Pero is a masculine given name. In South Slavic usage ( sr-Cyrl, Перо) it is a diminutive form of the name

Petar Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros (given name), Petros cognate to Peter (given name), Peter. Derivative forms include Pero (given name) ...

. In Portuguese, it's spelled Pêro. Notable people with the given name include: * Pêro de Alenquer, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast *

Pero Antić Pero Antić ( mk, Перо Антиќ, ; born July 29, 1982), is a North Macedonian basketball executive and former professional player. He currently serves as a president of the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. Antić was a member and ...

(born 1982), National Basketball Association player from Macedonia *

Pero Blazevski Pero Blazevski (born September 28, 1972) is a former Macedonian professional basketball player who played for many clubs in Macedonia like MZT Skopje, Rabotnicki, Kumanovo Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other alternative ...

(born 1972), Macedonian former basketball player *

Pero Budmani Petar "Pero" Budmani ( sr-Cyrl, Перо Будмани; 27 October 1835 – 27 December 1914) was a writer, linguist, grammarian, and philologist from Dubrovnik and a renowned polyglot. Biography Budmani was born in Dubrovnik/Ragusa, at the time ...

(1835-1914), Dubrovnik linguist and philologist *

Pero Bukejlović Petar "Pero" Bukejlović (Serbian language, Serbian ; born 9 August 1946) was List of Prime Ministers of Republika Srpska, Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (10 January 2005 – 26 January 2006) after the resignation of Dragan Mikerević (Decemb ...

(born 1946), Prime Minister of Republika Srpska *

Pero Cameron Sean Pero MacPherson Cameron (born 5 June 1974) is a New Zealand basketball coach and former player. A FIBA Hall of Fame member, he captained the New Zealand Tall Blacks from 2000 to 2010, helping lead New Zealand to the semifinal of the 200 ...

(born 1974), New Zealand professional basketball player *

Pêro da Covilhã Pedro, or Pêro da Covilhã or (; c. 1460 – after 1526), sometimes written: Pero de Covilhăo, was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer. He was a native of Covilhã in Beira. In his early life he had gone to Castile and entered the servi ...

(c. 1460-after 1526), Portuguese diplomat and explorer * Pero Čingrija (1837–1921), Croatian politician * Pero Dujmović (born 1977), Croatian basketball player and agent *

Pêro Escobar Pedro Escobar, also known as Pêro Escobar, was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator who discovered São Tomé (December 21, 1471), Annobón (January 1, 1472), Príncipe (January 17, 1472) islands, together with João de Santarém c. 1470. He is ...

, 15th century Portuguese navigator *

Pero Ferrús Pero Ferrús (also written as Pedro Ferrús, Pero Ferruz, Pero Ferrus) ( fl. 1380) was a Castilian poet. He lived in Alcalá de Henares. Ferrús was a Marrano, having converted to Christianity from Judaism. The reasons for conversion by Marra ...

, Castilian poet * Pero Jones (c. 1753–c. 1798), the eponym of a bridge in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom * Pero Kovačević (born 1957), Croatian lawyer and politician * Pero Kvrgić (1927–2020), Croatian actor of Serb and Austrian descent *

Pero López de Ayala Don Pero (or Pedro) López de Ayala (1332–1407) was a Castilian statesman, historian, poet, chronicler, chancellor, and courtier. Life Pero López de Ayala was born in 1332 at Vitoria, County of Alava, Kingdom of Castile, as the son of Fer ...

(1332-1407), Castilian statesman, historian, poet, chronicler, chancellor and courtier *

Pero Pejić Pero Pejić (born 28 November 1982) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. With over 100 goals to his name, he is the highest scoring foreign player in Albanian football history. In 2015, Pero Pejić was one of ...

(born 1982), Croatian footballer *

Pero Pirker Pero Pirker (5 July 1927 – 1 August 1972) was a Socialist Republic of Croatia, Croatian and Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav politician. He was the mayor of Zagreb from 1963 to 1967. His mayoralty coincided with the 1964 Za ...

(1927–1972), Croatian and Yugoslav politician * Pero Popović (1881–1941), Bosnian Serb painter *

Pero Simić Pero Simić (2 July 1946 – 11 October 2016) was a Bosnian Serb journalist and historian. He is most notable for authoring the first complete political biography of Josip Broz Tito, which has been published in all languages of the former Yugosla ...

(1946–2016), Bosnian Serb journalist and historian *

Pero Stanić Pero Stanić (born 21 September 1963) is a former professional volleyball player from Bosnia and Herzegovina who was active in Yugoslavia and Croatia. He played for Modriča, OK Vojvodina, HAOK Mladost, Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also G ...

(born 1963), Bosnian Croat volleyball player *

Pero Škorić Petar "Pero" Škorić (; born 18 June 1969) is a Serbian former footballer. He was a member of the Yugoslavia under-20 team that won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10 to 2 ...

(born 1969), Serbian football player *

Pero Vaz de Caminha Pero may refer to: * Pero (mythology), several personages in Greek mythology ** Pero (princess), daughter of Neleus * Pero (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname Pero * Pero language, a language of Nigeria * Pero, Lombardy, ...

(c. 1450–15 December 1500), Portuguese writer of the official report of the discovery of Brazil. Pero is also a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. J. Pero (born 1959), drummer *

George Pero George Pero (April 16, 1916 – March 23, 1988) was an American tennis player in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Miami, Florida. Pero played on the University of Miami tennis team that went unbeaten for three years between 1938 and 1 ...

(born 1919), American tennis player *

Mike Pero Michael Pero (born 26 February 1960) is a New Zealand businessman and entrepreneur. Professional history Pero founded his mortgage broking business in 1991. In 2011, Pero established a real estate company under the same brand name. In recen ...

(born 1960), New Zealander businessman

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