Pedro Vaz Marinheiro was a Portuguese nobleman, navigator, resident and colonizer of the Azores Islands.
[1] Pedro Vaz was born in Iberian Peninsula.
He was one of the first settlers of the São Miguel Island,[2] where he was known as "Marinheiro" due to the large number of ships he had in his residence located in Ponta Delgada.
[3] He was the father of Grimaneza Pires, who married in Azores with Estêvão Pires de Alpoim, notary in Santa Maria Island.
[4] His brother, Diogo Vaz, was an inhabitant of Lagoa, Azores.