Pinto
| Pinto | |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Italian, Spanish |
| Meaning | Painted Or Bird |
Pinto is a name for a person with a speckled or dark complexion. The surname Pinto is largely found in the south of Italy and in some cases, it may be derived from the word pinto, which, in the Neapolitan dialect, means turkey or bird, and might have referred to one who boasted or strutted like this bird [1]
Places
- Pinto, Chile, town in the Ñuble region, Chile.
- Pinto, Madrid, town in Spain.
- Pinto, Santiago del Estero, town in Argentina.
- General Pinto, town in Argentina.
- Partido de General Pinto, town in Argentina.
People
Surname
- Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (aka Serpa Pinto) (1846–1900), Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator
- Aníbal Pinto Garmendia (1825–1884), president of Chile
- Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (1919–1996), Chilean economist
- António Pinto (athlete), Portuguese long-distance runner
- António Pinto Soares (1780–1865), Costa Rican military general and head of state
- Carlos Mota Pinto, Portuguese politician
- Chaim Pinto (1748–1845), rabbi in Essaouira, Morocco
- Dan Pinto, American composer, keyboardist and drummer-percussionist
- Diana Pinto, Miss India America 2009
- Diana Pinto (historian) (born 1949), an intellectual historian and writer living in Paris
- Evarist Pinto (born 1933), Pakistani Catholic priest, 4th Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan
- Fernão Mendes Pinto (c.1509 – 1583), Portuguese traveler and writer
- Filipe Pinto, Portuguese singer and winner of 2009/2010 Ídolos
- Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858), Chilean politician, president of Chile (1827–1829)
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician and media entrepreneur
- Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
- George Pinto, English composer and keyboard virtuoso
- Isaac de Pinto Portuguese moralist
- Jane Engelhard (born Marie Annette Reiss) (1917–2004), American philanthropist
- João Domingos Pinto (born 1961), former Portuguese football player, and current assistant coach of the FC Porto team
- João Franco (1855–1929), Portuguese politician and prime minister in the last years of the Portuguese monarchy
- João Vieira Pinto (born 1971), Portuguese footballer (soccer)
- Joaquim Pinto (born 1957), Portuguese film director
- Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa (born 1937), president of Portuguese sports club F.C. Porto
- Jorge Pinto Rodríguez (born 1944), Chilean historian
- José Antonio Pinto Castro (1817–1887), Costa Rican Vice President, politician, and judge
- José Concepción Pinto Castro (1829–1898), Costa Rican judge and politician
- José de Magalhães Pinto (1909–1996), Brazilian politician and banker
- José Manuel Pinto (born 1975), Spanish footballer, former goalkeeper of FC Barcelona
- José María Orellana Pinto (1872–1926), President of Guatemala (1921–1926)
- José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, Portuguese politician, former prime-minister of Portugal
- Josiah ben Joseph Pinto (1565–1648), Syrian rabbi
- Keivi Pinto, Venezuelan judoka
- Manuel Guillermo Pinto, Argentinian general
- Manuel Pinto da Costa, São Tomé and Príncipe politician
- Manuel Pinto da Fonseca (1681–1773), Grandmaster of the Order of Saint John and sovereign over Malta
- Manuel Pinto (Scouting)
- Maria Pinto (fashion designer), American fashion designer
- Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan poet and politician
- Pio Gama Pinto, Kenyan politician
- Renyel Pinto (born 1982), baseball pitcher
- Paulo Xisto Pinto, Jr., real name of Paulo Jr., Brazilian bassist of the heavy metal band Sepultura
- Ricardo Pinto (born 1961), a UK-based fantasy writer
- Ricardo Sá Pinto (born 1972), former Portuguese international footballer and present coach.
- Ricardo Pinto (footballer), (born 1965), Brazilian footballer (soccer)
- Sam Pinto (born 1989), Filipina model and actress
- Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990), Portuguese writer of fiction and plays
- Sérgio Sousa Pinto (born 1972), Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Silvia Corzo (born 1973), Colombian lawyer, journalist and newscaster
- Thomas Pinto (1728–1773), British violinist
- Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895–1969), British poet, literary critic and historian
- Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (born 1973), Israeli Jewish spiritual leader and Kabbalist
- Zinia Pinto (1929-2013), Pakistani Catholic nun and teacher
First name
- Pinto Colvig (1892–1967), United States vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer, best known as the voice of Disney's Goofy and the original Bozo the Clown
See also
References
- ↑ "Pinto Family History". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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