Ávalos

Ávalos is a Spanish surname or part of a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Cristiano Ávalos dos Passos (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
• Enrique Tovar Ávalos, Mexican film director
• Fernando Horácio Ávalos (born 1978), Argentine footballer
• John Avalos (born 1964), American politician
• Johnny Avalos (born 1986), American serial killer
• Jorge Ramos Ávalos (born 1958), Mexican-American journalist and author
• José Vicente Rangel Ávalos, the mayor of Sucre Municipality in Venezuela
• Juan de Ávalos (1911–2006), Spanish sculptor
• Luis Ávalos (1946–2014), Cuban actor
• Víctor Hugo Ávalos (1971–2009), Paraguayan footballer

The d'Ávalos were prominent in Renaissance Italy :

• Fernando d'Avalos (1489–1525), 5th Marquess of Pescara, won the Battle of Pavia
• Alfonso d'Avalos (1502–1546), Italian condottiero and 6th Marquess of Pescara
• Francesco Ferdinando d'Ávalos (1530–1571), 7th Marquess of Pescara

See also

• House of Ávalos, Italian aristocratic family of Spanish origin