Pinheiro

Portuguese surname of Jewish origin (Sephardic) : topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous pine tree or by a pine forest, from pinheiro ‘pine’, or habitational name for any of the numerous places named Pinheiro.

People

Footballers

• Alessandro Pinheiro Martins (1983-2005), Brazilian footballer
• Carlos Alberto Souto Pinheiro Júnior (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
• Erin Pinheiro (born 1997), Capeverdian footballer
• Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• João Carlos Batista Pinheiro (1932-2011), Brazilian footballer
• Julio César Pinheiro (born 1976), Mexican footballer
• Juninho Pinheiro (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Max Brendon Costa Pinheiro (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
• Moisés Moura Pinheiro (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
• Paquito (footballer born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Pedro Miguel da Câmara Pinheiro (born 1977), Portuguese footballer
• Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
• Rogerio Pinheiro Dos Santos (born 1972), Brazilian footballer
• Túlio Lustosa Seixas Pinheiro (born 1976), Brazilian footballer

Politicians

• Israel Pinheiro da Silva (1896-1973), Brazilian politician
• João de Deus Pinheiro (born 1945), Portuguese politician
• João Pinheiro Chagas (1863-1925), former Prime Minister of Portugal
• João Pinheiro da Silva (1860-1908), Brazilian politician
• José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917-1983), Portuguese politician

Other

• Beatriz Pinheiro (1872-1922) Portuguese writer
• Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857-1929), Portuguese painter
• Heloísa Pinheiro (born 1945), Brazilian model
• Hugo Pinheiro, Portuguese bodyboarder
• Joaquim Pinheiro (born 1960), Portuguese runner
• Moses Pinheiro (17th century), Italian rabbi and Kabbalist
• Nuno Pinheiro (born 1984), Portuguese volleyball player
• Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (born 1944), Brazilian diplomat, UN envoy
• Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846-1905), Portuguese artist and comics creator
• Wilson Pinheiro (died 1980), Brazilian activist
• Paulo César Pinheiro (born 1949), Brazilian poet and composer

Places

Brazil

• Pinheiros River, a river in the State of São Paulo
• Pinheiros (district of São Paulo), a barrio in the State of São Paulo
• Pinheiros, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo
• Pinheiro, Maranhão, place in the mesoregion Maranhão

Portugal

• Pinheiro (Aguiar da Beira), a civil parish in Aguiar da Beira Municipality, Guarda District
• Pinheiro (Castro Daire), a civil parish in the municipality of Castro Daire
• Pinheiro (Guimarães), a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães
• Pinheiro (Penafiel), a civil parish in the municipality of Penafiel

Other variants:

• Pinheiro Grande, a civil parish in the municipality of Chamusca
• Boavista dos Pinheiros, a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira

Other

• Pinheiro, one of the festivities of the Nicolinas
• Pinheiro's slender opossum, a species of opossum
• Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro, a stadium in Porto, Portugal
• Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, a museum in Lisbon, Portugal
• Rodovia Floriano Rodrigues Pinheiro, a highway in São Paulo state, Brazil
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro, diocese in the state of Maranhão, Brazil

See also

• Piñeiro (disambiguation)
• Piñeyro (disambiguation)