Calvo (surname)

This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Calvo (disambiguation).

Calvo is a Spanish, Italian and Sephardic ^[1] surname, meaning bald, which was first used during the Middle Ages. It may refer to:

Art

• Carmen Calvo (artist), Spanish conceptual artist
• Edmond-François Calvo, French comics artist
• Matilde Calvo Rodero, Spanish printmaker and bookbinder
• Pilar Calvo Rodero, Spanish sculptor, costume designer, and set designer

Cinema

• A.D. Calvo, Argentine film producer
• Armando Calvo, Spanish film actor
• Juan Calvo (actor), Spanish film actor
• José Calvo, Spanish film actor
• Pablito Calvo, Spanish child actor

Literature

• Agustín García Calvo, Spanish writer
• Bonifaci Calvo, Genoese troubadour
• Cesar Calvo, Peruvian writer
• César Calvo de Araujo, Peruvian writer and painter
• Emanuel Calvo, Italian poet and physician
• Javier Calvo (writer), Spanish writer
• Pedro Calvo Asensio, Spanish playwright
• Sabrina Calvo (born David), French writer

Politics

• Bartolomé Calvo, Colombian politician
• Carmen Calvo Poyato, Spanish politician
• Horace L. Calvo, American politician and jurist
• Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales, Costa Rican politician
• José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician
• Kristof Calvo, Belgian politician
• Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician
• Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar, Bolivian politician
• Martín Calvo Encalada, Chilean politician
• Pilar Calvo (born 1963), Catalan politician

Sports

• Alex Calvo García, Spanish football player
• Carlos Calvo Sobrado, Spanish football player
• Daniel Calvo Panizo, Spanish football player
• Diego Calvo, Costa Rican footballer
• Dionisio Calvo, Filipino basketball player
• Eugenio Baena Calvo (1953–2025), Colombian sports journalist
• Francisco Calvo, Costa Rican football player
• Gabriel Calvo (1955–2021), Spanish gymnast
• Jack Calvo, Cuban baseball player
• Javier Arley Reina Calvo, Colombian football player
• José Antonio García Calvo, Spanish football player
• José María Calvo, Argentine football player
• Juan Carlos Calvo, Uruguayan football player
• Luis Darío Calvo, Argentine football player
• Michael Calvo, Cuban triple jumper
• Miguel Palencia Calvo, Spanish football player
• Ricardo Calvo, Spanish chess player
• Toni Calvo, Spanish football player

Others

• Adriana Calvo (1947–2010), Argentine physicist and activist
• Adrianne Calvo, American chef
• Carlos Calvo (historian), Argentine historian
• Daniel Calvo (judge), Chilean judge
• Fortuna Calvo-Roth, American journalist
• Guillermo Calvo, Argentine-American economist
• Maria Rosa Calvo-Manzano, Spanish harp professor
• Marta Calvo (1994–2019), Spanish murder victim
• Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877–1944), music critic and musicologist
• Pedro Calvo, Cuban singer
• Rafael Calvo Serer, Spanish professor
• Randolph Roque Calvo, American Roman Catholic bishop

References

1. List of 41,000 Sephardic Surnames extracted from books by Harry Stein