Pimentel is a Portuguese Sephardic (Jewish) surname denoting pepper plants and spices, suggesting an occupation (pepper farmer) or a location (where pepper grows).

Individuals with this surname

Abraham Cohen Pimentel Abraham Cohen Pimentel (died March 21, 1697) was a rabbi of Amsterdam. He was a student of Saul Levi Morteira, and he also served as hakham of the synagogue in Hamburg and was initially a signator to a letter of approbation for Sabbatai Zevi Sa ...

(died 1697), Portuguese Sephardic Dutch Rabbi * Alejandro Sanchez Pimentel (born 1959), Dominican basketball-player * Antonio Pimentel Tlahuitoltzin (16th century), ruler of Texcoco *

António de Serpa Pimentel António de Serpa Pimentel (1825 in Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after L ...

(1825-1900), Portuguese Prime Minister * Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel Jr. (1933-2019), Filipino human rights activist * Aquilino "Koko" L. Pimentel III (born 1964), Filipino politician and lawyer * Daniel Kenedy Pimentel Mateus dos Santos (born 1974), Portuguese footballer * David Pimentel (1925–2019), environmental science professor * Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel (died 1631), Spanish viceroy *

Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel Eleonora Anna Maria Felice de Fonseca Pimentel (born ''Leonor da Fonseca Pimentel Chaves''; 13 January 1752 – 20 August 1799) was an Italian poet and revolutionary connected with the Neapolitan revolution and subsequent short-lived Neapo ...

(1752-1799), Italian poet and revolutionary) * Eloá Pimentel, hostage victim *

Esmeralda Pimentel Esmeralda Pimentel (née Maria Esmeralda Pimentel on September 8, 1989) is a Mexican actress and model. She began her media career in 2009, appearing in commercials and television promotions. After participating in Nuestra Belleza México, whe ...

(born 1989), Mexican actress and model * Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (1507-1582), Spanish duke * Fernando Pimentel (born 1951), Brazilian politician and economist * Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel (1587-1645), Spanish duke and prime minister * Genaro Gongora Pimentel (born 1937), Mexican jurist *

George C. Pimentel George Claude Pimentel (May 2, 1922 – June 18, 1989) was the inventor of the chemical laser. He also developed the technique of matrix isolation in low-temperature chemistry. In theoretical chemistry, he proposed the three-center four-electron ...

(1922-1989), American inventor of Chemical laser *

Gerardo García Pimentel Gerardo Israel García Pimentel (1983 – December 8, 2007) was a Mexican journalist and crime reporter. He was shot dead outside his home in Uruapan, Michoacán, after a high-speed car chase.

(1983-2007), Mexican journalist * Henriëtte Pimentel (1876-1943), Dutch teacher and nurse murdered at Auschwitz * Isaías Pimentel (1933-2017), Venezuelan tennis player *

Jessica Pimentel Jessica Pimentel (born September 20, 1982) is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her role as Maria Ruiz on the Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black.'' She is also the lead singer of the metal band Alekhine's G ...

(born 1982), American actress and musician * Jesús Pimentel (born 1940), Mexican boxer * Joel Pimentel, founding member of Miami boy band

CNCO CNCO is a Latin American boy band based in Miami, Miami, Florida. The group consists of Richard Camacho, Erick Brian Colón, Christopher Vélez and Zabdiel De Jesús; former member Joel Pimentel departed the band in May 2021. They won a five-ye ...

* Jose Pimentel Ejercito (born 1963), Filipino politician *

Lito Pimentel Joselito Pimentel (born May 27, 1963 in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Province), known professionally as Lito Pimentel, is a Filipino film and television actor in the Philippines. His uncle is the late game show host Pepe Pimentel. Early life an ...

(born 1963), Filipino film and television actor * Luisa Pimentel-Ejercito (born 1930), Filipino politician and first spouse *

María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna Doña María Josefa Alonso-Pimentel y Téllez-Girón ''iure uxoris'' Duchess of Osuna, ''suo jure'' 12th Duchess of Benavente (26 November 1752 – 5 October 1834), was a Spanish Salonnière, famous as a patron of artists, writers and scientist ...

, 12th Duchess of Benavente (1752-1834) *

Mickey Pimentel Mickey Pimentel (born March 29, 1985 in San Diego, California) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at California. Pimentel was also a memb ...

(born 1985), American football player * Miguel Jontel Pimentel (born 1985), American singer * Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel, known as Lenine, (born 1959), Brazilian singer *

Pepe Pimentel José "Pepe" Gonzáles Pimentel, Sr. (April 30, 1929 – January 25, 2013) was a Filipino game show host, television personality, actor and singer. He rose to fame as the first champion of the original ''Tawag ng Tanghalan'' (1955). Pimentel lat ...

(1929–2013), Filipino television personality and game show host *

Richard Pimentel Richard Keith Pimentel (born 1948)Australian Government ComcareSpeech by Richard Pimentelat the Comcare National Conference 2011USA Today''Disabled war veteran's activism forges onto film'' November 5, 2007 is an American disability rights advoca ...

(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 Sávio Bortolini Pimentel (born 9 January 1974), known simply as Sávio (), is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a left winger. Known as ''"Anjo Loiro"'' ("Blonde Angel") and ''"Diabo Loiro"'' ("Blonde Devil"), he played most ...

(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 known as Sid Lucero * Valentín Pimentel (born 1991), Panamanian footballer

History

Ancestry of the

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

has been linked to Petrus Martini Pimentel (b. 1252) and João Afonso Pimentel, a Portuguese knight. The name spread throughout the

Portuguese Empire The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and the l ...

and the subsequent

Portuguese diaspora The Portuguese people () are a Romance nation and ethnic group indigenous to Portugal who share a common culture, ancestry and language. The Portuguese people's heritage largely derives from the pre-Celts, Proto-Celts (Lusitanians, Conii) an ...

. The name is associated with the

history of the Jews in Portugal The history of the Jews in Portugal reaches back over two thousand years and is directly related to Sephardi history, a Jewish ethnic division that represents communities that originated in the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain). Before P ...

, specifically the ''

converso A ''converso'' (; ; feminine form ''conversa''), "convert", () was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of his or her descendants. To safeguard the Old Christian po ...

s'' to Catholicism during the

Portuguese Inquisition The Portuguese Inquisition ( Portuguese: ''Inquisição Portuguesa''), officially known as the General Council of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal, was formally established in Portugal in 1536 at the request of its king, John III. ...

. Tribunal records now maintained in the

Torre do Tombo National Archive The National Archive of Torre do Tombo ( pt, Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, ) is the Portuguese national archive located in the civil parish of Alvalade, in the municipality of central-northern Lisbon. Established in 1378, it was renamed the ...

contain hundreds of examples of

New Christian New Christian ( es, Cristiano Nuevo; pt, Cristão-Novo; ca, Cristià Nou; lad, Christiano Muevo) was a socio-religious designation and legal distinction in the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire. The term was used from the 15th century ...

Pimentels accused of heresy and relapsing into Judaism. Pimentels of

Sephardic Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), ...

origin have been traced to Spain, Portugal, Amsterdam, Sardinia (Italy), Brazil, and Latin America.

References

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