Aguilar (surname)

Aguilar is a Spanish surname of Galician origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballer
• Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Amalia Aguilar (born 1924), Cuban and Mexican film actress and dancer in the 1940s and 1950s
• Annette A. Aguilar (born 1957), American percussionist, bandleader, and educator
• Antonio Aguilar Barraza (1919–2007), Mexican singer
• Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (1942), Ecuadorian writer
• António Maria de Aguilar (born 1978), Portuguese rugby player
• Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar (1699–1759), Spanish Marrano
• Carlene Aguilar (born 1982), Filipino actress and former beauty queen
• Carlos Aguilar (born 1988), American soccer player
• Christina Aguilar (born 1966), Thai pop singer
• Edwin Aguilar (born 1985), Panamanian footballer
• Elisa Aguilar (born 1976), Spanish women's basketball player
• Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar
• Eugenio Aguilar (1804–1879), President of El Salvador 1846–1848
• Felipe Aguilar (born 1974), Chilean golfer
• Francisco de Aguilar (conquistador) (1479–c. 1571), Spanish conquistador and later Dominican friar
• Francisco de Aguilar (politician) (19th century), Acting President of Honduras 1855–1856
• Francisco Javier Aguilar García (born 1949), Spanish footballer
• Florencio Flores Aguilar (contemporary), military ruler of Panama 1981–1982
• Freddie Aguilar (contemporary), Filipino Pinoy rock musician
• Gabriel Aguilar (born 1987), Bolivian footballer
• Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489–c. 1531), 16th-century Spanish conquistador and translator for Hernán Cortés
• Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist
• Japeth Aguilar (born 1987), a Filipino basketball player
• Jessica Aguilar (born 1982), Mexican American mixed martial artist
• Joel Aguilar (born 1975), Salvadoran football referee
• Jorge Aguilar (born 1985), Chilean tennis player
• José Aguilar (disambiguation)
• Josefina Aguilar (contemporary), Mexican folk artist
• Juan Fernando López Aguilar (born 1961), Spanish politician and government minister
• Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar (1583–1641), Spanish poet
• Luis Aguilar (born 1984), American soccer player
• Luis A. Aguilar (contemporary), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Macarena Aguilar (born 1985), Spanish handballer
• Manuel Aguilar (disambiguation)
• Mario Aguilar (disambiguation)
• Mila D. Aguilar (contemporary), Filipina poet and revolutionary
• Natasha Aguilar (born 1970), Costa Rican freestyle swimmer
• Pablo Aguilar (disambiguation)
• Paul Aguilar (born 1986), Mexican footballer
• José Pepe Aguilar (born 1968), Mexican singer
• Rafael Aguilar Talamantes (born 1940), Mexican politician
• Robert Peter Aguilar (born 1931), former U.S. federal judge
• Roberto Ivan Aguilar Gomez (contemporary), Bolivian politician
• Rose Aguilar (contemporary), Californian broadcaster and journalist
• Samuel Aguilar (1933–2013), Paraguayan footballer
• Slick Aguilar (born 1954), American guitarist

• Aguilar Family, early 20th century Native American potters from New Mexico