Alva - People

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