Look up pires in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pires is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Pedro or Son of Pero (English: Peter). Its Spanish equivalent is Pérez. It is a variant form of Peres. It may mean different things:
People
edit- Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque (1930–1962), Angolan-Portuguese writer
- Alfredo Pires (born 1964), Timor-Leste politician
- Aloísio Pires Alves (born 1963), Brazilian footballer
- Álvaro Henrique Alves Pires (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Anabela Braz Pires (born 1976), Portuguese singer and actress
- Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos (1940–2021), Angolan poet
- Cléo Pires (born 1982), Brazilian actress
- Cornélio Pires (1884–1958), Brazilian journalist, writer and folklorist
- Diogo Pires (1500–1532), known as Solomon Molcho, a self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah
- Emília Pires, Timor-Leste Minister of Finance
- Felipe Pires (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
- Fernão Pires de Andrade (died 1523), Portuguese merchant and official
- Francisco Fortunato Pires (born 1948), São Toméan politician
- Gérard Pirès (born 1942), French film director and writer
- Glória Pires (born 1963), Brazilian actress
- Isabel Cristina Torreão Pires (born 1961), Brazilian serial killer and cannibal
- Isabel Pires (born 1990), Portuguese politician
- João Murça Pires (1917–1994), Brazilian botanist
- Jorge Costa Pires (born 1981), Portuguese footballer
- José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998), Portuguese writer
- José Mariano Rebelo Pires Gago, Portuguese high-energy physicist and Minister for Science
- Loick Pires (born 1989), English footballer
- Luís Pires (15th century/16th century), Portuguese explorer
- Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 1960), São Toméan politician
- Maria João Pires (born 1944), Portuguese pianist
- Mário Lemos Pires (1930–2009), last governor of Portuguese Timor
- Mário Pires (born 1949), Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister
- Nuno Pires, South African bioinformatician
- Paulo Pires (born 1967), Portuguese model and actor
- Pedro Pires (born 1934), President of Cape Verde
- Robert Pires (born 1973), French footballer
- Rosemir Pires (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
- Tomé Pires (1465–1540), first Portuguese envoy to China
See also
edit- Peiris, Sinhala surname of Português origin
- Pirez (disambiguation)
- Píriz, a surname
This page lists people with the surname Pires.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.