Pimenta is a Portuguese surname (meaning pepper). People with the surname include:
Adhemar Pimenta (1896-1970), Brazilian football manager Adriano Pimenta (born 1982), Brazilian footballer Edmilson Gonçalves Pimenta (born 1971), Brazilian footballer Emanuel Eduardo Pimenta Vieira Silva (born 1985), Portuguese sprinter Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta (born 1957), artist Euclides Rodriguez Pimenta da Cunha (1866-1909), Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer Fernando Pimenta (born 1989), Portuguese sprint kayaker João Pimenta (born 1985), Portuguese football player José Pimenta (born 1899), footballer Joaquim Pimenta de Castro (1846-1918), Portuguese military officer and politician Leonardo André Pimenta Faria (born 1982), Brazilian footballer Rui Costa Pimenta (born 1957), Brazilian Communist politician Simon Pimenta (1920-2013), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop