Pope John XXI, born Pedro Julião ( Latin, Petrus Iulianus ( c. 1215 – 20 May 1277 ), a Portuguese often identified with Pedro Hispano ( Latin, Petrus Hispanus ; English, Peter of Spain ), was Pope from 1276 until his death about eight months later.

Pedro Julião was probably born in Lisbon between 1210 and 1220.

Pedro Jaime Martínez ( born October 25, 1971 in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic ) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher.

Although his officially registered birthplace is San Pedro de Macorís, Sosa was actually born in Consuelo.

* November 14 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil ( born 1846 )

* May 3 – Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary ( born 1564 )

* July 4 – Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish conquistador ( born 1495 )

* Pedro Roma ( born 1970 ), Portuguese footballer

July 25, 1415 marked the beginning of the Portuguese Empire, when the Portuguese Armada departed to the rich trade Islamic centre of Ceuta in North Africa with King John I and his wife Phillipa of Lancaster and their sons Prince Duarte ( future king ), Prince Pedro, Prince Henry the Navigator ( born in Porto in 1394 ) and Prince Afonso, and legendary Portuguese hero Nuno Álvares Pereira.

The conqueror Pedro de Alvarado ( c. 1495 – 1541 ) was also born in Badajoz.

Pedro de Valdivia is believed to have been born in the district of Castuera ( some say Villanueva de la Serena ) in Extremadura, Spain around 1500 ( some sources put his date of birth as early as 1497 or as late as 1505 ) to an impoverished hidalgo family.

Pedro de Alvarado was born in 1485 in the town of Badajoz, in Extremadura.

* Leonor de Alvarado y Xicotenga Tecubalsi, born in the newly founded city of Santiago de los Caballeros, who married Pedro de Portocarrero, a conquistador trusted by his father-in-law, whom he accompanied during the conquests of Mexico and Guatemala.

The county is named for Jose Maria Amador, soldier, rancher and miner, who was born in San Francisco in 1794, the son of Sergeant Pedro Amador ( a Spanish soldier who settled in California in 1771 ) and younger brother to Sinforosa Amador.

Pedro Pablo Zamora ( born Pedro Pablo Zamora y Díaz, February 29, 1972 – November 11, 1994 ) was a Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality.

Pedro Juan Rosselló González, M. D., (; born April 5, 1944 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ), is a Puerto Rican physician and politician who served as the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.

** Pedro Lay ( born in East Timor ), Minister of Infrastructure, 2007 -

Stephen Kovacevich was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, to a Croatian father and an American mother.

He was one of the children born to Pedro Moreno Esquivel, an impoverished mail carrier, and María de la Soledad Reyes Guízar ( from Cotija, Michoacan ).

Pedro Morales ( born October 22, 1942 ) is a retired Puerto Rican professional wrestler.

Olmos was born Edward Olmos in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised, the son of Eleanor ( nee Huizar ) and Pedro Olmos, who was a welder and mail carrier.

Mail delivery within Canada first started in 1693 when the Portuguese born Pedro da Silva was paid to deliver mail between Quebec City and Montreal.

* Pedro Alvarez ( born 1987 ), baseball player who was drafted second overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.

* March – Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado destroys the K ' iche ' Kingdom of Q ' umarkaj, taking the capital, Quiché.

* March 14 – Pedro of Castile loses the Battle of Montiel to an alliance between the French and his half-brother Henry II.

* March 23 – King Pedro of Castile ( b. 1334 ) ( murdered after the battle of Montiel )

On March 21, 1937, a peaceful march was organized by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the abolition of slavery and protest the incarceration of their leader, Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, in a federal prison on charges of sedition.

Zamora's family at the dedication of " Pedro Zamora Way " and the " Pedro Zamora Garden " on March 1, 1995.

* The Miami Herald ; " Pedro Zamora's Influence Lives On " by Johnny Diaz, March 4, 1995, Page 25A

* The Miami Herald ; " It's Now Pedro Zamora Way, AIDS Activist Honored With Renamed Street " by Claudia P. Solis, March 1, 1995, Page 2B

* The Miami Herald ; Years After his Death, A Young AIDS Activist's Life is Celebrated on Film: Remembering Pedro, Sunday, March 22, 2009, Page 1E

His draw was against Ramón Rodríguez of San Lorenzo and his only loss was in the hands of Pedro Montañez from Cayey, in a fight that took place in March 1930.

On February 21, 2006, Pedro Rosselló set out to make a stand against what he calls " U. S. persistent colonialism in Puerto Rico " by organizing a " March for the End of Colonialism " ( La Marcha por el Fin de la Colonia ).

Peter the Cruel ( 30 August 1334 – 23 March 1369 ), commonly called Pedro the Cruel or the Just, was the king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369.

* March 9 – Pedro Flores, composer ( died 1979 )

In early 1893 in Bordeaux, France, mother and son boarded the ship SS Don Pedro and sailed to Buenos Aires, arriving on 11 March 1893.

In March 1826, João VI died and Pedro I inherited the Portuguese crown, briefly becoming King Pedro IV of Portugal before abdicating in favor of his eldest daughter, Maria II.

* Pedro José Valenzuela y Jáuregui ( acting ): 3 March 1838-29 July 1838

King Pedro I of Castile, assassinated March 1369, had endowed his great grandfather Pedro González de Mendoza, killed at the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, with the lordships of Hita in the province of Guadalajara, and Buitrago.

Pedro, the cadet brother, fought for her at the Battle of Toro on March 1, 1476 when her oldest half brother, the king Henry IV, had died already.

Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934 ) was the President of Cape Verde from March 2001 to September 2011.

The current leader, Pedro Passos Coelho, was elected on 26 March 2010, and became Prime Minister about a year later.

USGS Satellite picture of a portion of the Port of Los Angeles, including Pier 400, Reservation Point, and port facilities in San Pedro, California | San Pedro, March 29, 2004

Pedro Duque Duque ( born 14 March 1963 ) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions.