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{{About|the name|other uses|Pinto (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox surname | name = Pinto | image = | image_size = | gender = | feminine = | masculine = | language = | languageorigin = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Italian language|Italian]] | origin = | derivation = | meaning = Painted or lively | motto = | region = [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]] | variant = | cognate = [[Pinter (surname)|Pinter]] | anglicisation = | derivative = | seealso = [[Pinto bean]], [[Ford Pinto]], [[Pinto horse]] | family = | footnotes = }} '''Pinto''' is a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Sephardi Jews|Jewish (Sephardic)]], and [[Italian language|Italian]] surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all [[List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language|Portuguese-speaking countries]] and is also widely present in [[List of countries where Spanish is an official language|Spanish-speaking countries]], [[Italy]], [[India]] (especially in [[Mangalore]], [[Karnataka]]), [[France]] and [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forebears.io/surnames/pinto|title=Pinto Surname Distribution Map|date=|accessdate=25 August 2020}}</ref> Historically, it has been common among political elites in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries, as numerous presidents, prime ministers, and heads of state have shared the surname. In many languages, Pinto means "coloured" or "painted" as it derives from the [[Late Latin]] {{lang|la|pinctus}} and [[Classical Latin]] {{lang|la|pictus}}, and in some cases, at least from the same word in the sense "lively or restless person".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/pinto#:~:text=Family%20name%20origins%20%26%20meanings,variant%20of%20Pintor%20'painter'.|title=Meaning and Origin of: Pinto|date=|accessdate=25 August 2020}}</ref> It is linguistically related to the name of [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]]' ship '' [[Pinta (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 {{lang|fro|pinte}} and perhaps ultimately from [[Vulgar Latin]] {{lang|la|pincta}} meaning "painted", for marks painted on the side of a container to show capacity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pint |title=Pint |date=2013 |website=[[Merriam-Webster.com]] |accessdate=31 May 2013}}</ref> ==Politicians== *[[Alcino Pinto]] (1950s–2020), Sao Toméano politiciano *[[Aníbal Pinto]] (1825–1884), President of Chile from 1876 to 1881 *[[António Pinto Soares]] (1780–1865), Head of State of Costa Rica in 1842 *[[Carlos Mota Pinto]] (1936–1985), Portuguese politician *[[Cyril Pinto Jayatilake Seneviratne]] (1918–1984), Sri Lankan Sinhala military officer and politician *[[Elsa Teixeira Pinto]], São Toméan politician *[[Filipa Pinto]] (born 1971), Portuguese politician *[[Francisco Antonio Pinto]] (1785–1858), President of Chile from 1827 to 1829 *[[Francisco Pinto Balsemão]] (born 1937), Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983 *[[Germán Serrano Pinto]] (1940–2016), Vice President of Costa Rica from 1990 to 1994 *[[Ignacio Pinto]] (1723-1797), head of the Pinto family that revolted against the Portuguese colonialists in Portuguese India *[[João Franco]] (1855–1929), Prime Minister of Portugal from 1906 to 1908 *[[John Pinto]] (1924–2019), Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate *[[Jorge Pinto]] (born 1987), Portuguese politician *[[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 governor who successfully led a military coup d'etat of the Brazilian government in 1964 *[[José María Orellana Pinto]] (1872–1926), President of Guatemala from 1921 to 1926 *[[José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa]] (born 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal from 2005 to 2011 *[[Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne]] (born 1957), Sri Lankan Sinhala Member of Parliament *[[Manuel Guillermo Pinto]] (1783–1853), Argentinian general *[[Manuel Pinto da Costa]] (born 1937), economist and President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991 and 2011 to 2016 *[[Manuel Pinto da Fonseca]] (1681–1773), Portuguese nobleman and Grandmaster of the Order of Saint John and sovereign over Malta *[[Mário Pinto de Andrade]] (1928–1990), Angolan politician and poet *[[Manuel Pinto (Scouting)]] (1938–2008), Ugandan parliamentarian and Chief Scout *[[Pio Gama Pinto]] (1927–1965), Kenyan politician *[[Sérgio Sousa Pinto]] (born 1972), Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament *[[Shirly Pinto]] (born 1989), Israeli deaf activist and politician ==Sports players== *[[Antoine Pinto]], (born 1991), French Muay Thai kickboxer *[[António Pinto (athlete)]] (born 1966), Portuguese long-distance runner *[[Dirceu José Pinto]] (1980–2020), Brazilian Paralympic boccia player *[[João Domingos Pinto]] (born 1961), Portuguese footballer and manager of FC Porto *[[João Vieira Pinto]] (born 1971), Portuguese footballer *[[José Manuel Pinto]] (born 1975), Spanish footballer *[[Keivi Pinto]] (born 1979), Venezuelan judoka *[[Pepe Pinto]] (1929–2024), Spanish footballer and coach *[[Raffaele Pinto]] (1945–2020), Italian racing driver *[[René Pinto (baseball)]] (born 1996), Venezuelan baseball player *[[Renyel Pinto]] (born 1982), baseball pitcher *[[Ricardo Pinto (baseball)]] (born 1994), Venezuelan baseball player *[[Ricardo Pinto (footballer, born 1965)]], Brazilian footballer *[[Ricardo Pinto (footballer, born 1993)]], Portuguese footballer *[[Ricardo Sá Pinto]] (born 1972), former Portuguese international footballer and present coach *[[Roberto Pinto (Brazilian footballer)]], Roberto da Rosa Pinto (1937–1994), Brazilian footballer *[[Shane Pinto]], (born 2000), American ice hockey player ==Religious leaders== *[[Chaim Pinto]] (1748–1845), leading rabbi in Morocco *[[Evarist Pinto]] (born 1933), Pakistani Catholic priest, 4th Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan *[[Isaac de Pinto]] (1717–1787), Jewish ''philosophe'' and scholar who was a key investor in the Dutch East India Company *[[Josiah ben Joseph Pinto]] (1565–1648), Syrian rabbi and author *[[Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto]] (born 1973), Israeli Jewish spiritual leader and Kabbalist *[[Zinia Pinto]] (1929-2013), Pakistani Catholic nun and teacher ==Explorers== *[[Alexandre de Serpa Pinto]] (aka Serpa Pinto; 1846–1900), Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and colonial administrator *[[Fernão Mendes Pinto]] (c. 1509–1583), Portuguese explorer and writer ==Writers== *[[Ricardo Pinto (novelist)]] (born 1961), UK-based fantasy writer *[[Sara Pinto Coelho]] (1913–1990), Portuguese writer of fiction and plays *[[Silvia Corzo]] (born 1973), Colombian lawyer, journalist and newscaster *[[Vivian de Sola Pinto]] (1895–1969), British poet, literary critic and historian ==Academics== *[[Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz]] (1919–1996), Chilean economist *[[Diana Pinto (historian)]] (born 1949), intellectual historian on Jewish identity *[[Jorge Pinto Rodríguez]] (born 1944), Chilean historian ==Other== *[[Freida Pinto]] (born 1984), Indian model and actress *[[Dan Pinto]] (born 1960), American composer, keyboardist and drummer-percussionist *[[Filipe Pinto]] (born 1988), Portuguese singer and winner of 2009/2010 ''Ídolos'' *[[George Pinto (composer)]] (1785–1806), English composer and keyboard virtuoso *[[Joaquim Pinto]] (born 1957), Portuguese film director *[[Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa]] (1937–2025), Portuguese sports executive, President of sports club F.C. Porto from 1982 until 2024 *[[Malucha Pinto]] (born 1955), Chilean actress and dramatist *[[Maria Pinto (fashion designer)]] (born 1957), American fashion designer *[[Oreste Pinto]] (1889–1961), Dutch counterintelligence officer *[[Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr.]] (born 1969), Brazilian bassist of the heavy metal band Sepultura *[[Sam Pinto]] (born 1989), Filipina model and actress *[[Thomas Pinto]] (1728–1773), British violinist *[[Dani Pinto]] (born 1958), football manager ==People with the given name or nickname== *[[Pinto Colvig]] (1892–1967), United States actor, cartoonist, and circus performer *[[Pinto Itamaraty]] (born 1960), Brazilian politician *[[Pinto Machado]] (1926–2009), Portuguese footballer ==See also== *[[Pinter (surname)]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Given name|type=both}} [[Category:Portuguese-language surnames]] [[Category:Surnames of Sephardic origin]] [[Category:Spanish-language surnames]] [[Category:Italian-language surnames]] [[Category:Surnames of Maghrebi Jewish origin]]
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