# Pires

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'''Pires''' is a common surname in the [Portuguese language](/source/Portuguese_language), namely in [Portugal](/source/Portugal) and [Brazil](/source/Brazil). It was originally a [patronymic](/source/patronymic), meaning ''Son of Pedro'' or ''Son of Pero'' ({{langx|en|Peter}}). Its [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) equivalent is ''[Pérez](/source/P%C3%A9rez)''. It is a variant form of ''[Peres](/source/Peres)''. It may mean different things:

==People==
*[Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque](/source/Alda_Ferreira_Pires_Barreto_de_Lara_Albuquerque) (1930–1962), Angolan-Portuguese writer 
*[Alfredo Pires](/source/Alfredo_Pires) (born 1964), Timor-Leste politician
*[Aloísio Pires Alves](/source/Alo%C3%ADsio_Pires_Alves) (born 1963), Brazilian footballer
*[Álvaro Henrique Alves Pires](/source/%C3%81lvaro_Henrique_Alves_Pires) (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
*[Anabela Braz Pires](/source/Anabela_Braz_Pires) (born 1976), Portuguese singer and actress
*[Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos](/source/Arlindo_Barbeitos) (1940–2021), Angolan poet
*[Cléo Pires](/source/Cl%C3%A9o_Pires) (born 1982), Brazilian actress
*[Cornélio Pires](/source/Corn%C3%A9lio_Pires) (1884–1958), Brazilian journalist, writer and folklorist
*[Diogo Pires](/source/Solomon_Molcho) (1500–1532), known as Solomon Molcho, a self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah
*[Emília Pires](/source/Em%C3%ADlia_Pires), Timor-Leste Minister of Finance
*[Felipe Pires](/source/Felipe_Pires) (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
*[Fernão Pires de Andrade](/source/Fern%C3%A3o_Pires_de_Andrade) (died 1523), Portuguese merchant and official
*[Francisco Fortunato Pires](/source/Francisco_Fortunato_Pires) (born 1948), São Toméan politician
*[Gérard Pirès](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Pir%C3%A8s) (born 1942), French film director and writer
*[Glória Pires](/source/Gl%C3%B3ria_Pires) (born 1963), Brazilian actress
*[Hilda Pires dos Reis](/source/Hilda_Pires_dos_Reis) (1919-2001), Brazilian composer
*[Isabel Cristina Torreão Pires](/source/Garanhuns_cannibals) (born 1961), Brazilian serial killer and cannibal
*[Isabel Pires](/source/Isabel_Pires) (born 1990), Portuguese politician
*[João Murça Pires](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Mur%C3%A7a_Pires) (1917–1994), Brazilian botanist
*[Jorge Costa Pires](/source/Jorge_Costa_Pires) (born 1981), Portuguese footballer
*[José Cardoso Pires](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Cardoso_Pires) (1925–1998), Portuguese writer
*[José Mariano Rebelo Pires Gago](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Mariano_Rebelo_Pires_Gago), Portuguese high-energy physicist and Minister for Science
*[Loick Pires](/source/Loick_Pires) (born 1989), English footballer
*[Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira](/source/Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira) (born 1960), São Toméan politician
*[Maria João Pires](/source/Maria_Jo%C3%A3o_Pires) (born 1944), Portuguese pianist
*[Mário Lemos Pires](/source/M%C3%A1rio_Lemos_Pires) (1930–2009), last governor of Portuguese Timor
*[Mário Pires](/source/M%C3%A1rio_Pires) (born 1949), Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister
*[Nuno Pires](/source/Nuno_Pires), South African bioinformatician
*[Paulo Pires](/source/Paulo_Pires) (born 1967), Portuguese model and actor
*[Pedro Pires](/source/Pedro_Pires) (born 1934), President of Cape Verde
*[Robert Pires](/source/Robert_Pires) (born 1973), French footballer
*[Rosemir Pires](/source/Rosemir_Pires) (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
*[Tomé Pires](/source/Tom%C3%A9_Pires) (1465–1540), first Portuguese envoy to China

==See also==
* [Peiris](/source/Peiris), [Sinhala](/source/Sinhala_language) surname of [Português](/source/Portuguese_language) origin
* [Pirez (disambiguation)](/source/Pirez_(disambiguation))
* [Píriz](/source/P%C3%ADriz), a surname
* [Pires Ferreira family](/source/Pires_Ferreira_family), an influential family from Brazil

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Category:Patronymic surnames
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