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 (Peter). Its Spanish equivalent is Pérez. It is a variant form of Peres. It may mean different things:

People

 * Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque (1930–1962), Angolan-Portuguese writer
 * Alfredo Pires (born 1964), Timor-Leste politician
 * Aloísio Pires Alves (born 1963), Brazilian footballer
 * Álvaro Henrique Alves Pires (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
 * Anabela Braz Pires (born 1976), Portuguese singer and actress
 * Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos (1940–2021), Angolan poet
 * Cléo Pires (born 1982), Brazilian actress
 * Cornélio Pires (1884–1958), Brazilian journalist, writer and folklorist
 * Diogo Pires (1500–1532), known as Solomon Molcho, a self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah
 * Emília Pires, Timor-Leste Minister of Finance
 * Felipe Pires (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
 * Fernão Pires de Andrade (died 1523), Portuguese merchant and official
 * Francisco Fortunato Pires (born 1948), São Toméan politician
 * Gérard Pirès (born 1942), French film director and writer
 * Glória Pires (born 1963), Brazilian actress
 * Isabel Cristina Torreão Pires (born 1961), Brazilian serial killer and cannibal
 * Isabel Pires (born 1990), Portuguese politician
 * João Murça Pires (1917–1994), Brazilian botanist
 * Jorge Costa Pires (born 1981), Portuguese footballer
 * José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998), Portuguese writer
 * José Mariano Rebelo Pires Gago, Portuguese high-energy physicist and Minister for Science
 * Loick Pires (born 1989), English footballer
 * Luís Pires (15th century/16th century), Portuguese explorer
 * Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 1960), São Toméan politician
 * Maria João Pires (born 1944), Portuguese pianist
 * Mário Lemos Pires (1930–2009), last governor of Portuguese Timor
 * Mário Pires (born 1949), Guinea-Bissau politician and former Prime Minister
 * Nuno Pires, South African bioinformatician
 * Paulo Pires (born 1967), Portuguese model and actor
 * Pedro Pires (born 1934), President of Cape Verde
 * Robert Pires (born 1973), French footballer
 * Rosemir Pires (born 1978), Brazilian footballer
 * Tomé Pires (1465–1540), first Portuguese envoy to China