Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name

José José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(Josep). It is also a surname. *

People

Mononyms

Pepe (footballer, born 1935) José Macia, better known as Pepe (born 25 February 1935) is a Brazilian former football player and manager. He is considered one of the greatest players in the history of Santos FC and one of the greatest left wingers of all time, being two-t ...

, real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer *

Pepe (footballer, born 1983) Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira (born 26 February 1983), known as Pepe (; ), is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Porto and the Portugal national team. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. Du ...

, real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer *

Pepe (footballer, born October 1983) Marcos Paulo Aguiar de Jesus (born 4 October 1983), better known as Pepe is a Brazilian footballer. Biography Born in São Simão, São Paulo state, Pepe started his professional career with Mogi Mirim, then left for teams in São Paulo sta ...

, real name Marcos Paulo Aguiar de Jesus, Brazilian footballer *

Pepê (footballer, born 1997) Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa (born 24 February 1997), commonly known as Pepê is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for F.C Porto as a winger. Formed at Foz do Iguaçu, he spent five years at Grêmio, where he made 144 appearances ...

, real name Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa, Brazilian footballer *

Pepê (footballer, born 1998) João Pedro Vilardi Pinto (born 6 January 1998), better known as Pepê, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio. Career Youth Pepê joined the youth academy of Flamengo ...

, real name João Pedro Vilardi Pinto, Brazilian footballer

Politicians

Porfirio Lobo Sosa Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 22 December 1947), known as Pepe Lobo, is a Honduran politician and agricultural landowner who served as President of Honduras from 2010 to 2014. A member of the conservative National Party and a former deputy in the ...

(born 1947), known as Pepe, candidate for the Presidency of Honduras *

José Mujica José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and impr ...

(born 1935), known as El Pepe, president of Uruguay *

José Gregorio Liendo José Gregorio Liendo Vera (1945 – October 3, 1973), also known as "''Compañero Pepe''", "''Comandante Pepe''" or "''Loco Pepe''" was a Chilean university student, political leader and militant of the Revolutionary Left Movement ("''Movimiento ...

(1945–1973), known as "comandante Pepe," "compañero Pepe," or "loco Pepe," Chilean political activist * José W. Diokno (1922–1987), known as "Ka Pepe," Filipino nationalist and senator *

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national he ...

(1861–1896), Filipino nationalist who used the name with his family

Musicians

Pepe Romero Pepe Romero (born March 8, 1944, in Málaga, Spain) is a classical and flamenco guitarist. Biography Early life Pepe Romero was born in Spain, the second son of celebrated guitarist and composer Celedonio Romero, who was his only guitar te ...

(born 1944), Spanish classical and flamenco guitarist *

Pepe Aguilar José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born August 7, 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is an American singer. - Accessed on June 17, 2011. From a young age, Aguilar accompanied his parents, Mexican singer-actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestr ...

(born 1968), American folklore singer *

Pépé Kallé Pépé Kallé, sometimes written as Pepe Kalle (November 30, 1951 – November 29, 1998) was a Congolese soukous singer, musician and bandleader. Biography Pépé Kallé was born Kabasele Yampanya in Kinshasa (then Léopoldville) in the Belgian ...

(1951–1998), Congolese Soukous singer *

Pepe Smith Joseph William Feliciano Smith (December 25, 1947 – January 28, 2019) was a Filipino-American singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist. Known by his stage names Joey Smith and Pepe Smith, he gained prominence as drummer / lead vocalist of Spe ...

(1947–2019), real name Joseph William Feliciano Smith, Filipino rock singer and drummer

Sportsmen

Pepe Frías Jesús María "Pepe" Frías Andújar (born July 14, 1948) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, and Los Angeles Dodgers The Lo ...

(born 1948), Puerto Rican MLB player *

Pepe Oriola Josep "Pepe" Oriola Vila (born 9 July 1994) is a Spanish racing driver. He became the youngest driver to race in the World Touring Car Championship when he competed in the 2011 season. Oriola is not only the youngest driver to start a WTCC race a ...

(born 1994), Spanish racing driver *

Pepe Pearson Pepe Pearson (born December 11, 1975) is a former American football tailback, starting in college for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and is currently the running backs coach for the Tennessee State Tigers. Playing career A four-year letterwinner at ...

(born 1975), American football player *

Pepe Reina José Manuel "Pepe" Reina Páez (; born 31 August 1982) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Villarreal. The son of famed Barcelona and Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina, Pepe Reina began his ca ...

(born 1982), Spanish footballer *

Juan Ignacio Sánchez Juan Ignacio Sánchez Brown (born May 8, 1977), commonly known as Pepe Sánchez, is an Argentine-American former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position. He was a part of Argentina's 2004 Olympic gold medal team. P ...

(born 1977), Argentine basketball player *

Pepe Soares José Manoel Soares (30 January 1908 – 24 October 1931), known as Pepe, was a Portuguese footballer. During his brief career, he played as an inside forward for CF Belenenses and the Portugal national football team, and was considered by man ...

(1908–1931), Portuguese footballer

Surname

Cécé Pepe Cécé Franck Pepe (born 9 November 1996) is a French professional football (soccer), footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender, most recently for Scottish club Livingston F.C., Livingston whom he left in August 2020. ...

(born 1996), French footballer *

Florestano Pepe Florestano Pepe (March 4, 1778 – April 3, 1851) was an Italian patriot. He was brother to the more famous general Guglielmo Pepe and cousin to Gabriele Pepe. Pepe was born in Squillace (Calabria) and entered the Two Sicilies army at young age. I ...

(1778–1851), Italian soldier, brother of Guglielmo *

Gabriele Pepe Gabriele Pepe (7 December 1779 – 26 July 1849) was an Italian republican insurgent, active in many campaigns against royalists fighting with or alongside the Bourbon kings of Naples. He was a cousin of Guglielmo and Florestano Pepe. Born in ...

(1779–1849), Italian soldier, cousin of Guglielmo *

Guglielmo Pepe Guglielmo Pepe (13 February 1783 – 8 August 1855) was an Italian people, Italian general and patriot. He was brother to Florestano Pepe and cousin to Gabriele Pepe. He was married to Mary Ann Coventry, a Scottish woman who was the widow ...

(1783–1855), Italian general *

Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Selected filmography * '' The Two Sergeants'' (1936) * ''The Cavalier from Kruja'' (1940) * '' Captain Fraca ...

(1917–1987), Italian actor *

Nicolas Pépé Nicolas Pépé (born 29 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Nice, on loan from Arsenal of the . Born in France, he represents the Ivory Coast national team. Pépé began his senior club career with Poitiers ...

(born 1995), French-Ivorian footballer *

Osman Pepe Osman Pepe (born 7 August 1954) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party). He is the Minister of Environment in the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He helped pass an animal welfare Animal welfare is the w ...

(born 1954), Turkish politician *

Simone Pepe Simone Pepe (; born 30 August 1983) is an Italian former footballer who played as a winger, on either side of the pitch. After starting out at Roma, he went on to compete in Serie A for 12 seasons, spending most of his time at Udinese and Juven ...

(born 1983), Italian footballer *

Vincenzo Pepe Vincenzo Pepe (born 4 April 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Eccellenza club Palazzolo. Club career Early career Born in Naples, Campania, Pepe was signed by Parma at young age. Pepe was in the Giovanissimi Nazionali squad in 2001 ...

(born 1987), Italian footballer

Fictional characters

Pepé Le Pew Pepé Le Pew is an animated character from the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons, introduced in 1945. Depicted as a French striped skunk, Pepé is constantly on the quest for love. However, his offensive ...

, in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons *

Pepe el Toro ''Pepe the Bull'' ( es, Pepe El Toro) is a 1953 Mexican sports drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz "Chachita" and Amanda del Llano. It was the last in a trilogy of films featuring Infante and Muñoz ...

, main character in the series of films ''Nosotros los Pobres'', ''Ustedes los Ricos'' and ''Pepe el Toro'' * Pepe (''Shugo Chara!''), in the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' *Pepe, from ''

Unseen Academicals ''Unseen Academicals'' is the 37th novel in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series. The novel satirises football, and features Mustrum Ridcully setting up an Unseen University football team, with the Librarian in goal."Tough at the Top", '' SFX ...

'' by Terry Pratchett *

Pepe the Frog Pepe the Frog () is an Internet meme consisting of a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body. Pepe originated in a 2005 comic by Matt Furie called ''Boy's Club''. It became an Internet meme when its popularity steadily grew across Myspa ...

, Internet meme from the comic series ''Boy's Club'' *

Pepe the King Prawn Pepino Rodrigo Serrano Gonzales, better known as Pepe the King Prawn, is a Muppet character created for ''Muppets Tonight'' and performed by Bill Barretta, originally as part of a vaudeville double act with Seymour the Elephant. Overview Pepe i ...

, a Muppet character *Pepe Waccabrada, from the anime ''

Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color (whitening) from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching. It often refers specifically, to ...

'' by Tite Kubo *Pépé Torres the young killer in John Steinbeck's short story

Flight (Steinbeck story) "Flight" is a short story by American writer John Steinbeck, first published in his collection '' The Long Valley''. It appears in the ledger notebook under the title "Man Hunt". The story outlines a young man, Pepé, who is sent into town by his ...

1938 *Pericles, nicknamed Pepe, character in

Asterix in Spain ''Asterix in Spain'' (, "Asterix in Hispania") is the fourteenth volume of the ''Asterix'' List of Asterix volumes, comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was originally serialized in ''Pilote'' magaz ...

René Goscinny René Goscinny (, ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the ''Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schoo ...