Avilés is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alicia Avilés, educator and community leader in Costa Rica Caleb Avilés, former member of the boy band MDO Gabriel de Avilés, 2nd Marquis of Avilés, governor of Chile, viceroy of Río de la Plata, and viceroy of Peru Lucho Avilés (1938–2019), Uruguayan-born Argentine journalist and television presenter Óscar Avilés (1924–2014), Peruvian musician Pedro Avilés, Spanish writer Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519–1574), first governor of Spanish Florida & governor of colonial Cuba Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player Raúl Avilés, Ecuadorian footballer René Avilés Fabila, Mexican writer Spanish-language surnames