Pilar (given name)

Pilar is a feminine Spanish language given name; traditionally short for "Maria del Pilar". It may refer to:

Pilar Arlando (born 1989), Portuguese holder of the title of Miss World Singapore for 2009–2010
Pilar Barbosa (1898–1997), Puerto Rican educator, historian and political activist
Pilar Bardem (1939–2021), Spanish film and television actress
Pilar Barreiro (born 1955), Spanish politician
Pilar Barrios (1889–1974), Uruguayan poet
Pilar Bastardés, Spanish actress
Pilar Bayer (born 1946) Spanish mathematician
Pilar Bosley (born 1988), American ice dancer
Pilar Cabot (1940–2017), Catalan writer
Pilar Calvo (born 1963), Catalan politician
Pilar de Borbón (1936–2020), Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz
Pilar del Castillo (born 1952), Spanish Member of the European Parliament
Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967), Argentine author and critic
Pilar Geijo (born 1984), Argentine Marathon swimmer
Pilar Hidalgo (born 1979), Spanish female athlete
Pilar Hidalgo-Lim (1893–1973), Filipino educator and civic leader
Pilar Homem de Melo (born 1963), Portuguese singer-songwriter
Pilar López de Ayala (born 1978), Spanish film actress
Pilar López Júlvez (1912–2008), Spanish choreographer and ballerina
Pilar Lorengar (1928–1996), Spanish soprano
Pilar Manjón (born 1958), president of the association for the victims of 11-M (11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings)
Pilar Mateos (born 1942), Spanish writer of children's literature
Pilar Mazzetti (born 1946), Peruvian doctor who currently holds the title of Minister of the Interior
Pilar Medina (born c. 1956), first Spanish delegate to win the Miss International title in 1977
Pilar Miró (1940–1997), Spanish screenwriter and film director
Pilar Montenegro (born 1969), Mexican Latin pop singer and actress
Pilar Muñoz (1911–1980), Spanish actress of stage and film
Pilar Muñoz, Spanish singer, member of the band Las Ketchup
Pilar Nores de García (born 1949), Argentine economist
Pilar Pallete (born 1936), Peruvian actress and third wife of the American film star John Wayne
Pilar Paz Pasamar (1932–2019), Spanish poet and writer
Pilar Pellicer (1938–2020), Mexican film actress
Pilar Rahola (born 1958), Spanish journalist, writer and former politician and MP
Pilar Ramírez (1964–2017), Mexican synchronized swimmer
Pilar Revuelta, Spanish film set decorator and art director
Pilar Roldán (born 1939), Mexican fencer
Pilar Rubio (born 1978), Spanish reporter and TV presenter
Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente (born 1964), Spanish astrophysicist working as a professor in University of Barcelona
Pilar Seurat (1938–2001), Filipina-American film and television actress
Pilar Vallugera (born 1967), Catalan politician

actress

Pilar Zeta (born 1986), Argentinean artist, graphic designer, and fashion designer
(born 1999), Portuguese activist, writer, and singer

Fictional characters[]

Pilar, from Ernest Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (also the name of his boat and nickname for his wife)
Pilar Estravados from Agatha Christie' "Hercule Poirot's Christmas"
Pilar, from Paulo Coelho's novel By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Pilar, from the musical Legally Blonde (musical)
Pilar Cortez, from the ABC television series Last Resort
Pilar Ortega, from the CBS nighttime soap opera Falcon Crest
Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, from the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions
Pilar Reed, from the SyFy television series Eureka
Pilar Ternera, from the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude
Pilar, a doll in the Groovy Girls line by Manhattan Toy
Pilar Zuazo, from the Showtime dark comedy series Weeds
Pilar, from Margaret Atwood's novel The Year of the Flood
Pilar Dunoff, from Argentine soap opera Rebelde Way

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