Pizarro (disambiguation)

Francisco Pizarro (c. 1471–1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire.

Pizarro may also refer to:

People with the surname

• The Pizarro brothers, siblings of Francisco Pizarro who gained fame as Spanish conquistadors
  • Gonzalo Pizarro (1510–1548), co-governor of Peru, led disastrous expedition into the Amazon to find El Dorado
  • Hernando Pizarro (fl. 1508–1578), co-governor of Peru
  • Juan Pizarro (conquistador) (c. 1511 – 1536), half-brother of Francisco, co-governor of Peru, killed during an Inca rebellion
• Artur Pizarro (born 1968), Portuguese classical pianist
• David Pizarro (born 1979), Chilean football (soccer) player
• Claudio Pizarro (born 1978), Peruvian football (soccer) player
• Francisco Pizarro (footballer) (born 1989), Chilean football (soccer) player
• Jaime Pizarro (born 1964), Chilean footballer
• Luis Pizarro (boxer) (born 1962), Puerto Rican boxer
• Palmenia Pizarro (born 1941), Chilean singer
• Rodolfo Pizarro (born 1994), Mexican football (soccer) player
• Rogelio Pizarro (born 1979), Puerto Rican track and field athlete
• Guido Pizarro (born 1990), Argentine football (soccer) player

In fiction

• Avalo Pizarro, a member of the Blackbeard Pirates in One Piece
• Don Pizarro, the prison governor in Fidelio

Other uses

• Pizarro (1799), a dramatic tragedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, based on August von Kotzebue's Die Spanier in Peru'
• Pizarro (brigantine), Chilean ship commanded by Francisco Hudson
• ASCOD armoured fighting vehicle family, known in Spain as Pizarro and in Austria as Ulan

See also

• Comet Elst-Pizarro, an astronomical object first reported in 1979
• Pesaro
• Pissarro (surname)
• Bizarro