Pimentel (surname)
Pimentel is a Portuguese and Spanish surname, [1] and Sephardi Jewish[2][3] surname derived from the Portuguese word pimenta (pepper). The surname could have denoted a grower or seller of peppers, a small pepper, or a field of peppers. Notable people with this surname include:
- Abraham Cohen Pimentel (died 1697), Portuguese Sephardic Dutch Rabbi
- Alejandro Sanchez Pimentel (born 1959), Dominican basketball-player
- Antonio Pimentel Tlahuitoltzin (16th century), ruler of Texcoco
- António de Serpa Pimentel (1825-1900), Portuguese Prime Minister
- Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (1933-2019), Filipino human rights activist
- Aquilino Pimentel III (born 1964), his son
- Daniel Kenedy Pimentel Mateus dos Santos (born 1974), Portuguese footballer
- Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel (died 1631), Spanish viceroy
- Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1752-1799), Italian poet and revolutionary)
- Eloá Pimentel, hostage victim
- Esmeralda Pimentel (born 1989), Mexican actress and model
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (1507-1582), Spanish duke
- Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel (1587-1645), Spanish duke and prime minister
- Genaro Gongora Pimentel (born 1937), Mexican jurist
- George C. Pimentel (1922-1989), American inventor of Chemical laser
- Gerardo García Pimentel (1983-2007), Mexican journalist
- Isaías Pimentel (1933-2017), Venezuelan tennis player
- Jesús Pimentel (born 1940), Mexican boxer
- Joel Pimentel, member of CNCO
- Jose Pimentel Ejercito (born 1963), Filipino politician
- Luisa Pimentel-Ejercito (born 1930), Filipino politician and first spouse
- María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess-Duchess of Benavente (1752-1834)
- Mickey Pimentel (born 1985), American football player
- Miguel Jontel Pimentel (born 1985), American singer
- Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel, known as Lenine, (born 1959), Brazilian singer
- Richard Pimentel (born c. 1948), American disability rights activist
- Rodrigo P. Pimentel, American political analyst and DREAMER
- Rodrigo R. Pimentel (born 1972), Brazilian police officer
- Ronald Pimentel (born 1985), football player
- Sávio Bortolini Pimentel (born 1974), Brazilian footballer
- Stolmy Pimentel (born 1990), Dominican baseball player
- Thiago Pimentel Gosling (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
- Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann (born 1981), Filipino actor
- Valentín Pimentel (born 1991), Panamanian footballer
References
- "Pimentel meaning / Last name Pimentel origin". www.nameslist.org. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- Fuks, comp. by L.; Fuks-Mansfeld, R. G. (1975). Hebrew and Judaic manuscripts in Amsterdam public collections. Leiden: Brill. p. 272. ISBN 9789004042711.
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