Aguilar (surname)

Aguilar is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballer
• Alberto Aguilar (Mexican footballer) (born 1960), Mexican footballer and manager
• Alberto Aguilar Leiva (born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Alejandro Aguilar (born 1990), Costa Rican footballer
• Alfredo Aguilar (born 1988), Paraguayan footballer
• Amalia Aguilar (1924–2021), Cuban and Mexican film actress and dancer in the 1940s and 1950s
• Américo Aguiar (born 1973), Portuguese Catholic cardinal
• Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley (1924-1995), Venezuelan lawyer and diplomat
• Annette A. Aguilar (born 1957), American percussionist, bandleader, and educator
• Antonio Aguilar Barraza (1919–2007), Mexican singer
• Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (1942), Ecuadorian writer
• António Aguilar (rugby union) (born 1978), Portuguese rugby player
• Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar (1699–1759), Spanish Marrano
• Belmer Aguilar (born 1973), Colombian footballer
• Carlene Aguilar (born 1982), Filipino actress and former beauty queen
• Carlos Aguilar (born 1988), American soccer player
• Cynthia Aguilar–Villar (born 1950), Filipina politician
• Christina Aguilar (born 1966), Thai pop singer
• Daniel Aguilar (born 1998), Mexican footballer
• Danny Aguilar (born 1986), Colombian footballer
• Domingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas (born 1959), Chilean long-distance runner
• Edwin Aguilar (born 1985), Panamanian footballer
• Elías Aguilar (born 1991), Costa Rican footballer
• Elisa Aguilar (born 1976), Spanish women's basketball player
• Emanuel Abraham Aguilar (1824–1904), English composer and concert pianist, brother of Grace Aguilar
• Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar
• Eugenio Aguilar (1804–1879), President of El Salvador 1846–1848
• Everard F. Aguilar (1913 – 1966), Jamaican horticulturist and philatelist
• 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 (1949–2020), Spanish footballer
• Florencio Flores Aguilar (contemporary), military ruler of Panama 1981–1982
• Francis J. Aguilar, American scholar of strategic management
• Freddie Aguilar (contemporary, born 1953), 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
• Gloria Aguilar (born 1990), Guatemalan footballer
• Gonzalo Aguilar (born 1987), Uruguayan footballer
• Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), English novelist, sister of Emanuel Abraham Aguilar
• Guen Garlejo Aguilar (born 1976), Filipino convicted killer and former maid
• Iván Aguilar (born 1991), Spanish footballer
• Japeth Aguilar (born 1987), Filipino basketball player
• Jessica Aguilar (born 1982), Mexican American mixed martial artist
• Jesús Aguilar (born 1990), Venezuelan professional baseball player
• Joel Aguilar (born 1975), Salvadoran football referee
• {{ill|Jorge Aguilar (singer)|lt=Jorge Aguilar|es|Jorge Aguilar (cantante)}}, Venezuelan singer and composer
• Jorge Aguilar (born 1985), Chilean tennis player
• Jorge Aguilar (footballer) (born 1993), Paraguayan footballer
• Jorman Aguilar (born 1994), Panamanian footballer
• José Aguilar (baseball) (born 1990), Mexican baseball player
• José Aguilar (boxer) (1958–2014), Cuban boxer
• José Aguilar (footballer) (born 2001), Spanish footballer
• José Aguilar Álvarez (1902–1959), Mexican physician
• José Alberto Aguilar Iñárritu (born 1954), Mexican politician
• José Alejandro Aguilar López (born 1963), Mexican politician
• José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas (born 1949), Mexican politician
• José Marcos Aguilar Moreno (born 1935), Mexican politician
• José Óscar Aguilar González (born 1957), Mexican politician
• Josefina Aguilar (contemporary), Mexican folk artist
• Juan Aguilar (footballer) (born 1989), Paraguayan footballer
• Juan Fernando López Aguilar (born 1961), Spanish politician and government minister
• Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar (1583–1641), Spanish poet
• Julio Aguilar (born 1986), Paraguayan footballer
• Kluiverth Aguilar (born 2003), Peruvian footballer
• Lorena Aguilar (born 1985), Ecuadorian footballer
• Luis Aguilar (soccer) (born 1984), American soccer defender
• Luis Aguilar (actor) (1918–1997), Mexican actor and singer
• Luis A. Aguilar (contemporary), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Pedro Pablo Aguilar, Venezuelan politician
• Macarena Aguilar (born 1985), Spanish handballer
• Manuel Aguilar (disambiguation)
• Mario Aguilar (disambiguation)
• Miguel Aguilar (Bolivian footballer) (born 1953), Bolivian footballer
• Miguel Aguilar (Salvadoran footballer) (born 1953), Salvadoran footballer and coach
• Miguel Aguilar (baseball) (born 1991), Mexican baseball player
• Miguel Aguilar (Mexican footballer) (born 1993), Mexican footballer
• Miguel Ángel Aguilar Miranda (1939–2025), Ecuadorian Roman Catholic bishop
• 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
• Pedro Pablo Aguilar, Venezuelan politician
• Pepe Aguilar (born 1968), Mexican-American singer-songwriter
• Pepe Aguilar (footballer) (born 1970), Spanish footballer
• Rafael Aguilar Talamantes (1940–2016), Mexican politician
• Rafael María de Aguilar y Ponce de León, Spanish military officer and 56th Governor-General of the Philippines
• Rafael Manzanares Aguilar (1918–1999), Honduran folklorist, author and composer
• Robert Aguilar (1931–2020), former U.S. federal judge
• Roberto Ivan Aguilar Gomez (contemporary), Bolivian politician
• Ronnie Aguilar (born 1987), American basketball player
• Rose Aguilar (contemporary), Californian broadcaster and journalist
• Rotceh Aguilar (born 2001), Peruvian footballer
• Ruben Aguilar (born 1993), French footballer
• Ryan Aguilar (born 1994), American baseball player
• Samuel Aguilar (1933–2013), Paraguayan footballer
• Slick Aguilar (born 1954), American guitarist
• Teresa Aguilar Suro (1931–2017), Mexican painter
• Zach Aguilar (born 1998), American voice actor