Pedro

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Pedro is the Spanish and Portugueseit is rock in grece 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.

Pedro may refer to a number of different persons or things:

Contents 1 Monarchs 2 Other People 3 Places 4 Fictional characters 5 Other

[edit] Monarchs

• Kings of Portugal
  • Pedro I
  • Pedro II
  • Pedro III
  • Pedro IV (I of Brazil)
  • Pedro V
• Emperors of Brazil
  • Pedro I (IV of Portugal)
  • Pedro II
• Kings of Castile
  • Pedro of Castile
• Kings of Aragon
  • Pedro I of Aragon and Navarre
  • Petronila of Aragon
  • Pedro II of Aragon
  • Pedro III of Aragon
  • Pedro IV of Aragon
  • Pedro V of Aragon (IV of Barcelona)

[edit] Other People

• Pedro, Duke of Coimbra.
• Pedro, Count of Urgell.
• Pedro, Duke of Cantabria, father of king Alfonso I of Asturias.
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean political figure.
• Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker.
• Pedro Álvares Cabral, Portuguese navigator and explorer.
• Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, de facto president of Argentina from 1955 to 1958.
• Pedro de la Rosa, Formula 1 driver
• Pedro Dimas, Mexican musician
• 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 Nel Ospina, Colombian general and political figure.
• Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician.
• Pedro Páez, Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia.
• Pedro Miguel Pauleta, Portuguese football player.
• Pedro Pablo Ramírez, President of Argentina from 1943 to 1944.
• Pedro Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.
• Pedro Rodriguez (soldier), Puerto Rican Korean War hero.
• Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver), Mexican Grand Prix Motor Racer.
• Pedro Rodriguez (NASA), Puerto Rican scientist and inventor.
• Pedro Teixeira, a Portuguese explorer.

[edit] Places

• San Pedro, in Colombia.
• Volcán San Pedro, in Guatemala.
• San Pedro Town, in Belize.
• San Pedro, in Argentina.
• San Pedro Partido, an administrative subdivision in Argentina.
• San Pedro Department, Jujuy in Argentina.
• San Pedro Department, Misiones in Argentina.
• San Pedro de Atacama in Chile.
• San Pedro, Alajuela in Costa Rica
• San Pedro, San Juan Province, in Costa Rica
• San Pédro in Côte d'Ivoire.
• San Pedro, Baja California Sur, in Mexico.
• San Pedro, Coahuila in Mexico.
• San Pedro de Lóvago in Nicaragua.
• San Pedro Department in Paraguay.
• San Pedro in Paraguay.
• San Pedro de Lloc in Peru.
• San Pedro, Laguna in the Philippines.
• San Pedro, Bagabag in the Philippines.
• Peñas de San Pedro in Spain.
• San Pedro, Albacete in Spain.
• San Pedro, Viveiro in Spain.
• San Pedro del Pinatar in Spain.
• San Pedro Bay in the United States.
• San Pedro, Los Angeles, California in the United States.
• San Pedro, New Mexico in the United States.
• São Pedro, Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
• São Pedro, São Paulo in Brazil.
• São Pedro (Alandroa) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Angra do Heroísmo) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Celorico da Beira) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Covilhã) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Faro) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Figueira da Foz) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Funchal) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Gouveia) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Manteigas) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Óbidos) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Peniche) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Ponta Delgada) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Porto de Mós) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Torres Novas) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Trancoso) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Vila do Porto) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Vila Franca do Campo) in Portugal.
• São Pedro (Vila Real) in Portugal.
• São Pedro de Este in Portugal.
• São Pedro de Sarracenos in Portugal.
• São Pedro de Balsemão in Portugal.

[edit] Fictional characters

• Pedro, a character from Excel Saga.
• Pedro, another name of Panama Joe, character from Montezuma's Revenge video game.
• Don Pedro, a character from Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy by William Shakespeare.
• Pedro Sanchez, a character from the film Napoleon Dynamite.
• Pedro the Mail Burro, mascot of the Boy Scouting magazine Boys' Life.

[edit] Other

• Pedro (game), a card game.
• Pedro Páramo, a novel by Juan Rulfo
• Pedro Ximénez, a white grape grown in certain regions of Spain.
• Point Pedro, the northern most town of the island of Sri Lanka.
• El retablo de Maese Pedro, a puppet-opera by Manuel de Falla.
• San Pedro cactus, native to South America.
• Pedro the Lion, Alternative band.
• Pedro Picapiedras, spanish for Fred Flintstone.