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Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart
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of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
(where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pêro". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the
Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated i ...
''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternate archaic spelling is ''Pêro''. Pedro may refer to:


Notable people


Monarchs, mononymously

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Pedro I of Portugal Peter I (Portuguese: ''Pedro I'', ; 8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), called the Just (''o Justiceiro'') or the Cruel (''o Cruel''), was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso IV of Portuga ...
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Pedro II of Portugal '' Dom'' Pedro II (Peter II; 26 April 1648 – 9 December 1706), nicknamed "the Pacific", was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI from 1668 until his own accession. He was the fifth ...
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Pedro III of Portugal Dom Peter III ( pt, Pedro III, ; 5 July 1717 – 25 May 1786), nicknamed the Builder, was King of Portugal from 24 February 1777 to his death in 1786 as the co-ruler of his wife and niece, Queen Dona Maria I.David Birmingham ''A Concise Histor ...
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Pedro IV of Portugal Dom Pedro I (English: Peter I; 12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834), nicknamed "the Liberator", was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil. As King Dom Pedro IV, he reigned briefly over Portugal, where he also becam ...
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Pedro V of Portugal , house = Braganza , house-type = House , father = Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry , mother = Queen Maria II of Portugal , birth_date = , birth_place = , death_date = , death_place = Necessidad ...
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Pedro II of Brazil Dom PedroII (2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed "the Magnanimous" ( pt, O Magnânimo), was the second and last monarch of the Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, the seventh child of Emp ...
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Pedro of Castile Peter ( es, Pedro; 30 August 133423 March 1369), called the Cruel () or the Just (), was King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban V for ...
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Peter I of Aragon and Navarre Peter I ( es, Pedro, an, Pero, eu, Petri; 1068 - 1104) was King of Aragon and also Pamplona from 1094 until his death in 1104. Peter was the eldest son of Sancho Ramírez, from whom he inherited the crowns of Aragon and Pamplona, and Isabella ...
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Peter II of Aragon Peter II the Catholic (; ) (July 1178 – 12 September 1213) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213. Background Peter was born in Huesca, the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile. In 1205 he acknowle ...
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Peter III of Aragon Peter III of Aragon ( November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as ), and Count of Barcelona (as ) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pre ...
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Peter IV of Aragon Peter IV, ; an, Pero, ; es, Pedro, . In Catalan, he may also be nicknamed ''el del punyalet'': "he of the little dagger". (Catalan: ''Pere IV''; 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''el Cerimoniós''), w ...
* Peter V of Aragon, also Pedro IV of Barcelona


In sports, mononymously

* Pedro (footballer, born 1978), Pedro Hernández Martínez, Spanish football player, right-back *
Pedro (footballer, born 1984) Pedro Santa Cecilia García (born 10 March 1984), known simply as Pedro, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder. Club career Born in Gijón, Asturias, Pedro made his professional debut with hometown's Sporting de Gij ...
, Pedro Santa Cecilia García, Spanish football player, midfielder * Pedro (footballer, born 1986), Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino, Spanish footballer, forward * Pedro (footballer, born 1987), Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer, forward/winger * Pedro (footballer, born 1997), Pedro Guilherme Abreu dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forward * Pedro (footballer, born 1999), Pedro Augusto Cabral Carvalho, Brazilian football player, forward * Pedro (footballer, born 2006), Pedro Henrique Silva dos Santos, Brazilian football player, forward


In sports

* Pedró, José Pedro Azevedo Ferreira, Portuguese football player * Pedro Acosta, 2021 Moto3 World Champion * Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan football player * Pedro Aroche, Mexican race walker * Pedro Casado (1937–2021), Spanish footballer * Pedro Chirivella, Spanish football player * Pedro Collins, West Indian cricketer * Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish racing driver * Pedro Diniz, Brazilian racing driver * Pedro Gil, Spanish Roller hockey player * Pedro Gusmão, Brazilian football player * Pedro Iznaga, Cuban volleyball player * Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer * Pedro Lamy, Portuguese Grand Prix driver * Pedro Lima (swimmer) (born 1971), former Olympic swimmer from Angola * Pedro Lima (boxer) (born 1983), Brazilian boxer * Pedro Martínez, American baseball player * Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Portuguese football player * Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler * Pedro Pérez, Cuban triple jumper *
Pedro Pineda Pedro Pineda (born 30 November 1971) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Mexico national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Pineda was one of the fir ...
, Mexican football player * Pedro Rodríguez (disambiguation), multiple people * Pedro Senatore Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee *
Pedro da Silva (decathlete) Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (born October 24, 1966) is a former decathlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Oly ...
, Brazilian decathlete * Pedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian footballer * Pedro Zabála, Bolivian footballer


Politicians and leaders

* Pedro, Marshal of Navarre, 15th- and 16th-century nobleman * Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean political figure *
Pedro Atacho Pedro José Atacho (born 20 September 1960) is a Curaçaoan politician. He was a member of the Party for the Restructured Antilles. During his political career he was Minister of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles from 1994 to 1998. He served i ...
, Curaçaoan politician * Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, President of Argentina from 1955 to 1958 * Pedro Lascuráin, President of Mexico *
Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez Pedro Nel Ignacio Tomás de Villanueva Ospina Vásquez (18 September 1858 – 1 July 1927) was a Colombian general and political figure. He served as president of Colombia between 1922 and 1926. Biography Ospina was born in Bogotá, on ...
, Colombian general and political figure * Pedro Pablo Ramírez, President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944 *
Pedro Rosselló Pedro Juan Rosselló González, (; born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. He was President of the New Progressive Party from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2008, a ...
, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001 * Pedro I. "Pete" Saenz, American politician *
José Pedro Pérez-Llorca José Pedro Pérez-Llorca (30 November 1940 – 6 March 2019) was a Spanish lawyer who served as the minister of foreign affairs from 1980 to 1982. He was also one of the Fathers of the Constitution and played a key role in the country's tra ...
, Spanish politician *
Pedro Sánchez Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (; born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since June 2017, having p ...
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Prime Minister of Spain The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of 1978 and it was first regul ...
since 2018 * Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, President of Peru from 2016 to 2018


Explorers

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Pedro Álvares Cabral Pedro Álvares Cabral ( or ; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human ...
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Pedro Escobar Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...
, Portuguese explorer who discovered São Tomé and Príncipe * Pedro Teixeira, Portuguese explorer


Other

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Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...
, Spanish filmmaker * Pedro de Ayala, Spanish diplomat *
Pedro Calungsod Pedro Calungsod ( es, Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically ; mid-1650s – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish J ...
, Filipino saint * Pedro de San José de Betancur, Spanish saint and missionary in
Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...
. * Pedro Alcantara de Souza (died 2010), Brazilian land reform activist * Pedro Dimas, Mexican musician * Pedro Duro, Spanish businessman * Pedro Gomez (dance instructor), Cuban Salsa dance instructor * Pedro Gomez (journalist), American television reporter * Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña, Peruvian serial killer * Pedro X. Molina (born 1976), Nicaraguan caricaturist *
Pedro Nunes Pedro Nunes (; Latin: ''Petrus Nonius''; 1502 – 11 August 1578) was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family. Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, Nun ...
, Portuguese mathematician * Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia *
Pedro Pascal José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (born 2 April 1975) is a Chilean and American actor. He began his career guest-starring on various television shows before rising to prominence for portraying Oberyn Martell on the fourth season of the HBO fantas ...
, Chilean-American actor *
Perucho Figueredo Pedro Felipe Figueredo, (born 18 February 1818 – 17 August 1870), mostly known as Perucho, was a Cuban poet, musician, and freedom fighter of the 19th century. In the 1860s, he was active in the planning of the Cuban uprising against the S ...
, Cuban poet * Pedro Reyes (comedian), Spanish comedian * Pedro Rosa da Conceição (died 1919), Brazilian mass murderer * Pedro Rodriguez (scientist), Puerto Rican scientist and inventor * Pedro Sousa, Portuguese comedian * Pedro López (serial killer), Colombian serial killer * Pedro Rodríguez (soldier), Puerto Rican Korean War hero * Pedro Trebbau, German-born, Venezuelan zoologist * Pedro Yap, former Philippine Chief Justice * Pedro Zamora, cast member on ''The Real World'' * Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Portuguese knight * Sylvestro "Pedro" Morales (), Mexican bandit


Fictional characters

* Pedro, from '' The Power of Five'' novel series by Anthony Horowitz * Pedro, a character from the ''
One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chap ...
'' manga series * Pedro, a character from the ''
Excel Saga is a manga series written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. It was serialized in '' Young King OURs'' from 1996 to 2011, and its individual chapters were collected and published in 27 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shōnen Gahōsha. The series fo ...
'' manga series * Don Pedro, a character from '' Much Ado About Nothing'', a comedy by William Shakespeare * Don Pedro, a character from the Philippine story '' Ibong Adarna'' * Pedro the Mail Burro, a mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine ''
Boys' Life ''Scout Life'' (formerly ''Boys' Life'') is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Its target readers are boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 18. The magazine‘s headquarters are in Irving, Texas. ''Scout Life'' is pub ...
'' * Pedro Sanchez, character from the film ''
Napoleon Dynamite ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Jon Heder in the role of the titular character, a nerdy ...
'' * Pedro, another name of Panama Joe, a character from ''Montezuma's Revenge'' (video game) * Pedro, in the '' Sam & Max Season Two'' video game series * Pedro, a mascot of '' South of the Border roadside attraction'' * Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal from ''
Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...
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Pedro Penduko Pedro Penduko is a Filipino comic book character styled as a folk hero or superhero, created by National Artist for Literature Francisco V. Coching and debuted on the magazine '' Liwayway''. In his numerous incarnations, Pedro Penduko is an ordi ...
, a Filipino comic book character * Pedro Plane, protagonist in the ''
Saludos Amigos ''Saludos Amigos'' ( Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the sixth Disney animated feature film and the first of the six pack ...
'' segment ''Pedro'' * Pedro Pony, a character from the animated TV series Peppa Pig * Both the name of the gardener and the game itself released in 1984 by Imagine Software


See also

* Pedro (disambiguation) * Pérez


References

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