Pinto


Pinto is a Portuguese surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries and is also widely present in Spanish-speaking countries, Italy, India, France and Israel.
In many languages, Pinto means "coloured" or "painted" as it derives from the Late Latin pinctus and Classical Latin pictus, and in some cases, at least from the same word in the sense "lively or restless person". It is linguistically related to the name of Columbus' ship La Pinta, meaning "The Painted One", "The Look", or "The Spotted One". Also related, though greatly diverging in meaning, is the unit of measurement pint, which comes from the Old French word pinte and perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin pincta meaning "painted", for marks painted on the side of a container to show capacity.

Politicians

  • Alcino Pinto, São Toméan politician
  • Aníbal Pinto, President of Chile from 1876 to 1881
  • António Pinto Soares, Head of State of Costa Rica in 1842
  • Carlos Mota Pinto, Portuguese politician
  • Cyril Pinto Jayatilake Seneviratne, Sri Lankan Sinhala military officer and politician
  • Elsa Teixeira Pinto, São Toméan politician
  • Filipa Pinto, Portuguese politician
  • Francisco Antonio Pinto, President of Chile from 1827 to 1829
  • Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983
  • Germán Serrano Pinto, Vice President of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994
  • Ignacio Pinto, head of the Pinto family that revolted against the Portuguese colonialists in Portuguese India
  • João Franco, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1906 to 1908
  • John Pinto , Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate
  • Jorge Pinto, Portuguese politician
  • José Antonio Pinto Castro, Costa Rican Vice President, politician, and judge
  • José Concepción Pinto Castro, Costa Rican judge and politician
  • José de Magalhães Pinto, Brazilian governor who successfully led a military coup d'etat of the Brazilian government in 1964
  • José María Orellana Pinto, President of Guatemala from 1921 to 1926
  • José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, Prime Minister of Portugal from 2005 to 2011
  • Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne, Sri Lankan Sinhala Member of Parliament
  • Manuel Guillermo Pinto, Argentinian general
  • Manuel Pinto da Costa, economist and President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991 and 2011 to 2016
  • Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Portuguese nobleman and Grand Master of the Order of Saint John and sovereign over Malta
  • Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan politician and poet
  • Manuel Pinto , Ugandan parliamentarian and Chief Scout
  • Pio Gama Pinto, Kenyan politician
  • Sérgio Sousa Pinto, Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament
  • Shirly Pinto, Israeli deaf activist and politician

    Sports players

  • Antoine Pinto,, French Muay Thai kickboxer
  • António Pinto , Portuguese long-distance runner
  • Dirceu José Pinto, Brazilian Paralympic boccia player
  • João Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager of FC Porto
  • João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer
  • José Manuel Pinto, Spanish footballer
  • Keivi Pinto, Venezuelan judoka
  • Pepe Pinto, Spanish footballer and coach
  • Raffaele Pinto, Italian racing driver
  • René Pinto , Venezuelan baseball player
  • Renyel Pinto, baseball pitcher
  • Ricardo Pinto , Venezuelan baseball player
  • Ricardo Pinto, Brazilian footballer
  • Ricardo Sá Pinto, former Portuguese international footballer and present coach
  • Roberto Pinto , Brazilian footballer
  • Shane Pinto, American ice hockey player

    Religious leaders

  • Chaim Pinto, leading rabbi in Morocco
  • Evarist Pinto, Pakistani Catholic priest, 4th Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
  • Isaac de Pinto, Jewish philosophe and scholar who was a key investor in the Dutch East India Company
  • Josiah ben Joseph Pinto, Syrian rabbi and author
  • Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, Israeli Jewish spiritual leader and Kabbalist
  • Zinia Pinto, Pakistani Catholic nun and teacher

    Explorers

  • Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and colonial administrator
  • Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese explorer and writer

    Writers

  • Clara Pinto-Correia, Portuguese novelist, journalist and educator
  • Ricardo Pinto , UK-based fantasy writer
  • Sara Pinto Coelho, Portuguese writer of fiction and plays
  • Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer, journalist and newscaster
  • Vivian de Sola Pinto, British poet, literary critic and historian

    Academics

  • Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz, Chilean economist
  • Diana Pinto, intellectual historian on Jewish identity
  • Jorge Pinto Rodríguez, Chilean historian

    Other

  • Freida Pinto, Indian model and actress
  • Dan Pinto, American composer, keyboardist and drummer-percussionist
  • Dani Pinto, football manager
  • Filipe Pinto, Portuguese singer and winner of 2009/2010 Ídolos
  • George Pinto , English composer and keyboard virtuoso
  • Giovanni Battista Emanuele Pinto, Ottoman Tripolitanian former slave and rebel leader
  • Joaquim Pinto, Portuguese film director
  • Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese sports executive, President of sports club F.C. Porto from 1982 until 2024
  • Malucha Pinto, Chilean actress and dramatist
  • Maria Pinto , American fashion designer
  • Olivério Pinto, Brazilian ornithologist and physician
  • Oreste Pinto, Dutch counterintelligence officer
  • Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr., Brazilian bassist of the heavy metal band Sepultura
  • Sam Pinto, Filipina model and actress
  • Thomas Pinto, British violinist

    People with the given name or nickname

  • Pinto Colvig, United States actor, cartoonist, and circus performer
  • Pinto Itamaraty, Brazilian politician
  • Pinto Machado, Portuguese footballer