<P> Pimentel is a Portuguese and Spanish surname, and Sephardi Jewish surname derived from the Portuguese word pimenta (pepper). The surname could have denoted a grower or seller of peppers, a small pepper, or a field of peppers . Notable people with this surname include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Abraham Cohen Pimentel </Li> <Li> Alejandro Sanchez Pimentel </Li> <Li> Antonio Pimentel Tlahuitoltzin </Li> <Li> António de Serpa Pimentel </Li> <Li> Aquilino Pimentel, Jr . <Ul> <Li> Aquilino Pimentel III, his son </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Daniel Kenedy Pimentel Mateus dos Santos </Li> <Li> Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel </Li> <Li> Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel </Li> <Li> Eloá Pimentel </Li> <Li> Esmeralda Pimentel </Li> <Li> Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel </Li> <Li> Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel </Li> <Li> Genaro Gongora Pimentel </Li> <Li> George C. Pimentel </Li> <Li> Gerardo García Pimentel </Li> <Li> Isaías Pimentel </Li> <Li> Jesús Pimentel </Li> <Li> Joel Pimentel, member of CNCO </Li> <Li> Jose Pimentel Ejercito </Li> <Li> Luisa Pimentel - Ejercito </Li> <Li> María Josefa Pimentel, 12th Countess - Duchess of Benavente </Li> <Li> Mickey Pimentel </Li> <Li> Miguel Jontel Pimentel </Li> <Li> Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel, known as Lenine </Li> <Li> Richard Pimentel </Li> <Li> Rodrigo P. Pimentel </Li> <Li> Rodrigo R. Pimentel </Li> <Li> Ronald Pimentel </Li> <Li> Sávio Bortolini Pimentel </Li> <Li> Stolmy Pimentel </Li> <Li> Thiago Pimentel Gosling </Li> <Li> Timothy Mark Pimentel Eigenmann </Li> <Li> Valentín Pimentel </Li> </Ul>

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