Ávila (surname)

Ávila or Avila (variants include de Ávila or de Avila, D'Ávila or D'Avila, Dávila, "Davila" or Abila) is a Spanish or Galician surname, originally de Ávila (who comes from the city of Ávila).

Notable people with the surname include:

(Alphabetical by surname)

• Fidel Dávila Arrondo (born 1878), Spanish army officer
• Alex Avila (born 1987), American baseball player Detroit Tigers
• Andrea Ávila (born 1970), Argentine long and triple jumper
• Artur Avila (born 1979), Brazilian mathematician
• Bobby Ávila (1924-2004), American baseball player
• Bonifacio Ávila (born 1950), Colombian boxer
• Charles F. Avila (1906-2000), American electrical engineer
• Eva Avila (born 1987), Canadian singer
• Gustavo Ávila (born 1938), Venezuelan jockey
• Héctor Ávila (born 1972), Dominican Republic boxer
• John Avila, American bassist from Oingo Boingo
• Lixion Avila (born 1950), American weather forecaster
• Ricardo Ávila (born 1997), Panamanian footballer
• Rodrigo Ávila (born 1964), Salvadoran politician
• Rudolph B. Davila (1916-2002), American Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II
• Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), Roman Catholic saint, 16th Century mystic
• Sergio Avila (born 1985), former Mexican footballer
• Yiye Ávila (1925–2013), Puerto Rican evangelist
• Sandra Ávila Beltrán (born 16 October 1960), one of the first female drug traffickers to reach the level of "Boss" in the Mexican cartels and one of the inspirations for the novel Queen of the South and its spinoff television series
• Adolfo Dávila (born 1965), Mexican filmmaker
• Alberto Davila (born c. 1960), Mexican-American boxer
• Alexandru Davila (1862-1929), Romanian dramatist, diplomat, public administrator, and memoirist, son of Carol Davila
• Carol Davila (1828–1884), Romanian physician, physicist and general of French origin
• Carlos Dávila (born 1887), Chilean statesman
• Carlos Dávila (chess player) (born 1971), Nicaraguan chess master
• Carlos Lage Dávila (born 1951), Cuban politician
• Desiree Davila, (b. 1983) American Olympic marathoner
• Enrico Caterino Davila (born 1576), Italian historian
• Guillermo Dávila (born 1955), Venezuelan actor and singer
• Joaquín Dávila, managing director of the Carlyle Group
• José Antonio Dávila (born 1898), Puerto Rican poet
• Luis Davila (disambiguation), several people
• Miguel R. Dávila (1856-1927), President of Honduras
• Mónica Farro Dávila (born 1976), Uruguayan theatrical supervedette, actress and dancer
• Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994), Colombian political writer,
• Nick Davila (born 1985), American football player
• Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) (born 1440), colonial administrator
• Pedro Ortiz Dávila ("Davilita") (born 1912), Puerto Rican singer
• Robert R. Davila (born 1932), American advocate for the deaf, Assistant Secretary of Education, and President of Gallaudet University
• Ulises Dávila (born 1991), Mexican association football player
• Virgilio Dávila (1869–1943), Puerto Rican poet, educator, politician and businessman
• Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966), Equatoguinean writer