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), 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
  1. "Pimentel meaning / Last name Pimentel origin". www.nameslist.org. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. 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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