Ávila (surname)
Ávila or Avila (variants include de Ávila or de Avila, D'Ávila or D'Avila, Dávila and "Davila") is a Spanish or Galician surname, originally de Ávila (who comes from the city of Ávila).
It may refer to:
- Adolfo Dávila (born 1965), Mexican filmmaker
- Alberto Davila (born c. 1960), Mexican-American boxer
- Alex Avila, American baseball player Detroit Tigers
- Alexandru Davila (1862-1929), Romanian dramatist, diplomat, public administrator, and memoirist, son of Carol Davila
- Andrea Ávila, Argentine long and triple jumper
- Artur Avila, Brazilian mathematician
- Bobby Ávila, American baseball player
- Bonifacio Ávila, Colombian boxer
- Carlos Dávila (born 1887), Chilean statesman
- Carlos Lage Dávila (born 1951), Cuban politician
- Carol Davila (1828–1884), Romanian physician, physicist and general of French origin
- Charles F. Avila, American electrical engineer
- Desiree Davila, (b. 1983) American Olympic marathoner
- Enrico Caterino Davila (born 1576), Italian historian
- Eva Avila, Canadian singer
- Fidel Dávila Arrondo (born 1878), Spanish army officer
- Guillermo Dávila (born 1955), Venezuelan actor and singer
- Gustavo Ávila, Venezuelan jockey
- Héctor Ávila, Dominican Republic boxer
- Joaquin Avila, managing director of the Carlyle Group
- John Avila, American bassist from Oingo Boingo
- José Antonio Dávila (born 1898), Puerto Rican poet
- Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, Equatoguinean writer
- Lixion Avila, American weather forecaster
- Luis Davila (disambiguation), several people
- Miguel R. Dávila, President of Honduras
- Mónica Farro Dávila (born 1976), Uruguayan theatrical supervedette, actress and dancer
- Nick Davila, American football player
- Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913–1994), Colombian political writer,
- Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) (born 1440), colonial administrator
- Pedro Ortiz Davila ("Davilita") (born 1912), Puerto Rican singer
- Robert R. Davila American advocate for the deaf, Assistant Secretary of Education, and President of Gallaudet University
- Rodrigo Ávila, Salvadoran politician
- Rudolph B. Davila, American Medal of Honor Recipient, World War II
- Saint Teresa of Ávila, Roman Catholic saint, 16th Century mystic
- Ulises Dávila (born 1991), Mexican association football player
- Virgilio Dávila (1869–1943), Puerto Rican poet, educator, politician and businessman
- Yiye Ávila (1925–2013), Puerto-Rican evangelist
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