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Francisco Pizarro (c. 1471–1541) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire.

Pizarro may also refer to:

People with the surname

• The Pizarro brothers, siblings of Francisco Pizarro who gained fame as Spanish conquistadors
  • Gonzalo Pizarro (1510–1548), co-governor of Peru, led disastrous expedition into the Amazon to find El Dorado
  • Hernando Pizarro (fl. 1508–1578), co-governor of Peru
  • Juan Pizarro (conquistador) (c. 1511 – 1536), half-brother of Francisco, co-governor of Peru, killed during an Inca rebellion
• Gonzalo Pizarro y Rodríguez (1446–1522), Spanish Captain who participated in several campaigns in Italy
• José Alfonso Pizarro, Marquis del Villar (1689–1762), Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator
• Ramón García de León y Pizarro (1745-1815), Spanish military officer and administrator
• Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro (1780–1855), Peruvian priest and politician who briefly served as Interim President of Peru twice in 1822 and 1833
• Francisco Pizarro Martínez (1787–1840), Mexican diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States
• Gustavo Silva Pizarro (1884—1960), Chilean lawyer, political scientist
• Carlos Muñoz Pizarro (1913–1976), Chilean botanist
• Harold Bedoya Pizarro (1938–2017), general and commander of the Colombian National Army
• Palmenia Pizarro González (born 1941), Chilean singer
• Carlos Pizarro Leongómez (1951–1990), the fourth commander of the Colombian guerrilla group 19 April Movement
• Artur Pizarro (born 1968), Portuguese classical pianist
• David Pizarro (born 1979), Chilean football (soccer) player
• Claudio Pizarro (born 1978), Peruvian football (soccer) player
• Francisco Pizarro (Chilean footballer) (born 1989), Chilean football (soccer) player
• Francisco Pizarro (Peruvian footballer) (born 1971), Peruvian football (soccer) manager and former player
• Jaime Pizarro (born 1964), Chilean footballer
• Jorge Pizarro Soto (born 1952), Chilean politician
• Juan Pizarro Navarrete (1945–2022), Spanish physician and politician
• Luis Pizarro (boxer) (born 1962), Puerto Rican boxer
• Palmenia Pizarro (born 1941), Chilean singer
• Manuel Pizarro Moreno (born 1951), economist, Spanish jurist, Lawyer of the State, exchange agent and stock exchange
• Rodolfo Pizarro (born 1994), Mexican football (soccer) player
• Rómulo Pizarro (born 1955), Peruvian politician
• Manuel Pizarro (politician) (born 1964), Portuguese politician
• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970), award-winning Puerto Rican novelist, short story writer and essayist
• Rogelio Pizarro (born 1979), Puerto Rican track and field athlete
• Guido Pizarro (born 1990), Argentine football (soccer) player
• Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez, Ambassador of Colombia to the Netherlands

In fiction

• Avalo Pizarro, a member of the Blackbeard Pirates in One Piece
• Don Pizarro, the prison governor in Fidelio

Other uses

• Pizarro (play), a 1799 dramatic tragedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, based on August von Kotzebue's Die Spanier in Peru
• Pizarro (brigantine), Chilean ship commanded by Francisco Hudson
• ASCOD armoured fighting vehicle family, known in Spain as Pizarro and in Austria as Ulan

See also

• Comet Elst-Pizarro, an astronomical object first reported in 1979
• Pesaro
• Pissarro (surname)
• Bizarro