Álvares
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Template:Sister project Álvares (sometimes Alvares), a Portuguese and Galician surname,[1] originally a patronymic meaning Son of Álvaro,[2] is the name of:
- Ana Ida Alvares (born 1965), Brazilian volleyball player
- Christiaan Hermanus Cornelis Alvares (1901–1994), Surinamese musician
- Francisco Álvares (1465–1541), Portuguese missionary and explorer
- João Álvares Fagundes (active in 1521), Portuguese explorer
- Jorge Álvares (died 1521), Portuguese explorer
- Mara Alvares (born 1948), Brazilian artist
- Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), Portuguese general and constable of Portugal
- Pedro Álvares Cabral (about 1467 – about 1520), Portuguese navigator and explorer, discoverer of Brazil
See also
- Alvarez (disambiguation), The anglicization of Álvarez
- Álvarez (surname), the Spanish variant of the surname
References
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- ↑ Origin of Álvares in a Portuguese genealogical site
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". For the etymology of the surname Álvares this web page cites: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN.