Cañizares is the surname of:

• Alejandro Cañizares (born 1983), Spanish golfer
• Antonio Cañizares Llovera (born 1945), Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia
• Avelino Cañizares (1919–1993), Cuban former baseball player
• Bárbaro Cañizares (born 1979), Cuban baseball player in the Mexican League
• Claude R. Canizares, Massachusetts Institute of Technology former vice president and physics professor
• Inés Cañizares (born 1970), Spanish economist and politician
• Jesús Cañizares Sánchez (born 1992), Spanish footballer
• Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, faculty member in the History Department at the University of Texas at Austin
• José de Cañizares (1676–1750), Spanish playwright, cavalry officer, public official and author
• José María Cañizares (born 1947), Spanish golfer
• Juan Cañizares Tan (1922–2005), Philippine union organizer
• Juan Manuel Cañizares (born 1966), Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer
• Miguel Navarro Cañizares (1835–1913), Spanish painter and art teacher
• Osvaldo Lara Cañizares (born 1955), Cuban retired sprinter
• Santiago Cañizares (born 1969), Spanish retired football goalkeeper

• Jorge Canizares-Esguerra, Ecuadorian professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin