title: Peixoto
text: # 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
  