Rivas (surname)

Rivas is a surname of Spanish origin, likely derived from riba, an archaic term for the shore of a river.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Cándido Muatetema Rivas (1960–2014), Equatorial Guinea politician
• Francisco Rivas Almada, Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce
• Juan José González Rivas (born 1951), Spanish jurist and magistrate
• Luz Rivas (born 1974), American politician in California
• Martín Rivas Texeira (born 1969), Peruvian politician and lawyer
• Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (1922–2003), Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat and politician
• Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua from 1855 to 1857 as a puppet of William Walker
• Robert A. Rivas (born 1980), American politician in California

• Adonis Rivas (born 1972), Nicaraguan boxer and former WBO Super Flyweight and Flyweight world champion
• Óscar Rivas (born 1987), Colombian boxer

• Antonio Rivas (Spanish footballer) (born 1965), Spanish footballer and football manager
• Avimiled Rivas (born 1984), Colombian footballer
• David Rivas (born 1978), Spanish footballer
• Diego Rivas (footballer, born 1980), Spanish footballer
• Emanuel Rivas (born 1983), Argentine footballer
• Gelmin Rivas (born 1989), Venezuelan footballer
• Jesús Rivas (footballer) (born 2002), Mexican footballer
• Joaquín Rivas (born 1992), Salvadoran footballer
• José Alejandro Rivas (born 1998), Venezuelan footballer
• José Arturo Rivas (born 1984), Mexican footballer
• José María Rivas (1958–2016), Salvadorian footballer
• Martín Rivas (footballer, born 1977), Uruguayan footballer
• Nano Rivas (born 1980), Spanish footballer and football manager
• Nelson Rivas (born 1983), Colombian footballer
• Rigoberto Rivas (born 1998), Honduran footballer
• Sergio Rivas (born 1997), Mexican footballer
• Stalin Rivas (born 1971), Venezuelan footballer
• Ulíses Rivas (born 1996), Mexican footballer
• Willy Rivas (born 1985), Peruvian footballer

• Alfonso Rivas (born 1996), Mexican-American baseball player
• Betsi Rivas (born 1986), Venezuelan weightlifter
• Claudia Rivas (born 1989), Mexican triathlete
• Diego Rivas (fighter) (born 1991), UFC Fighter
• Garrett Rivas (born 1985), American gridiron football kicker
• Lázaro Rivas (1975–2013), Cuban former Greco-Roman wrestler and 2000 Olympic silver medalist
• Leo Rivas (born 1997), Venezuelan baseball player
• Llimy Rivas (born 1968), Colombian retired hurdler
• Pedro Rivas (1945–2007), Panamanian basketball player
• Ramón Rivas (born 1966), Puerto Rican former basketball player
• Thaimara Rivas (born 1982), Venezuelan heptathlete
• Vanessa Rivas (born 1996), Dominican swimmer
• Webster Rivas (born 1990), Dominican baseball player

• Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931), Mexican feminist and writer; daughter of Antonio
• Antonio Rivas Mercado (1853–1927), Mexican architect; father of Antonieta
• Carlos Rivas (disambiguation), multiple people
• Diogenes Rivas (born 1942), Venezuelan composer
• Érica Rivas (born 1974), Argentine actress
• Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer
• Idubina Rivas (born 1994), Salvadorian beauty pageant winner
• Manuel Rivas (born 1957), Galician writer, poet and journalist
• Manuel Rivas, Spanish trade unionist
• María Rivas (actress) (1931–2013), Spanish actress

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