Pilar is a feminine Spanish language given name; traditionally short for "Maria del Pilar". It may refer to:
Pilar Arlando (born 1989), Portuguese holder of the title of Miss World Singapore for 2009–2010
Pilar Barbosa (1898–1997), Puerto Rican educator, historian and political activist
Pilar Bardem (born 1939), Spanish film and television actress
Pilar Barreiro (born 1955), Spanish politician
Pilar Barrios (1889–1974), Uruguayan poet
Pilar Bastardés, Spanish actress
Pilar Bosley (born 1988), American ice dancer
Pilar del Castillo (born 1952), Spanish Member of the European Parliament
Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967), Argentine author and critic
Pilar Geijo (born 1984), Argentine Marathon swimmer
Pilar Hidalgo (born 1979), Spanish female athlete
Pilar Hidalgo-Lim (1893–1973), Filipino educator and civic leader
Pilar Homem de Melo (born 1963), Portuguese singer-songwriter
Pilar Lastra (born 1981), American model
Pilar López de Ayala (born 1978), Spanish film actress
Pilar López Júlvez (1912–2008), Spanish choreographer and ballerina
Pilar Lorengar (1928–1996), Spanish soprano
Pilar Manjón (born 1958), president of the association for the victims of 11-M (11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings)
Pilar Mateos (born 1942), Spanish writer of children's literature
Pilar Mazzetti (born 1946), Peruvian doctor who currently holds the title of Minister of the Interior
Pilar Medina (born c. 1956), first Spanish delegate to win the Miss International title in 1977
Pilar Miró (1940–1997), Spanish screenwriter and film director
Pilar Montenegro (born 1969), Mexican Latin pop singer and actress
Pilar Muñoz, Spanish singer, member of the band Las Ketchup
Pilar Nores de García (born 1949), Argentine economist
Pilar Pallete (born 1936), Peruvian actress and third wife of the American film star John Wayne
Pilar Pellicer (born 1938), Mexican film actress
Pilar Rahola (born 1958), Catalan Spanish journalist, writer and former politician and MP
Pilar Ramírez, Mexican synchronized swimmer
Pilar Revuelta, Spanish film set decorator and art director
Pilar Roldán (born 1939), Mexican fencer
Pilar Rubio (born 1978), Spanish reporter and TV presenter
Pilar Ruiz-Lapuente (born 1964), Spanish astrophysicist working as a professor in University of Barcelona
Pilar Seurat (1938–2001), Filipina-American film and television actress
