Rivera (disambiguation)

Rivera is a surname of Spanish and Italian origin which was the old spelling of ribera, the Spanish word of “riverbank”. The name Rivera is a Northern Italian variation of the Southern (Sicily) Ribera name. Other forms of spellings:Riva, Riviere, Riba, just to name a few. Rivera is also a French surname

Individuals

By name

• Amairani Rivera (born 1994), Awesome Junior at Laverne High School
• Angelica Rivera
• Albert Rivera (born 1979), Catalan politician
• Alberto Rivera (1935–1997), anti-Catholic religious activist
• Alexis Rivera, football player
• Antonio Rivera (1963–2005), boxer
• Ariel Rivera, Filipino actor and singer
• Arturo Rivera (born 1945)
• Benjamín Rivera, voice actor
• Chita Rivera (born 1933), actress and dancer
• Danny Rivera (born 1945), singer
• David Rivera (born 1965), U.S. Representative, Florida
• Diego Rivera (1886–1957), Mexican muralist
• Eliu Rivera
• Erica Rivera (born 1988), American actress and singer
• Filiberto Rivera (born 1983), basketball player
• Frances Rivera news anchor at WHDH-TV
• Fructuoso Rivera (c. 1789–1854), Uruguayan politician
• Gabriel Rivera
• Geraldo Rivera (born 1943), journalist
• Gianni Rivera (born 1943), Italian football player
• Graciela Rivera (born 1921), singer
• Luis Antonio Rivera (born 1930), Puerto Rican television personality and comedian
• Lupillo Rivera (born 1972), Mexican banda singer
• Guillermo Rivera (born 1975), baseball player
• Ismael Rivera (1931–1987), composer and singer of salsa music
• Jake Rivera, music producer
• James Rivera, singer
• Jamie Rivera, Filipino musician
• Jenni Rivera, musician
• Jerry Rivera (born 1973), salsa singer
• Jim Rivera (born 1922), baseball player
• Joel Rivera (born 1978), politician
• Jorge Rivera (fighter), fighter
• Jorge Rivera (basketball) (born 1973), basketball player
• Jose Rivera (politician) (born 1936), politician
• Ariel Rivera (born 1966), actor, singer, songwriter
• José Rivera (playwright) (born 1955), playwright
• José Antonio Rivera (born 1973), boxer
• José Eustasio Rivera (1888-1928), Colombian writer
• José Rivera (volleyball), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Juan Rivera (baseball) (born 1978), baseball player
• Juan Rivera (explorer), 18th century Spanish explorer
• Leonor Rivera, lover of the Philippine national hero Jose Rizal
• Lionel Rivera, politician
• Luciano Rivera (1930–1988)
• Mailon Rivera, actor
• Marco Rivera (born 1972), NFL player
• Marian Rivera (born 1984), Filipino actress and commercial model
• Mariano Rivera (born 1969), New York Yankees baseball pitcher from Panama
• Marika Rivera (born 1919), actress
• Mark Rivera, musician
• Maura Rivera, Chilean ballerina
• Mike Rivera (baseball) (born 1976), baseball player
• Naomi Rivera, politician
• Naya Rivera, actress
• Oscar Rivera (born 1943)
• Pedro Ignacio Rivera (c. 1759–1833), Bolivian revolutionary
• Peter Rivera (born 1946), politician
• Prisilla Rivera (born 1986), Dominican Republic volleyball player
• René Rivera (born 1983), baseball player
• Robbie Rivera, Puerto Rican house music producer and DJ
• Ron Rivera (born 1962), NFL player
• Ron Rivera (public health) (1948–2008), American relief-worker
• Rubén Rivera (born 1973), baseball player
• Sandy Rivera, American record producer, House music DJ and label owner
• Saúl Rivera (born 1977), baseball player
• Scarlet Rivera, American violinist
• Sylvia Rivera, (1951–2002), transgender activist
• Temario Rivera, professor
• Teresa Rivera (born 1966), Mexican swimmer
• Tomás Rivera (1935–1984), Chicano author, poet, and educator
• Victor Rivera (volleyball) (born 1976), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Victor Rivera, professional wrestler

Variants

• Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez (born 1977), Spanish bullfighter
• José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician
• Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish dictator
• Mon Rivera, musician
• Norberto Rivera Carrera, Mexican cardinal
• Mon Rivera, musician
• Carlos Rivera (born 1986), singer
• Zuleyka Rivera (born 1987), Miss Universe 2006 from Puerto Rico
• Francisco Rivera Ordóñez (born 1974), Spanish bullfighter
• Alberto Rivera Pizarro, Spanish footballer
• Ingrid Rivera (born 1983), 2nd runner-up of Miss World 2005

In fiction

• Alicia Rivera, The Clique
• Eugene Rivera, Oz
• Franco Rivera, Rescue Me

Places

• Rivera Department, Uruguay

• Rivera, capital of that department

• Rivera, Huila, Colombia
• Rivera, Switzerland
• Pico Rivera, California
• Rivera, Buenos Aires, a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

See also

• Ribera (disambiguation)
• Riviera (disambiguation)
• Riva (disambiguation)