Luis Álvarez facts for kids

Luis Álvarez or Luis Alvarez may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Writers

• Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born 1957), Dominican writer, artist, filmmaker, and engineer; professionally known as Arambilet
• Carlos Luis Álvarez (1928–2006), better known by his pseudonym Candido, was a Spanish writer and journalist
• Luis Álvarez Piñer (1910–1999), Spanish poet and essayist
• Luis Álvarez Hernandez (born 1978), Spanish journalist and photographer
• José Luis Álvarez Enparantza (1929–2012), better known by his pseudonym Txillardegi, Basque linguist, politician, and writer

Fictional characters

• José Luis Álvarez, character played by Puerto Rican actor Luis Roberto Guzmán in the Mexican TV sitcom Lo que la vida me robó

Fine arts

• José Luis Álvarez (1917–2012), Guatemalan painter
• Luis Álvarez Catalá (1836–1901), Spanish painter
• Luis Álvarez Urquieta (born 1877), Chilean art historian and collector

Performing arts

• Luis Álvarez , vocalist and guitarist with the Mexican urban rock band, El Haragán y Compañía
• Luis Álvarez Torres (1913–1995), leading Peruvian actor

Government and public service

• José Luis Álvarez y Álvarez (born 1930), Spanish politician, notary (lawyer) and former mayor of Madrid
• José Luis Álvarez Blanco (born 1949), member of the People's Party of Galicia and mayor of Pantón, Spain
• José Luis Álvarez Martínez (born 1968), Mexican politician
• Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (1925-2016), President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986
• Luis Héctor Álvarez (1919–2016), Mexican politician and industrialist
• Luis Echeverría Álvarez (born 1922), president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976

Military

• Luis Álvarez (Argentine military) , Argentine military officer from the Argentine Civil War of the 19th century
• Luis Alvarez (Dominican hero) , Dominican hero of War of Independence in the Battle of Azua

Natural science and medicine

• Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Luis Fernández Álvarez (1853–1937), physician and grandfather of Luis Walter Alvarez
• Luis Álvarez-Gaumé (b. 1955), Spanish theoretical physicist specializing in string theory and quantum gravity

In sports

• José Luis Álvarez (born 1969), Spanish fencer
• José Luis Álvarez , Spanish taekwondo competitor (late 1980s — early 1990s)
• José Luis Álvarez "Rocky" (born 1954), former Spanish boxer
• Jesús Luis Álvarez de Eulate Güergue (born 1970), commonly known as Koldo, former Andorran soccer player
• Luis Antonio Álvarez Murillo (born 1991), Mexican archer, also known as El Abuelo
• Luis Álvarez Gómez (born 1959), former Spanish volleyball athlete
• Luis Álvarez de Cervera (born 1947), Spanish equestrian
• Luis Enrique Álvarez (born 1990), Peruvian soccer player
• Luis Hernán Álvarez (1938–1991), Chilean soccer player
• Luis Roberto Álvarez (born 1982), Spanish cyclist
• Luis Manuel Alvarez Saldaña (born 1955), former Spanish basketball player

Other uses

• Luis Álvarez Renta (born 1950), Dominican economist
• José Luis Álvarez Santacristina (born 1954), convicted former member of the ETA, an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization

See also

In Spanish: Luis Álvarez para niños

• Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker, American documentary filmmakers
• Alvarez (disambiguation)
• Álvarez (surname)