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