Luis Álvarez

Luis Álvarez or Luis Alvarez may refer to:

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 de Lugo (born 1923), Venezuelan painter and sculptor
• 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 (es)
• Luis Álvarez Torres (es) (1913–1995), leading Peruvian actor

• 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 elected mayor of Pantón, Spain, in 2007 and 2011
• José Luis Álvarez Martínez (born 1968), Mexican politician
• Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (born 1925), 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

• Luis Álvarez (Argentine military) (es), Argentine military officer from the Argentine Civil War of the 18th century
• Luis Alvarez (Dominican hero) (es), Dominican hero of War of Independence in the Battle of Azua

• 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 (de), Spanish theoretical physicist specializing in string theory and quantum gravity

• 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

• 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