Carlos Rivas may refer to:

• Carlos Rivas (actor) (1925–2003), American actor
• Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1953), Chilean football midfielder
• Carlos Rivas Godoy (born 1985), Canadian soccer player; son of the Chilean Carlos Rivas
• Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1991), Colombian football winger
• Carlos Rivas (footballer, born 1994), Colombian football forward
• Carlos Rivas Quiñones (active from 2013), Puerto Rican attorney and economist