Pinto

• Abelardo Pinto Guatemalan politician • Alcino Pinto (1950s–2020), São Toméan politician • 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 (1937–2025), 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 (politician) (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 Grand Master 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 (runner) (born 1966), Portuguese long-distance runner • Dirceu José Pinto (1980–2020), Brazilian Paralympic boccia player • João Pinto (footballer, 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 Sá Pinto (born 1972), former Portuguese international footballer and present coach • Roberto Pinto (Brazilian footballer) (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==

• Clara Pinto-Correia (1960–2025), Portuguese novelist, journalist and educator • 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 (born 1949), intellectual historian on Jewish identity • Jorge Pinto Rodríguez (born 1944), Chilean historian • Nina Pinto-Abecasis (1971–2019), Israeli folklorist, writer and educator ==Other==

• Freida Pinto (born 1984), Indian model and actress • Dan Pinto (born 1960), American composer, keyboardist and drummer-percussionist • Dani Pinto (born 1958), football manager • Filipe Pinto (born 1988), Portuguese singer and winner of 2009/2010 Ídolos • George Pinto (composer) (1785–1806), English composer and keyboard virtuoso • Giovanni Battista Emanuele Pinto ( 1723–1749), Ottoman Tripolitanian former slave and rebel leader • 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 • Olivério Pinto (1896–1981), Brazilian ornithologist and physician • 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 ==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==