Rovira (surname)
Rovira (Eastern Catalan: [ruˈβiɾə]) is a surname of Catalan origin. It is derived from the Latin: robereda, "oak grove", meaning that it is etymologically akin to another Catalan surname, . Variants of Rovira include Rovires, Robira, Ruvira, Rubira, Rubires, Roïra and Ruyra, as well as the compound forms Roviralta, Roviro, Rovireta, Rovirola and Rubirosa.[1]
List of persons with the surname[]
- Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira (1716-1786), Spanish Catalan noble, soldier, explorer
- 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
- Pere de Rovira, Catalonia, Spain (1143–1158), Knights Templar (First Provincial Master)
Others[]
- Rovira Biscuits Corporation, the crackers company
References[]
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- Surnames
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