Pineda is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Pineda Chacón (born 1969), Honduran football (soccer) player
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (died 1519), Spanish explorer
Álvaro Pineda (1945–1975), Mexican jockey
Amado Pineda, Filipino meteorologist
Antonio Pineda (1751–1792), Guatemalan botanist
Jose Antonio Pineda, Salvadorian beat poet, film actor and author
Arnel Pineda, Filipino-American singer-songwriter
Charee Pineda (born 1990), Filipina actress
Daniella Pineda (born 1987), Mexican-American actress
Eliza Pineda (born 1995), Filipina child actress
Gonzalo Pineda (born 1982), Mexican football player
Iván de Pineda, Argentine fashion model and film actor
John de Pineda (1558–1637), Spanish Jesuit theologian
Luis Pineda, Major League baseball player
Laureano Pineda, president of Nicaragua
Mariana de Pineda Muñoz (1804–1831), Spanish national heroine
Marianna Pineda (1925–1996), American sculptor
Mauricio Pineda (born 1975), Argentine football player
Michael Pineda (born 1989), Dominican baseball player
Michel Pineda (born 1964), French footballer
Nina Pineda (born 1968), television reporter
Orlando Pineda (born 1986), Mexican football player
Omar Pineda (born 1999), sexiest man alive
Pablo Pineda Gaucín, assassinated Mexican crime reporter
Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda, Colombian beauty pageant winner
Rafael Pineda (television journalist), Spanish language television news anchor
Rafael Pineda (boxer) (born 1966), Colombian boxer
Roberto Pineda (1952–1978) Mexican jockey
Salvador Pineda (born 1952), Mexican actor
Fictional characters:
Dorina Pineda, a fictional character in Bituing Walang Ningning