Rivero is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrés Rivero Agüero (1905 â 1996), Cuban politician and prime minister
- ÃÂngel Rivero Méndez (1856 â 1930), Puerto Rican soldier, writer, journalist and businessman
- Antonio Rivero Taravillo (1963 â 2025), Spanish writer and poet
- Armando Rivero (born 1988), Cuban baseball player
- Bernardo Rivero (1889 â 1965), Peruvian painter
- Calu Rivero (born 1987), Argentine model and actress
- Carlos Rivero (disambiguation)
- Claudia Rivera (born 1986), Peruvian badminton player
- Claudio Rivero (born 1985), Uruguayan footballer
- Cristian Rivero (born 1978), Peruvian television host and actor
- Dante Rivero (born 1946), Filipino actor
- Diego Rivero (born 1981), Argentine football midfielder
- Diosbert Rivero (born 2000), Venezuelan footballer
- Domingo Rivero (1852-1929), Spanish poet
- Edmundo Rivero (1911 - 1986), Argentine musician
- Felipe Rivero (born 1991), Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher
- Gabriela Rivero (born 1964), Mexican actress and singer
- Guillermo Rivero (1897âÂÂ1950), Peruvian footballer and manager
- Horacio Rivero, Jr. (1910 â 2000), the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy
- Ignacio Rivero (born 1992), Uruguayan footballer
- Inés Rivero (born 1975), Argentinian model
- Jasiel Rivero (born 1993), Cuban basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Jennifer RamÃÂrez Rivero (1978âÂÂ2018), Venezuelan model and businesswoman
- Jorge Rivero (born 1938), Mexican actor
- José Rivero (born 1955), Spanish professional golfer
- José Ignacio Rivero (1920 â 2011), Cuban exile and journalist
- Juan A. Rivero (1923 â 2014), Puerto Rican biologist
- Juncal Rivero (born 1966), Spanish beauty queen, model and actress
- Lovely Rivero (born 1969), Filipino actress
- MartÃÂn Rivero (born 1989), Argentine footballer
- Mirtha Rivero (born 1956), Venezuelan journalist and writer
- Octavio Rivero (born 1992), Uruguayan footballer
- Paulino Rivero (born 1952), Spanish politician
- Quique Rivero (born 1992), Spanish footballer
- Ramón Rivero (1909 â 1956), Puerto Rican comedian, actor, and composer
- Raúl Rivero (1945 â 2021), Cuban poet, journalist, and dissident
- Ricci Rivero (born 1998), Filipino basketball player
- Rolando Rivero (born 1944), Mexican politician
- Ronald Rivero (born 1980), Bolivian footballer
- Sebastián Rivero (born 1998), Venezuelan baseball player
- Toni Rivero (born 1988), taekwondo Olympian from the Philippines
- Viviana Rivero (born 1966), Argentine writer