Pintea is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adrian Pintea (1954–2007), Romanian actor Crina Pintea (née Ailincăi; born 1990), Romanian handballer Gherman Pântea or Pîntea (1894–1968), Bessarabian-born soldier, civil servant and political figure Horatio Pintea (born 1962), Canadian table tennis player Pintea the Brave (Grigore Pintea, 1670-1703), Romanian heroic rebel Valentin Pîntea (born 1962) is a Romanian gymnast Vasile Pîntea (born 1951), Moldovan politician
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