TAVARES

'Tavares' may refer to several things:

Contents

Surname

Places

Other

Surname

'Tavares' is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a Toponym. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:

★ Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição, politician of São Tomé and Principe.

★ Antero Tavares de Carvalho, Portuguese governor of Angola.

★ Aurélio de Lyra Tavares, Brazilian general.

★ Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, Brazilian footballer.

★ Charmaine Tavares, Current mayor of Maui, HI

★ Gonçalo M. Tavares, Portuguese-angolan fiction writer.

★ Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, American musician and composer.

★ Hannibal Tavares Mayor of Maui, HI for the late 1980s and early 1990s

★ Eugénio Tavares, Cape Verdean writer.

★ Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel.

★ Jimmy Tavares, French figure skater and actor.

★ John Tavares, professional box lacrosse player.

★ John Tavares, junior ice hockey player.

★ Manuel José Tavares Fernandes, Portuguese footballer and manager.

★ Manuel Tavares Espaillat, politician from the Dominican Republic.

★ Miguel Sousa Tavares, best-selling Portuguese novelist.

★ Rui Tavares, Portuguese historian and writer.

★ Tatiana Tavares, Belgian model.

★ Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, Portuguese writer and journalist.

Places

★ Tavares, Paraíba, Brazil.

★ Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

★ Tavares, Florida, United States.

★ Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railroad, Tavares, Florida, United States.

★ Rodovia Raposo Tavares, the longest highway in São Paulo, Brazil.

★ Travanca de Tavares, Mangualde, Portugal.

★ Chãs de Tavares, Mangualde, Portugal.

★ Várzea de Tavares, Mangualde, Portugal.

★ Tavares Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica.

Other

★ Tavares, an American soul music group.

★ A soil type.