Luis Álvarez
# Luis Álvarez

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 (es) (1928–2006), better known by his pseudonym Candido, was a Spanish writer and journalist
* Luis Álvarez Piñer (es) (1910–1999), Spanish poet and essayist
* Luis Álvarez Hernandez (es) (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 (es) (born 1877), Chilean art historian and collector

### Performing arts

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

## Government and public service

* José Luis Álvarez y Álvarez (es) (born 1930), Spanish politician, notary (lawyer) and former mayor of Madrid
* José Luis Álvarez Blanco (gl) (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) (es), Argentine military officer from the Argentine Civil War of the 19th century
* Luis Alvarez (Dominican hero) (es), 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 (es), Spanish taekwondo competitor (late 1980s — early 1990s)
* José Luis Álvarez "Rocky" (es) (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 (es) (born 1959), former Spanish volleyball athlete
* Luis Álvarez de Cervera (born 1947), Spanish equestrian
* Luis Enrique Álvarez (es) (born 1990), Peruvian soccer player
* Luis Hernán Álvarez (1938–1991), Chilean soccer player
* Luis Roberto Álvarez (de) (born 1982), Spanish cyclist
* Luis Manuel Alvarez Saldaña (es) (born 1955), former Spanish basketball player

## Other uses

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