Pedro

Pedro or the archaic Pêro is a masculine given name. It is a Portuguese, Galician and Spanish form of the name Peter,^[1] which is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word "η πετρα" meaning "stone, rock".^[2] The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic Kephas or Cephas meaning "stone".

Pedro may refer to:

People

Monarchs

• Pedro I of Portugal
• Pedro II of Portugal
• Pedro III of Portugal
• Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil
• Pedro V of Portugal
• Pedro II of Brazil
• Pedro of Castile
• Peter I of Aragon and Navarre, also known as Pedro I
• Peter II of Aragon
• Peter III of Aragon
• Peter IV of Aragon
• Peter V of Aragon, also Pedro IV of Barcelona

Politicians and leaders

• Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean political figure
• Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, President of Argentina from 1955 to 1958
• Pedro Lascuráin, President of Mexico
• Pedro Nel Ospina, Colombian general and political figure
• Pedro Pablo Ramírez, President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944
• Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001

In sports

• Pedro Acosta, Venezuelan football player
• Pedro Aroche, Mexican race walker
• Pedro Collins, West Indian cricketer
• Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish racing driver
• Pedro Diniz, Brazilian racing driver
• Pedro Hernández Martínez (born 1978), Spanish football player
• Pedro Iznaga, Cuban volleyball player
• Pedro Lima, Angolan swimmer
• Pedro Martínez, American baseball player
• Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Portuguese football player
• Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
• Pedro Pérez, Cuban triple jumper
• Pedro Pineda, Mexican football player
• Pedro Rodríguez (cyclist), Ecuadorian cyclist
• Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver), Mexican Grand Prix racer
• Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, FC Barcelona football player
• Pedro Antonio Sánchez Moñino (born 1987), Spanish football player
• Pedro Santa Cecilia (born 1984), Spanish football player
• Pedro Senatore Ramos, Ecuadorian football referee
• Pedro da Silva (athlete), Brazilian decathlete
• Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho, Brazilian footballer
• Pedro Zabála, Bolivian footballer

Explorers

• Pedro Álvares Cabral, Portuguese navigator and explorer
• Pedro Escobar, Portuguese explorer who discovered São Tomé and Príncipe
• Pedro Teixeira, Portuguese explorer

Other

• Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
• Pedro Dimas, Mexican musician
• Pedro Duro, Spanish businessman
• Pedro Gomez (dance instructor), Cuban Salsa dance instructor
• Pedro Gomez (sports reporter), American television reporter
• Pedro López, South American serial killer
• Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician
• Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia
• Pedro Rodriguez (NASA), Puerto Rican scientist and inventor
• Pedro Rodriguez (soldier), Puerto Rican Korean War hero

Fictional characters

• Pedro, from The Power of Five novel series by Anthony Horowitz
• Pedro, a character from the Excel Saga manga series
• Don Pedro, a character from Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy by William Shakespeare
• Pedro the Mail Burro, mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine Boys' Life
• Pedro Sanchez, a main character from the film Napoleon Dynamite
• Pedro, another name of Panama Joe, a character from Montezuma's Revenge (video game)
• Pedro, in the Sam & Max Season Two video game series
• Pedro, mascot of South of the Border roadside attraction
• Pedro, a Red-crested Cardinal from "Rio (film)"

Geography

• Pedro, South Dakota, a ghost town in South Dakota ^[3]

References

1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Pedro
2. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter
3. ^ www.keystonechamber.com

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