Pinto
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General
- Conspiracy of the PintosConspiracy Of The PintosConspiracy of the Pintos, also known as Conspiracy of Goa, the Pinto Revolt or the Pinto Conspiracy, and in Portuguese as A Conjuração dos Pintos, was a rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa in 1787...
, a rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa, India in 1787 - Ford PintoFord PintoThe Ford Pinto is a subcompact car produced by the Ford Motor Company for the model years 1971–1980. The car's name derives from the Pinto horse. Initially offered as a two-door sedan, Ford offered "Runabout" hatchback and wagon models the following year, competing in the U.S. market with the AMC...
(1971–1980), a subcompact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market- Ford Pinto engineFord Pinto engineThe Ford Pinto engine was the unofficial but generic nickname for a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine built by Ford Europe. In Ford sales literature it was referred to as the EAO or OHC engine and because it was designed to the metric system, it was sometimes called the "Metric engine". The...
, unofficial nickname for a 4 cylinder internal combustion engine built by the Ford Motor Company in Europe
- Ford Pinto engine
- Gallo PintoGallo pintoGallo pinto is a traditional dish of Costa Rica that was introduced by nicaraguan immigrants. During the 1980's many nicaraguans immigrated to Costa Rica influencing their food and music. Though many variations exist, the dish at its most basic is composed of pre-cooked rice and beans fried together...
, a dish traditional to Nicaragua and Costa Rica consisting primarily of beans and rice - Pinto bean, a type of mottled bean
- Pinto horsePinto horseA pinto horse has a coat color that consists of large patches of white and any other color. The distinction between "pinto" and "solid" can be tenuous, as so-called "solid" horses frequently have areas of white hair. Various cultures throughout history appear to have selectively bred for pinto...
, a horse coat color that consists of large patches of white and another color
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- Alexandre de Serpa PintoAlexandre de Serpa PintoAlexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto was a Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator....
(aka Serpa Pinto) (1846–1900), Portuguese explorer of southern Africa and a colonial administrator - António PintoAntónio PintoAntónio Coelho Pinto is a Portuguese long-distance runner.Pinto won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36...
, Portuguese long-distance runner - António Pinto SoaresAntónio Pinto SoaresAntónio Pinto Soares was Head of State of Costa Rica from September 11 to September 27, 1842.He led the popular uprising that overthrew Francisco Morazán on September 11, 1842, and served as Head of State until September 27, when he peacefully handled power to José María Alfaro.- Early life and...
(1780–1865), Costa Rican military general and head of state - Carlos Mota PintoCarlos Mota PintoCarlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, GCC, GCIP, was a Portuguese professor and politician.-Career:He graduated as a Licentiate in Law and Doctorate in Judicial Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He was also a Professor at the Portuguese Catholic University and several foreign...
, Portuguese politician - Chaim PintoChaim PintoRabbi Ḥaim Pinto was the leading rabbi in the seaport city of Essaouira, Morocco, known in his lifetime as Mogador, Morocco. Rabbi Pinto, himself born into a distinguished rabbinic family, had four sons, Rabbi Yehouda also known as Rabbi Haddan, Rabbi Yossef, Rabbi Yehoshiya and Rabbi...
(1748–1845), rabbi in Essaouira, Morocco - Dan PintoDan PintoDan Pinto is a BMI composer/keyboardist/drummer-percussionist who writes and performs music in the styles of Jazz-Fusion and orchestral Film score and Soundtrack...
, American composer, keyboardist and drummer-percussionist - David PintoDavid PintoDavid Pinto is the author of the blog Baseball Musings, a general-interest baseball blog, as well as a columnist for Sporting News. He previously worked at Project Scoresheet, STATS, Inc., ESPN, Baseball Info Solutions, and Baseball Prospectus....
, American baseball blogger - Diana PintoDiana PintoDiana Pinto is an Indian beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss India America 2009, at the 18th Annual Miss India America Pageant held at Long Beach, California on 7 August 2009.-Early life and family:...
, Miss India America 2009 - Diana Pinto (Historian)Diana Pinto (historian)Diana Pinto is an intellectual historian and writer living in Paris.The daughter of Italian Jewish parents, she is married to the French political scientist Dominique Moïsi and a resident of France.- Life :...
(born 1949), an intellectual historian and writer living in Paris - Francisco Antonio PintoFrancisco Antonio PintoFrancisco Antonio Pinto y Díaz de la Puente was a Chilean political figure. He was twice President of Chile between 1827 and 1829.-Early life:He was born in Santiago, the son of Joaquín Pinto and Mercedes Díaz de la Puente...
(1785–1858), Chilean politician, president of Chile (1827–1829) - Francisco Pinto BalsemãoFrancisco Pinto BalsemãoFrancisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão, GCC , is a former Prime Minister of Portugal, who served from 1981 to 1983.-Background:He is the son of Henrique Patrício de Balsemão and wife Maria Adelaide van Zeller de Castro Pereira , granddaughter in male line of an adulterine son of King Pedro...
, Portuguese politician and media entrepreneur - Freida PintoFreida PintoFreida Pinto is an Indian actress and model best known for her portrayal of Latika in the 2008 Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture...
, Indian actress and model - George PintoGeorge PintoGeorge Pinto was an English composer and keyboard virtuoso.-Family:He was baptized at St. Mary's, Lambeth on February 11, 1786 as George Sanders. Accounts of Pinto's life and character are tenuous. There seems to be no surviving correspondence, nor did he have any descendants preserving a family...
, English composer and keyboard virtuoso - Isaac de PintoIsaac de PintoIsaac de Pinto was a Dutch Jew of Portuguese origin, a scholar and one of the main investors in the Dutch East India Company....
Portuguese moralist - Jane EngelhardJane EngelhardJane Engelhard was an US philanthropist, best known for her marriage to billionaire industrialist Charles W...
(born Marie Annette Reiss) (1917–2004), American philanthropist - João Domingos Pinto (born 1961), former Portuguese football player, and current assistant coach of the FC Porto team
- João FrancoJoão FrancoJoão Franco Ferreira Pinto Castelo-Branco, GCTE was a Portuguese politician, Minister, 43rd Minister for Treasury Affairs and 73rd Prime Minister in the last years of the Portuguese monarchy...
(1855–1929), Portuguese politician and prime minister in the last years of the Portuguese monarchy - João Vieira PintoJoão Vieira PintoJoão Manuel Vieira Pinto is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mostly as a forward.Blessed with formidable skills and scoring ability, he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the Portuguese national team's "Golden Generation", collecting 138 caps and scoring 35...
(born 1971), Portuguese footballer (soccer) - Jorge Nuno Pinto da CostaJorge Nuno Pinto da CostaJorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa is a Portuguese football chairman, currently in charge of F.C. Porto.-Early years:Pinto da Costa was born in Porto, the son of José Alexandrino Teixeira da Costa and Maria Elisa Bessa Lima de Amorim Pinto, who fathered other four children, including future...
(born 1937), president of Portuguese sports club F.C. Porto - José Antonio Pinto CastroJosé Antonio Pinto CastroJosé Antonio Pinto Castro was a Costa Rican politician, son of General Antonio Pinto Soares and María del Rosario Castro Ramírez...
(1817–1887), Costa Rican Vice President, politician, and judge - José Concepción Pinto Castro (1829–1898), Costa Rican judge and politician
- José de Magalhães Pinto (1909–1996), Brazilian politician and banker
- José Manuel PintoJosé Manuel PintoJosé Manuel Pinto Colorado is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona as a goalkeeper.-Betis / Celta:Born in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Andalusia, Pinto, a product of Real Betis' youth system, moved up to the first team and made his La Liga debut for the club during the 1997–98...
(born 1975), Spanish football goalkeeper of FC Barcelona - José María Orellana PintoJosé María Orellana PintoJosé María Orellana Pinto was a Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala from December 10, 1921 to September 26, 1926.Orellana, born in El Jícaro, department of El Progreso, was a general of the Guatemalan army...
(1872–1926), President of Guatemala (1921–1926) - José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, Portuguese politician, former prime-minister of Portugal
- Josiah ben Joseph PintoJosiah ben Joseph PintoJosiah ben Joseph Pinto was a Syrian rabbi and preacher born at Damascus. His father, Joseph Pinto, was one of the rich and charitable men of that city. Josiah was a pupil of various rabbis in Talmud and Kabala, and later, after his father's death, he studied Talmud under Jacob Abulafia, who...
, (1565–1648) Syrian rabbi - Keivi PintoKeivi PintoKeivi Mayerlin Pinto is a female judoka from Venezuela, who won the bronze medal in the women's half heavyweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:...
, Venezuelan judoka - Manuel Guillermo PintoManuel Guillermo PintoManuel Guillermo Pinto was an Argentine general and lawmaker.Pinto was born in Buenos Aires, and studied at the Royal College of San Carlos. He completed further studies in Spain, but returned to fight during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, in 1807...
, Argentinian general - Manuel Pinto da CostaManuel Pinto da CostaManuel Pinto da Costa is a Santoméan economist and politician who served as the first President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991. He was again elected as President in August 2011 and took office on 3 September 2011....
, São Tomé and Príncipe politician - Mário Pinto de AndradeMário Pinto de AndradeMário Coelho Pinto de Andrade was an Angolan poet and politician.He was born in Golungo-Alto, in Portuguese Angola, and studied philology at the University of Lisbon and sociology at the Sorbonne in Paris...
, Angolan poet and politician - Pio Gama PintoPio Gama PintoPio Gama Pinto was a Kenyan journalist and politician.-Early years:At age eight, he was sent to India for his education and spent the next nine years there. He studied the arts for two years before joining the Indian Air Force in 1944 for a short time...
, Kenyan politician - Renyel PintoRenyel PintoRenyel Eligio Pinto is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He made his major league debut on May 18, .-Career:...
(born 1982), baseball pitcher - Ricardo PintoRicardo PintoRicardo Pinto is a computer game programmer and fantasy author.His family moved to London when he was six and then to Dundee in Scotland. In 1979, he commenced a degree in Mathematics at the University of Dundee. In 1983, he moved to London to work as a programmer writing computer games...
, (born 1961) is a UK-based fantasy writer - Ricardo Pinto (footballer)Ricardo Pinto (footballer)Ricardo Pinto is a retired professional association footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs and for Primera División Paraguaya club Cerro Porteño. He is the current coach of Paraná Clube.-Playing career:Pinto's career started in 1982, playing for...
, (born 1965), Brazilian footballer (soccer) - Robin PintoRobin PintoRobin Pinto is a former female boxer who fought professionally from 2001 to 2002.-Boxing career:...
, Canadian female boxer - Sara Pinto CoelhoSara Pinto CoelhoSara Pinto Coelho was a writer of fiction and plays in the Portuguese language.Pinto Coelho grew up in Portugal. Most of her adult life she spent in Mozambique, where she taught primary school and wrote radio plays, novels, short stories, and children's books...
(1913–1990), Portuguese writer of fiction and plays - Sérgio Sousa PintoSérgio Sousa PintoSérgio Sousa Pinto is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists....
(born 1972), Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament - Silvia CorzoSilvia CorzoSilvia Milena Corzo Pinto is a Colombian lawyer, journalist and presenter of Noticias Uno newscast.-Biography:...
(born 1973), Colombian lawyer, journalist and newscaster - Vivian de Sola PintoVivian de Sola PintoVivian de Sola Pinto was a British poet, literary critic and historian. He was a leading scholarly authority on D. H. Lawrence, and appeared for the defence in the 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover trial....
(1895–1969), British poet, literary critic and historian - Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (born 1973), Israeli Jewish spiritual leader and Kabbalist
Other
- Pinto ColvigPinto ColvigVance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig was an American vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer whose schtick was playing clarinet off-key while mugging....
(1892–1967), U.S. vaudeville actor, radio actor, newspaper cartoonist, prolific movie voice actor, and circus performer, best known as the voice of Disney's Goofy and the original Bozo the Clown
Places
- Pinto, ChilePinto, ChilePinto is a Chilean town and commune in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region. It is bordered by the commune of Coihueco to the north, Chillán and San Ignacio to the west, and El Carmen and Antuco to the south...
- Pinto, MadridPinto, MadridPinto is a town in the south of the autonomous community of Madrid, central Spain.Formerly, the belief was that Pinto sat on the geographic middle of the Iberian Peninsula, hence its name comes from the Latin Punctum, "point".-Limits:...
, Spain - Pinto, MarylandPinto, MarylandPinto is an unincorporated community along the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland across from Rocket Center, West Virginia. While the town is officially named Potomac, its post office is referred to as Pinto because there already exists a Potomac, Maryland. Pinto is located...
, United States - Pinto, MagdalenaPinto, MagdalenaPinto or Santa Barbara de Pinto is a town and municipality of the Magdalena Department in northern Colombia.-External links:...
, Colombia - Palo Pinto County, TexasPalo Pinto County, TexasAs of the census of 2000, there were 27,026 people, 10,594 households, and 7,447 families residing in the county. The population density was 28 people per square mile . There were 14,102 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...
, United States - Pinto Martins International AirportPinto Martins International AirportPinto Martins International Airport is the airport serving Fortaleza, Brazil. It is named after Euclides Pinto Martins a Ceará-born aviator, who in 1922 was one of the pioneers of the air-link between New York and Rio de Janeiro....
, Brazil - Rodovia Carvalho PintoRodovia Carvalho PintoRodovia Governador Carvalho Pinto is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.It is a continuation of the Rodovia Ayrton Senna , near the city of Guararema and ends by merging with Rodovia Presidente Dutra, which connects the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; and Rodovia Floriano...
, highway in Brazil - Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, official name of Estádio Mineirão, football stadium in Brazil
- Cittá Pinto, alternate name of Qormi in Malta
See also
- PintPintThe pint is a unit of volume or capacity that was once used across much of Europe with values varying from state to state from less than half a litre to over one litre. Within continental Europe, the pint was replaced with the metric system during the nineteenth century...
, unit of measurement - Pinta (disambiguation)
- Pinter (disambiguation)Pinter (disambiguation)Pinter is an Hungarian surname, and may refer to:*Colleen Zenk Pinter, American actress*Frances Pinter, British publisher*Harold Pinter, British playwright*Mark Pinter, American actor*Sándor Pintér, Hungarian politician...