People
- A. Shanker Alva (born 1906), Indian politician and lawyer
- Bartolomé de Alva (born 1590s), Novohispanic mestizo secular priest and Nahuatl translator
- Jeevaraj Alva (died 2001), Indian politician
- Joachim Alva (1907-1979), Indian freedom fighter, journalist and politician
- K. Nagappa Alva (born 1908), Indian politician
- Leonel Mário d'Alva, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (1974-1975)
- Luigi Alva, Peruvian opera singer
- Margaret Alva (born 1942), first woman governor of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, daughter-in-law of Joachim Alva
- Piero Alva (born 1979), Peruvian footballer
- Ramón Alva de la Canal (1892-1985), Mexican painter and illustrator
- Tony Alva (born 1957), pioneering skateboarder
- founder of Alva Skates
- Violet Alva (1908-1969), Indian politician, wife of Joachim Alva
- Walter Alva (born 1951), Peruvian archaeologist
- Alva Adams (governor) (1850-1922), Governor of Colorado
- Alva B. Adams (1875-1941), U.S. Senator from Colorado, son of the governor
- Alva Baptiste, Saint Lucian politician
- Alva Belmont (1853-1933), American socialite and suffragette
- Alva Bradley (1884-1953), American businessman and baseball executive
- Alva Colquhuon (born 1942), Australian swimmer
- Alva Duer (1904-1987), American college basketball coach
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman
- Alva Clark Forney (1871-1956), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (1925-1927)
- Alva L. Hager (1850-1923), three-term U.S. Representative from Iowa
- Alva Johnston (1888–1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and biographer
- Alva Kelley (1918–1999), American collegiate football player and coach
- Alva M. Lumpkin (1886-1941), U.S. Senator from South Carolina for less than a month
- Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Alva Ross (died 2004), Jamaican politician
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