Tovar, usually preceded by the particle ''de'' (meaning ''from''), is a

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that was adopted in the Middle-Ages by a Castilian noble house that received the lordship of the village of Tovar from

Fernando III Ferdinand III ( es, Fernando, link=no; 1199/120130 May 1252), called the Saint (''el Santo''), was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of ...

. It has since spread to several

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and a few

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branches. The Tovar surname in the

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appears mainly as a toponymic derived from the many settlements of this name founded there by the

, and therefore does not share the same

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origin.

People

* Alonso Miguel de Tovar, a Spanish baroque painter *

César Tovar César Leonardo Tovar (July 3, 1940 – July 14, 1994), nicknamed "Pepito" and "Mr. Versatility", was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins (–), Philadelphia Phillies (), T ...

, a Venezuelan Major League Baseball player * Ezequiel Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player *

Fernando Sánchez de Tovar Fernando (or Fernán) Sánchez de Tovar, 1st Lord of Belves (died 1384) was a Castilian soldier and Admiral of the Middle Ages. Soldier of Castile Fernando Sánchez de Tovar was the '' Adelantado Mayor'' of Pedro of Castile at the start of th ...

, a medieval Spanish nobleman and admiral * Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar, 1st Viscount of Molelos, a Portuguese nobleman and general * Jorge Tovar, a Mexican sculptor * José de Guevara y Tovar, Spanish

viceroy of Navarre This is a list of Spanish Viceroys of Navarre from 1512 to 1840, when the function was abolished. *1512 : Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, marqués de Comares *1515 : Fadrique de Acuña, Conde de Buendía *1516 : Antonio Manrique de Lar ...

* Gustavo Tovar Arroyo, a Venezuelan poet *

Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga (in full, es, Don Juan Sancho de Tovar y Velasco, primer marqués de Berlanga, señor de la Casa y Estado de Tovar) ( – ) was a Spanish nobleman. Tovar was the second son of Íñigo Fernández ...

* Juan de Tovar y Toledo, a Spanish nobleman and military of the Reconquista *

Luis Felipe Tovar Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 2, 1959, in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor. He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba. He has been awa ...

, a Mexican actor *

Lupita Tovar Guadalupe Natalia Tovar (27 July 1910 – 12 November 2016), known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-born American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of '' Drácula'', filmed in Los Angeles b ...

, Mexican-American actress *

Manuel Felipe Tovar Manuel Felipe de Tovar (1 January 1803, in Caracas – 21 February 1866, in Paris) was the president of Venezuela from 1859–1861. Personal life Manuel Felipe de Tovar was married to Encarnación Rivas Pacheco, who served as First Lady of Venez ...

, President of Venezuela from 1859 to 1861 * Martín Tovar Ponte, a Venezuelan politician *

Martín Tovar y Tovar Martín Tovar y Tovar (10 February 1827 – 17 December 1902) was a Venezuelan painter, best known for his portraits and historical scenes. Biography Tovar was born and died in Caracas. His father, Antonio María Tovar (1791–1860), was a fo ...

, a Venezuelan painter * Miguel Ángel Tovar, a Venezuelan actor and fashion model *

Rigo Tovar Rigoberto Tovar García (March 29, 1946 – March 27, 2005), better known as Rigo Tovar, was a Mexican musician, singer and actor. Famous for his cumbias, Tovar infused traditional Mexican and Latin music with modern instruments like the electri ...

, a Mexican singer * Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, a Colombian paramilitar *

Vicente López Tovar Vicente López Tovar (1909–1998) was a Spanish soldier, politician and Spanish maquis, anti-Franco guerrilla fighter. He fought for the Spanish Republican, Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, for the French Resistance in World War II, and led ...

, a Republican soldier in the Spanish Civil War *

Virginia Tovar Martín Virginia Tovar Martín (1929–2013) was a Spanish art historian, author, and professor. She was a foremost scholar in the study of architecture and urban planning of Madrid during the Baroque period (c. 1600–1750). Tovar Martín was a Profes ...

, Spanish

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, author, and professor; foremost scholar in the study of architecture and urban planning of

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during the

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period. *

Sancho de Tovar Sancho de Tovar, 6th Lord of Cevico, Caracena and Boca de Huérgano (c. 1465–1547) was a Portuguese nobleman of Castilian birth, best known as a navigator and explorer during the Portuguese age of discoveries. He was the vice-admiral (''soto-capi ...

, a Castillian-born, Portuguese navigator and explorer * Sancho de Tovar e Silva, grandson of the former, a Portuguese nobleman and military

People

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