Pinto

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| languageorigin = Portuguese, Spanish, Italian

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| meaning = Painted or lively

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| seealso = Pinto bean, Ford Pinto, Pinto horse

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Pinto is a Portuguese, Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic), and Italian surname. It is a high-frequency surname in all Portuguese-speaking countries and is also widely present in Spanish-speaking countries, Italy, India (especially in Mangalore, Karnataka), France and Israel.{{cite web|url=https://forebears.io/surnames/pinto|title=Pinto Surname Distribution Map|date=|accessdate=25 August 2020}} 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".{{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}} 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 {{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.{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pint |title=Pint |date=2013 |website=Merriam-Webster.com |accessdate=31 May 2013}}

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
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