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Carvajal (also spelled Carbajal) is a surname and place name of Spanish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ailem Carvajal Gómez (born 1972), Cuban composer and pianist
- Alfonso Carvajal (writer) (born 1958), Colombian writer and editor
- Andarín Carvajal (1875–1949), Cuban athlete
- Antonio Fernandez Carvajal (c.1590–1659), Portuguese Jewish merchant, and the first naturalized English Jew
- Beatriz Carvajal (born 1949), Spanish actress
- Bernardino López de Carvajal (1455–1523), Spanish cardinal
- Dani Carvajal (born 1992), Spanish footballer
- Francisco de Carvajal (1464–1548), Spanish military officer, conquistador, and explorer
- Francisco Fernández Carvajal (born 1938), Spanish priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and author of several books
- Francisco S. Carvajal (1870–1932), Mexican president in 1914
- Gaspar de Carvajal (c.1500–1584), Spanish Dominican missionary to the New World
- Iván Carvajal (born 1948), Ecuadorian poet, philosopher and writer
- José de Carvajal y Hué (1835–1899), Spanish lawyer, economist and politician
- José de Carvajal y Lancáster (1698–1754), Spanish statesman
- Juan Carvajal (cardinal) (1400–1469), Spanish cardinal
- Juan de Carvajal, Spanish conquistador, founder of El Tocuyo in 1545
- Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566–1614), Spanish religious poet and writer
- Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva (c. 1539–1595), Spanish-Portuguese adventurer, slave-trader and governor
- Luis de Carvajal the Younger (c. 1566-1596), nephew of the above, wrote under the name José Lumbroso and was burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico City for Judaizing
- Maria Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal (1944–2003), popularly known as Inday Badiday, a Filipino TV host and journalist
- Marcos Carvajal (1984–2018), Venezuelan baseball player
- Máximo Carvajal (1935–2006), Chilean comic book artist
- Melitón Carvajal (1847–1935), Peruvian naval officer
- Patricio Carvajal (1916–1994), Chilean admiral
- Rafael Carvajal (1818–1881), President of Ecuador in 1865
- Tomás José González-Carvajal (1753–1834), Spanish poet and statesman
See also
edit- BAP Carvajal (FM-51), Peruvian frigate
- Carvajal Ministry, a Spanish government which served between 1746 and 1754 headed by José de Carvajal y Lancáster
- Carvajal syndrome, a type of skin condition
- Edmundo Carvajal Airport in Ecuador
- Carabajal (disambiguation)