Famous People with Name Pilar

Pilar Giménez García            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Pilar Giménez García: a Spanish singer born in Esplugues de Llobregat. The new female vocalist of the Norwegian Gothic Metal band Sirenia, she is also known as a member of the young team in the Spanish version of X Factor.Her musical career started at the age of 15, when she studied solfege and classical singing at The Albéniz School of Music.Her professional debut was in 2002 in Cornellá de Llobregat, in an annual benefit fashion show the city held to raise money for Alzheimer's sufferers.Her first discographic contract was as part of the female trio "Charm". After their first album, she wanted to try her luck as a solo artist, and under the name of An Ling (later became Ailyn), she began recording tracks on her own.

Pilar Gabriella Muñoz            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Pilar Gabriella Muñoz: a Spanish singer from the Spanish girl group, Las Ketchup. She is the eldest of the 3 siblings, and is known as "The Blonde One".

Pilar Juliana "Pia" Cayetano            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Pilar Juliana "Pia" Cayetano: is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and incumbent Senator of the Republic of the Philippines.She ran for a Senate seat in the 2004 elections. Initially she was a virtual unknown to the electorate but with the liberalization of political advertisements, she gained popularity with her TV advertisement as a runner, cyclist, and as a tri-athlete, and as a new host of her father's TV program Compañero y Compañera for a short stint. She won the election landing in the sixth position.

Pilar De Lusarreta            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pilar De Lusarreta: was an Argentine author and critic. She coauthored several works with Arturo Cancela.

Pilar Tosat            Origin/Culture/Country: Spanish

Pilar Tosat: is a Spanish Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Ivo Pilar            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Ivo Pilar: was a Croatian historian, politician and jurist, considered the father of Croatian geopolitics. His book The South Slav Question is a seminal work on the South Slav geopolitical issues.

Christopher De Almeida Pilar            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Christopher De Almeida Pilar: is a Portuguese goalkeeper for football club C.S. Marítimo in the BWINLIGA.The Under-21 international star has been rated as the next Vítor Baía, and is seen as a huge future talent at his club Marítimo. He began his career in the B team of Sporting in 20

Carol Anne Franziska Antonia Pilars De Pilar            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carol Anne Franziska Antonia Pilars De Pilar: is a German artist. She is the doughter of Josef Pilars de Pilar and his French wife Béatrice Lamotte d'Argy. Her great-grandparents are Ladislaus and Antonia Pilars de Pilar. After Highschool in South Africa (1975–1976) Carol Pilar studied painting and restauration in Florence. Since 1985 she is working Künstlerin in Düsseldorf. Her paintings and sculptures are dealing with the tension between poverty and wealth.[1]

Ðuro Pilar            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Ðuro Pilar: was a Croatian geologist, professor and rector at the University of Zagreb. His formal training was very extensive. The first training he received was at Esseg, Zagreb, and Osijek. Later, he studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (from 1865, Natural Sciences), the Sorbonne (from 1869), and the École de Chimie (1869, chemistry) in Paris. He received his Ph.D. in 1868 and acquired a title of docent. Since 1875 he worked as a regular professor at the Faculty of Philosophy (up until 1928 called Mudroslovni fakultet). He was the director of the Mineralogical-geological Department of the People's Museum in Zagreb. He became a full member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1875.