Rovira (surname)
Rovira (Eastern Catalan: [ruˈβiɾə, roˈviɾə], Western Catalan: [roˈβiɾa, roˈviɾa]) is a surname of Catalan origin. It's derived from the Latin word robereda, "oak grove", meaning it's etimologically akin to another Catalan surname, Roureda. Variants of Rovira include Rovires, Robira, Ruvira, Rubires, Roïra and Ruyra, as well as the compound forms Roviralta, Roviro, Rovireta, Rovirola and Rubirosa.[1]
List of persons with the surname
- Antoni Rovira i Virgili (1882–1949), Spanish Catalan politician
- Antoni Rovira i Trias (1816–1889), Spanish Catalan architect
- Carlos Rovira (born 1956), Argentine politician
- Custodio García Rovira (1780–1816), Neogranadine general and statesman
- Francesc Rovira i Sala (1764–1820), priest and partisan leader of the Peninsular War
- Francisco Rovira Beleta (1913–1999), Spanish Catalan screenwriter and film director
- Jacme Rovira, medieval Catalan poet
- Josep Rovira i Soler (1900–1998), Spanish Catalan painter
- Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira (born 1952), Spanish Catalan politician
- James John Rovira (born 1964), Puerto Rican literary scholar
- José Miguel Rovira, Puerto Rican industrialist
Others
- Rovira Biscuits Corporation, the crackers company
References
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