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Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish and Portuguese name
José José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced ...
(Joseph). It is also a surname. *


People


Mononyms

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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- ...
, Brazilian footballer José Macia *
Pepe (footballer, born 1983) Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira OM (born 26 February 1983), known as Pepe (, ), is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in Brazil, he played for Portugal national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greate ...
, Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira * Pepe (footballer, born October 1983), Brazilian footballer Marcos Paulo Aguiar de Jesus *
Pepê (footballer, born 1997) Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa (born 24 February 1997), commonly known as Pepê, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Brazil national team. Mainly a winger, he can also play as a right-back. Form ...
, Brazilian footballer Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa * Pepê (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer João Pedro Vilardi Pinto


Politicians

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Porfirio Lobo Sosa Porfirio Lobo Sosa (born 22 January 1947) also known by his nickname, Pepe Lobo, is a Honduran former politician, business administrator, and agricultural landowner who served as 37th President of Honduras from 27 January 2010 to 27 January 2014 ...
(born 1947), known as Pepe, candidate for the Presidency of Honduras *
José Mujica José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (20May 193513May 2025) was a Uruguayan politician, 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 imprisone ...
(1935–2025), known as El Pepe, president of Uruguay * José Gregorio Liendo (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 popularly considered a na ...
(1861–1896), Filipino nationalist who used the name with his family


Musicians

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Pepe Romero Pepe Romero (born 8 March 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 ...
(born 1944), Spanish classical and flamenco guitarist *
Pepe Aguilar José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born 7 August 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is a Mexican singer. - Accessed on June 17, 2011. From a young age, Aguilar accompanied his parents, singer-actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre on tour ...
(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 Belgia ...
(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 Sp ...
(1947–2019), real name Joseph William Feliciano Smith, Filipino rock singer and drummer


Sportsmen

* Pepe Frías (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 Tarleton State Texans. 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 former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. The son of famed Barcelona and Atlético Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Reina, Pepe Reina began his career with the Barce ...
(born 1982), Spanish footballer *
Juan Ignacio Sánchez ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philip ...
(born 1977), Argentine basketball player * Pepe Soares (1908–1931), Portuguese footballer


Surname

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Cécé Pepe Cécé Franck Pepe (born 9 November 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender, most recently for Scottish club Livingston whom he left in August 2020. Career Born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Pepe is a product of the Par ...
(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. ...
(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 House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Bourbon kings of Naples. He was a cousin of Guglielmo P ...
(1779–1849), Italian soldier, cousin of Guglielmo *
Guglielmo Pepe Guglielmo Pepe (13 February 1783 – 8 August 1855) was an 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 of John Bort ...
(1783–1855), Italian general *
Nico Pepe Nico Pepe (19 January 1917 – 13 August 1987) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1936 and 1981. Life and career Born in Udine, after a bachelor's degree in business Pepe got a job as a banking clerk, which he q ...
(1917–1987), Italian actor *
Nicolas Pépé Nicolas Pépé (born 29 May 1995) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a winger (association football), right winger or forward (association football), forward for La Liga club Villarreal CF, Villarreal. Born in France ...
(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 ...
(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

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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 anthropomorphic striped skunk, Pepé is constantly on the quest for love and pursui ...
, in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons *the protagonist of ''Pepe'' (1960 film), an American musical comedy starring Cantinflas as Pepe *the protagonist of ''Pepe'' (2024 film), a Dominican Republic film about a ghost hippo * Pepe el Toro, 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 a Comics, comic character and Internet meme created by cartoonist Matt Furie. Designed as green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body usually wearing a blue tee-shirt, Pepe originated in Furie's 2005 webcomic ''Boy's Cl ...
, Internet meme from the comic series ''Boy's Club'' *
Pepe the King Prawn Pepe the King Prawn is a Muppet character from ''Muppets Tonight'' and performed by Bill Barretta, originally as part of a vaudeville double act with Seymour the Elephant. Overview Pepe is Spanish and speaks with a heavy accent, often punctuati ...
, 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 from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically t ...
'' by Tite Kubo *Pépé Torres the young killer in John Steinbeck's short story "
Flight Flight or flying is the motion (physics), motion of an Physical object, object through an atmosphere, or through the vacuum of Outer space, space, without contacting any planetary surface. This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift ass ...
" *Pericles, nicknamed Pepe, in the comic book ''
Asterix in Spain ''Asterix in Spain'' (, 'Asterix in Hispania') is the fourteenth volume of the ''Asterix'' comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was originally serialized in ''Pilote'' magazine, issues 498–519, i ...
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See also

* Pepa (disambiguation), the feminine form of the Spanish nickname * Pepito (disambiguation), diminutive name for Pepe in Spanish culture * Peppe, a given name, nickname and surname {{given name, type=both Spanish-language hypocorisms Italian-language surnames Masculine hypocorisms