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Pilar is a feminine
Spanish language given name, traditionally short for "
Maria del Pilar ". Notable people with the name include:
Female
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 Cabot (1940–2017), Catalan writer
Pilar Calveiro (born 1953), Argentine political scientist
Pilar Calvo (born 1963), Catalan politician
Pilar Campoy (born 1990), Argentine field hockey player
Pilar Cattaneo (born 2007), Argentine gymnast
Pilar De Biase (born 1996), Argentine field hockey player
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 Fuertes Ferragut (1962–2012), Spanish diplomat
Pilar Geijo (born 1984), Argentine Marathon swimmer
Pilar González i Duarte (born 1945), Spanish chemist
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 Khoury (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
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 Nouvilas i Garrigolas (1854-1938), Spanish painter
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 Prades (1928-1959), last Spanish woman to be executed by garrote
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 Rioja (born 1932), Mexican dancer
Pilar Roldán (born 1939), Mexican fencer
Pilar Romang (born 1992), Argentine field hockey player
Pilar Romero (born 1982), Argentine handball player
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
Pilar Zabala Aguirre (born 1951), Spanish researcher, writer, and professor
Pilar Zeta (born 1986), Argentine artist, graphic designer, and fashion designer
Male
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
Pilar, from Emeric Pressburger's
Killing a Mouse on Sunday '