Rivas

Rivas may refer to:

Places
  • Rivas, Nicaragua, a city and municipality
  • Rivas (department), Nicaragua
  • Rivas, Loire, France, a commune
  • Rivas, Costa Rica, a hamlet
People
  • Adonis Rivas (born 1972), Nicaraguan boxer and former WBO Super Flyweight and Flyweight world champion
  • Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900-1931), Mexican feminist and writer
  • Antonio Rivas Mercado (1853-1927), Mexican architect
  • Avimiled Rivas (born 1984), Colombian footballer
  • Betsi Rivas (born 1986), Venezuelan weightlifter
  • Carlos Rivas (disambiguation)
  • Daniel Louis Rivas (born 1977), American actor
  • David Rivas (born 1978), Spanish footballer
  • Diego Rivas (born 1980), Spanish footballer
  • Emanuel Benito Rivas (born 1983), Argentine footballer
  • Francisco Rivas Almada, Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce
  • José Arturo Rivas (born 1984), Mexican footballer
  • José María Rivas (born 1958), El Salvadorian footballer
  • Lázaro Rivas (born 1975), Cuban former Greco-Roman wrestler and 2000 Olympic silver medalist
  • Llimy Rivas (born 1968), Colombian retired hurdler
  • Nelson Rivas (born 1983), Colombian footballer
  • Óscar Rivas (born 1987), Colombian boxer
  • Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua from 1855 to 1857 as a puppet of William Walker
  • Ramón Rivas (born 1966), Puerto Rican former basketball player
  • Stalin Rivas (born 1971), Venezuelan retired footballer
  • Thaimara Rivas (born 1982), Venezuelan heptathlete
  • Willy Rivas (born 1985), Peruvian footballer
Battles
  • First Battle of Rivas (June 29, 1855), between the Nicaraguan army and rebel forces under William Walker
  • Second Battle of Rivas (April 11, 1856), between the Costa Rican militia under General Mora and the Nicaraguan forces of William Walker

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