Vilar (surname) explained

Vilar is a Portuguese, Galician and Catalan surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alberto Vilar (Albert Vilar; 1940–2021), American investment banker
• António Vilar (1912–1995), Portuguese-born Spanish actor
• Audric del Vilar (12th-cent.), French Provençal lord and troubadour
• Carlos Alcántara Vilar (born 1964), Peruvian stand-up comedian and actor
• Carlos Vilar (1930–2021), Argentine Snipe sailor; brother of Jorge Vilar
• Eduíno Vilar [see: [[Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist–Leninist)]]] (1970–1974), Portuguese communist publisher and politician
• Esther Vilar (born 1935), Argentine author, playwright, and physician
• Federico Vilar (born 1977), Argentine and Mexican footballer
• Fernando Vilar (born 1954), Portuguese-born Uruguayan journalist and news anchor
• Irene Vilar (born 1969), Puerto Rican American editor, literary agent, author, memoirist, and environmental advocate
• Jean Vilar (1912–1971), French actor, theater director, and scenic designer
• Joan Vilar i Costa (1889–1962), Spanish Jesuit priest, librarian, and exile
• Jorge Vilar (1931–2014), Argentine snipe sailor; brother of sailer Carlos Vilar
• José de Nouvilas de Vilar (1843–1913), Spanish Puerto Rican soldier and politician
• José Miguel Vilar-Bou (born 1979), Spanish science-fiction and horror writer, and journalist
• Marcelo Vilar (born 1961), Brazilian football manager
• Pierre Vilar (1906–2003), French historian and writer
• Raf Vilar (Rafael Vilar; born ?), Brazilian-born British singer-songwriter
• Ricardo Vilar (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Roberto Vilar (born 1971), Spanish comedian, television presenter, and actor
• Roberto Vilar (footballer) (born 1976), Portuguese footballer
• Tesa Vilar (born 1995), Slovenian racing cyclist
• Tracy Vilar (born 1968), American actor, casting director, and producer
• Vicente Vilar David (1889–1937), Spanish Catholic martyr, venerated Christian, and engineer