# Pinheiro

Pinheiro is a Portuguese surname of Jewish origin (Sephardic); a topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous pine tree or by a pine forest, from pinheiro ‘pine’, or habitational name for any of the numerous places named Pinheiro.

## People
### Footballers

* Alessandro Pinheiro Martins (1983-2005), Brazilian footballer
* Carlos Alberto Souto Pinheiro Júnior (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
* Erin Pinheiro (born 1997), Capeverdian footballer
* Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
* João Carlos Batista Pinheiro (1932-2011), Brazilian footballer
* Julio César Pinheiro (born 1976), Mexican footballer
* Juninho Pinheiro (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Max Brendon Costa Pinheiro (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Moisés Moura Pinheiro (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
* Paquito (footballer born 1981), Brazilian footballer
* Pedro Miguel da Câmara Pinheiro (born 1977), Portuguese footballer
* Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Rogerio Pinheiro Dos Santos (born 1972), Brazilian footballer
* Túlio Lustosa Seixas Pinheiro (born 1976), Brazilian footballer

### Politicians

* Israel Pinheiro da Silva (1896-1973), Brazilian politician
* João de Deus Pinheiro (born 1945), Portuguese politician
* João Pinheiro Chagas (1863-1925), former Prime Minister of Portugal
* João Pinheiro da Silva (1860-1908), Brazilian politician
* José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917-1983), Portuguese politician

### Other

* Beatriz Pinheiro (1872-1922) Portuguese writer
* Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857-1929), Portuguese painter
* Heloísa Pinheiro (born 1945), Brazilian model
* Hugo Pinheiro, Portuguese bodyboarder
* Joaquim Pinheiro (born 1960), Portuguese runner
* Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (born 2000), Norwegian-Brazilian alpine skier
* Moses Pinheiro (17th century), Italian rabbi and Kabbalist
* Nuno Pinheiro (born 1984), Portuguese volleyball player
* Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (born 1944), Brazilian diplomat, UN envoy
* Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (1846-1905), Portuguese artist and comics creator
* Wilson Pinheiro (died 1980), Brazilian activist
* Paulo César Pinheiro (born 1949), Brazilian poet and composer

## Places
### Brazil

* Pinheiros River, a river in the State of São Paulo
* Pinheiros (district of São Paulo), a barrio in the State of São Paulo
* Pinheiros, Espírito Santo, a municipality in the State of Espírito Santo
* Pinheiro, Maranhão, place in the mesoregion Maranhão

### Portugal

* Pinheiro (Aguiar da Beira), a civil parish in Aguiar da Beira Municipality, Guarda District
* Pinheiro (Castro Daire), a civil parish in the municipality of Castro Daire
* Pinheiro (Guimarães), a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães
* Pinheiro (Penafiel), a civil parish in the municipality of Penafiel
Other variants:
* Pinheiro Grande, a civil parish in the municipality of Chamusca
* Boavista dos Pinheiros, a civil parish in the municipality of Odemira

## Other

* Pinheiro, one of the festivities of the Nicolinas
* Pinheiro's slender opossum, a species of opossum
* Estádio Engenheiro Vidal Pinheiro, a stadium in Porto, Portugal
* Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, a museum in Lisbon, Portugal
* Rodovia Floriano Rodrigues Pinheiro, a highway in São Paulo state, Brazil
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro, diocese in the state of Maranhão, Brazil