Avilés (surname)

Avilés is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alicia Avilés, educator and community leader in Costa Rica
• Caleb Avilés, former member of the boy band MDO
• Gabriel de Avilés, 2nd Marquis of Avilés (c. 1735 – 1810), governor of Chile, viceroy of Río de la Plata, and viceroy of Peru
• Lucho Avilés (1938–2019), Uruguayan-born Argentine journalist and television presenter
• Luis Avilés (born 1990), Argentine professional footballer
• Óscar Avilés (1924–2014), Peruvian musician
• Pedro Avilés (born 1956), Spanish writer
• Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), first governor of Spanish Florida & governor of colonial Cuba
• Ramón Avilés (1952–2020), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Raúl Avilés (born 1964), Ecuadorian footballer
• René Avilés Fabila (1940–2016), Mexican writer
• Tomás Avilés (born 2004), Argentine professional footballer