (born 1970), Portuguese writer
• Eugénio Tavares (1867–1930), Cape Verdean writer
• Fernanda Tavares (born 1980), Brazilian supermodel
• Freddie Tavares (1913–1990), 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 (1930–2024), Portuguese-Brazilian economist
• Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 1952), Portuguese journalist and writer
• Patrícia Tavares (born 1977), Portuguese actress
• Rui Tavares (born 1972), Portuguese politician
• Stafford Tavares, Canadian cryptographer
• Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model
• Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013), Portuguese writer and journalist

Sports

• André Luiz Tavares (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
• Brad Tavares (born 1987), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer
• Diogo Tavares (born 1987), Portuguese footballer
• D'Jamila Tavares (born 1994), São Tomé and Príncipe runner
• Jimmy Tavares (born 1984), French figure skater and actor
• John Tavares (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• John Tavares (lacrosse) (born 1968),Canadian lacrosse player
• Marcos Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
• Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager
• Mickaël Tavares (born 1982), Senegalese footballer
• Mikoyam Tavares (born 1981), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
• Nuno Tavares (born 2000), Portuguese footballer
• Stopira (born 1988), real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer basketball player
• Thiago Tavares (born 1984), Brazilian martial arts fighter
• Tony Tavares, American sports executive
• Walter Tavares (born 1992), Cape Verdean basketball player