Peixoto

Peixoto is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alvarenga Peixoto (1743–1793), Brazilian poet, born in Rio de Janeiro
• António Augusto de Rocha Peixoto (1866–1909), naturalist, ethnologist and archaeologist
• César Peixoto (born 1980), Portuguese footballer who plays for Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the Portuguese first division
• Floriano Peixoto (1839–1895), Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War, second President of Brazil
• Floriano Peixoto (actor), known as Floriano Peixoto (born 1959), Brazilian film and television actor from Rio de Janeiro
• Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto, (born 1954), Brazilian Army officer, commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
• João Paulo Peixoto (born 1964), Portuguese businessman and teacher
• Júlio Afrânio Peixoto (1876–1947), Brazilian physician, writer, politician, historian, university president, and eugenicist
• José Luís Peixoto (born 1974), Portuguese writer who has written fiction, poetry, drama and lyrics
• Kerwin Peixoto (born 1988), professional football defender from Peru
• Leonardo Henrique Peixoto dos Santos (born 1977), Brazilian football centre-back
• Mário Peixoto (1908–1992), mainly known for his only film Limite, a silent experimental movie filmed in 1930
• Maurício Peixoto (1921–2019), Brazilian engineer who pursued a career as a mathematician

See also

• Embraer Unidade Gavião Peixoto Airport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: SBGP), a private airport near Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo, Brazil
• Floriano Peixoto, Rio Grande do Sul, municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Gavião Peixoto, municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
• Peixoto's theorem, relating to the properties of smooth flows on surfaces
• Peixoto de Azevedo, city located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
• Peixoto de Azevedo River, river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil