Tavares (surname)
Tavares is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this name is Tavarez. This surname was adopted by Sephardic Jews as well.Notable people with the surname
General
- Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição, São Toméan politician
- António Raposo Tavares, Portuguese explorer and bandeirante
- Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos, Brazilian politician, writer and journalist
- Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general
- Carlos Tavares, Portuguese businessman
- Charmaine Tavares, American politician
- Gonçalo M. Tavares, Portuguese writer
- Eugénio Tavares, Cape Verdean writer
- Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel
- Freddie Tavares, American musician and inventor
- Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, United States musician and composer
- Kibwe Tavares, British film maker and architect
- Miguel Sousa Tavares, Portuguese journalist and writer
- Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
- Rui Tavares, Portuguese politician
- Stafford Tavares, United States cryptographer
- Tatiana Silva Braga Tavares, Belgian model
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Portuguese writer and journalist
- Tavares Taylor, American rapper
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 , Canadian ice hockey player
- John Tavares ,Canadian lacrosse player
- Marcos Tavares, Brazilian footballer
- Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager
- Mickaël Tavares, Senegalese footballer
- Mikoyam Tavares, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
- Stopira, real name Ianique Santos Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer basketball player
- Thiago Tavares, Brazilian martial arts fighter
- Tony Tavares, American sports executive
- Walter Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player
