Novoa

Novoa or Nóvoa is a Galician surname that later became widespread in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a toponymic surname referring to the former juridical district of Terra de Nóvoa, in the Ourense province, Galicia. The Spanish variation of the surname is Noboa.

People with the surname include:

• Fidel Antonio Novoa Meléndez (born 1863), Salvadoran politician, physician and surgeon
• Fidel Antonio Novoa Fuentes (born 1900), Salvadoran politician, physician and surgeon
• Ricardo Armando Novoa Arciniegas (born 1931), Salvadoran politician, attorney at law and notary
• António Sampaio da Nóvoa (born 1954), Portuguese psychologist
• Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa (1940–2015), Spanish theatre director, writer, actor and lecturer
• Novoa (Spanish footballer) (born 1944), full name José Manuel Díaz Novoa, Spanish football manager and former footballer
• Carmen Novoa (born 1941), artist, painter, writer and poet from Uruguay
• Christian Novoa (born 1991), Venezuelan football forward
• Enio Novoa (born 1986), Peruvian football midfielder
• Felipe Novoa (born 1984), Chilean judoka
• Fernando de Casas Novoa, 18th-century Spanish architect
• Gonzalo Novoa (born 1986), Chilean football midfielder
• Gonzalo Nin Novoa, Uruguayan administrator
• Gonzalo Núñez de Novoa (died 1332), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop
• Joaquín Novoa (born 1983), Spanish cyclist
• Jonathan Novoa (born 1981), Chilean footballer
• Joann Novoa Mossberger (born 1961), Mexican politician
• José Novoa (born 1955), Spanish handball player
• Joseph Novoa, Venezuelan-Uruguayan film director
• Juan Camilo Novoa (born 1981), Colombian boxer
• Laura Novoa (born 1969), Argentine actress
• Manny Fontenla-Novoa (born 1954), Spanish-British businessman
• Matías Novoa, Chilean-Mexican actor and model
• Oscar Novoa (1886–?), Chilean fencer
• Oswaldo Novoa (born 1982), Mexican boxer
• Rafael Novoa (born 1967), American baseball pitcher
• Rafael Novoa (actor) (born 1971), Colombian actor and model
• Roberto Novoa (born 1979), Dominican Republic baseball pitcher
• Rodolfo Nin Novoa (born 1948), Uruguayan politician
• Salvador Novoa (1937–2021), Mexican dramatic tenor
• Sergio Novoa (born 1981), Colombian football midfielder

Fictional characters

• Jax Novoa, a character from Every Witch Way
• Mía Novoa, a character in the television series Grachi