Pintilie is a Romanian-language surname most encountered in the Maramureș and Moldavian dialects; it is a derivative or variant of Pantelimon, which designates Saint Pantaleon.N. A. Constantinescu, Dicționar onomastic romînesc, p. 126. Bucharest: Editura Academiei, 1963. On its own, the surname may refer to:
Adina Pintilie (b. 1980), Romanian filmmaker and screenwriter Gheorghe Pintilie (1902–1985), Soviet and Romanian intelligence official and political assassin Ilie Pintilie (1903–1940), Romanian communist railroad worker and activist Lucian Pintilie (1933–2018), Romanian film director and screenwriter
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