Avelar (surname)

Avelar is a Portuguese municipality.

Avelar or Avellar is also a Latin-root, often Portuguese, given name and surname.

Notable people

Avelar surname

• André do Avelar (c. 1546), a Portuguese astronomer
• António Avelar de Pinho (b.1947), a Portuguese writer and songwriter
• Carlos Avelar (b.1954), an American politician
• Dagmara Avelar, an Ecuatorian-American politician
• Danilo Avelar (b.1989), a Brazilian professional footballer
• Félix de Avelar Brotero (1744 – 1828), a Portuguese botanist
• Frank Avelar (b.1969), a Salvadoran professional boxer
• Idelber Avelar (b.1968), a Brazilian literary scholar
• Jose Antonio Rodríguez Avelar (1958 – 2025), a Mexican professional boxer
• José Cândido da Silveira Avelar (1843 – 1905), a Portuguese historian
• José de Avelar Rebelo (c. 1600 – 1657), a Portuguese painter
• José Ricardo Avelar (b.1998), a Brazilian professional footballer
• Karla Avelar (b.1978), a Salvadoran transgender rights activist
• Miguel González Avelar (1937 – 2011), a Mexican politician
• Socorro Avelar (1925 – 2003), a Mexican actress

Avelar given name

• Avelar Brandão Vilela (1912 – 1986), a Brazilian Cardinal

Avellar surname

• Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar (1917 – 2009), a Brazilian bishop
• José Carlos Avellar (1936 – 2016), a Brazilian film critic
• Luiz Avellar (b.1956), a Brazilian piano player
• Murílio de Avellar Hingel (1933 – 2023), a Brazilian geographer and politician
• Riquelme Avellar (b.2006), a Brazilian professional footballer

See also

• Avella (disambiguation)
  • Avella, a town in southern Italy
• Corylus avellana, the common hazel