Chaves is a modern Portuguese and old Spanish word derived from Latin Flaviae (''Chávez'' in Spanish), and may refer to:

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Andia Chaves Fonnegra Andia Chaves Fonnegra is a Colombian marine biologist known for her research on the marine sponge ''Cliona delitrix.'' Education and career Fonnegra earned her bachelor's degree (2003) in marine biology from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and ...

, Colombian marine biologist *

Avelino Chaves Avelino Chaves Couto (26 January 1931 – 10 January 2021) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in Verín, Chaves played for Valladolid, Granada and Zaragoza. He was the top scorer in the Segunda División ...

(1931–2021), Spanish footballer *

Esteban Chaves Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (born 17 January 1990) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Born in Bogotá, Chaves has competed as a professional since the start of the 2012 season, having signed f ...

(b. 1990), Colombian cyclist * Joara Chaves (b. 1962), Brazilian chess player * Juca Chaves, Brazilian comedian *

Jussara Chaves Jussara Chaves (born 9 December 1959) is a Brazilian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1982). She is a four time Brazilian Women's Chess Champion (1976, 1981, 1982, 1989). She has represented Portugal sinc ...

(b. 1959), Brazilian chess player *

Manuel Chaves González Manuel Chaves González (born 7 July 1945 in Ceuta) is a Spanish politician who served as Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2009 to 2011 and Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain in 2011. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' ...

(b. 1945), a Spanish politician *

Manuel Antonio Chaves Manuel Antonio Chaves or Chávez (October 18, 1818? – January, 1889), known as ''El Leoncito'' (the little lion), was a soldier in the Mexican Army and then became a rancher who lived in New Mexico. His life was full of incident, and his courag ...

(c. 1818–1889), a New Mexican soldier and United States Civil War hero *

Michael Chaves Michael Chaves (born November 3, 1984) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist, best known for his work on the miniseries '' Chase Champion'' and the theatrical films ''The Curse of La Llorona'', '' The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me ...

, an American filmmaker *

Ñuflo de Chaves Ñuflo de Chaves or Ñuflo de Chávez (1518–1568) was a Spanish conquistador. He is best known for founding the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in (what is today) Bolivia. Early life Ñuflo de Chaves was born and grew up in the small Spanish ...

(1518–1568), a Spanish ''conquistador'' *

Orlando Chaves (disambiguation) Orlando Chaves may refer to: * Orlando Chaves (bishop) (1900–1981), Brazilian archbishop * Orlando Chaves (water polo) (born 1963), Brazilian water polo player * Orlando Chaves (weightlifter) (1921–1976), Guyanese weightlifter {{hndis, Cha ...

, multiple people *

Pedro Chaves Pedro António Matos Chaves (; born 27 February 1965) is a Portuguese racing driver. Chaves was the second Portuguese Formula Ford Champion, in 1986, starting an international career in 1987 in the British Formula Ford Championship. In 1990 ...

, former Formula One driver and Portuguese Rally Champion *

Rodrigo Chaves Robles Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles (; born 10 June 1961) is a Costa Rican economist and politician who has served as the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since May 2022. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 durin ...

(b. 1961), president of Costa Rica * Vaimalama Chaves (b. 1994), French model and beauty pageant titleholder

Places

* Chaves, Portugal, a city and municipality in the district of Vila Real *

Chaves, Pará Chaves is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 23,948 people. The area of the municipality is 13,084.879 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó Marajó () is a l ...

, a municipality in Brazil *

Chaves County, New Mexico Chaves County is a county in New Mexico, United States. As of the 2019 census, the population was 64,615. Its county seat is Roswell. Chaves County was named for Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, a military leader there during the Civil War and ...

, a county in the state of New Mexico

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El Chavo del Ocho ''El Chavo'' (English: ''The Kid''); — also known as ''El Chavo del Ocho'' (English: ''The Kid from number Eight'') during its earliest episodes —, is a Mexican television sitcom created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, produced by Televisa. It ...

'', television show * G.D. Chaves, an association football club from Portugal

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