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, Colombian marine biologist * Avelino Chaves (1931–2021), Spanish footballer *

Bartolomeu Chaves Bartolomeu da Silva Chaves (born 20 March 2001) is a Brazilian T37 Paralympic sprint runner. Career In May 2024, he competed at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships and won a gold medal in the 400 metres T37 event. He then represented ...

(b. 2001), Brazilian para-athlete *

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 (b. 1959), Brazilian chess player *

Louis Chaves Louis Ralph Chaves (born 1943), also known as Louis Chavez or Louis Notclay, is a Dominican-born American serial killer who murdered a couple in El Monte, California, in 1968, and later a police officer in Hayward, California, Hayward in 1987. ...

(born 1943), American serial killer *

Manuel Chaves González Manuel Chaves González (born 7 July 1945) 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' Party (PSO ...

(b. 1945), a Spanish politician *

Manuel Chaves Nogales Manuel Chaves Nogales (Seville, Spain 7th August 1897 – 8th May, 1944 in London) was a Spanish journalist and writer. Politically he was a moderate left-wing republican democrat who defined himself as "antifascist and antirevolutionary". As such, ...

(c. 1897–1945), a Spanish journalist and writer. *

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 * Maria Amélia Chaves (1911–2017), Portuguese civil engineer *

Michael Chaves Michael Chaves (born November 3, 1978) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing the horror films '' The Curse of La Llorona'' (2019), '' The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'' (2021), and '' The Nun ...

, 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 politician and economist who is the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since 2022. He was previously Ministry of Finance (Costa Rica), Minister of Finance from ...

(b. 1961), president of Costa Rica *

Vaimalama Chaves Vaimalama Chaves (born 3 December 1994) is a French singer, beauty pageant titleholder, and model who was crowned Miss France 2019. Chaves had previously won Miss Tahiti 2018 and became the fourth representative from French Polynesia to win the ...

(b. 1994), French model and beauty pageant titleholder

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Chaves, Portugal Chaves (), officially the City of Chaves (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in the north of Portugal. It is 10 km south of the Portugal-Spain border, Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín (Spain). The population of the entire ...

, 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 and to the microregion o ...

, a municipality in Brazil *

Chaves County, New Mexico Chaves County is a county in New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,157. 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'' ("The Kid/The Boy", Spanish also meaning " cent"), also known as ''El Chavo del Ocho'' ("The Kid/Boy from Number Eight") during its earliest episodes, is a Mexican television sitcom series created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Che ...

'', television show known as "Chaves" in Brazil and Portugal. * G.D. Chaves, an association football club from Portugal

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