Villarroel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Antoni de Villarroel (1656–1726), Spanish military commander, general commander of the Army of Catalonia in the War of the Spanish Succession Catherine Villarroel, fashion model and beauty queen from Bolivia Diego de Torres Villarroel (1693–1770), Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, doctor, mathematician, priest, professor of the University of Salamanca Gualberto Villarroel (1908–1946), head of state of Bolivia from December 20, 1943, to July 21, 1946 Luis Villarroel (born 1981), Venezuelan diver Mario Enrique Villarroel Lander (born 1947), Venezuelan lawyer Moisés Villarroel (born 1976), Chilean football midfielder Néstor Guzmán Villarroel (born 1964), Bolivian politician and trade unionist Verónica Villarroel, Chilean soprano See also Gualberto Villarroel Province, province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia Puerto Villarroel, locality in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia