Famous People with Name Alvarez

Sandra Edith Torres Alvarez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Sandra Edith Torres Alvarez: a marathon runner from Argentina. She is a four-time winner of the Buenos Aires Marathon in her native country (1999, 2001 and 2006) and represented Argentina in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Juan Cruz Álvarez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Juan Cruz Álvarez: a race car driver.Álvarez was the World Series Light champion in 2003, driving for the Meycom team. He moved up to the World Series by Nissan for 2004. In 2005 he drove in the inaugural GP2 Series season for Campos Racing, scoring 4.5 points overall.He was not retained for 2006, and did not race during this year. For 2007 he moved back to Argentina, competing in the Top Race V6 championship. He continues in the series for 2008. He has also driven in one race of the TC 2000 series, in 2007.

Mario Roberto Álvarez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Mario Roberto Álvarez: a prominent Argentine architect.Álvarez was born in Buenos Aires in 1913. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires School of Arquitecture in 1932, and graduated with Gold Medal honors in 1936. His first design was that of the private San Martín Medical Group's new hospital (in San Martín, a western suburb of Buenos Aires), in 1937. The award of an Ader Scholarship in 1938 by his alma mater's School of Exact Sciences allowed Álvarez to study and work in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, during which time he gained experience collaborating on various public housing and public hospital projects.

Francisco Álvarez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Francisco Álvarez: was an Argentine film and theatre actor of the classic era of Argentine cinema.Entering film in 1937 he appeared in 54 films between then and his death in 1960, appearing in films such as Al marido hay que seguirlo with Mapy Cortés and Pedro Quartucci in 1948.

Carlos Alberto "Chacho" Álvarez            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Carlos Alberto "Chacho" Álvarez: is an Argentine politician; he was Vice-President of Argentina during part of President Fernando de la Rúa's mandate, and currently heads the Mercosur Secretariat.Álvarez finished his degree in history at Buenos Aires University. He was an assessor at the Regional Economies Commission of the National Senate from 1983 to 1989. That year he was elected as National Deputy for the Justicialist Party, but he split from the party shortly afterwards because of disagreements with President Carlos Menem, creating an independent block known as The Group of the Eight.