Pires

Pires is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Pedro or Son of Pero (English: Peter). Its Spanish equivalent is Pérez. It is a variant form of Peres. It may mean different things:

People

• Philip Robert Pires Coelho, Professor of Economics, earned his doctorate from the University of Washington in 1969,
• A. M. Pires Cabral, Portuguese writer
• Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, Angolan-Portuguese writer
• Alfredo Pires, Timor-Leste politician
• Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer
• Álvaro Henrique Alves Pires, Brazilian footballer
• Anabela Braz Pires, Portuguese singer and actress
• António Elísio Capelo Pires Veloso, Portuguese colonial Governor of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos, Angolan poet
• Carlos Lopes Pires, Portuguese writer
• Cléo Pires Brazilian actress
• Cornélio Pires, Brazilian journalist, writer and folklorist
• Diogo Pires, known as Solomon Molcho, a self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah
• Diogo Pires the Younger, Portuguese artist of the 16th century
• Emilia Pires, Timor-Leste Minister of Finance
• Felipe Pires, Brazilian footballer
• Fernão Pires de Andrade, Portuguese merchant and official
• Francisco António Pires Barata, Portuguese colonial Governor of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Francisco Fortunato Pires, São Toméan politician
• Francisco Lucas Pires, Portuguese politician, minister and MEP
• Gérard Pirès, French film director and writer
• Glória Pires Brazilian actress
• Jacinto Lucas Pires, Portuguese writer
• Jorge Costa Pires, Portuguese footballer
• José Cardoso Pires, Portuguese writer
• José Mariano Rebelo Pires Gago, Portuguese high-energy physicist and Minister for Science
• Kyle Pires, Portuguese/Indian minister of finance in Goa
• Loick Pires, English footballer
• Lourenço Pires de Távora, Portuguese colonial Governor of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Luís Pires, Portuguese explorer
• Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira, São Toméan politician
• Maria João Pires, Portuguese pianist
• Mário Lemos Pires, last governor of Portuguese Timor
• Mário Pires, Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister
• Paulo Pires, Portuguese model and actor
• Pedro Pires, President of Cape Verde
• Pires de Saldanha, Portuguese colonial Governor of Angola
• Robert Pirès French footballer
• Rosemir Pires, Brazilian footballer
• Vagner Pires AKA Dj Infa Red, American Radio and TV Dj
• Jorge Filipe Antunes Rodrigues Pires, U.S. Marine
• Eusebio Pires, Researcher in Reproductive Cell Biology at the University of Virginia, USA and of Indian origin with ancestors from Goa, a state colonized by the Portuguese and Spaniards

Other

• Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, race course in Estoril, Portugal
• Music From Van Pires, John Entwistle's last studio solo album
• Pires (Monção), a village in Monção, Portugal
• Pires do Rio Microregion, a region of south-central Goiás state, Brazil
• Pires do Rio, municipality in Goiás state, Brazil
• Ribeirão Pires, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil