Pires
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
- Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, Angolan-Portuguese writer
- Alfredo Pires, Timor-Leste politician
- Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer
- Álvaro Henrique Alves Pires, Brazilian footballer
- Anabela Braz Pires, Portuguese singer and actress
- Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos, Angolan poet
- Cléo Pires Brazilian actress
- Cornélio Pires, Brazilian journalist, writer and folklorist
- Diogo Pires, known as Solomon Molcho, a self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah
- Emilia Pires, Timor-Leste Minister of Finance
- Felipe Pires, Brazilian footballer
- Fernão Pires de Andrade, Portuguese merchant and official
- Francisco Fortunato Pires, São Toméan politician
- Gérard Pirès, French film director and writer
- Glória Pires Brazilian actress
- Jorge Costa Pires, Portuguese footballer
- José Cardoso Pires, Portuguese writer
- José Mariano Rebelo Pires Gago, Portuguese high-energy physicist and Minister for Science
- Loick Pires, English footballer
- Luís Pires, Portuguese explorer
- Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira, São Toméan politician
- Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist
- Mário Lemos Pires, last governor of Portuguese Timor
- Mário Pires, Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister
- Paulo Pires, Portuguese model and actor
- Pedro Pires, President of Cape Verde
- Robert Pirès French footballer
- Rosemir Pires, Brazilian footballer
- Tomé Pires, first Portuguese envoy to China
Other
- Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, race course in Estoril, Portugal
- Music From Van Pires, John Entwistle's last studio solo album
- Pires (Monção), a village in Monção, Portugal
- Pires do Rio Microregion, a region of south-central Goiás state, Brazil
- Pires do Rio, municipality in Goiás state, Brazil
- Ribeirão Pires, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
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