Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese version of the name Peter, derived from the word Petros (Greek for rock, from πέτρα or Petra, a translation of the Aramaic Kephas or Cephas), through the Latin Petrus. Sometimes the archaic form Pero or Pêro may occur.
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Pedro may refer to a number of different persons:
People
Pedro
- Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean political figure
- Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
- Pedro Álvares Cabral, Portuguese navigator and explorer
- Pedro de la Rosa, Formula 1 driver
- Pedro Dimas, Mexican musician
- Pedro Escobar, Portuguese explorer who discovered São Tomé and Príncipe
- Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, de facto president of Argentina from 1955 to 1958
- Pedro Gomez (dance instructor), a Cuban Salsa dance instructor
- Pedro Gomez (sports reporter), an American television reporter
- Pedro Lascuráin, President of Mexico
- Pedro López, a serial killer in South America
- Pedro Martínez, New York Mets pitcher
- Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Portuguese football player
- Pedro Nel Ospina, Colombian general and political figure
- Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician
- Pedro Pablo Ramírez, President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944
- Pedro Páez, Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia
- Pedro Pérez, Cuban triple jumper
- Pedro Rodriguez (NASA), Puerto Rican scientist and inventor
- Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver), Mexican Grand Prix Motor Racer
- Pedro Rodriguez (soldier), Puerto Rican Korean War hero
- Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001
- Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho, Brazilian footballer in Figueirense and is set to join Arsenal
Pêro
- Pedro Teixeira, a Portuguese explorer
- Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer of the African coast
- Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Portuguese explorer that accompanied Pedro Álvares Cabral in the discovery of Brazil
Fictional characters
- Pedro Sanchez, a character from the film Napoleon Dynamite
See also
- Pedro, people whose full name is Pedro
